- Lead
- 18,266
- Total
- 23,605
- vs nation
- D+78.9
Georgia 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,485
- Total
- 20,306
- vs nation
- D+76.7
- Lead
- 14,861
- Total
- 18,655
- vs nation
- D+77.6
- Lead
- 12,386
- Total
- 15,896
- vs nation
- D+74.1
- Lead
- 13,383
- Total
- 16,550
- vs nation
- D+73.6
- Lead
- 9,340
- Total
- 12,609
- vs nation
- D+76.5
- Lead
- 7,051
- Total
- 9,923
- vs nation
- D+70.5
- Lead
- 6,722
- Total
- 9,383
- vs nation
- D+63.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+77.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,7742024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,385 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,7602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 31.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 49.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 58, GA · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 56th 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
97.7%
1,096 votes · D+96.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 97.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
22.6%
1,185 votes · D+54.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 18.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
20,809votes
88.2% of the vote · D+77.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 18,279 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
2,543votes
10.8% of the vote · D+77.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,794 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
Walter Mondale1984
+89.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+70.8 · U.S. R+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +88.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−46.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+69.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −52.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+77, this district ranks among the most heavily one-sided legislative seats in Georgia, a pattern typically driven by dense urban or majority-minority population concentrations.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.1 points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 77.4 points.
A population of 59,774, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,760 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 58 and State House District 59.
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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