- Lead
- 8,465
- Total
- 17,862
- vs nation
- R+45.9
Louisiana 51st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,502
- Total
- 20,682
- vs nation
- R+50.4
- Lead
- 8,190
- Total
- 18,365
- vs nation
- R+46.7
- Lead
- 6,421
- Total
- 17,906
- vs nation
- R+39.7
- Lead
- 6,033
- Total
- 17,338
- vs nation
- R+42.1
- Lead
- 3,896
- Total
- 17,241
- vs nation
- R+20.1
- Lead
- 1,894
- Total
- 15,946
- vs nation
- R+12.4
- Lead
- 2,912
- Total
- 15,983
- vs nation
- D+9.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 46,3192024 5-year
- Population density
- 85 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 546 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,3202024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65.8 in 1944MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.4 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 53, LA · twin score 98.4
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 51st 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. Roosevelt1944
82.9%
1,915 votes · D+65.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 82.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
73.2%
13,069 votes · R+47.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 72.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
8,624votes
54.0% of the vote · D+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 6,779 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
14,950votes
72.3% of the vote · R+45.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 13,069 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+75.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+55.9 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +74.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+50.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+45.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +46.7 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 | 26.0%3,559 | 74.0%10,105 | 13,664 |
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+47.5, against R+34.9 in 2008. About 41,900 residents lived here, with White alone at 65% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.8 points in 1944 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.4 points.
A population of 46,319, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,320 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 53 and State House District 55.
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 51st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22051/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.