- Lead
- 12,774
- Total
- 22,946
- vs nation
- R+54.2
Louisiana 48th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,369
- Total
- 21,353
- vs nation
- R+62.4
- Lead
- 12,827
- Total
- 20,861
- vs nation
- R+63.6
- Lead
- 12,147
- Total
- 20,532
- vs nation
- R+63.0
- Lead
- 11,336
- Total
- 20,091
- vs nation
- R+63.7
- Lead
- 10,490
- Total
- 19,208
- vs nation
- R+52.2
- Lead
- 8,913
- Total
- 17,421
- vs nation
- R+51.7
- Lead
- 4,051
- Total
- 15,832
- vs nation
- R+34.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,3392024 5-year
- Population density
- 309 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 147 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,0532024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.4 in 1888MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 49, LA · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 48th 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 Cleveland1888
98.7%
462 votes · D+97.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · 93.4%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
88.8%
804 votes · R+77.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 82.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
4,995votes
31.6% of the vote · R+25.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,949 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,723votes
77.2% of the vote · R+55.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,713 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
+85.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+86.8 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +64.2 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+63.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+56.4 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +63.6 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 | 33.4%4,775 | 66.6%9,542 | 14,317 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+55.7, this district ranks among the most one-sided in Louisiana's lower chamber, reflecting a rural or exurban electorate with little competitive history at the top of the ticket.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.4 points in 1888 and a Republican high of 77.7 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.7 points.
A population of 45,339, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,053 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 49 and State House District 31.
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 48th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22048/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.