- Lead
- 2,760
- Total
- 15,349
- vs nation
- R+16.5
Missouri 147th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,513
- Total
- 15,493
- vs nation
- R+20.7
- Lead
- 4,519
- Total
- 15,332
- vs nation
- R+31.6
- Lead
- 3,193
- Total
- 14,803
- vs nation
- R+25.4
- Lead
- 1,549
- Total
- 16,003
- vs nation
- R+17.0
- Lead
- 2,144
- Total
- 14,636
- vs nation
- R+12.2
- Lead
- 1,448
- Total
- 12,641
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 421
- Total
- 12,247
- vs nation
- R+5.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 38,8712024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,472 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,2832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29.5 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 84, IN · twin score 86.0
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 147th 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
70.3%
4,919 votes · D+41.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 68.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2016
61.9%
9,497 votes · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 60.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
7,155votes
44.7% of the vote · R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 6,732 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2016
9,497votes
61.9% of the vote · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 8,950 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
+38.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+13.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +32.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+31.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.5 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +25.4 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 | R | 32.0%3,773 | 68.0%8,014 | 11,787 |
| 2018 | R | 25.4%3,781 | 74.6%11,129 | 14,910 |
Missouri 147th State House District sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 29.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.0 points.
A population of 38,871, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,283 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 84 and State House 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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