- Lead
- 7,962
- Total
- 20,730
- vs nation
- D+39.9
Missouri 83rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,119
- Total
- 21,638
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 5,314
- Total
- 20,185
- vs nation
- D+24.2
- Lead
- 5,036
- Total
- 20,092
- vs nation
- D+21.2
- Lead
- 6,630
- Total
- 21,382
- vs nation
- D+23.7
- Lead
- 4,276
- Total
- 20,487
- vs nation
- D+23.3
- Lead
- 3,078
- Total
- 18,239
- vs nation
- D+16.4
- Lead
- 2,972
- Total
- 17,945
- vs nation
- D+8.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+38.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 36,6052024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,207 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,2092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38.4 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+13.5 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 91, MO · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 83rd 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
Kamala Harris2024
68.2%
14,134 votes · D+38.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 67.8%
Republican
James G. Blaine1884
51.7%
105 votes · R+3.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 48.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,665votes
67.8% of the vote · D+37.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,134 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
10,041votes
23.2% of the vote · R+6.6 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 8,610 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
+39.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+38.4 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +33.1 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+16.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+3.5 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +13.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 58.7%11,353 | 41.3%8,002 | 19,355 |
Missouri 83rd State House District sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.4 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 13.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.4 points.
A population of 36,605, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,209 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 91 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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