- Lead
- 2,628
- Total
- 19,500
- vs nation
- D+14.9
Missouri 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,286
- Total
- 18,169
- vs nation
- D+13.6
- Lead
- 1,222
- Total
- 16,865
- vs nation
- D+5.2
- Lead
- 692
- Total
- 15,986
- vs nation
- D+0.5
- Lead
- 2,315
- Total
- 17,218
- vs nation
- D+6.2
- Lead
- 146
- Total
- 15,316
- vs nation
- D+3.4
- Lead
- 269
- Total
- 12,066
- vs nation
- D+1.7
- Lead
- 727
- Total
- 10,471
- vs nation
- R+1.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+13.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 36,7372024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,424 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,5742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+14.1 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 79, KY · twin score 87.5
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 50th 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
77.1%
2,362 votes · D+55.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 75.5%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
57.1%
5,267 votes · R+14.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 55.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
10,829votes
55.5% of the vote · D+13.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 10,483 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,201votes
42.1% of the vote · D+13.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 7,508 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
+67.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +62.9 pts
Republican
Bob Dole1996
+1.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+6.9 · U.S. D+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · −0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 61.7%7,327 | 38.3%4,554 | 11,881 |
| 2018 | D | 54.8%7,781 | 45.2%6,407 | 14,188 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+13.5 in a state that trends Republican statewide, District 50 stands out as a reliable Democratic pocket — likely anchored by urban density or a significant university or institutional presence.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 14.1 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.5 points.
A population of 36,737, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,574 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 79 and Delegate District 81.
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 50th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/29050/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.