- Lead
- 2,416
- Total
- 43,739
- vs nation
- R+4.1
Pennsylvania 143rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,203
- Total
- 42,157
- vs nation
- R+7.3
- Lead
- 3,577
- Total
- 35,564
- vs nation
- R+12.1
- Lead
- 3,245
- Total
- 32,785
- vs nation
- R+13.8
- Lead
- 931
- Total
- 33,683
- vs nation
- R+10.0
- Lead
- 2,753
- Total
- 32,575
- vs nation
- R+6.0
- Lead
- 1,843
- Total
- 27,019
- vs nation
- R+7.3
- Lead
- 1,452
- Total
- 23,906
- vs nation
- R+14.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+5.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 65,6752024 5-year
- Population density
- 498 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 132 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $126,3092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+10.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.6 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 178, PA · twin score 96.9
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 143rd 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
54.9%
7,059 votes · D+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 47.9%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
80.6%
3,232 votes · R+62.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
20,409votes
46.7% of the vote · R+5.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,206 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22,825votes
52.2% of the vote · R+5.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,409 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
−4.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+5.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −6.0 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+48.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +45.1 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%17,292 | 56.6%22,589 | 39,881 |
The 2024 presidential margin was R+5.5, one of the narrower results among Pennsylvania's state house districts, compared with R+2.8 in 2008. Median household income was $114,764 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state house district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 62.6 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.5 points.
A population of 65,675, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $126,309 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 178 and State House District 147.
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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