- Lead
- 17,205
- Total
- 28,425
- vs nation
- D+62.0
Georgia 55th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,604
- Total
- 28,441
- vs nation
- D+57.4
- Lead
- 14,687
- Total
- 24,732
- vs nation
- D+57.3
- Lead
- 11,320
- Total
- 21,628
- vs nation
- D+48.5
- Lead
- 12,637
- Total
- 22,341
- vs nation
- D+49.3
- Lead
- 7,844
- Total
- 17,841
- vs nation
- D+46.4
- Lead
- 5,874
- Total
- 13,918
- vs nation
- D+41.7
- Lead
- 5,871
- Total
- 13,079
- vs nation
- D+36.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+60.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,1152024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,128 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 18.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,5912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 55.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 62, GA · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 55th 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
93.9%
1,300 votes · D+89.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 92.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
42.7%
3,544 votes · D+14.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 35.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
22,831votes
80.3% of the vote · D+61.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 22,682 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,477votes
19.3% of the vote · D+60.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,227 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
+73.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+83.2 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +72.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−15.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+37.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −27.9 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%20,360 | 29.4%8,484 | 28,844 |
| 2020 | D | 68.5%16,837 | 31.5%7,753 | 24,590 |
Georgia 55th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.1 points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.5 points.
A population of 59,115, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,591 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 62 and State House District 63.
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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