- Lead
- 8,339
- Total
- 33,456
- vs nation
- R+23.5
Georgia 17th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,100
- Total
- 28,690
- vs nation
- R+32.7
- Lead
- 8,861
- Total
- 20,921
- vs nation
- R+44.4
- Lead
- 8,310
- Total
- 18,384
- vs nation
- R+49.1
- Lead
- 7,341
- Total
- 18,216
- vs nation
- R+47.6
- Lead
- 7,049
- Total
- 12,957
- vs nation
- R+51.9
- Lead
- 3,364
- Total
- 7,766
- vs nation
- R+43.8
- Lead
- 1,516
- Total
- 5,649
- vs nation
- R+35.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,1202024 5-year
- Population density
- 531 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 111 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $96,9052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.4 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 117, SC · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 17th 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
85.8%
585 votes · D+73.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 78.7%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
76.9%
9,962 votes · R+54.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 74.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
12,436votes
37.2% of the vote · R+24.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 10,077 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
20,775votes
62.1% of the vote · R+24.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 18,177 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
Adlai Stevenson1952
+56.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+45.5 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +55.8 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+51.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.4 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +49.1 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 | 40.6%12,511 | 59.4%18,336 | 30,847 |
| 2020 | R | 34.3%9,415 | 65.7%18,019 | 27,434 |
Georgia 17th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 54.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.9 points.
A population of 59,120, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,905 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 117 and State House District 100.
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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