- Lead
- 13,773
- Total
- 30,419
- vs nation
- D+46.7
Georgia 38th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,923
- Total
- 29,135
- vs nation
- D+39.9
- Lead
- 8,095
- Total
- 23,740
- vs nation
- D+32.0
- Lead
- 4,601
- Total
- 21,388
- vs nation
- D+17.7
- Lead
- 5,433
- Total
- 22,119
- vs nation
- D+17.3
- Lead
- 1,683
- Total
- 18,577
- vs nation
- D+11.5
- Lead
- 1,549
- Total
- 15,495
- vs nation
- D+9.5
- Lead
- 1,576
- Total
- 13,238
- vs nation
- D+3.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+45.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,3172024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,513 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 39.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $92,6162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 25.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.3 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 61, GA · twin score 98.8
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 38th 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
99.7%
290 votes · D+99.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 93.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.2%
2,140 votes · R+48.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 63.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
21,972votes
72.2% of the vote · D+45.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,872 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,406votes
45.2% of the vote · D+9.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 8,300 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
+81.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.3 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · +80.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+25.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.5 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +8.2 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 | D | 55.1%16,440 | 44.9%13,379 | 29,819 |
| 2020 | D | 55.7%16,552 | 44.3%13,138 | 29,690 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+45.3, this Atlanta-area district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in the state, reflecting the dense urban concentration and demographic composition that drives lopsided results cycle after cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 48.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.3 points.
A population of 59,317, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,616 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 61 and State House District 39.
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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