- Lead
- 4,958
- Total
- 27,125
- vs nation
- D+19.8
Georgia 142nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,162
- Total
- 27,808
- vs nation
- D+14.1
- Lead
- 2,758
- Total
- 24,878
- vs nation
- D+9.0
- Lead
- 2,697
- Total
- 25,514
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 2,226
- Total
- 26,134
- vs nation
- D+1.2
- Lead
- 1,754
- Total
- 23,038
- vs nation
- R+5.2
- Lead
- 1,500
- Total
- 19,958
- vs nation
- R+8.0
- Lead
- 572
- Total
- 20,013
- vs nation
- R+5.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,3122024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,440 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 41.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,9802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 38.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 52.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.0 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 143, GA · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 142nd 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. Roosevelt1936
90.4%
2,061 votes · D+81.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 89.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.6%
12,017 votes · R+53.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 63.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,317votes
58.7% of the vote · D+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,961 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
12,312votes
53.4% of the vote · R+7.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 12,017 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
+63.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+73.7 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +61.4 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+49.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+27.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +30.1 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 | 60.1%15,498 | 39.9%10,294 | 25,792 |
| 2020 | D | 62.0%16,290 | 38.0%9,975 | 26,265 |
Georgia 142nd State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.2 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 18.3 points.
A population of 59,312, a 39% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,980 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 143 and State House District 153.
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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