- Lead
- 4,730
- Total
- 17,906
- vs nation
- D+27.9
Georgia 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,966
- Total
- 17,937
- vs nation
- D+28.8
- Lead
- 3,965
- Total
- 13,915
- vs nation
- D+26.4
- Lead
- 1,854
- Total
- 12,051
- vs nation
- D+11.5
- Lead
- 1,703
- Total
- 11,674
- vs nation
- D+7.3
- Lead
- 792
- Total
- 9,281
- vs nation
- R+6.1
- Lead
- 628
- Total
- 7,303
- vs nation
- R+9.1
- Lead
- 244
- Total
- 6,302
- vs nation
- R+12.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,5152024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,903 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,8732024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 17.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 97, GA · twin score 91.0
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 96th 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
99.2%
130 votes · D+98.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · 92.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
79.8%
568 votes · R+59.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,812votes
65.9% of the vote · D+33.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 11,208 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,478votes
36.2% of the vote · D+26.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,846 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 Stevenson1952
+96.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+85.9 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +92.0 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+36.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.6 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +23.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+26.4, this 59,000-resident district ranks among Georgia's most reliably Democratic state house seats, reflecting the dense urban demographics and high minority-voter concentration typical of the Atlanta metro's inner precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 59.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.4 points.
A population of 59,515, a 18% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,873 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 97 and State House District 102.
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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