- Lead
- 5,045
- Total
- 32,568
- vs nation
- R+14.0
Georgia 40th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,179
- Total
- 31,266
- vs nation
- R+27.4
- Lead
- 9,316
- Total
- 25,921
- vs nation
- R+38.0
- Lead
- 9,632
- Total
- 23,872
- vs nation
- R+44.2
- Lead
- 9,155
- Total
- 23,834
- vs nation
- R+45.7
- Lead
- 10,176
- Total
- 18,332
- vs nation
- R+53.1
- Lead
- 6,189
- Total
- 12,255
- vs nation
- R+51.0
- Lead
- 3,870
- Total
- 9,618
- vs nation
- R+48.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+15.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 60,1842024 5-year
- Population density
- 487 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 124 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $100,3842024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 75, AL · twin score 92.8
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 40th 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
85.4%
574 votes · D+72.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 68.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
87.6%
2,468 votes · R+75.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 81.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
13,670votes
42.0% of the vote · R+15.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 11,830 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
19,009votes
60.8% of the vote · R+23.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 18,715 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
+55.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+72.8 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · +43.6 pts
Republican
George H. W. Bush1988
+55.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.8 · U.S. R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +53.1 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 | D | 50.2%15,145 | 49.8%15,045 | 30,190 |
| 2020 | R | 46.2%12,834 | 53.8%14,969 | 27,803 |
Georgia 40th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 75.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.5 points.
A population of 60,184, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,384 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 75 and State House District 81.
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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