- Lead
- 10,224
- Total
- 18,971
- vs nation
- R+52.4
Louisiana 38th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,039
- Total
- 22,236
- vs nation
- R+54.1
- Lead
- 9,603
- Total
- 20,586
- vs nation
- R+48.7
- Lead
- 8,347
- Total
- 21,441
- vs nation
- R+42.8
- Lead
- 7,427
- Total
- 21,604
- vs nation
- R+41.7
- Lead
- 5,641
- Total
- 19,425
- vs nation
- R+26.6
- Lead
- 4,157
- Total
- 18,270
- vs nation
- R+23.3
- Lead
- 941
- Total
- 18,978
- vs nation
- R+3.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,3092024 5-year
- Population density
- 37 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,149 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $43,0122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.9 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 32, LA · twin score 94.3
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 38th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
95.5%
3,403 votes · D+91.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 94.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
76.4%
14,492 votes · R+53.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Rutherford B. Hayes, 1876 · 75.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1992
9,496votes
45.7% of the vote · D+6.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1996 · 8,929 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
16,484votes
74.1% of the vote · R+49.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 14,871 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
William J. Bryan1896
+94.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+88.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +83.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+54.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +52.4 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 | 27.8%3,560 | 72.2%9,238 | 12,798 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+53.9, this district ranks among the most heavily one-sided in the state. Its rural character and demographic composition have produced consistent, wide gaps in statewide and federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 53.9 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.9 points.
A population of 42,309, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,012 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 32 and State House District 25.
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 38th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22038/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.