- Lead
- 4,708
- Total
- 32,080
- vs nation
- R+13.2
Georgia 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,352
- Total
- 30,071
- vs nation
- R+15.6
- Lead
- 5,202
- Total
- 24,574
- vs nation
- R+23.3
- Lead
- 8,478
- Total
- 24,115
- vs nation
- R+39.0
- Lead
- 7,078
- Total
- 23,591
- vs nation
- R+37.3
- Lead
- 9,495
- Total
- 21,571
- vs nation
- R+41.6
- Lead
- 7,317
- Total
- 16,791
- vs nation
- R+44.1
- Lead
- 5,753
- Total
- 14,885
- vs nation
- R+47.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,1262024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,016 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 58.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $157,0672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.5 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 49, GA · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 47th 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
68.9%
586 votes · D+40.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 65.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
82.7%
10,306 votes · R+65.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 77.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
13,484votes
42.0% of the vote · R+14.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 13,169 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
18,192votes
56.7% of the vote · R+14.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,521 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. Roosevelt1940
+32.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.5 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +22.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+70.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.3 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +55.7 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 | 67.2%19,564 | 32.8%9,534 | 29,098 |
| 2020 | D | 65.3%16,278 | 34.7%8,660 | 24,938 |
Georgia 47th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.5 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 65.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.7 points.
A population of 59,126, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $157,067 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 49 and State House District 48.
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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