- Lead
- 12,963
- Total
- 23,619
- vs nation
- R+53.4
Georgia 157th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,538
- Total
- 23,345
- vs nation
- R+53.9
- Lead
- 9,848
- Total
- 19,962
- vs nation
- R+51.4
- Lead
- 8,067
- Total
- 20,029
- vs nation
- R+44.1
- Lead
- 7,762
- Total
- 20,289
- vs nation
- R+45.5
- Lead
- 7,212
- Total
- 18,878
- vs nation
- R+35.7
- Lead
- 4,168
- Total
- 16,909
- vs nation
- R+25.2
- Lead
- 274
- Total
- 15,218
- vs nation
- R+10.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+54.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,9572024 5-year
- Population density
- 47 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,271 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $47,1292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 156, GA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 157th 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
96.4%
4,318 votes · D+93.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 88.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.2%
7,954 votes · R+66.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 77.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
10,511votes
76.7% of the vote · D+53.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 8,776 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
18,256votes
77.3% of the vote · R+54.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 17,352 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
+78.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+63.0 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +75.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+53.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +53.4 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 | 19.2%4,322 | 80.8%18,157 | 22,479 |
| 2020 | R | 22.8%5,049 | 77.2%17,144 | 22,193 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+54.9, District 157 sits among the state's most one-sided legislative constituencies, reflecting the deeply rural character and voting patterns of its southwest Georgia communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 66.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.9 points.
A population of 59,957, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,129 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 156 and State House District 30.
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 157th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/13157/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.