- Lead
- 14,246
- Total
- 18,086
- vs nation
- R+77.3
Louisiana 54th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,367
- Total
- 18,211
- vs nation
- R+83.3
- Lead
- 13,285
- Total
- 17,838
- vs nation
- R+76.6
- Lead
- 11,485
- Total
- 16,326
- vs nation
- R+74.2
- Lead
- 10,852
- Total
- 15,810
- vs nation
- R+75.9
- Lead
- 7,685
- Total
- 14,750
- vs nation
- R+49.6
- Lead
- 5,667
- Total
- 13,055
- vs nation
- R+43.9
- Lead
- 1,691
- Total
- 11,960
- vs nation
- R+22.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+78.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,8492024 5-year
- Population density
- 56 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 760 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,5212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73.2 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+78.9 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 47, LA · twin score 97.3
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 54th 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
86.6%
614 votes · D+73.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · 79.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2020
88.8%
16,167 votes · R+78.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 88.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
4,383votes
36.6% of the vote · R+14.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 3,825 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
16,167votes
88.8% of the vote · R+78.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 16,054 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
+76.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+58.7 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · +71.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+83.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+78.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +77.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 15.2%1,695 | 84.8%9,491 | 11,186 |
| 2018 | R | 18.8%2,425 | 81.2%10,457 | 12,882 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+78.8, this rural Louisiana district sits at the far end of the state's partisan distribution, reflecting the heavily Republican realignment that has reshaped small-town and agricultural communities across the state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.2 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 78.9 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 78.8 points.
A population of 42,849, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,521 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 54th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22054/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.