- Lead
- 7,774
- Total
- 13,606
- vs nation
- D+58.6
Louisiana 34th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,667
- Total
- 14,188
- vs nation
- D+63.7
- Lead
- 10,989
- Total
- 17,155
- vs nation
- D+62.0
- Lead
- 12,262
- Total
- 18,192
- vs nation
- D+63.5
- Lead
- 13,260
- Total
- 19,075
- vs nation
- D+62.2
- Lead
- 14,789
- Total
- 19,827
- vs nation
- D+77.0
- Lead
- 15,838
- Total
- 20,330
- vs nation
- D+77.4
- Lead
- 18,627
- Total
- 23,037
- vs nation
- D+72.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+57.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,8792024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,322 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 34.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $47,3962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 18.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 71.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.7 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 29, LA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 34th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
99.9%
780 votes · D+99.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 99.8%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
20.6%
2,807 votes · D+57.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 16.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
20,146votes
87.5% of the vote · D+80.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 18,744 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2016
2,845votes
16.6% of the vote · D+64.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 2,807 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
+125.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+98.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +121.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−58.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+57.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · −62.0 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 | 34.9%4,533 | 65.1%8,464 | 12,997 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+57.1, this district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in Louisiana, likely anchored by a dense urban core and a majority-minority population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.7 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 57.1 points.
A population of 45,879, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,396 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 29 and State House District 87.
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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Louisiana 34th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22034/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.