- Lead
- 13,031
- Total
- 22,751
- vs nation
- R+55.8
Louisiana 73rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,212
- Total
- 22,639
- vs nation
- R+62.8
- Lead
- 11,724
- Total
- 19,693
- vs nation
- R+61.6
- Lead
- 10,439
- Total
- 18,339
- vs nation
- R+60.8
- Lead
- 10,611
- Total
- 17,986
- vs nation
- R+66.3
- Lead
- 8,492
- Total
- 15,356
- vs nation
- R+52.8
- Lead
- 5,790
- Total
- 12,969
- vs nation
- R+45.2
- Lead
- 3,027
- Total
- 12,456
- vs nation
- R+32.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+57.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 46,5032024 5-year
- Population density
- 161 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 289 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,1262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+61.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.5 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 86, LA · twin score 96.5
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 73rd 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
80.9%
917 votes · D+61.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 75.1%
Republican
John McCain2008
78.9%
14,194 votes · R+59.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 78.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
4,729votes
20.8% of the vote · R+57.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,528 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,760votes
78.1% of the vote · R+57.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 17,740 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
+49.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+52.9 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +46.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+71.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +66.3 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 | R | 31.5%3,828 | 68.5%8,337 | 12,165 |
Its Republican presidential margin was R+57.3 in 2024 and R+59.0 in 2008. About 54,700 residents lived here, with White alone at 61.2% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 61.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.3 points.
A population of 46,503, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,126 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 86 and State House District 71.
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 73rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22073/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.