- Lead
- 7,490
- Total
- 12,826
- vs nation
- D+59.9
Louisiana 2nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,670
- Total
- 16,157
- vs nation
- D+55.4
- Lead
- 9,894
- Total
- 16,679
- vs nation
- D+57.2
- Lead
- 10,860
- Total
- 17,710
- vs nation
- D+57.5
- Lead
- 10,331
- Total
- 16,902
- vs nation
- D+53.9
- Lead
- 9,465
- Total
- 15,851
- vs nation
- D+62.2
- Lead
- 8,947
- Total
- 14,756
- vs nation
- D+60.1
- Lead
- 11,731
- Total
- 16,975
- vs nation
- D+60.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+58.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,6422024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,902 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 24 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $36,0042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 21.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 67.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 59, AL · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 2nd 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
Alton B. Parker1904
100.0%
411 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · 100.0%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
45.6%
2,059 votes · D+8.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 36.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
14,086votes
79.5% of the vote · D+61.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · 13,873 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
3,270votes
27.7% of the vote · D+44.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 3,226 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
+125.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.4 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +119.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+13.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+8.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · −29.5 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 | 42.5%5,850 | 57.5%7,907 | 13,757 |
Anchored in the New Orleans area, this majority-minority district delivered a 58-point Democratic margin in 2024, making it among the most lopsided legislative constituencies in the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1900. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.4 points.
A population of 45,642, a 22% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,004 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 59 and State House District 70.
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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