Mississippi 86th State House District, Mississippi: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+38%. Democratic peak: D+96 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+38MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 23,4532024 5-year
- Median household income
- $40,0052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 35.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+84 in 1964MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,301 | 7,372 | 10,762 | ||
| R | 3,954 | 7,678 | 11,772 | ||
| R | 3,839 | 7,238 | 11,181 | ||
| R | 4,560 | 7,393 | 12,045 | ||
| R | 4,310 | 7,314 | 11,705 | ||
| R | 3,591 | 6,679 | 10,317 | ||
| R | 3,363 | 5,532 | 8,997 | ||
| R | 3,055 | 3,817 | 7,604 | ||
| R | 3,531 | 4,595 | 9,126 | ||
| R | 3,332 | 5,345 | 8,797 | ||
| R | 3,212 | 5,847 | 9,108 | ||
| R | 4,030 | 4,421 | 8,507 | ||
| D | 3,910 | 3,472 | 7,522 | ||
| R | 1,117 | 5,471 | 6,645 | ||
| O | 869 | 297 | 6,036 | ||
| R | 347 | 4,072 | 4,418 | ||
| O | 864 | 566 | 2,668 | ||
| D | 1,690 | 475 | 2,474 | ||
| D | 1,915 | 866 | 2,780 | ||
| O | 168 | 9 | 1,658 | ||
| D | 1,633 | 59 | 1,692 | ||
| D | 1,648 | 36 | 1,684 | ||
| D | 1,599 | 54 | 1,655 | ||
| D | 1,228 | 30 | 1,262 | ||
| D | 1,054 | 382 | 1,436 | ||
| D | 1,030 | 68 | 1,100 | ||
| D | 638 | 124 | 811 | ||
| D | 903 | 56 | 997 | ||
| D | 646 | 18 | 747 | ||
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| D | 495 | 109 | 628 | ||
| D | 751 | 34 | 792 | ||
| D | 446 | 8 | 511 | ||
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Demographics
Mississippi 86th 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 86th State House District peaked at ninety-six points in 1940; 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 five points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $40,005 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 86, Mississippi. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/28086/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.