- Lead
- 4,974
- Total
- 12,184
- vs nation
- D+42.3
Louisiana 17th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,682
- Total
- 15,664
- vs nation
- D+44.6
- Lead
- 7,684
- Total
- 16,079
- vs nation
- D+45.7
- Lead
- 8,822
- Total
- 16,926
- vs nation
- D+48.3
- Lead
- 7,885
- Total
- 16,034
- vs nation
- D+41.9
- Lead
- 6,499
- Total
- 14,648
- vs nation
- D+46.8
- Lead
- 6,847
- Total
- 14,020
- vs nation
- D+48.3
- Lead
- 8,980
- Total
- 15,300
- vs nation
- D+50.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+40.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,8072024 5-year
- Population density
- 532 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 80.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $33,6492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 24.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 65.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 140, GA · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 17th State House 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
100.0%
604 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 100.0%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
49.0%
1,928 votes · D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 41.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
12,810votes
75.7% of the vote · D+52.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 11,926 votes
Republican
John McCain2008
4,041votes
25.2% of the vote · D+49.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 4,041 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
James M. Cox1920
+125.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+98.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +119.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+20.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+2.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −33.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 31.6%3,897 | 68.4%8,421 | 12,318 |
Louisiana 17th State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1880. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.8 points.
A population of 42,807, a 25% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $33,649 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 140 and State House District 68.
The state-house 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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