- Lead
- 10,109
- Total
- 67,138
- vs nation
- D+16.5
Washington 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,483
- Total
- 74,130
- vs nation
- D+15.1
- Lead
- 9,063
- Total
- 57,846
- vs nation
- D+13.6
- Lead
- 1,053
- Total
- 57,288
- vs nation
- R+2.0
- Lead
- 1,726
- Total
- 54,412
- vs nation
- R+4.1
- Lead
- 5,195
- Total
- 55,222
- vs nation
- R+6.9
- Lead
- 6,753
- Total
- 50,086
- vs nation
- R+14.0
- Lead
- 5,403
- Total
- 46,688
- vs nation
- R+20.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+15.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 157,0022024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,508 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 62.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $106,9382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+19.5 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.1 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Legislative (House) District 11, WA · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
Washington 47th 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
58.3%
43,205 votes · D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 55.7%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
82.0%
2,098 votes · R+73.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 81.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
43,205votes
58.3% of the vote · D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 37,383 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
32,919votes
71.4% of the vote · R+43.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 29,801 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
+16.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+15.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +15.1 pts
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
+53.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+73.1 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +47.3 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%59,713 | 25.6%20,495 | 80,208 |
| 2018 | D | 81.0%51,134 | 19.0%11,981 | 63,115 |
Washington's 47th sits where Pierce County's outer suburbs give way to rural terrain, producing presidential margins that have favored Republicans by double digits in recent cycles and limiting Democratic competitiveness at most ballot levels.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.5 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 73.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.1 points.
A population of 157,002, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,938 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (House) District 11 and Legislative (House) District 30.
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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Washington 47th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/53047/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.