- Lead
- 4,385
- Total
- 16,607
- vs nation
- D+27.9
Louisiana 83rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,136
- Total
- 20,155
- vs nation
- D+26.0
- Lead
- 6,266
- Total
- 18,819
- vs nation
- D+31.2
- Lead
- 5,594
- Total
- 18,001
- vs nation
- D+27.2
- Lead
- 4,050
- Total
- 17,793
- vs nation
- D+15.5
- Lead
- 4,902
- Total
- 19,203
- vs nation
- D+28.0
- Lead
- 5,435
- Total
- 18,176
- vs nation
- D+29.4
- Lead
- 7,845
- Total
- 19,585
- vs nation
- D+31.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,9562024 5-year
- Population density
- 897 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 49 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,8892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 54.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+12.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 87, LA · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 83rd 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
William J. Bryan1908
99.2%
246 votes · D+98.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 99.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
54.0%
4,541 votes · R+12.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 51.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
13,473votes
68.8% of the vote · D+40.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 13,010 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,477votes
51.9% of the vote · R+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 7,125 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
+118.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+98.4 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +117.4 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
−10.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+12.4 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · −14.3 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 | 49.2%5,783 | 50.8%5,982 | 11,765 |
Louisiana 83rd State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 12.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.4 points.
A population of 43,956, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,889 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 87 and State House District 58.
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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