- Lead
- 5,554
- Total
- 9,119
- vs nation
- R+59.4
Mississippi 44th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,501
- Total
- 9,867
- vs nation
- R+60.2
- Lead
- 5,422
- Total
- 8,807
- vs nation
- R+63.7
- Lead
- 5,357
- Total
- 9,101
- vs nation
- R+62.7
- Lead
- 5,690
- Total
- 9,455
- vs nation
- R+67.5
- Lead
- 5,582
- Total
- 8,760
- vs nation
- R+61.3
- Lead
- 4,337
- Total
- 7,500
- vs nation
- R+58.3
- Lead
- 2,568
- Total
- 6,251
- vs nation
- R+49.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,3612024 5-year
- Population density
- 50 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 488 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $62,0612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+93.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 20, LA · twin score 96.5
presidential history
Party record book
Mississippi 44th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
97.1%
2,073 votes · D+94.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 96.8%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
96.9%
5,034 votes · R+93.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 91.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
2,290votes
38.5% of the vote · R+22.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 2,281 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
7,627votes
77.3% of the vote · R+55.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 7,543 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
+104.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +99.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+116.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+93.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +67.5 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 60 points, this district ranks among the most reliably conservative constituencies in the state, leaving general-election outcomes largely decided before ballots are cast.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 93.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.9 points.
A population of 24,361, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,061 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 20 and State House District 93.
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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