- Lead
- 12,788
- Total
- 20,048
- vs nation
- R+62.3
Louisiana 35th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,338
- Total
- 18,632
- vs nation
- R+65.3
- Lead
- 10,087
- Total
- 16,887
- vs nation
- R+61.8
- Lead
- 9,143
- Total
- 16,006
- vs nation
- R+61.0
- Lead
- 8,571
- Total
- 15,888
- vs nation
- R+61.2
- Lead
- 7,099
- Total
- 15,014
- vs nation
- R+44.8
- Lead
- 5,076
- Total
- 13,405
- vs nation
- R+38.4
- Lead
- 1,726
- Total
- 13,022
- vs nation
- R+21.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,9752024 5-year
- Population density
- 208 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 222 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,8782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.7 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.8 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 33, LA · twin score 95.1
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 35th 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
84.8%
112 votes · D+69.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 83.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
81.3%
16,289 votes · R+63.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 79.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
4,574votes
35.1% of the vote · R+13.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 4,284 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,289votes
81.3% of the vote · R+63.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 14,812 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
+65.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+38.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +62.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+65.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+60.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +62.3 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 | 32.8%4,247 | 67.2%8,691 | 12,938 |
Louisiana House District 35 leans heavily Democratic in presidential contests, reflecting a dense urban electorate in the Baton Rouge area where minority voters make up a substantial share of the population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.7 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 63.8 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.8 points.
A population of 45,975, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,878 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 33 and State House District 95.
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 35th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22035/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.