- Lead
- 8,420
- Total
- 17,290
- vs nation
- R+47.2
Louisiana 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,175
- Total
- 12,052
- vs nation
- R+47.4
- Lead
- 9,965
- Total
- 18,564
- vs nation
- R+55.8
- Lead
- 9,021
- Total
- 17,754
- vs nation
- R+54.7
- Lead
- 8,364
- Total
- 17,690
- vs nation
- R+54.6
- Lead
- 6,914
- Total
- 16,722
- vs nation
- R+38.9
- Lead
- 4,758
- Total
- 15,165
- vs nation
- R+31.9
- Lead
- 1,158
- Total
- 14,954
- vs nation
- R+16.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,0622024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,587 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,4022024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67.9 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.7 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 33, LA · twin score 94.4
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 36th 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
84.0%
157 votes · D+67.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 81.9%
Republican
Donald Trump2016
74.2%
13,773 votes · R+53.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 74.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
5,556votes
37.2% of the vote · R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 5,144 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2016
13,773votes
74.2% of the vote · R+53.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 13,144 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
+69.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.6 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +63.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+55.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.7 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +54.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+48.7, this north-central Louisiana district ranks among the state's most one-sided, reflecting a rural electorate that has shifted decisively toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.9 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 53.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.7 points.
A population of 45,062, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,402 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 37.
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 36th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22036/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.