- Lead
- 50,668
- Total
- 93,111
- vs nation
- D+55.9
Georgia 55th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 53,159
- Total
- 95,101
- vs nation
- D+51.4
- Lead
- 39,397
- Total
- 80,780
- vs nation
- D+46.7
- Lead
- 30,964
- Total
- 75,743
- vs nation
- D+37.0
- Lead
- 33,226
- Total
- 77,790
- vs nation
- D+35.4
- Lead
- 18,262
- Total
- 65,084
- vs nation
- D+30.5
- Lead
- 13,784
- Total
- 51,096
- vs nation
- D+26.5
- Lead
- 12,215
- Total
- 46,297
- vs nation
- D+17.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+54.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 192,2352024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,129 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 90.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,3382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 21.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 59.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89.1 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 10, GA · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Georgia 55th 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
92.0%
1,127 votes · D+84.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 87.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.1%
15,320 votes · R+48.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 56.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
73,613votes
77.4% of the vote · D+55.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 71,420 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
23,214votes
35.7% of the vote · D+28.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 22,029 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
+70.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+80.4 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +66.6 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+25.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.3 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · +24.4 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 | 72.8%62,933 | 27.2%23,561 | 86,494 |
| 2020 | D | 74.1%64,113 | 25.9%22,379 | 86,492 |
Georgia 55th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.1 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 48.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.4 points.
A population of 192,235, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,338 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 10 and State Senate District 35.
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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