- Lead
- 11,144
- Total
- 23,678
- vs nation
- R+45.6
Georgia 156th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,496
- Total
- 23,661
- vs nation
- R+44.6
- Lead
- 8,318
- Total
- 20,613
- vs nation
- R+42.4
- Lead
- 6,636
- Total
- 21,377
- vs nation
- R+34.9
- Lead
- 6,468
- Total
- 21,611
- vs nation
- R+37.2
- Lead
- 5,994
- Total
- 19,537
- vs nation
- R+28.2
- Lead
- 2,280
- Total
- 16,077
- vs nation
- R+14.7
- Lead
- 401
- Total
- 15,395
- vs nation
- R+5.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,4442024 5-year
- Population density
- 45 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,331 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $48,6352024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 29.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 157, GA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 156th 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
96.2%
4,949 votes · D+92.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 90.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.8%
8,833 votes · R+61.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 73.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
10,228votes
72.3% of the vote · D+44.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 9,525 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,378votes
73.4% of the vote · R+47.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,483 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
+80.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+64.8 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +75.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+45.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +44.6 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 | R | 24.0%5,390 | 76.0%17,096 | 22,486 |
| 2020 | R | 27.9%6,310 | 72.1%16,279 | 22,589 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+47.1, this district sits well outside Georgia's statewide competitiveness, suggesting a rural or exurban electorate that diverges sharply from the state's increasingly narrow statewide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 61.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.1 points.
A population of 59,444, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,635 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 157 and State House District 169.
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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