- Lead
- 2,929
- Total
- 86,362
- vs nation
- D+4.9
Missouri 17th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,089
- Total
- 83,400
- vs nation
- D+1.6
- Lead
- 2,618
- Total
- 73,751
- vs nation
- R+5.6
- Lead
- 322
- Total
- 70,596
- vs nation
- R+4.3
- Lead
- 5,387
- Total
- 73,552
- vs nation
- D+0.1
- Lead
- 808
- Total
- 64,094
- vs nation
- D+3.7
- Lead
- 4,137
- Total
- 53,607
- vs nation
- D+7.2
- Lead
- 5,666
- Total
- 46,558
- vs nation
- D+3.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+3.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 176,0022024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,558 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 113 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,6612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.9 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+31.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 19, MO · twin score 77.2
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 17th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Samuel J. Tilden1876
86.7%
2,149 votes · D+74.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 83.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
65.8%
20,278 votes · R+31.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 58.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
43,889votes
50.8% of the vote · D+3.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 43,379 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
40,960votes
47.4% of the vote · D+3.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 38,290 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
William J. Bryan1896
+73.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+67.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +71.9 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+8.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+31.7 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +5.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 39.7%22,635 | 60.3%34,447 | 57,082 |
| 2018 | R | 40.0%17,619 | 60.0%26,462 | 44,081 |
Missouri 17th State Senate District sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.9 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 31.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.4 points.
A population of 176,002, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,661 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 19 and State Senate District 34.
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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Missouri 17th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/29017/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.