- Lead
- 4,456
- Total
- 7,420
- vs nation
- D+61.5
Mississippi 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,046
- Total
- 8,558
- vs nation
- D+54.5
- Lead
- 3,940
- Total
- 8,207
- vs nation
- D+45.9
- Lead
- 4,342
- Total
- 9,232
- vs nation
- D+43.2
- Lead
- 4,001
- Total
- 9,422
- vs nation
- D+35.2
- Lead
- 1,860
- Total
- 7,900
- vs nation
- D+26.0
- Lead
- 1,101
- Total
- 7,413
- vs nation
- D+14.3
- Lead
- 1,134
- Total
- 7,149
- vs nation
- D+7.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+60.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,8142024 5-year
- Population density
- 751 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 31.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,5952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 17.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 78.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.4 in 1908MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 58, AL · twin score 98.4
presidential history
Party record book
Mississippi 71st 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
William J. Bryan1908
98.7%
151 votes · D+97.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 98.4%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
87.0%
2,994 votes · R+74.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 77.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
6,779votes
73.4% of the vote · D+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 6,756 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
4,673votes
55.1% of the vote · R+10.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 4,331 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
+116.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+96.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +116.4 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+96.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+74.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +32.7 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 90.6%6,336 | 9.4%655 | 6,991 |
Mississippi 71st State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.4 points in 1908 and a Republican high of 74.0 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.1 points.
A population of 23,814, a 18% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,595 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 58 and State House District 96.
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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