- Lead
- 16,924
- Total
- 50,921
- vs nation
- D+34.7
Georgia 5th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 24,738
- Total
- 53,345
- vs nation
- D+41.9
- Lead
- 20,138
- Total
- 42,430
- vs nation
- D+45.4
- Lead
- 13,140
- Total
- 35,715
- vs nation
- D+32.9
- Lead
- 12,571
- Total
- 34,852
- vs nation
- D+28.8
- Lead
- 3,824
- Total
- 26,196
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 2,779
- Total
- 20,564
- vs nation
- D+13.0
- Lead
- 3,094
- Total
- 17,934
- vs nation
- D+8.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+33.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 191,9212024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,800 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 50.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,7492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 13.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 45.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+39.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 13, TX · twin score 94.1
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 5th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1932–2024 · 24 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
100.0%
495 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1952 · 95.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
69.9%
1,251 votes · R+39.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 59.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
38,724votes
72.6% of the vote · D+46.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 33,601 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,677votes
32.8% of the vote · D+33.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,986 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
Adlai Stevenson1952
+102.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+91.7 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +100.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+16.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+39.8 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +0.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Georgia 5th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 39.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 13.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.2 points.
A population of 191,921, a 13% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,749 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 13 and State Senate District 23.
The state-senate 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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