- Lead
- 12,669
- Total
- 17,816
- vs nation
- D+72.6
Georgia 79th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,088
- Total
- 18,700
- vs nation
- D+70.9
- Lead
- 12,491
- Total
- 16,167
- vs nation
- D+75.2
- Lead
- 12,903
- Total
- 16,605
- vs nation
- D+73.9
- Lead
- 12,778
- Total
- 17,075
- vs nation
- D+67.6
- Lead
- 7,159
- Total
- 13,148
- vs nation
- D+56.9
- Lead
- 4,632
- Total
- 10,010
- vs nation
- D+45.8
- Lead
- 2,893
- Total
- 8,777
- vs nation
- D+24.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+71.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,5002024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,480 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,2412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 68.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 77, GA · twin score 99.8
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 79th 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
98.4%
248 votes · D+97.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 93.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
81.5%
3,057 votes · R+63.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 65.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,304votes
87.2% of the vote · D+75.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,193 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
4,044votes
65.4% of the vote · R+30.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 3,620 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
Adlai Stevenson1956
+82.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+67.4 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +81.8 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+39.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.0 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +34.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Georgia 79th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 71.1 points.
A population of 59,500, a 6% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,241 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 77 and State House District 75.
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.
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