- Lead
- 6,891
- Total
- 45,993
- vs nation
- D+16.5
Pennsylvania 29th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,729
- Total
- 45,407
- vs nation
- D+12.6
- Lead
- 3,324
- Total
- 39,532
- vs nation
- D+6.3
- Lead
- 3,316
- Total
- 36,728
- vs nation
- D+5.2
- Lead
- 6,252
- Total
- 38,326
- vs nation
- D+9.0
- Lead
- 3,907
- Total
- 36,633
- vs nation
- D+13.1
- Lead
- 3,554
- Total
- 30,279
- vs nation
- D+11.2
- Lead
- 2,777
- Total
- 26,163
- vs nation
- D+2.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 65,5322024 5-year
- Population density
- 807 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 81.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $154,2592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.4 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 31, PA · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 29th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
64.2%
9,665 votes · D+29.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 58.0%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
73.2%
3,003 votes · R+47.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 64.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
26,355votes
58.0% of the vote · D+17.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 26,200 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
19,309votes
42.0% of the vote · D+15.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 18,626 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
+16.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.0 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +13.1 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+31.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.5 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +30.0 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 | R | 43.4%17,254 | 56.6%22,540 | 39,794 |
Pennsylvania 29th State House District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.0 points.
A population of 65,532, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $154,259 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 31 and State House District 160.
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 29th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/42029/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.