- Lead
- 14,334
- Total
- 22,125
- vs nation
- R+63.3
Louisiana 49th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,071
- Total
- 22,665
- vs nation
- R+71.0
- Lead
- 14,099
- Total
- 20,265
- vs nation
- R+71.7
- Lead
- 13,255
- Total
- 19,483
- vs nation
- R+71.9
- Lead
- 12,408
- Total
- 19,013
- vs nation
- R+72.5
- Lead
- 10,536
- Total
- 18,069
- vs nation
- R+55.9
- Lead
- 8,748
- Total
- 16,041
- vs nation
- R+55.1
- Lead
- 3,905
- Total
- 14,316
- vs nation
- R+35.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+64.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,6702024 5-year
- Population density
- 109 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 418 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,2822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+68.5 in 1888MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+73.4 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 48, LA · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 49th 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
83.5%
313 votes · D+68.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · 70.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
86.7%
835 votes · R+73.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 83.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
4,492votes
31.4% of the vote · R+27.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 4,203 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
18,713votes
82.6% of the vote · R+66.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 18,122 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
Al Smith1928
+57.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+40.3 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +50.6 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+72.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+65.3 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +71.9 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 | 29.0%4,134 | 71.0%10,100 | 14,234 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding R+47, this north Louisiana district ranks among the state's most lopsided, reflecting a rural demographic pattern where competitive general elections are the exception rather than the rule.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 68.5 points in 1888 and a Republican high of 73.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.8 points.
A population of 45,670, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,282 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 48 and State House District 52.
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 49th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22049/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.