- Lead
- 17,835
- Total
- 28,297
- vs nation
- R+61.6
Georgia 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,471
- Total
- 24,871
- vs nation
- R+66.7
- Lead
- 12,541
- Total
- 19,858
- vs nation
- R+65.2
- Lead
- 10,328
- Total
- 17,721
- vs nation
- R+62.1
- Lead
- 9,475
- Total
- 18,443
- vs nation
- R+58.6
- Lead
- 8,250
- Total
- 16,598
- vs nation
- R+47.2
- Lead
- 4,400
- Total
- 12,888
- vs nation
- R+34.7
- Lead
- 1,455
- Total
- 11,475
- vs nation
- R+21.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 58,8372024 5-year
- Population density
- 177 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 333 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,5572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 34, AL · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 5th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1932–2024 · 24 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
92.0%
1,748 votes · D+84.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 79.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
84.9%
5,129 votes · R+69.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 81.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
6,179votes
74.5% of the vote · D+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 5,332 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22,998votes
81.3% of the vote · R+63.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 20,042 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+67.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +48.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+66.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +65.2 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 17.2%4,502 | 82.8%21,739 | 26,241 |
| 2020 | R | 19.8%4,543 | 80.2%18,352 | 22,895 |
With a 63.0-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this rural district ranks among the state's most one-sided, reflecting the demographic and economic patterns common to Georgia's deep-country precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 69.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.0 points.
A population of 58,837, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,557 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 34 and State House District 10.
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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