- Lead
- 9,497
- Total
- 39,379
- vs nation
- R+22.6
Pennsylvania 98th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,445
- Total
- 37,584
- vs nation
- R+29.6
- Lead
- 10,678
- Total
- 31,929
- vs nation
- R+35.5
- Lead
- 9,482
- Total
- 29,067
- vs nation
- R+36.5
- Lead
- 7,629
- Total
- 29,349
- vs nation
- R+33.3
- Lead
- 12,803
- Total
- 29,130
- vs nation
- R+41.5
- Lead
- 10,357
- Total
- 23,594
- vs nation
- R+44.4
- Lead
- 7,524
- Total
- 20,781
- vs nation
- R+44.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 66,7042024 5-year
- Population density
- 515 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 129 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,4052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70.8 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 37, PA · twin score 97.7
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 98th 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
43.0%
6,014 votes · R+13.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 40.8%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
84.8%
8,180 votes · R+70.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 79.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
14,672votes
37.3% of the vote · R+24.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 13,695 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
24,169votes
61.4% of the vote · R+24.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 23,140 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
−22.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+24.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · −29.1 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
+53.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+70.8 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +49.7 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 | 38.4%12,960 | 61.6%20,809 | 33,769 |
| 2020 | R | 38.2%12,631 | 61.8%20,413 | 33,044 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+24.1, this district sits well outside competitive territory, reflecting the rural or exurban character common to similarly lopsided Pennsylvania House seats.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 70.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.1 points.
A population of 66,704, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,405 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 37 and State House District 43.
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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