- Lead
- 5,939
- Total
- 20,062
- vs nation
- R+28.1
Louisiana 45th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,869
- Total
- 22,188
- vs nation
- R+35.4
- Lead
- 8,450
- Total
- 20,855
- vs nation
- R+42.6
- Lead
- 7,894
- Total
- 19,274
- vs nation
- R+44.8
- Lead
- 7,234
- Total
- 18,662
- vs nation
- R+46.0
- Lead
- 6,510
- Total
- 17,407
- vs nation
- R+34.9
- Lead
- 5,336
- Total
- 15,222
- vs nation
- R+35.6
- Lead
- 1,984
- Total
- 14,654
- vs nation
- R+22.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,3722024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,711 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 16 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $70,8902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 43, LA · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 45th 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%
83 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1888 · 96.1%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
72.1%
9,042 votes · R+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 69.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,346votes
33.1% of the vote · R+31.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,806 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
14,215votes
64.1% of the vote · R+31.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 13,933 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 · Al Smith, 1928 · +85.0 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+46.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+38.8 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +44.8 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%4,501 | 66.3%8,854 | 13,355 |
Louisiana 45th 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 47.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.6 points.
A population of 43,372, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,890 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 43 and State House District 76.
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 45th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22045/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.