- Lead
- 16,148
- Total
- 26,717
- vs nation
- D+61.9
Georgia 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,464
- Total
- 27,649
- vs nation
- D+58.7
- Lead
- 14,321
- Total
- 24,093
- vs nation
- D+57.4
- Lead
- 12,042
- Total
- 23,110
- vs nation
- D+48.3
- Lead
- 12,987
- Total
- 24,106
- vs nation
- D+46.6
- Lead
- 8,241
- Total
- 20,523
- vs nation
- D+42.6
- Lead
- 6,190
- Total
- 16,238
- vs nation
- D+37.6
- Lead
- 5,006
- Total
- 15,182
- vs nation
- D+24.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+60.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,6892024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,194 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 27.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,5122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 60.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.0 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 87, GA · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 88th 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
88.4%
381 votes · D+77.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 84.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
78.6%
7,626 votes · R+57.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 59.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
22,405votes
81.0% of the vote · D+63.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 21,283 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,795votes
59.5% of the vote · R+19.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 7,626 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
+64.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+74.7 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +61.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+39.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +34.1 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 | 77.4%21,204 | 22.6%6,204 | 27,408 |
| 2020 | D | 78.8%21,722 | 21.2%5,860 | 27,582 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+60.4, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic in Georgia's lower chamber, reflecting a dense, majority-minority urban core where statewide Democratic nominees routinely post some of their strongest vote shares.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.0 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 57.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.4 points.
A population of 59,689, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,512 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 87 and State House District 85.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
Georgia 88th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/13088/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.