- Lead
- 2,447
- Total
- 35,563
- vs nation
- D+8.4
Georgia 53rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,317
- Total
- 35,676
- vs nation
- D+4.8
- Lead
- 160
- Total
- 30,618
- vs nation
- R+2.6
- Lead
- 4,525
- Total
- 29,380
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 2,885
- Total
- 29,166
- vs nation
- R+17.2
- Lead
- 6,860
- Total
- 26,157
- vs nation
- R+23.8
- Lead
- 5,465
- Total
- 20,495
- vs nation
- R+27.2
- Lead
- 4,074
- Total
- 18,622
- vs nation
- R+30.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,9302024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,971 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 30.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $127,5442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 48, GA · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 53rd 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
75.1%
953 votes · D+52.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 72.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.7%
11,646 votes · R+53.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 71.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
19,233votes
53.9% of the vote · D+9.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 18,823 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
16,691votes
56.8% of the vote · R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 16,376 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
+41.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+51.3 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +34.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+55.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+33.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +42.6 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%20,640 | 29.4%8,601 | 29,241 |
| 2020 | D | 68.5%17,069 | 31.5%7,860 | 24,929 |
Georgia 53rd State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 53.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.9 points.
A population of 59,930, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $127,544 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 48 and State House District 54.
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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