- Lead
- 27,953
- Total
- 251,633
- vs nation
- R+9.6
California 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 20,744
- Total
- 265,675
- vs nation
- R+12.3
- Lead
- 31,217
- Total
- 203,923
- vs nation
- R+17.4
- Lead
- 46,540
- Total
- 188,113
- vs nation
- R+28.6
- Lead
- 42,802
- Total
- 187,704
- vs nation
- R+30.1
- Lead
- 69,747
- Total
- 175,514
- vs nation
- R+37.3
- Lead
- 48,053
- Total
- 147,780
- vs nation
- R+33.0
- Lead
- 36,750
- Total
- 129,699
- vs nation
- R+36.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 493,2542024 5-year
- Population density
- 898 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 549 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $130,1842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 53.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.3 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.0 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 75, CA · twin score 92.2
presidential history
Party record book
California 71st State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
45.1%
119,690 votes · R+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 43.1%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
83.5%
6,298 votes · R+69.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 78.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
119,690votes
45.1% of the vote · R+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 108,353 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
140,434votes
52.9% of the vote · R+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 136,306 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson1912
+5.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.3 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · −9.6 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+51.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+69.0 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +46.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
AD-71 stands out in a heavily Democratic state by returning a Republican-leaning presidential margin in 2024, signaling a competitive suburban or exurban constituency where statewide trends have yet to fully consolidate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 69.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 493,254, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $130,184 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 75 and Assembly District 72.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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California 71st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/06071/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.