Louisiana 6th Congressional District (LA) — Elections 1876–2024

Louisiana 6th Congressional District, Louisiana: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+18%. Democratic peak: D+74 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 847,3252024 5-year
Median household income: $69,5262024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 55.3%2024 5-year
Black: 32.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 6.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+74 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+34 in 1972MIT Election Lab

FIELDS, CleoCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: GRAVES, Garret (2023–2025), GRAVES, Garret (2021–2023), GRAVES, Garret (2019–2021), GRAVES, Garret (2017–2019)

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

2024 results by constituent county

12 counties · 2 D · 10 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	−18.1%	149,339	216,615	372,378
2020	R	−15.6%	163,359	225,031	395,631
2016	R	−17.1%	145,014	207,769	366,896
2012	R	−15.8%	149,149	206,385	361,625
2008	R	−17.4%	142,759	204,067	352,060
2004	R	−17.7%	131,598	189,081	323,887
2000	R	−10.1%	127,230	156,765	291,012
1996	D	+8.1%	144,539	121,047	288,404
1992	R	−1.4%	120,505	124,478	281,633
1988	R	−11.7%	108,086	137,299	249,136
1984	R	−22.1%	99,129	155,890	257,366
1980	R	−1.9%	105,837	110,062	223,529
1976	D	+7.7%	91,268	77,855	173,421
1972	R	−34.5%	39,101	84,774	132,494
1968	O	+5.7%	37,962	30,262	134,669
1964	D	+3.4%	55,296	51,671	106,967
1960	D	+31.5%	52,346	23,128	92,802
1956	R	−11.4%	27,517	34,825	64,198
1952	D	+15.9%	38,663	28,082	66,745
1948	O	+19.9%	14,357	7,045	36,688
1944	D	+69.4%	26,722	4,833	31,555
1940	D	+72.2%	26,076	4,213	30,289
1936	D	+68.0%	19,700	3,751	23,453
1932	D	+72.7%	14,947	2,347	17,342
1928	D	+40.6%	11,656	4,922	16,578
1924	D	+39.0%	5,400	2,350	7,815
1920	D	+20.4%	4,648	3,071	7,720
1916	D	+56.1%	4,225	743	6,208
1912	D	+58.7%	3,231	512	4,633
1908	D	+67.4%	3,884	728	4,685
1904	D	+73.9%	3,790	565	4,363
1900	D	+35.8%	4,133	1,955	6,088
1896	D	+11.4%	4,230	3,345	7,758
1892	D	+42.8%	8,573	3,430	12,003
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

10.6%

English

7.4%

American

6.9%

German

6.4%

Irish

6.1%

Italian

4.6%

Scottish

1.0%

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: 36.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

0.8%

1.9%

75–84

2.5%

4.3%

65–74

5.0%

5.7%

55–64

6.2%

5.4%

45–54

5.8%

6.5%

35–44

6.8%

6.7%

25–34

6.8%

5.5%

18–24

5.7%

9.0%

5–17

8.6%

3.2%

3.1%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$69,526

Congressional District 6 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 6$69,526

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 1820.8%

Working age (18–64)15.4%

Seniors (65+)13.2%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

91.8%

speak English only

Spanish4.5%

Other Indo-European1.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.3%

Other languages0.5%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

22.9%

Other Christian

13.9%

Baptist

12.8%

Methodist

3.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.7%

Mainline Protestant

1.1%

Non-Christian

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Louisiana's 6th district, anchored by Baton Rouge's eastern suburbs and stretching into rural parishes, delivered a 30-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a demographic mix of white suburban voters and small-town communities that has trended sharply rightward over two decades.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Louisiana 6th Congressional District, by a ten points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-four points in 1972. The 2024 margin was eighteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Louisiana 6th Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $69,526, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 6, Louisiana vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 6, Louisiana voted Republican by 18.1 points (R+18), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 372,378 votes cast, 149,339 went Democratic and 216,615 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 6, Louisiana's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 6, 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 19 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.

When did Congressional District 6, Louisiana last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 6, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Congressional District 6, Louisiana?

Congressional District 6, Louisiana has a population of 847,325 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 6, Louisiana?

Median household income in Congressional District 6, Louisiana is $69,526 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.

What is the political history of Congressional District 6, Louisiana?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 6, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Louisiana 6th Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 18 points.

Key facts

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