- Lead
- 19,562
- Total
- 48,314
- vs nation
- R+39.0
Louisiana 37th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 19,117
- Total
- 48,996
- vs nation
- R+43.5
- Lead
- 17,619
- Total
- 44,939
- vs nation
- R+41.3
- Lead
- 15,025
- Total
- 42,382
- vs nation
- R+39.3
- Lead
- 15,660
- Total
- 41,076
- vs nation
- R+45.4
- Lead
- 11,902
- Total
- 35,899
- vs nation
- R+30.7
- Lead
- 6,406
- Total
- 31,323
- vs nation
- R+21.0
- Lead
- 114
- Total
- 31,078
- vs nation
- R+8.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 113,5002024 5-year
- Population density
- 331 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 343 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,3272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81.4 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.5 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 12, LA · twin score 90.9
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 37th 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
90.7%
3,132 votes · D+81.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 87.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
69.5%
33,591 votes · R+40.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 68.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,494votes
29.6% of the vote · R+39.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,029 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
33,611votes
68.6% of the vote · R+39.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 33,591 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
James M. Cox1920
+80.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.3 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +78.5 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+45.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+38.1 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +43.5 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 | 29.7%9,186 | 70.3%21,725 | 30,911 |
Louisiana 37th State Senate District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 40.5 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.5 points.
A population of 113,500, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,327 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 12 and State Senate District 18.
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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Louisiana 37th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/22037/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.