- Lead
- 9,335
- Total
- 33,986
- vs nation
- D+28.9
Illinois 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,224
- Total
- 37,136
- vs nation
- D+31.2
- Lead
- 11,719
- Total
- 34,395
- vs nation
- D+32.0
- Lead
- 8,174
- Total
- 30,352
- vs nation
- D+23.1
- Lead
- 12,128
- Total
- 33,090
- vs nation
- D+29.4
- Lead
- 4,290
- Total
- 27,271
- vs nation
- D+18.2
- Lead
- 3,049
- Total
- 23,110
- vs nation
- D+12.7
- Lead
- 3,251
- Total
- 19,619
- vs nation
- D+8.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+27.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,6602024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,375 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 32.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $86,5982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 53.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36.7 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.6 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 43, IL · twin score 96.5
presidential history
Party record book
Illinois 50th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
67.8%
22,437 votes · D+36.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 66.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
73.7%
2,996 votes · R+51.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 69.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
24,749votes
66.6% of the vote · D+35.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 22,437 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,035votes
35.4% of the vote · D+27.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,525 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
Hillary Clinton2016
+32.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.1 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +31.2 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+30.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +24.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Illinois House District 50 leans heavily Democratic in presidential cycles, with 2024 margins exceeding 27 points — a pattern typical of densely populated Cook County communities where urban density and demographic composition consistently drive outsized Democratic performance.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.7 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 55.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.5 points.
A population of 108,660, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,598 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 43 and State House District 21.
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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Illinois 50th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/17050/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.