- Lead
- 5,660
- Total
- 24,409
- vs nation
- D+24.7
Georgia 97th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,692
- Total
- 24,257
- vs nation
- D+23.1
- Lead
- 3,703
- Total
- 19,223
- vs nation
- D+17.2
- Lead
- 881
- Total
- 16,761
- vs nation
- D+1.4
- Lead
- 722
- Total
- 16,289
- vs nation
- R+2.8
- Lead
- 2,436
- Total
- 13,257
- vs nation
- R+15.9
- Lead
- 1,884
- Total
- 10,480
- vs nation
- R+18.5
- Lead
- 1,178
- Total
- 9,050
- vs nation
- R+21.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,0722024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,625 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 22.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,6472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 33.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 102, GA · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 97th 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
100.0%
172 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · 89.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
82.5%
882 votes · R+65.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 74.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,310votes
63.1% of the vote · D+27.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,870 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
9,210votes
37.7% of the vote · D+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,618 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
+90.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+79.5 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +84.8 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+41.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+65.0 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +31.9 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 | 57.1%14,203 | 42.9%10,672 | 24,875 |
| 2020 | D | 57.9%14,099 | 42.1%10,238 | 24,337 |
Georgia 97th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 65.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.2 points.
A population of 59,072, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,647 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 102 and State House District 107.
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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