- Lead
- 2,364
- Total
- 29,184
- vs nation
- R+6.6
Georgia 147th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,940
- Total
- 27,707
- vs nation
- R+15.1
- Lead
- 5,339
- Total
- 23,150
- vs nation
- R+25.2
- Lead
- 4,924
- Total
- 22,317
- vs nation
- R+25.9
- Lead
- 4,637
- Total
- 21,453
- vs nation
- R+28.9
- Lead
- 5,952
- Total
- 17,360
- vs nation
- R+31.8
- Lead
- 3,989
- Total
- 14,201
- vs nation
- R+28.6
- Lead
- 1,856
- Total
- 12,637
- vs nation
- R+23.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+8.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 60,3752024 5-year
- Population density
- 876 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 68.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,8302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 53.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 161, GA · twin score 93.7
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 147th 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
92.6%
336 votes · D+86.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 90.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.5%
5,604 votes · R+66.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 66.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
13,297votes
45.6% of the vote · R+8.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 12,180 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
15,661votes
53.7% of the vote · R+8.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,120 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
+71.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+60.8 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +69.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+47.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +43.8 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 | R | 42.0%11,978 | 58.0%16,508 | 28,486 |
| 2020 | R | 42.0%10,973 | 58.0%15,145 | 26,118 |
Georgia 147th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 66.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.1 points.
A population of 60,375, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,830 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 161 and State House District 20.
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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