- Lead
- 11,134
- Total
- 24,583
- vs nation
- R+43.8
Georgia 170th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,040
- Total
- 23,524
- vs nation
- R+47.1
- Lead
- 9,009
- Total
- 20,374
- vs nation
- R+46.3
- Lead
- 7,422
- Total
- 19,709
- vs nation
- R+41.5
- Lead
- 7,291
- Total
- 20,110
- vs nation
- R+43.5
- Lead
- 6,120
- Total
- 17,364
- vs nation
- R+32.8
- Lead
- 3,406
- Total
- 14,100
- vs nation
- R+24.7
- Lead
- 393
- Total
- 14,294
- vs nation
- R+11.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+45.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 60,1162024 5-year
- Population density
- 85 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 704 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,9152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 24.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96.5 in 1888MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 169, GA · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 170th 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
96.7%
3,127 votes · D+94.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 94.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
84.4%
6,711 votes · R+68.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 72.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
8,879votes
78.6% of the vote · D+57.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 7,700 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,818votes
72.5% of the vote · R+45.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,665 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
+86.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+71.4 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +77.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+47.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +47.1 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 | 20.9%5,147 | 79.1%19,422 | 24,569 |
| 2020 | R | 24.7%5,815 | 75.3%17,753 | 23,568 |
District 170 recorded a 45.3-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, placing it among Georgia's most reliably one-sided state house seats. Its rural southwest Georgia character leaves little competitive pressure in most cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 96.5 points in 1888 and a Republican high of 68.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.3 points.
A population of 60,116, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,915 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 169 and State House District 172.
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 170th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/13170/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.