- Lead
- 12,343
- Total
- 15,852
- vs nation
- D+79.3
Louisiana 23rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,284
- Total
- 20,275
- vs nation
- D+75.9
- Lead
- 15,011
- Total
- 19,066
- vs nation
- D+76.6
- Lead
- 13,893
- Total
- 17,759
- vs nation
- D+74.4
- Lead
- 12,678
- Total
- 16,529
- vs nation
- D+69.4
- Lead
- 16,102
- Total
- 21,901
- vs nation
- D+76.0
- Lead
- 14,468
- Total
- 20,123
- vs nation
- D+71.4
- Lead
- 15,315
- Total
- 21,190
- vs nation
- D+63.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+77.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,7082024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,909 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 5.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $51,2682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 32.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 49.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 91, LA · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 23rd 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
96.5%
10,554 votes · D+93.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 95.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
40.8%
6,092 votes · D+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 38.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
18,896votes
86.3% of the vote · D+73.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 18,086 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
6,092votes
40.8% of the vote · D+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 5,768 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+108.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+88.9 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +103.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−9.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+32.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · −20.3 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 | D | 92.0%12,410 | 8.0%1,072 | 13,482 |
Louisiana 23rd State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.4 points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 77.9 points.
A population of 42,708, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,268 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 91 and State House District 93.
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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Louisiana 23rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22023/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.