- Lead
- 8,161
- Total
- 17,444
- vs nation
- D+48.3
Pennsylvania 180th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,505
- Total
- 18,729
- vs nation
- D+57.0
- Lead
- 16,575
- Total
- 20,816
- vs nation
- D+77.5
- Lead
- 16,926
- Total
- 20,469
- vs nation
- D+78.8
- Lead
- 16,848
- Total
- 21,058
- vs nation
- D+72.7
- Lead
- 14,904
- Total
- 19,581
- vs nation
- D+78.6
- Lead
- 12,408
- Total
- 16,392
- vs nation
- D+75.2
- Lead
- 11,552
- Total
- 15,255
- vs nation
- D+67.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+46.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 62,0322024 5-year
- Population density
- 15,906 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $34,8822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 62.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82.7 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 197, PA · twin score 98.3
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 180th 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
Barack Obama2012
91.3%
18,690 votes · D+82.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 90.0%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
71.5%
6,307 votes · R+52.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 70.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
21,317votes
83.0% of the vote · D+66.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 19,789 votes
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
7,784votes
35.3% of the vote · D+27.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 7,702 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
Barack Obama2012
+78.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+82.7 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +78.6 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+26.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+52.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +25.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 93.4%11,308 | 6.6%801 | 12,109 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+46.7, this Philadelphia-area district ranks among the most heavily Democratic state house seats in Pennsylvania, reflecting a dense, urban electorate that delivers lopsided results cycle after cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.7 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 52.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.8 points.
A population of 62,032, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $34,882 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 197 and 10th Hampden 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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Pennsylvania 180th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/42180/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.