- Lead
- 13,397
- Total
- 31,581
- vs nation
- R+40.9
Georgia 159th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,041
- Total
- 28,620
- vs nation
- R+43.0
- Lead
- 8,714
- Total
- 22,555
- vs nation
- R+40.7
- Lead
- 6,764
- Total
- 21,371
- vs nation
- R+35.5
- Lead
- 6,489
- Total
- 21,452
- vs nation
- R+37.5
- Lead
- 6,337
- Total
- 17,867
- vs nation
- R+33.0
- Lead
- 2,942
- Total
- 13,024
- vs nation
- R+23.1
- Lead
- 1,034
- Total
- 11,213
- vs nation
- R+17.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+42.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,8952024 5-year
- Population density
- 51 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,164 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $74,7772024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 136, GA · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 159th 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
92.5%
1,209 votes · D+85.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 91.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
82.2%
5,157 votes · R+64.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 71.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
9,028votes
28.6% of the vote · R+42.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,608 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22,425votes
71.0% of the vote · R+42.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 19,649 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
+75.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+85.1 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +67.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+55.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +43.0 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%7,782 | 72.8%20,800 | 28,582 |
| 2020 | R | 29.4%7,560 | 70.6%18,166 | 25,726 |
District 159 recorded an R+42.4 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided legislative seats. Its rural southwest Georgia character produces among the most predictable partisan outcomes in the chamber.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 64.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.4 points.
A population of 59,895, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,777 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 136 and State House District 31.
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 159th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/13159/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.