- Lead
- 5,269
- Total
- 11,765
- vs nation
- R+43.3
Mississippi 37th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,208
- Total
- 12,384
- vs nation
- R+46.5
- Lead
- 5,236
- Total
- 11,417
- vs nation
- R+48.0
- Lead
- 4,989
- Total
- 11,827
- vs nation
- R+46.0
- Lead
- 5,333
- Total
- 12,100
- vs nation
- R+51.3
- Lead
- 5,838
- Total
- 11,081
- vs nation
- R+50.2
- Lead
- 4,898
- Total
- 9,161
- vs nation
- R+54.0
- Lead
- 3,804
- Total
- 7,729
- vs nation
- R+57.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6772024 5-year
- Population density
- 66 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 356 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $71,5982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.4 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+94.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 39, MS · twin score 97.6
presidential history
Party record book
Mississippi 37th 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
Alton B. Parker1904
95.6%
218 votes · D+93.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 93.5%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
97.2%
4,068 votes · R+94.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 89.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
3,504votes
28.3% of the vote · R+42.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 3,361 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
8,712votes
70.3% of the vote · R+42.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 8,655 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+113.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+93.4 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +100.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+117.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+94.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +57.7 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 39 points, this 23,000-person district ranks among the most one-sided legislative constituencies in the state, leaving general elections largely uncontested and primary outcomes decisive.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.4 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 94.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.8 points.
A population of 23,677, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,598 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 39 and State House District 83.
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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