Mississippi 7th State House District, Mississippi: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+97 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 8,1192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $85,2972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+72 in 1964MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,232 | 2,040 | 3,364 | ||
| R | 1,200 | 1,972 | 3,231 | ||
| R | 874 | 1,829 | 2,808 | ||
| R | 916 | 1,849 | 2,792 | ||
| R | 833 | 1,877 | 2,730 | ||
| R | 576 | 1,541 | 2,131 | ||
| R | 407 | 1,056 | 1,483 | ||
| R | 436 | 770 | 1,438 | ||
| R | 375 | 683 | 1,170 | ||
| R | 231 | 623 | 859 | ||
| R | 185 | 534 | 722 | ||
| R | 269 | 410 | 697 | ||
| D | 329 | 265 | 607 | ||
| R | 66 | 336 | 415 | ||
| O | 81 | 46 | 354 | ||
| R | 20 | 124 | 144 | ||
| D | 34 | 23 | 88 | ||
| D | 52 | 17 | 78 | ||
| D | 55 | 32 | 87 | ||
| O | 6 | 1 | 62 | ||
| D | 66 | 5 | 71 | ||
| D | 63 | 2 | 65 | ||
| D | 57 | 1 | 58 | ||
| D | 59 | 1 | 60 | ||
| D | 58 | 3 | 60 | ||
| D | 45 | 1 | 46 | ||
| D | 35 | 1 | 36 | ||
| D | 37 | 1 | 37 | ||
| D | 23 | 0 | 24 | ||
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| D | 31 | 2 | 34 | ||
| D | 38 | 2 | 41 | ||
| D | 20 | 1 | 26 | ||
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Demographics
Mississippi 7th State House District sits in the Deep South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Mississippi 7th State House District peaked at ninety-seven points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of twenty points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $85,297 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 7, Mississippi. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.