- Lead
- 10,024
- Total
- 17,631
- vs nation
- R+55.4
Missouri 156th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,439
- Total
- 17,196
- vs nation
- R+59.3
- Lead
- 8,903
- Total
- 15,507
- vs nation
- R+59.5
- Lead
- 6,500
- Total
- 14,265
- vs nation
- R+49.4
- Lead
- 4,959
- Total
- 14,428
- vs nation
- R+41.6
- Lead
- 5,038
- Total
- 12,687
- vs nation
- R+37.3
- Lead
- 2,783
- Total
- 10,021
- vs nation
- R+28.3
- Lead
- 1,328
- Total
- 8,719
- vs nation
- R+23.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 38,6952024 5-year
- Population density
- 283 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 137 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,6372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+1.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.4 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 127, MO · twin score 97.7
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 156th 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
50.3%
1,383 votes · D+1.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 50.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
77.9%
13,739 votes · R+56.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 76.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
4,605votes
31.9% of the vote · R+34.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 3,786 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,739votes
77.9% of the vote · R+56.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,160 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
William J. Bryan1896
+5.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+0.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +3.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+59.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+57.4 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +59.3 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.
District 156 recorded an R+56.9 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the state's most one-sided legislative seats. Its small population of roughly 39,000 reflects a deeply rural character with little recent competitive history.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 1.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 57.4 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.9 points.
A population of 38,695, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,637 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 127 and State House District 159.
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 156th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/29156/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.