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Archived run: 2026-09-05T21:19:09.000Z · dailysealed.d8c334b3740f552d552fdc7b
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| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| 2024 certified result | D +48.7 ptsOriginal report |
| Democratic win probability | 83.6% |
| 80% margin range | ±139.8 pts |
| Forecast margin | D +58.3 pts |
| Current rating | Likely Dem |
| Tipping-point rank | 188 |
Exact stored values before display rounding. Probabilities marked as fractions range from zero to one. Open a value for its source cell and calculation explanation.
| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| District num | 8 |
| Open seat | 0 |
| Incumbent running | 1 |
| State pres margin lag | 5.766475517444142 |
| Statewide house vote lag | 3.617349180324109 |
| Gov margin lag | 15.36 |
| Sen margin lag | 8.922881002294432 |
| Boundary geoid | 5108 |
| Acs source year | 2024 |
| Acs total population | 776847 |
| Acs median household income | 131383 |
| Acs bachelors or higher pct | 65.81322279703645 |
| Acs unemployment pct | 3.951096721477114 |
| Acs median age | 37.7 |
| Acs nonwhite pct | 47.9950363456382 |
| Acs hispanic pct | 20.147081729092086 |
| Fec receipts dem | 2602366.4 |
| Fec receipts rep | 25217.19 |
| Fec cash on hand dem | 858600.72 |
| Fec cash on hand rep | 19220.45 |
| Fec receipt advantage | 2577149.21 |
| Fec cash advantage | 839380.27 |
| Official fundamentals source count | 3 |
| Year | 2026 |
| District count | 11 |
| Lag soft | 27.75642725821148 |
| Lag margin raw | 48.72247602696138 |
| Lag dem share | 0.7436123801348069 |
| Lag rep share | 0.2563876198651931 |
| Matched exact | 1 |
| Prev state mean | 2.7730572256933192 |
| Lag centered | 24.983370032518163 |
| Abs lag centered | 24.983370032518163 |
| Lag dem zero | 0 |
| Lag rep zero | 0 |
| Unmatched | 0 |
| District trend | -0.12576004058176338 |
| State trend | -0.035668462894973274 |
| Trend available | 1 |
| National house swing lag | -0.4167640604977936 |
| Two cycle soft | 27.882187298793244 |
| Inc dem | 1 |
| Inc rep | 0 |
| Competitive index | 0.0 |
| Midterm | 1 |
| Dem president | 0 |
| Rep president | 1 |
| Dem president midterm | 0 |
| Rep president midterm | 1 |
| Dem president first midterm | 0 |
| Rep president first midterm | 1 |
| Lag national house margin | -2.6040347778148756 |
| Structured margin | 62.063284081232226 |
| Baseline lean effect | 39.37823017703659 |
| Incumbency effect | 5.5821991525536525 |
| State environment effect | 2.7738238973258764 |
| National environment effect | 16.1251375955106 |
| National environment prior effect | 5.0 |
| State bias effect | 1.7961067411944887 |
| Pre poll margin | 55.13664809321841 |
| Sigma idio | 10.185524981951641 |
| National component sd | 5.239880827159416 |
| State component sd | 10.528372525035449 |
| Total sigma | 109.07943803223944 |
| Rich prob | 0.7646007606010388 |
| Simple prob | 0.9228046207891055 |
| Raw prob | 0.8357924976856689 |
| Stability weight | 0.45 |
| National sd | 4.793622476523633 |
| State sd | 10.398392617318962 |
| National elasticity | 1.0795991894959247 |
| Learned national shift intercept | 0.36124284958203356 |
| Learned national shift coef | 0.3719046818739598 |
| Learned national shift rmse | 1.970433128460146 |
| Democratic win probability (fraction) | 0.8357924976856689 |
| Adjusted national component sd | 3.509967848488756 |
| Adjusted state component sd | 10.528372525035449 |
| Adjusted national sd | 3.509967848488756 |
| Adjusted state sd | 10.528372525035449 |
| Uncertainty national sd | 3.509967848488756 |
| Uncertainty state sd | 10.528372525035449 |
| Uncertainty idiosyncratic sd | 10.185524981951641 |
| Poll measurement sd | 108.03431112358636 |
| Poll measurement national sd | 2.722568630512688 |
| Poll measurement state sd | 108.0 |
| Poll measurement district sd | 0.0 |
| Polling effect | 3.134434642234698 |
| Polling uncertainty | 80.025415647101 |
| Poll national shift | 3.1344357337792546 |
| Poll state shift | -1.0915445563868077e-06 |
| Poll district shift | 0.0 |
| State environment poll count | 51 |
| Direct house poll count | 0 |
| Forecast Democratic margin (points) | 58.271082735453106 |
| Calibration delta | 0.0 |
| Uncertainty multiplier | 1.35 |
| Official snapshot valid | 1 |
| Official government linked monte carlo | 1 |
| Government data score | 86 |
| Official best source pdf page | 74 |
| Official conflict count | 0 |
| Official past election rows | 1 |
| Official fallback past election rows | 9 |
| National poll margin | 5.62905603286126 |
| National poll count | 542 |
| National poll gap | 8.233090810676135 |
| Poll national base shift | 2.903332796352647 |
| State shift | 0.0 |
| Combined state shift | -1.0915445563868077e-06 |
| State environment shift | -1.0915445563868077e-06 |
| State posterior var | 108.12656902391349 |
| State info weight | 0.0 |
| N polls | 0 |
| Environment poll margin | 8.911700552425494 |
| Environment effective variance | 1000000.0 |
| Environment poll count | 51 |
| District poll count | 0 |
| District info weight | 0.0 |
| State poll count | 0 |
| State environment poll margin | 8.911700552425494 |
| Raw total sigma | 80.79958372758476 |
| Margin low 80 | -81.52512504666497 |
| Margin high 80 | 198.06729051757117 |
| Tipping point rank | 188 |
| Prob change since last update | 4.08491957716306e-05 |
Every stored result for this district, including fallback records. Source cells preserve the original cycle and row; receipts explain transformations and any dated document comparison.
