- Lead
- 8,521
- Total
- 20,442
- vs nation
- R+40.2
Louisiana 43rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,836
- Total
- 18,144
- vs nation
- R+53.2
- Lead
- 10,417
- Total
- 18,248
- vs nation
- R+59.2
- Lead
- 9,849
- Total
- 16,965
- vs nation
- R+61.9
- Lead
- 9,210
- Total
- 16,341
- vs nation
- R+63.6
- Lead
- 8,404
- Total
- 15,340
- vs nation
- R+52.3
- Lead
- 6,998
- Total
- 13,374
- vs nation
- R+52.8
- Lead
- 3,932
- Total
- 11,911
- vs nation
- R+41.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,6302024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,573 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 27.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $82,9052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 45, LA · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 43rd 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
Grover Cleveland1892
100.0%
53 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1888 · 93.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.0%
4,694 votes · R+63.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 80.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,766votes
28.2% of the vote · R+41.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,453 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,287votes
69.9% of the vote · R+41.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 13,921 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
Grover Cleveland1892
+98.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+100.0 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +68.7 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+63.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+56.4 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +61.9 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 | 33.7%4,424 | 66.3%8,702 | 13,126 |
Louisiana 43rd State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 63.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 42,630, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,905 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 45 and State House District 80.
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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