- Lead
- 11,040
- Total
- 18,311
- vs nation
- R+58.8
Louisiana 52nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,038
- Total
- 17,147
- vs nation
- R+63.0
- Lead
- 10,631
- Total
- 17,485
- vs nation
- R+62.9
- Lead
- 9,200
- Total
- 16,588
- vs nation
- R+59.3
- Lead
- 8,810
- Total
- 15,892
- vs nation
- R+62.7
- Lead
- 7,335
- Total
- 15,585
- vs nation
- R+44.6
- Lead
- 4,976
- Total
- 13,791
- vs nation
- R+36.6
- Lead
- 568
- Total
- 13,122
- vs nation
- R+12.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,1632024 5-year
- Population density
- 640 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 67.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,3372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.8 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 47, LA · twin score 97.7
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 52nd 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. Roosevelt1932
87.3%
618 votes · D+74.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · 81.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
79.4%
14,544 votes · R+60.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 78.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
5,443votes
41.5% of the vote · R+4.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 4,222 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,544votes
79.4% of the vote · R+60.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 13,771 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
+79.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+62.3 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +72.2 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+63.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +62.9 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 | 23.0%2,728 | 77.0%9,146 | 11,874 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+60.3, this district ranks among the state's most one-sided, suggesting a rural or exurban electorate with deeply consistent voting patterns across federal and state races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 60.8 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.3 points.
A population of 43,163, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,337 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 47 and State House District 49.
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 52nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22052/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.