- Lead
- 7,468
- Total
- 16,840
- vs nation
- R+42.9
Louisiana 9th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,771
- Total
- 20,272
- vs nation
- R+47.7
- Lead
- 8,493
- Total
- 17,816
- vs nation
- R+49.8
- Lead
- 8,199
- Total
- 17,423
- vs nation
- R+50.9
- Lead
- 7,457
- Total
- 16,383
- vs nation
- R+52.8
- Lead
- 6,646
- Total
- 15,280
- vs nation
- R+41.0
- Lead
- 4,298
- Total
- 12,815
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 742
- Total
- 12,505
- vs nation
- R+14.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,4012024 5-year
- Population density
- 219 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 198 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,1442024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.6 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+67.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 8, LA · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 9th 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
98.8%
244 votes · D+97.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · 98.7%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
83.7%
3,565 votes · R+67.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 79.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,582votes
27.5% of the vote · R+43.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · 5,386 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
14,353votes
70.8% of the vote · R+43.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 12,877 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
+115.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+95.5 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +112.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+90.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+67.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +52.8 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 | 24.6%2,703 | 75.4%8,279 | 10,982 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+44.3, this north Louisiana district ranks among the state's most one-sided, where Republican candidates routinely face little to no general-election competition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.6 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 67.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.3 points.
A population of 43,401, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,144 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 8 and State House District 58.
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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