- Lead
- 5,781
- Total
- 18,746
- vs nation
- D+32.3
Louisiana 57th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,932
- Total
- 20,999
- vs nation
- D+28.6
- Lead
- 5,623
- Total
- 20,260
- vs nation
- D+25.7
- Lead
- 6,150
- Total
- 20,606
- vs nation
- D+26.0
- Lead
- 4,351
- Total
- 20,891
- vs nation
- D+13.6
- Lead
- 2,735
- Total
- 19,254
- vs nation
- D+16.7
- Lead
- 3,751
- Total
- 17,586
- vs nation
- D+20.8
- Lead
- 5,648
- Total
- 17,432
- vs nation
- D+23.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,6942024 5-year
- Population density
- 304 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 140 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,2522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 58.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89.0 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.6 in 1884MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 83, LA · twin score 91.8
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 57th 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
Alton B. Parker1904
94.4%
335 votes · D+89.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · 91.3%
Republican
James G. Blaine1884
74.3%
862 votes · R+48.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1888 · 72.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
13,805votes
65.7% of the vote · D+33.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 13,220 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,125votes
42.2% of the vote · D+14.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 8,124 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
+108.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+89.0 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +100.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+30.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+37.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1892 · +29.1 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 | D | 76.9%8,897 | 23.1%2,679 | 11,576 |
Louisiana 57th State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.0 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 48.6 points in 1884. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.8 points.
A population of 42,694, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,252 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 83 and State House District 87.
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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