- Lead
- 9,016
- Total
- 25,153
- vs nation
- R+34.4
Georgia 158th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,379
- Total
- 24,687
- vs nation
- R+34.3
- Lead
- 6,022
- Total
- 21,041
- vs nation
- R+30.7
- Lead
- 4,192
- Total
- 20,821
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 4,088
- Total
- 21,104
- vs nation
- R+26.6
- Lead
- 4,119
- Total
- 18,404
- vs nation
- R+19.9
- Lead
- 1,581
- Total
- 14,866
- vs nation
- R+11.2
- Lead
- 860
- Total
- 13,608
- vs nation
- R+2.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,4402024 5-year
- Population density
- 46 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,301 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,6472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 159, GA · twin score 92.9
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 158th 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
98.0%
4,448 votes · D+96.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 95.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.8%
7,754 votes · R+61.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 67.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
9,212votes
73.6% of the vote · D+47.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,543 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,045votes
67.8% of the vote · R+35.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,922 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
+82.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+92.6 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +78.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+38.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.6 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +35.6 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 | 27.2%6,540 | 72.8%17,514 | 24,054 |
| 2020 | R | 30.7%7,109 | 69.3%16,074 | 23,183 |
District 158 recorded a 35.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided legislative districts and reflecting the heavily Republican rural character common to southwest Georgia.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 61.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.8 points.
A population of 59,440, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,647 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 159 and State House District 156.
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 158th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/13158/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.