- Lead
- 8,688
- Total
- 20,357
- vs nation
- R+41.2
Louisiana 1st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,640
- Total
- 22,802
- vs nation
- R+51.1
- Lead
- 10,308
- Total
- 21,898
- vs nation
- R+49.2
- Lead
- 11,021
- Total
- 22,991
- vs nation
- R+51.8
- Lead
- 11,176
- Total
- 22,670
- vs nation
- R+56.6
- Lead
- 12,153
- Total
- 22,986
- vs nation
- R+50.4
- Lead
- 10,177
- Total
- 20,207
- vs nation
- R+50.9
- Lead
- 6,685
- Total
- 18,749
- vs nation
- R+44.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+42.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,9412024 5-year
- Population density
- 70 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 643 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $55,5052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.9 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+86.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 81, MS · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 1st 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
Winfield S. Hancock1880
99.0%
191 votes · D+97.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 87.8%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
93.3%
13,610 votes · R+86.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 88.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,942votes
26.1% of the vote · R+46.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 5,927 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
20,522votes
84.5% of the vote · R+69.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 17,606 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
+95.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+75.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +77.8 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+109.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+86.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +65.9 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 | 46.8%6,636 | 53.2%7,552 | 14,188 |
Louisiana 1st State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.9 points in 1880 and a Republican high of 86.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 42.7 points.
A population of 44,941, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,505 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 81 and State House District 5.
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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