- Lead
- 1,876
- Total
- 21,822
- vs nation
- D+10.1
Missouri 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 802
- Total
- 20,814
- vs nation
- R+0.6
- Lead
- 388
- Total
- 20,362
- vs nation
- R+0.2
- Lead
- 220
- Total
- 19,361
- vs nation
- R+5.0
- Lead
- 1,602
- Total
- 20,743
- vs nation
- D+0.5
- Lead
- 815
- Total
- 18,649
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 498
- Total
- 14,506
- vs nation
- R+4.0
- Lead
- 222
- Total
- 12,569
- vs nation
- R+6.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+8.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 36,6862024 5-year
- Population density
- 141 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 260 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,2272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+19.8 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 16, AK · twin score 83.8
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 47th 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. Roosevelt1932
75.6%
2,708 votes · D+52.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 74.7%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
59.9%
6,796 votes · R+19.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 58.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
11,603votes
53.2% of the vote · D+8.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 11,033 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
9,759votes
46.9% of the vote · D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 9,727 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
John W. Davis1924
+62.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+37.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +58.3 pts
Republican
Bob Dole1996
+6.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+1.8 · U.S. D+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +5.0 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 | 54.8%7,771 | 45.2%6,398 | 14,169 |
Missouri 47th State House District sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 19.8 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.6 points.
A population of 36,686, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,227 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 16 and State House District 71.
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 47th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/29047/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.