- Lead
- 22,415
- Total
- 102,122
- vs nation
- R+20.5
Georgia 47th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,199
- Total
- 88,230
- vs nation
- R+22.8
- Lead
- 13,860
- Total
- 69,864
- vs nation
- R+21.9
- Lead
- 13,713
- Total
- 61,692
- vs nation
- R+26.1
- Lead
- 9,093
- Total
- 64,275
- vs nation
- R+21.4
- Lead
- 9,871
- Total
- 50,187
- vs nation
- R+17.2
- Lead
- 5,346
- Total
- 37,736
- vs nation
- R+14.7
- Lead
- 805
- Total
- 34,174
- vs nation
- R+6.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 190,6072024 5-year
- Population density
- 294 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 648 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $70,6322024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 4, GA · twin score 93.1
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 47th 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
95.5%
4,773 votes · D+91.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 89.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
71.0%
13,167 votes · R+42.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 60.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
39,502votes
38.7% of the vote · R+21.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 35,367 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
61,917votes
60.6% of the vote · R+21.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 51,566 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
+79.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+69.1 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +78.1 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+26.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+22.2 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +22.8 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 | 37.2%33,653 | 62.8%56,807 | 90,460 |
| 2020 | R | 39.4%31,317 | 60.6%48,125 | 79,442 |
Georgia 47th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 42.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.9 points.
A population of 190,607, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,632 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 4 and State Senate District 3.
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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