- Lead
- 4,377
- Total
- 39,607
- vs nation
- D+12.5
Pennsylvania 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,994
- Total
- 38,483
- vs nation
- D+8.5
- Lead
- 1,105
- Total
- 32,349
- vs nation
- D+1.3
- Lead
- 1,881
- Total
- 29,833
- vs nation
- R+10.2
- Lead
- 926
- Total
- 29,770
- vs nation
- R+4.2
- Lead
- 2,858
- Total
- 27,106
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 3,462
- Total
- 22,413
- vs nation
- R+16.0
- Lead
- 2,479
- Total
- 19,197
- vs nation
- R+21.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 64,0972024 5-year
- Population density
- 598 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 107 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $108,6682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+13.0 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.5 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 156, PA · twin score 95.3
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 26th 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
55.3%
21,277 votes · D+13.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 55.0%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
83.5%
4,577 votes · R+67.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 77.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
21,779votes
55.0% of the vote · D+11.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 21,277 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,402votes
43.9% of the vote · D+11.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,283 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
+12.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +8.5 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+63.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+45.5 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +50.0 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 | 57.0%21,546 | 43.0%16,282 | 37,828 |
Pennsylvania 26th State House District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.0 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 67.5 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.1 points.
A population of 64,097, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $108,668 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 156 and State House District 158.
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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Pennsylvania 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/42026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.