- Lead
- 10,009
- Total
- 27,981
- vs nation
- D+37.2
Pennsylvania 54th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,190
- Total
- 28,239
- vs nation
- D+38.7
- Lead
- 10,389
- Total
- 25,566
- vs nation
- D+38.5
- Lead
- 8,365
- Total
- 23,658
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 10,132
- Total
- 24,701
- vs nation
- D+33.7
- Lead
- 7,533
- Total
- 22,855
- vs nation
- D+35.4
- Lead
- 5,761
- Total
- 19,117
- vs nation
- D+29.6
- Lead
- 4,482
- Total
- 16,622
- vs nation
- D+18.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 63,2652024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,904 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 12.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,1822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.2 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.9 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 6th Middlesex District, MA · twin score 93.7
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 54th 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
71.1%
20,087 votes · D+43.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 70.2%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
67.6%
2,000 votes · R+40.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 67.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
20,087votes
71.1% of the vote · D+43.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 18,833 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,824votes
31.5% of the vote · D+35.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,897 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
Joe Biden2020
+38.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +38.5 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+28.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.6 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · +17.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+35.8, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic state house seats in Pennsylvania, reflecting a dense, urban constituency that consistently produces lopsided margins across ballot levels.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.2 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 40.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.8 points.
A population of 63,265, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,182 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 6th Middlesex District and 14th Suffolk District.
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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