- Lead
- 5,083
- Total
- 15,525
- vs nation
- D+34.2
Missouri 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,123
- Total
- 17,128
- vs nation
- D+25.5
- Lead
- 3,372
- Total
- 16,392
- vs nation
- D+18.5
- Lead
- 3,898
- Total
- 16,748
- vs nation
- D+19.4
- Lead
- 5,219
- Total
- 18,339
- vs nation
- D+21.2
- Lead
- 3,436
- Total
- 17,020
- vs nation
- D+22.6
- Lead
- 3,511
- Total
- 14,506
- vs nation
- D+23.7
- Lead
- 3,365
- Total
- 13,358
- vs nation
- D+16.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 37,2112024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,819 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 13.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,7312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+13.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 79, SC · twin score 95.1
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 28th 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
74.3%
11,902 votes · D+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 68.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
56.8%
6,751 votes · R+13.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 55.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
11,902votes
74.3% of the vote · D+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 11,683 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
6,893votes
47.2% of the vote · D+5.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 6,849 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
Kamala Harris2024
+34.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +28.2 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
−4.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+12.4 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · −7.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+32.7, this district ranks among the strongest Democratic-performing constituencies in Missouri, likely anchored by a dense urban core and a population with high concentrations of renters, younger voters, or university-affiliated residents.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 13.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.7 points.
A population of 37,211, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,731 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 79 and State House District 77.
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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