- Lead
- 14,166
- Total
- 28,792
- vs nation
- D+50.7
Georgia 78th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,617
- Total
- 28,589
- vs nation
- D+39.7
- Lead
- 7,896
- Total
- 24,006
- vs nation
- D+30.8
- Lead
- 6,429
- Total
- 22,645
- vs nation
- D+24.5
- Lead
- 5,469
- Total
- 22,334
- vs nation
- D+17.2
- Lead
- 607
- Total
- 16,743
- vs nation
- R+1.2
- Lead
- 917
- Total
- 11,378
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 954
- Total
- 9,627
- vs nation
- R+18.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+49.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,7342024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,260 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 47.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $74,6902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 21.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 57.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 92, GA · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 78th 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
96.6%
427 votes · D+94.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 92.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
87.0%
3,754 votes · R+74.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 76.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
21,390votes
74.3% of the vote · D+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,471 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,631votes
51.5% of the vote · R+3.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 8,341 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
+80.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+90.0 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +76.3 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+50.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+74.0 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +44.0 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 | 69.6%19,299 | 30.4%8,411 | 27,710 |
| 2020 | D | 67.1%17,889 | 32.9%8,761 | 26,650 |
Georgia 78th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 74.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.2 points.
A population of 59,734, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,690 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 92 and State House District 93.
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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