- Lead
- 17,036
- Total
- 161,978
- vs nation
- D+12.0
Pennsylvania 44th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 19,378
- Total
- 156,545
- vs nation
- D+7.9
- Lead
- 4,745
- Total
- 130,705
- vs nation
- D+1.5
- Lead
- 6,318
- Total
- 121,714
- vs nation
- R+9.0
- Lead
- 4,512
- Total
- 122,538
- vs nation
- R+3.6
- Lead
- 10,290
- Total
- 113,070
- vs nation
- R+6.6
- Lead
- 12,200
- Total
- 92,770
- vs nation
- R+13.7
- Lead
- 9,068
- Total
- 79,625
- vs nation
- R+19.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+10.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 264,5952024 5-year
- Population density
- 741 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 357 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $124,2252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+12.4 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.5 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 19, PA · twin score 97.6
presidential history
Party record book
Pennsylvania 44th 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
Joe Biden2020
55.4%
86,673 votes · D+12.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 54.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
82.1%
20,897 votes · R+65.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 76.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
88,642votes
54.7% of the vote · D+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 86,673 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
71,606votes
44.2% of the vote · D+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 67,295 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
Kamala Harris2024
+12.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+10.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +7.9 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+60.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.3 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +48.0 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 | 57.6%89,088 | 42.4%65,677 | 154,765 |
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+10.5 in 2024 and D+3.7 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. Median household income was $122,383 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state senate district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 12.4 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 65.5 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.5 points.
A population of 264,595, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $124,225 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 12.
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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Pennsylvania 44th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/42044/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.