Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Delaware County.
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.
Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District
Akashic
Pennsylvania 17th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+39.0
20082024
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic
69.0%
104,643
Donald TrumpRepublican
30.0%
45,488
Jill SteinGreen
1.0%
1,540
D+60R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 2 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (2 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
County
Winner
Margin
Delaware County, PA
Democratic
D+23.7
Montgomery County, PA
Democratic
D+22.7
Akashic
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Total
D
69.0%Harris104,643
30.0%Trump45,488
1.0%Stein1,540
+39.0%
151,671
D
71.0%Biden106,085
28.2%Trump42,117
0.9%Jorgensen1,295
+42.8%
149,497
D
67.4%Clinton87,806
29.4%Trump38,240
3.2%Johnson4,194
+38.1%
130,240
D
61.9%Obama79,149
38.1%Romney48,677
0.0%
+23.8%
127,826
D
64.6%Obama85,101
34.6%McCain45,534
0.8%Nader1,106
+30.0%
131,741
Akashic
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2008
+30.0%
2012
+23.8%
2016
+38.1%
2020
+42.8%
2024
+39.0%
DemocraticRepublican
Akashic
current representation
Current officeholders
DAmanda CappellettiState Senate · 17
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+0.1, this 257,875-person district sits at the sharpest edge of Pennsylvania's statewide competitiveness, making it a reliable bellwether for shifts in suburban or exurban voter alignment.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.8 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.0 points.
A population of 257,875, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $118,274 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Norfolk and Middlesex District and Norfolk and Suffolk District.
Akashic
Political twins — state-senate districts
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.
Compare two places, side by side
Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →
Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/42017/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
How did Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District voted Democratic by 39.0 points (D+39.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 151,671 votes cast, 104,643 went Democratic and 45,488 went Republican.
How many people live in Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District?
Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District has a population of 257,875 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District?
Median household income in Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District is $118,274 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 17th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
Akashic