- Lead
- 19,242
- Total
- 29,862
- vs nation
- D+65.9
Georgia 116th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 19,092
- Total
- 30,169
- vs nation
- D+58.8
- Lead
- 14,883
- Total
- 26,102
- vs nation
- D+54.9
- Lead
- 12,974
- Total
- 24,057
- vs nation
- D+50.1
- Lead
- 13,068
- Total
- 24,194
- vs nation
- D+46.7
- Lead
- 7,523
- Total
- 17,705
- vs nation
- D+44.9
- Lead
- 5,750
- Total
- 12,320
- vs nation
- D+46.2
- Lead
- 5,539
- Total
- 10,330
- vs nation
- D+45.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+64.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,7772024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,472 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 40.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,3442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 15.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 72.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 115, GA · twin score 98.3
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 116th 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
99.8%
536 votes · D+99.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 99.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
41.2%
1,128 votes · D+17.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 28.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
24,495votes
81.2% of the vote · D+63.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 24,457 votes
Republican
John McCain2008
5,467votes
22.6% of the vote · D+54.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 5,419 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
+99.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+83.8 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · +94.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−34.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+57.3 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −38.6 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 | 71.7%21,040 | 28.3%8,307 | 29,347 |
| 2020 | D | 70.2%20,091 | 29.8%8,510 | 28,601 |
Georgia 116th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.8 points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.4 points.
A population of 59,777, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,344 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 115 and State House District 95.
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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