- Lead
- 7,170
- Total
- 15,808
- vs nation
- D+46.8
Georgia 140th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,459
- Total
- 16,726
- vs nation
- D+46.1
- Lead
- 7,580
- Total
- 15,518
- vs nation
- D+46.8
- Lead
- 8,297
- Total
- 15,801
- vs nation
- D+48.7
- Lead
- 8,480
- Total
- 16,468
- vs nation
- D+44.2
- Lead
- 5,142
- Total
- 13,474
- vs nation
- D+40.6
- Lead
- 4,726
- Total
- 11,275
- vs nation
- D+41.4
- Lead
- 4,410
- Total
- 10,043
- vs nation
- D+35.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+45.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,2942024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,263 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $38,9692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 55.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+24.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 17, LA · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 140th 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%
939 votes · D+98.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 98.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
62.2%
3,791 votes · R+24.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 44.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
12,492votes
74.7% of the vote · D+50.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 12,430 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
4,284votes
27.1% of the vote · D+45.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 4,138 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
+83.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+93.6 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +80.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+12.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+10.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +1.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+45.4, District 140 ranks among the most one-sided state legislative districts in Georgia, reflecting a dense, majority-minority urban core where Democratic candidates routinely run unopposed or face only nominal opposition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 24.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.4 points.
A population of 59,294, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $38,969 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 17 and State House District 86.
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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Georgia 140th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/13140/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.