- Lead
- 1,326
- Total
- 39,488
- vs nation
- R+1.9
Pennsylvania 142nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 778
- Total
- 39,912
- vs nation
- R+2.5
- Lead
- 151
- Total
- 35,369
- vs nation
- R+1.7
- Lead
- 323
- Total
- 32,917
- vs nation
- R+2.9
- Lead
- 2,852
- Total
- 34,188
- vs nation
- D+1.1
- Lead
- 838
- Total
- 32,941
- vs nation
- D+5.0
- Lead
- 1,045
- Total
- 27,081
- vs nation
- D+3.3
- Lead
- 768
- Total
- 23,095
- vs nation
- R+5.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 65,1842024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,423 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $108,1072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.1 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 144, PA · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 142nd 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
60.5%
8,032 votes · D+21.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 53.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
76.1%
2,937 votes · R+53.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 67.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
20,128votes
50.4% of the vote · D+1.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 18,889 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
20,215votes
51.2% of the vote · R+3.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 19,350 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
John Kerry2004
+5.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.5 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +3.3 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+40.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+22.2 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +35.7 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 | 43.4%17,162 | 56.6%22,420 | 39,582 |
District 142 sits within the competitive suburban ring around Philadelphia, where a population of roughly 65,000 has trended toward closer margins in recent cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for broader suburban realignment statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.1 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.4 points.
A population of 65,184, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $108,107 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 144 and State House District 145.
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 142nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/42142/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.