Mississippi 17th State House District, Mississippi: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+39%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1936.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+39MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 11,7622024 5-year
- Median household income
- $67,8632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 30.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70 in 1972MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,504 | 3,448 | 5,006 | ||
| R | 1,727 | 3,429 | 5,235 | ||
| R | 1,421 | 3,148 | 4,662 | ||
| R | 1,780 | 3,175 | 5,001 | ||
| R | 1,703 | 3,215 | 4,952 | ||
| R | 1,435 | 2,869 | 4,340 | ||
| R | 1,295 | 2,203 | 3,555 | ||
| R | 1,195 | 1,674 | 3,072 | ||
| R | 1,092 | 1,733 | 3,187 | ||
| R | 935 | 1,950 | 2,936 | ||
| R | 879 | 1,886 | 2,795 | ||
| D | 1,423 | 1,179 | 2,676 | ||
| D | 1,205 | 1,043 | 2,314 | ||
| R | 231 | 1,520 | 1,840 | ||
| O | 271 | 357 | 1,936 | ||
| R | 341 | 732 | 1,073 | ||
| D | 517 | 220 | 941 | ||
| D | 550 | 132 | 731 | ||
| D | 591 | 284 | 875 | ||
| O | 90 | 12 | 545 | ||
| D | 497 | 33 | 530 | ||
| D | 540 | 17 | 557 | ||
| D | 508 | 6 | 514 | ||
| D | 525 | 18 | 544 | ||
| D | 391 | 52 | 443 | ||
| D | 371 | 22 | 393 | ||
| D | 234 | 43 | 278 | ||
| D | 238 | 13 | 252 | ||
| D | 197 | 6 | 210 | ||
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| D | 146 | 9 | 159 | ||
| D | 176 | 5 | 182 | ||
| D | 106 | 1 | 157 | ||
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Demographics
Mississippi 17th 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 2 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Mississippi 17th State House District peaked at ninety-eight points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-six points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $67,863 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 17, Mississippi. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28017/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.