- Lead
- 22,303
- Total
- 42,980
- vs nation
- D+53.4
Louisiana 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 26,944
- Total
- 48,977
- vs nation
- D+50.6
- Lead
- 23,315
- Total
- 45,278
- vs nation
- D+49.4
- Lead
- 21,227
- Total
- 43,703
- vs nation
- D+44.7
- Lead
- 18,141
- Total
- 42,031
- vs nation
- D+35.9
- Lead
- 21,768
- Total
- 50,258
- vs nation
- D+45.8
- Lead
- 21,179
- Total
- 47,335
- vs nation
- D+44.2
- Lead
- 25,536
- Total
- 50,929
- vs nation
- D+41.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+51.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 124,4872024 5-year
- Population density
- 268 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 464 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,1402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 58.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+17.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 4, LA · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 7th State Senate 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
93.9%
12,756 votes · D+87.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 90.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
55.8%
17,777 votes · R+17.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 54.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
37,584votes
76.7% of the vote · D+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · 37,399 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
20,676votes
45.2% of the vote · D+9.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 17,777 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
+102.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+82.4 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +84.1 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+13.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+8.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · −3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 60.6%19,278 | 39.4%12,533 | 31,811 |
| 2018 | D | 67.2%24,268 | 32.8%11,821 | 36,089 |
Louisiana 7th State Senate District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 17.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.9 points.
A population of 124,487, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,140 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 4 and State Senate District 3.
The state-senate 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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