- Lead
- 8,948
- Total
- 26,262
- vs nation
- D+35.5
Georgia 42nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,752
- Total
- 26,212
- vs nation
- D+32.7
- Lead
- 5,852
- Total
- 21,356
- vs nation
- D+25.3
- Lead
- 2,800
- Total
- 19,003
- vs nation
- D+10.9
- Lead
- 3,526
- Total
- 19,461
- vs nation
- D+10.8
- Lead
- 388
- Total
- 16,497
- vs nation
- D+4.8
- Lead
- 493
- Total
- 13,910
- vs nation
- D+3.0
- Lead
- 669
- Total
- 12,132
- vs nation
- R+3.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+34.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,0172024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,996 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 19.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,1762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 39.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 66, NC · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 42nd 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
98.7%
230 votes · D+97.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · 91.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.9%
2,029 votes · R+53.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 66.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,732votes
67.6% of the vote · D+37.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 17,477 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,529votes
32.5% of the vote · D+34.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 7,981 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
+79.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+97.4 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · +78.5 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+30.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.8 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · +14.2 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%16,356 | 44.9%13,311 | 29,667 |
| 2020 | D | 55.7%16,468 | 44.3%13,072 | 29,540 |
Georgia 42nd State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 53.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.1 points.
A population of 59,017, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,176 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 66 and State House District 43.
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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