- Lead
- 12,837
- Total
- 47,684
- vs nation
- D+28.4
Texas 90th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 20,726
- Total
- 52,305
- vs nation
- D+35.2
- Lead
- 16,565
- Total
- 41,700
- vs nation
- D+37.6
- Lead
- 11,888
- Total
- 40,040
- vs nation
- D+25.8
- Lead
- 14,156
- Total
- 42,213
- vs nation
- D+26.3
- Lead
- 5,210
- Total
- 39,479
- vs nation
- D+15.7
- Lead
- 4,744
- Total
- 33,729
- vs nation
- D+13.5
- Lead
- 7,937
- Total
- 30,734
- vs nation
- D+17.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 202,3792024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,741 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 54.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,7142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 17.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 65.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 104, TX · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Texas 90th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
100.0%
102 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 94.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
48.9%
7,212 votes · D+1.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 48.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
36,012votes
68.9% of the vote · D+39.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 29,956 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,119votes
35.9% of the vote · D+26.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 17,021 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
James M. Cox1920
+104.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+78.5 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +95.7 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
−13.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+14.1 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · −15.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in central Austin, this district posts presidential margins exceeding 25 points for Democrats, reflecting a dense, highly educated urban electorate that has trended consistently leftward over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.9 points.
A population of 202,379, a 17% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,714 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 104 and State House District 103.
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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Texas 90th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/48090/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.