- Lead
- 8,641
- Total
- 13,591
- vs nation
- D+65.1
Missouri 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,718
- Total
- 15,944
- vs nation
- D+62.8
- Lead
- 9,992
- Total
- 15,473
- vs nation
- D+62.5
- Lead
- 11,023
- Total
- 16,021
- vs nation
- D+64.9
- Lead
- 12,883
- Total
- 17,993
- vs nation
- D+64.3
- Lead
- 10,794
- Total
- 16,100
- vs nation
- D+69.5
- Lead
- 9,566
- Total
- 14,206
- vs nation
- D+66.8
- Lead
- 8,519
- Total
- 12,987
- vs nation
- D+57.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+63.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 36,9482024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,030 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 18.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,6982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 53.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87.6 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27, MO · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 26th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
92.5%
446 votes · D+87.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 90.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
27.9%
2,622 votes · D+44.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 26.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
15,693votes
90.5% of the vote · D+81.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 15,367 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
2,655votes
20.7% of the vote · D+58.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 2,641 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
James M. Cox1920
+80.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.8 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +75.9 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−45.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+65.1 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · −53.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+63.6, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic constituencies in Missouri, likely anchored by a dense urban core with high concentrations of renters, young voters, or university populations.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.6 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.6 points.
A population of 36,948, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,698 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27 and State House District 42.
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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Missouri 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/29026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.