- Lead
- 7,594
- Total
- 15,508
- vs nation
- D+50.4
Missouri 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,724
- Total
- 17,617
- vs nation
- D+45.1
- Lead
- 7,113
- Total
- 17,893
- vs nation
- D+37.7
- Lead
- 7,012
- Total
- 18,078
- vs nation
- D+34.9
- Lead
- 8,572
- Total
- 19,485
- vs nation
- D+36.7
- Lead
- 6,463
- Total
- 18,335
- vs nation
- D+37.7
- Lead
- 5,050
- Total
- 16,353
- vs nation
- D+30.4
- Lead
- 4,697
- Total
- 15,551
- vs nation
- D+21.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+49.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 37,5112024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,122 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 9.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,4252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 38.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 53.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.5 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+6.3 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 75, MO · twin score 99.7
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 68th 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
Joe Biden2020
73.9%
13,016 votes · D+49.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 73.6%
Republican
George H. W. Bush1988
41.0%
6,316 votes · D+17.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 38.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
13,918votes
71.4% of the vote · D+44.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 13,016 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,392votes
23.6% of the vote · R+0.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 6,337 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
+50.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.0 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +45.1 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+6.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+12.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +3.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+49, this district ranks among the most one-sided in Missouri's lower chamber, reflecting a dense, heavily Democratic constituency that consistently delivers lopsided margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 6.3 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.0 points.
A population of 37,511, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,425 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 75 and State House District 67.
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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