- Lead
- 2,388
- Total
- 37,606
- vs nation
- R+4.9
Georgia 49th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,519
- Total
- 37,221
- vs nation
- R+8.5
- Lead
- 4,949
- Total
- 29,236
- vs nation
- R+19.0
- Lead
- 9,204
- Total
- 28,863
- vs nation
- R+35.7
- Lead
- 7,614
- Total
- 28,354
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 10,902
- Total
- 26,108
- vs nation
- R+39.3
- Lead
- 8,587
- Total
- 20,508
- vs nation
- R+42.4
- Lead
- 6,899
- Total
- 18,354
- vs nation
- R+46.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,1532024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,083 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $161,1082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.3 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 47, GA · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 49th 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
69.1%
743 votes · D+40.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 65.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
82.5%
13,102 votes · R+65.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 77.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,591votes
47.3% of the vote · R+4.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 17,329 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
19,717votes
52.4% of the vote · R+6.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 19,110 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
+32.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.3 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +22.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+70.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +56.1 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 | 70.6%20,373 | 29.4%8,489 | 28,862 |
| 2020 | D | 68.5%16,847 | 31.5%7,758 | 24,605 |
Georgia 49th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.3 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 65.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.4 points.
A population of 59,153, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $161,108 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 47 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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