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Pennsylvania 50th State House District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German19.8%21.6%12.5%

Irish15.1%14.8%9.4%

English12.4%8.3%9.5%

Italian11.0%10.6%4.8%

Polish6.8%5.4%2.2%

American4.7%4.4%5.3%

Slovak2.4%0.8%—

Scottish1.2%1.1%1.3%

African American†3.0%8.7%9.9%

Mexican0.4%1.4%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.4%3.7%1.8%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Median age	42.1	41.2	39.1
Age 18–24	8.5%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	21.3%	19.5%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Median household income	$64,943	$77,971	$84,427
Poverty rate	14.8%	11.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	26.9%	35.2%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Owner-occupied homes	74.8%	69.3%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	25.2%	30.7%	34.8%
Median home value	$141,500	$254,500	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$810	$1,209	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	41.2%	48.2%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	13.9%	9.2%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Mean commute	28.5 min	26.3 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	10.0%	8.1%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	78.6%	68.2%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.5%	3.6%	3.2%
Works from home	8.3%	15.6%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	2.7%	12.4%	22.3%
Spanish	1.2%	5.6%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Catholic	—	21.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	9.3%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	53.1%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	PA HD 50	Pennsylvania	United States
Foreign-born residents	1.2%	7.7%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	0.5%	4.3%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	0.7%	3.4%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.1%	6.1%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.435	0.474	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic30.9%9,992TrumpRepublican67.7%21,880OtherAll other candidates1.3%429

R+36.8

Lead: 11,888
Total: 32,301
vs nation: R+35.3

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic32.9%10,839TrumpRepublican66.0%21,723OtherAll other candidates1.1%370

R+33.0

Lead: 10,884
Total: 32,932
vs nation: R+37.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic33.6%9,990TrumpRepublican62.6%18,615OtherAll other candidates3.9%1,152

R+29.0

Lead: 8,625
Total: 29,757
vs nation: R+31.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic43.4%11,882RomneyRepublican55.4%15,183OtherAll other candidates1.2%335

R+12.0

Lead: 3,301
Total: 27,400
vs nation: R+15.9

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic50.0%14,745McCainRepublican48.4%14,292OtherAll other candidates1.6%467

D+1.5

Lead: 453
Total: 29,504
vs nation: R+5.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic51.7%14,973BushRepublican47.9%13,849OtherAll other candidates0.4%118

D+3.9

Lead: 1,124
Total: 28,940
vs nation: D+6.3

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic55.4%13,977BushRepublican42.1%10,625OtherAll other candidates2.4%616

D+13.3

Lead: 3,352
Total: 25,218
vs nation: D+12.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic56.3%13,790DoleRepublican30.3%7,417OtherAll other candidates13.5%3,299

D+26.0

Lead: 6,373
Total: 24,506
vs nation: D+17.5

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+36.8MIT Election Lab
Population: 67,3582024 5-year
Population density: 97 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 696 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $64,9432024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 90.2%2024 5-year
Black: 3.3%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 1.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+50.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+36.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Most similar: State House District 96, OH · twin score 96.5

presidential history

Party record book

Pennsylvania 50th 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

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Lyndon B. Johnson1964

75.1%

21,008 votes · D+50.3 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 67.9%

Republican

Donald Trump2024

67.7%

21,880 votes · R+36.8 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 66.0%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Lyndon B. Johnson1964

21,008votes

75.1% of the vote · D+50.3 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 19,907 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2024

21,880votes

67.7% of the vote · R+36.8 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,723 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

Walter Mondale1984

+40.5pts D vs U.S.

Place D+22.3 · U.S. R+18.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +39.4 pts

Republican

Donald Trump2020

+37.5pts R vs U.S.

Place R+33.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +35.3 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RBud CookState House · 50

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 3 House

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.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	32.9%11,319	67.1%23,102	34,421
2020	R	33.8%11,702	66.2%22,963	34,665
2018	R	41.5%9,981	58.5%14,042	24,023

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+36.8, this district sits far outside Pennsylvania's competitive range. Rural geography and a predominantly working-class white electorate have driven consistent, lopsided Republican margins at nearly every level.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 36.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.8 points.

A population of 67,358, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,943 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 96 and State House District 52.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State House District 96

elasticity12-yr trend2020–2024 trajectory

State House District 52

12-yr trendelasticity2020–2024 trajectory

State House District 51

12-yr trendelasticity2020–2024 trajectory

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 50th State House District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Pennsylvania 50th State House District voted Republican by 36.8 points (R+36.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 32,301 votes cast, 9,992 went Democratic and 21,880 went Republican.

When did Pennsylvania 50th State House District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Pennsylvania 50th State House District voted Democratic was 2008.

How many people live in Pennsylvania 50th State House District?

Pennsylvania 50th State House District has a population of 67,358 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 50th State House District?

Median household income in Pennsylvania 50th State House District is $64,943 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $59,608.

What is the political history of Pennsylvania 50th State House District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 50th State House District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 30 went Democratic and 8 went Republican.