- Lead
- 4,074
- Total
- 41,965
- vs nation
- R+8.2
Pennsylvania 147th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,912
- Total
- 39,923
- vs nation
- R+11.7
- Lead
- 4,882
- Total
- 33,164
- vs nation
- R+16.8
- Lead
- 7,381
- Total
- 31,986
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 5,374
- Total
- 32,033
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 8,122
- Total
- 31,298
- vs nation
- R+23.5
- Lead
- 7,018
- Total
- 26,013
- vs nation
- R+27.5
- Lead
- 6,053
- Total
- 23,404
- vs nation
- R+34.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+9.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 65,6552024 5-year
- Population density
- 694 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 94.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $129,7212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76.1 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 143, PA · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 147th 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
45.7%
18,262 votes · R+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 44.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
87.3%
8,559 votes · R+75.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 85.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
18,747votes
44.7% of the vote · R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 18,262 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22,821votes
54.4% of the vote · R+9.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,174 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
−8.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+9.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −11.7 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+77.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.2 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · +67.2 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 | D | 61.4%23,571 | 38.6%14,837 | 38,408 |
With roughly 65,000 residents and a 2024 presidential margin of R+9.7, District 147 sits in the competitive-to-lean-Republican tier of Pennsylvania's state legislative map, where candidate quality and turnout patterns can still shift outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 76.1 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.7 points.
A population of 65,655, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $129,721 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 143 and State House District 178.
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 147th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/42147/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.