- Lead
- 31,249
- Total
- 65,337
- vs nation
- D+49.3
Texas 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 38,152
- Total
- 71,795
- vs nation
- D+48.7
- Lead
- 25,285
- Total
- 52,873
- vs nation
- D+45.7
- Lead
- 13,748
- Total
- 44,982
- vs nation
- D+26.7
- Lead
- 16,696
- Total
- 46,548
- vs nation
- D+28.6
- Lead
- 7,585
- Total
- 43,031
- vs nation
- D+20.1
- Lead
- 778
- Total
- 36,512
- vs nation
- R+2.6
- Lead
- 4,738
- Total
- 29,731
- vs nation
- D+7.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+47.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 202,0822024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,641 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 55.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,2662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 43.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+83.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+10.3 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 46, TX · twin score 94.3
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 50th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
91.4%
1,526 votes · D+83.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 89.4%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
55.0%
14,501 votes · R+10.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 54.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
54,323votes
75.7% of the vote · D+53.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 47,608 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
17,291votes
40.2% of the vote · D+17.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · 16,524 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 W. Davis1924
+85.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+60.2 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +68.0 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+2.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.1 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · −5.8 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 | 73.1%51,712 | 26.9%19,021 | 70,733 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+47.8, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic in Texas, suggesting a dense urban core with a highly concentrated base of Democratic voters.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 83.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 10.3 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.8 points.
A population of 202,082, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,266 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 46 and Legislative (House) District 33.
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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