- Lead
- 16,977
- Total
- 90,139
- vs nation
- D+20.3
Washington 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 17,310
- Total
- 93,385
- vs nation
- D+14.1
- Lead
- 10,017
- Total
- 76,048
- vs nation
- D+11.1
- Lead
- 562
- Total
- 75,322
- vs nation
- R+4.6
- Lead
- 372
- Total
- 71,543
- vs nation
- R+6.8
- Lead
- 8,820
- Total
- 72,704
- vs nation
- R+9.7
- Lead
- 10,555
- Total
- 66,290
- vs nation
- R+16.4
- Lead
- 8,568
- Total
- 61,859
- vs nation
- R+22.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 157,2682024 5-year
- Population density
- 206 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 764 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $149,3212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76.1 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (House) District 45, WA · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Washington 5th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
57.6%
53,763 votes · D+18.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 57.5%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
83.5%
2,803 votes · R+76.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 82.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
53,763votes
57.6% of the vote · D+18.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 51,802 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
44,443votes
72.6% of the vote · R+46.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 40,231 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
+20.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +14.1 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+56.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+76.1 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +50.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 74.4%59,814 | 25.6%20,530 | 80,344 |
| 2018 | D | 81.0%51,221 | 19.0%12,001 | 63,222 |
Washington's 5th House district leans heavily conservative, posting a 21.7-point Republican margin in 2024, consistent with the dryland wheat-farming and timber communities that define much of its landscape east of the Cascades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.8 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 76.1 points in 1904. The 2024 margin was 18.8 points.
A population of 157,268, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $149,321 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (House) District 45 and Legislative (House) District 41.
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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