- Lead
- 12,815
- Total
- 109,129
- vs nation
- R+10.3
Georgia 42nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,486
- Total
- 99,504
- vs nation
- R+23.0
- Lead
- 23,363
- Total
- 80,992
- vs nation
- R+30.9
- Lead
- 22,987
- Total
- 77,325
- vs nation
- R+33.6
- Lead
- 22,013
- Total
- 74,918
- vs nation
- R+36.7
- Lead
- 26,298
- Total
- 56,724
- vs nation
- R+43.9
- Lead
- 14,887
- Total
- 37,462
- vs nation
- R+40.3
- Lead
- 5,891
- Total
- 29,486
- vs nation
- R+28.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+11.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 191,0572024 5-year
- Population density
- 239 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 799 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $84,2942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 1, GA · twin score 89.8
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 42nd 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
95.0%
3,190 votes · D+90.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 93.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.4%
9,321 votes · R+60.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 72.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
47,846votes
43.8% of the vote · R+11.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 39,945 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
60,661votes
55.6% of the vote · R+11.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 58,431 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
+83.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+72.7 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +80.4 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+43.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.4 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +40.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 46.4%46,169 | 53.6%53,420 | 99,589 |
| 2020 | R | 45.7%41,300 | 54.3%49,109 | 90,409 |
Georgia 42nd State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.7 points.
A population of 191,057, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,294 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 1 and State Senate District 10.
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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