- Lead
- 4,920
- Total
- 30,657
- vs nation
- R+14.6
Georgia 161st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,845
- Total
- 26,421
- vs nation
- R+22.8
- Lead
- 6,292
- Total
- 18,685
- vs nation
- R+35.8
- Lead
- 5,322
- Total
- 17,001
- vs nation
- R+35.2
- Lead
- 4,966
- Total
- 16,859
- vs nation
- R+36.7
- Lead
- 5,140
- Total
- 13,728
- vs nation
- R+35.0
- Lead
- 2,643
- Total
- 10,006
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 1,270
- Total
- 8,822
- vs nation
- R+22.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 60,0972024 5-year
- Population density
- 379 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 159 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,3862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.3 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 164, GA · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 161st 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. Roosevelt1936
84.7%
864 votes · D+69.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 80.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
79.0%
4,179 votes · R+57.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 69.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
12,788votes
41.7% of the vote · R+16.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 10,567 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,708votes
57.8% of the vote · R+16.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,412 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
+63.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+73.3 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · +45.4 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+60.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+38.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +36.7 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 | 36.5%10,727 | 63.5%18,641 | 29,368 |
| 2020 | R | 38.6%10,186 | 61.4%16,179 | 26,365 |
Georgia 161st State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 57.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.0 points.
A population of 60,097, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,386 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 164 and State House District 19.
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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