Mississippi 20th State House District, Mississippi: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 6,7842024 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+100 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1,029 | 1,704 | 2,811 | ||
| R | 1,002 | 1,648 | 2,700 | ||
| R | 730 | 1,528 | 2,346 | ||
| R | 765 | 1,545 | 2,333 | ||
| R | 696 | 1,568 | 2,281 | ||
| R | 482 | 1,288 | 1,781 | ||
| R | 340 | 882 | 1,239 | ||
| R | 365 | 643 | 1,202 | ||
| R | 313 | 571 | 978 | ||
| R | 193 | 521 | 718 | ||
| R | 155 | 446 | 604 | ||
| R | 225 | 342 | 582 | ||
| D | 275 | 221 | 508 | ||
| R | 55 | 281 | 347 | ||
| O | 67 | 39 | 296 | ||
| R | 16 | 104 | 120 | ||
| D | 28 | 20 | 74 | ||
| D | 44 | 14 | 65 | ||
| D | 46 | 27 | 72 | ||
| O | 5 | 0 | 51 | ||
| D | 55 | 4 | 60 | ||
| D | 53 | 1 | 54 | ||
| D | 48 | 0 | 48 | ||
| D | 50 | 0 | 50 | ||
| D | 48 | 2 | 50 | ||
| D | 38 | 1 | 38 | ||
| D | 29 | 1 | 30 | ||
| D | 31 | 0 | 31 | ||
| D | 19 | 0 | 20 | ||
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| D | 26 | 2 | 28 | ||
| D | 31 | 2 | 34 | ||
| D | 17 | 1 | 22 | ||
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Demographics
Mississippi 20th 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 20th State House District peaked at 100 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 20, Mississippi. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.