2024 · VA-08. Compared Democratic and Republican counts match. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Original report| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | 274593.0Original report Sum of assigned candidate vote lines. The original report shows the inputs. |
| Republican votes | 94676.0Original report Sum of assigned candidate vote lines. The original report shows the inputs. |
| Stored vote total | 369269.0Original report Calculated: dem_votes + rep_votes. Original report supplies the inputs. |
| Democratic share (%) | 74.36123801348069Original report Calculated: 100 * dem_votes / (dem_votes + rep_votes). Original report supplies the inputs. |
| Republican share (%) | 25.638761986519317Original report Calculated: 100 * rep_votes / (dem_votes + rep_votes). Original report supplies the inputs. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 48.722476026961374Original report Calculated: dem_share - rep_share. Original report supplies the inputs. |
2022 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 51| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 51 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 51 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 51 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 74.810194099467Compare report · PDF page 51 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 25.18980590053301Compare report · PDF page 51 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 49.620388198934Compare report · PDF page 51 Source transformation requires review. |
2020 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 71| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 71 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 71 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 71 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 75.96763259823749Compare report · PDF page 71 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 24.03236740176252Compare report · PDF page 71 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 51.93526519647497Compare report · PDF page 71 Source transformation requires review. |
2018 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 54| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 54 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 54 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 54 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 76.26837758767545Compare report · PDF page 54 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 23.73162241232456Compare report · PDF page 54 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 52.53675517535089Compare report · PDF page 54 Source transformation requires review. |
2016 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 76| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 76 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 76 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 76 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 71.4853350336193Compare report · PDF page 76 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 28.51466496638071Compare report · PDF page 76 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 42.970670067238586Compare report · PDF page 76 Source transformation requires review. |
2014 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 50| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 50 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 50 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 50 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 66.75038559339697Compare report · PDF page 50 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 33.24961440660303Compare report · PDF page 50 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 33.50077118679394Compare report · PDF page 50 Source transformation requires review. |
2012 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 65| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 65 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 65 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 65 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 67.87416558702878Compare report · PDF page 65 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 32.125834412971216Compare report · PDF page 65 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 35.74833117405757Compare report · PDF page 65 Source transformation requires review. |
2010 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 53| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 53 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 53 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 53 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 62.06591344128734Compare report · PDF page 53 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 37.93408655871266Compare report · PDF page 53 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 24.13182688257469Compare report · PDF page 53 Source transformation requires review. |
2008 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 65| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 65 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 65 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 65 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 69.59374053949459Compare report · PDF page 65 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 30.406259460505414Compare report · PDF page 65 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 39.18748107898918Compare report · PDF page 65 Source transformation requires review. |
2006 · VA-08. Comparison pages located; the result still requires review. Election stage and voting round are not certified.
Compare report · PDF page 48| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| Democratic votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 48 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Republican votes | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 48 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Stored vote total | UnavailableCompare report · PDF page 48 Value absent from the stored record. |
| Democratic share (%) | 68.46819564775078Compare report · PDF page 48 Source transformation requires review. |
| Republican share (%) | 31.53180435224923Compare report · PDF page 48 Source transformation requires review. |
| Democratic margin (points) | 36.93639129550154Compare report · PDF page 48 Source transformation requires review. |
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| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| District num | 8 |
| Boundary geoid | 5108 |
| Acs source year | 2024 |
| Acs total population | 776847 |
| Acs median household income | 131383 |
| Acs bachelors or higher pct | 65.81322279703645 |
| Acs unemployment pct | 3.951096721477114 |
| Acs median age | 37.7 |
| Acs nonwhite pct | 47.9950363456382 |
| Acs hispanic pct | 20.147081729092086 |
| Fec receipts dem | 2602366.4 |
| Fec receipts rep | 25217.19 |
| Fec cash on hand dem | 858600.72 |
| Fec cash on hand rep | 19220.45 |
| Fec receipt advantage | 2577149.21 |
| Fec cash advantage | 839380.27 |
| Official fundamentals source count | 3 |
Open each stored number for its exact field and available original-source links. Missing inputs are not zero.
Stored document location; question and record content have not received a dated review.
Original report| Field | Value · click to trace |
|---|---|
| District num | 8Original report |
| Government data score | 86Original report |
| Official record rows | 14Original report |
| Official past election rows | 1Original report |
| Fallback past election rows | 9Original report |
| Certified result rows | 0Original report |
| House clerk cycles | 2024Original report |
| Federal disclosure rows | 11Original report |
| Boundary rows | 2Original report |
| Conflict count | 0Original report |
| Required certified cycles | 2024Original report |
| Has state certified result | 0Original report |
| Has federal disclosure | 1Original report |
| Has current boundary | 1Original report |
| Has aggregator fallback | 1Original report |
| Best source pdf page | 74Original report |