- Lead
- 2,916
- Total
- 24,787
- vs nation
- D+13.2
Georgia 149th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,874
- Total
- 24,751
- vs nation
- D+15.2
- Lead
- 4,692
- Total
- 21,937
- vs nation
- D+19.3
- Lead
- 5,675
- Total
- 22,245
- vs nation
- D+21.7
- Lead
- 5,712
- Total
- 22,668
- vs nation
- D+17.9
- Lead
- 2,891
- Total
- 19,247
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 3,136
- Total
- 15,950
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 4,806
- Total
- 15,242
- vs nation
- D+23.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,7152024 5-year
- Population density
- 239 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 250 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,5972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 42.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 51.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.3 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 168, GA · twin score 90.3
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 149th 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
96.9%
1,457 votes · D+94.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 94.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
62.8%
4,848 votes · R+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 44.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,681votes
59.3% of the vote · D+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 14,104 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,883votes
43.9% of the vote · D+11.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 9,807 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
+79.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+89.2 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +76.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+3.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+18.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +2.5 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 | 45.6%11,810 | 54.4%14,090 | 25,900 |
| 2020 | R | 49.1%12,543 | 50.9%13,017 | 25,560 |
Georgia 149th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 25.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.8 points.
A population of 59,715, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,597 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 168 and State House District 71.
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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