Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District (PA) — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District

TrumpR+3.2

2024

How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	51.1%	209,819
Kamala HarrisDemocratic	47.9%	196,714
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	4,384

D+60

R+60

District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 4 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1876–2024, on its current boundaries.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 2008–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
2008	+12.7%
2012	+5.0%
2016	−2.8%
2020	+0.6%
2024	−3.2%

DemocraticRepublican

current representation

Current officeholders

Ryan Mackenzie

U.S. House · PA-07 · Republican

John Karl Fetterman

U.S. Senate · Democratic

David Harold McCormick

U.S. Senate · Republican

Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.

Source · Voteview HSall_members.csv.

5 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	R	47.9%Harris196,714	51.1%Trump209,819	1.1%	−3.2%	410,917
2020	D	49.7%Biden197,109	49.1%Trump194,646	1.2%incl. Jorgensen	+0.6%	396,479
2016	R	46.7%Clinton158,280	49.5%Trump167,931	3.8%incl. Johnson	−2.8%	339,008
2012	D	52.5%Obama159,696	47.5%Romney144,461	0.0%	+5.0%	304,157
2008	D	55.5%Obama178,378	42.8%McCain137,535	1.7%	+12.7%	321,371

Congressional elections · 25 House races · 17 Senate races

U.S. House

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	District	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	7	R	49.5%199,626	50.5%203,688	403,314
2022	7	D	51.0%151,364	49.0%145,527	296,891
2020	7	D	51.9%195,475	48.1%181,407	376,882
2018	7	D	53.5%140,813	43.5%114,437	263,261
2016	7	R	40.5%153,824	59.5%225,678	379,502
2014	7	R	38.0%89,256	62.0%145,869	235,125
2012	7	R	40.6%143,509	59.4%209,942	353,451
2010	7	R	44.0%110,314	54.9%137,825	250,847
2008	7	D	59.6%209,955	40.4%142,362	352,317
2006	7	D	56.4%147,898	43.6%114,426	262,434
2004	7	R	40.3%134,932	58.8%196,556	334,527
2002	7	R	33.9%75,055	66.1%146,296	221,351
2000	7	R	35.2%93,687	64.8%172,569	266,256
1998	7	R	28.2%46,920	71.8%119,491	166,411
1996	7	R	32.4%79,875	66.9%165,087	246,666
1994	7	R	30.3%59,845	69.7%137,480	197,325
1992	7	R	33.5%91,623	66.0%180,648	273,898
1990	7	R	34.7%56,292	65.3%105,868	162,160
1988	7	R	32.2%73,745	67.8%155,387	229,132
1986	7	R	38.7%69,557	61.3%110,118	179,675
1984	7	D	50.1%124,458	49.9%124,046	248,504
1982	7	D	55.4%105,775	44.6%85,023	190,798
1980	7	D	53.1%99,381	46.9%87,643	187,024
1978	7	D	50.3%79,771	49.4%78,403	158,714
1976	7	D	54.1%109,436	45.9%92,788	202,351

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	48.6%3,384,180	48.8%3,399,295	6,963,137
2022	D	51.2%2,751,012	46.3%2,487,260	5,368,021
2018	D	55.6%2,777,680	42.7%2,134,848	4,994,643
2016	R	47.3%2,865,012	48.8%2,951,702	6,051,856
2012	D	53.7%3,021,364	44.6%2,509,132	5,627,422
2010	R	49.0%1,948,716	51.0%2,028,945	3,977,661
2006	D	58.7%2,392,984	41.3%1,684,778	4,077,762
2004	R	42.0%2,334,126	52.6%2,925,080	5,558,525
2000	R	45.5%2,154,908	52.4%2,481,962	4,735,116
1998	R	34.8%1,028,839	61.3%1,814,180	2,957,499
1994	R	46.9%1,648,481	49.4%1,735,691	3,513,112
1992	R	46.3%2,224,966	49.1%2,358,125	4,802,410
1988	R	32.4%1,416,764	66.5%2,901,715	4,366,598
1986	R	42.9%1,448,219	56.4%1,906,537	3,378,226
1982	R	39.2%1,412,965	59.3%2,136,418	3,604,108
1980	R	48.0%2,122,391	50.5%2,230,404	4,418,042
1976	R	46.8%2,126,977	52.4%2,381,891	4,546,353

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	PA-7Congressional district	PennsylvaniaState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	72.2%	74.5%	61.0%
Black	6.4%	10.7%	12.2%
Asian	3.2%	3.8%	6.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	7.1%	12.6%
Other race	9.4%	3.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	8.7%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$82,392	$77,971	$84,427
Poverty rate	10.5%	11.7%	12.5%
Median age	41.2	41.2	39.1
Age 18–24	9.4%	8.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	19.2%	19.5%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	33.0%	35.2%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	19.7%	12.4%	22.3%
Spanish	13.8%	5.6%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.9%	1.7%	2.0%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	German 21.8%	German 21.6%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Irish 11.2%	Irish 14.8%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	Puerto Rican 9.7%	Italian 10.6%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	18.5%County context	21.9%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	6.6%County context	9.3%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	58.5%County context	53.1%	51.5%
Mainline Protestant	12.3%County context	10.3%	5.2%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

German

21.8%

Irish

11.2%

Italian

9.4%

American

6.6%

English

6.1%

Polish

4.1%

Hungarian

1.7%

Slovak

1.7%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

9.7%

Dominican

5.2%

Mexican

1.4%

Colombian

0.7%

Ecuadorian

0.6%

Guatemalan

0.4%

Cuban

0.3%

Honduran

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Jamaican

0.5%

Haitian

0.4%

African

0.3%

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

1.2%

Chinese

0.6%

Pakistani

0.3%

Filipino

0.2%

Vietnamese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.7%

2.5%

75–84

3.1%

5.3%

65–74

5.8%

6.7%

55–64

6.9%

6.1%

45–54

6.1%

6.3%

35–44

6.2%

6.3%

25–34

6.1%

4.8%

18–24

4.6%

8.0%

5–17

7.5%

2.6%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$82,392

Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District$82,392

Pennsylvania$77,971

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1815.3%

Working age (18–64)9.2%

Seniors (65+)9.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

80.3%

speak English only

Spanish13.8%

Other Indo-European1.9%

Arabic0.9%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.7%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.5%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.5%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.4%

Other languages0.4%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Vietnamese0.2%

Korean0.1%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic

18.5%

Mainline Protestant

12.3%

Evangelical Protestant

6.6%

Other Christian

1.0%

Hindu

0.8%

Muslim

0.6%

Jewish

0.6%

Orthodox Christian

0.5%

Latter-day Saints

0.5%

Black Protestant

0.2%

Unaffiliated or not counted58.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Anchored in the Philadelphia collar counties, PA-07 has tracked within a single point of the national margin in recent cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide suburban trends.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 12.7 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 3.2 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.2 points.

A population of 764,840, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,392 describe the district.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District voted Republican by 3.2 points (R+3.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 410,917 votes cast, 196,714 went Democratic and 209,819 went Republican.

When did Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District voted Democratic was 2020.

How many people live in Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District?

Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District has a population of 764,840 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District?

Median household income in Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District is $82,392 — above the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.

What is the political history of Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District?

Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.

Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District delivered R+3.2 in 2024.

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