- Lead
- 49,585
- Total
- 94,091
- vs nation
- D+54.2
Georgia 17th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 43,917
- Total
- 90,624
- vs nation
- D+44.0
- Lead
- 26,792
- Total
- 73,141
- vs nation
- D+34.5
- Lead
- 23,119
- Total
- 69,723
- vs nation
- D+29.3
- Lead
- 20,502
- Total
- 69,312
- vs nation
- D+22.3
- Lead
- 1,352
- Total
- 52,513
- vs nation
- D+5.0
- Lead
- 500
- Total
- 36,201
- vs nation
- R+1.9
- Lead
- 1,469
- Total
- 30,958
- vs nation
- R+13.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+52.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 190,0002024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,070 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 178 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,1812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 61.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 43, GA · twin score 92.9
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 17th 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
96.8%
1,201 votes · D+94.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 92.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
86.9%
12,056 votes · R+73.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 75.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
71,549votes
76.0% of the vote · D+52.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 66,852 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
25,449votes
48.5% of the vote · D+2.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 24,177 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1940
+79.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+88.9 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +76.6 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+50.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+73.8 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +44.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 71.2%61,180 | 28.8%24,804 | 85,984 |
| 2020 | D | 69.0%57,346 | 31.0%25,707 | 83,053 |
Georgia 17th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 73.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 52.7 points.
A population of 190,000, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,181 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 43 and State Senate District 22.
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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