- Lead
- 11,753
- Total
- 18,427
- vs nation
- R+62.3
Missouri 157th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,212
- Total
- 17,905
- vs nation
- R+67.1
- Lead
- 10,188
- Total
- 16,811
- vs nation
- R+62.7
- Lead
- 7,404
- Total
- 15,755
- vs nation
- R+50.8
- Lead
- 6,166
- Total
- 16,685
- vs nation
- R+44.2
- Lead
- 6,688
- Total
- 15,806
- vs nation
- R+39.9
- Lead
- 4,070
- Total
- 12,903
- vs nation
- R+32.1
- Lead
- 1,634
- Total
- 12,332
- vs nation
- R+21.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 38,0012024 5-year
- Population density
- 62 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 612 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,2152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 127, MO · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Missouri 157th 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
59.7%
6,411 votes · D+21.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 52.8%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
81.4%
15,001 votes · R+63.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 80.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
6,411votes
59.7% of the vote · D+21.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 6,383 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
15,001votes
81.4% of the vote · R+63.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 14,426 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
John W. Davis1924
+17.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+8.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +12.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+67.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +62.7 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+63.8, this rural Missouri district sits among the most heavily one-sided state house seats in the country, reflecting the sharp partisan sorting that has reshaped small-town and agricultural communities over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.8 points.
A population of 38,001, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,215 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 127 and State House District 160.
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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