Louisiana 1st Congressional District (LA) — Elections 1876–2024

Louisiana 1st Congressional District, Louisiana: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+17%. Democratic peak: D+88 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+17MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 1,003,0212024 5-year
Median household income: $67,8172024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 56.8%2024 5-year
Black: 25.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 11.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+88 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+42 in 1972MIT Election Lab

SCALISE, SteveCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: JINDAL, Bobby (2007–2009), JINDAL, Bobby (2005–2007), VITTER, David (2003–2005), VITTER, David (2001–2003)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

8 counties · 1 D · 7 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−17.1%	179,471	255,337	443,048
2020	R	−14.9%	196,318	266,710	471,415
2016	R	−17.7%	169,330	245,816	433,138
2012	R	−17.9%	163,628	236,542	408,454
2008	R	−22.8%	151,703	243,251	402,067
2004	R	−15.1%	184,255	250,732	439,134
2000	R	−8.6%	176,938	211,176	397,220
1996	D	+6.4%	198,755	173,291	398,297
1992	R	−3.3%	168,362	181,330	397,503
1988	R	−16.9%	145,095	205,250	356,212
1984	R	−31.4%	123,848	238,277	364,939
1980	R	−14.7%	137,010	186,189	334,883
1976	R	−2.3%	132,868	139,272	278,942
1972	R	−41.9%	59,207	155,262	229,083
1968	O	+1.4%	63,525	60,233	229,528
1964	D	+3.6%	96,374	89,631	186,005
1960	D	+26.0%	89,615	43,854	175,996
1956	R	−18.0%	54,036	78,984	138,454
1952	D	+2.2%	69,401	66,436	135,837
1948	O	+9.4%	25,858	17,789	86,096
1944	D	+65.7%	61,738	12,800	74,542
1940	D	+71.8%	63,719	10,433	74,166
1936	D	+79.4%	66,572	7,655	74,240
1932	D	+87.5%	54,287	3,576	57,954
1928	D	+61.6%	37,124	8,808	45,931
1924	D	+59.7%	21,106	4,875	27,187
1920	D	+30.1%	17,973	9,659	27,648
1916	D	+78.0%	17,194	1,534	20,082
1912	D	+74.6%	14,392	774	18,257
1908	D	+73.9%	15,135	2,172	17,540
1904	D	+81.0%	10,642	997	11,904
1900	D	+57.3%	12,010	3,256	15,266
1896	D	+40.3%	13,044	5,409	18,939
1892	D	+48.9%	14,266	4,899	19,164
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 16 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2022	R	34.8%	63.4%	1,383,290
2020	R	35.3%	61.2%	2,071,543
2016	R	35.3%	62.1%	1,997,218
2014	R	44.9%	54.8%	3,523,183
2010	R	37.7%	56.6%	1,264,994
2008	D	52.1%	45.7%	1,896,574
2004	R	47.5%	51.0%	1,848,056
2002	D	49.8%	49.5%	2,481,629
1998	D	65.0%	32.5%	969,165
1996	D	50.2%	49.8%	1,700,102
1992	D	100.0%	0.0%	1
1990	D	100.0%	0.0%	1
1986	D	52.8%	47.2%	1,369,897
1984	D	100.0%	0.0%	1
1980	D	96.4%	2.8%	841,013
1978	D	100.0%	0.0%	1

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

French

11.7%

German

9.9%

Irish

8.3%

Italian

7.9%

English

7.3%

American

5.9%

Scottish

1.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.2%

75–84

2.8%

5.0%

65–74

5.7%

6.3%

55–64

6.8%

5.8%

45–54

6.0%

6.7%

35–44

7.0%

6.3%

25–34

6.8%

4.0%

18–24

4.0%

8.6%

5–17

8.2%

3.1%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,817

Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 1$67,817

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

16.5%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1822.7%

Working age (18–64)14.6%

Seniors (65+)14.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

87.2%

speak English only

Spanish7.9%

Other Indo-European2.3%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.8%

Other languages0.8%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

42.8%

Baptist

8.6%

Other Christian

7.7%

Methodist

2.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.5%

Non-Christian

1.9%

Mainline Protestant

1.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Louisiana's 1st anchors the suburban and exurban north shore of Lake Pontchartrain alongside the Cajun coastal parishes, producing a presidential margin that has exceeded R+35 in each of the last three cycles.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Louisiana 1st Congressional District, by a nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was seventeen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Louisiana 1st Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 57% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $67,817, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Louisiana vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 1, Louisiana voted Republican by 17.1 points (R+17), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 443,048 votes cast, 179,471 went Democratic and 255,337 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 1, Louisiana's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.

When did Congressional District 1, Louisiana last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Congressional District 1, Louisiana?

Congressional District 1, Louisiana has a population of 1,003,021 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Louisiana?

Median household income in Congressional District 1, Louisiana is $67,817 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.

What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Louisiana?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Louisiana 1st Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 17 points.

Key facts

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