- Lead
- 5,727
- Total
- 26,770
- vs nation
- R+19.9
Georgia 173rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,307
- Total
- 26,781
- vs nation
- R+20.5
- Lead
- 4,261
- Total
- 23,167
- vs nation
- R+20.5
- Lead
- 3,276
- Total
- 23,487
- vs nation
- R+17.8
- Lead
- 2,589
- Total
- 23,000
- vs nation
- R+18.5
- Lead
- 3,328
- Total
- 19,691
- vs nation
- R+14.4
- Lead
- 1,802
- Total
- 15,426
- vs nation
- R+12.2
- Lead
- 681
- Total
- 14,718
- vs nation
- R+3.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,7432024 5-year
- Population density
- 94 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 633 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $57,6082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 36.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.0 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 171, GA · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 173rd 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
96.8%
4,202 votes · D+94.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 92.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.4%
8,070 votes · R+48.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 61.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,128votes
41.6% of the vote · R+16.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 10,477 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,204votes
60.5% of the vote · R+21.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,435 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. Roosevelt1932
+76.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+94.0 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · +71.1 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+45.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+23.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +25.6 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 | 38.0%10,266 | 62.0%16,769 | 27,035 |
| 2020 | R | 37.7%10,002 | 62.3%16,502 | 26,504 |
Georgia 173rd State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.0 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 48.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.4 points.
A population of 59,743, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,608 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 171 and State House District 85.
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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