- Lead
- 10,069
- Total
- 14,550
- vs nation
- D+70.7
Louisiana 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,739
- Total
- 20,402
- vs nation
- D+67.8
- Lead
- 13,498
- Total
- 18,732
- vs nation
- D+70.0
- Lead
- 13,271
- Total
- 18,595
- vs nation
- D+67.5
- Lead
- 12,732
- Total
- 17,984
- vs nation
- D+63.5
- Lead
- 9,954
- Total
- 15,426
- vs nation
- D+67.0
- Lead
- 9,369
- Total
- 14,467
- vs nation
- D+64.2
- Lead
- 10,712
- Total
- 15,631
- vs nation
- D+60.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+69.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,0492024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,102 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $34,1292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 15.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 75.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 76, SC · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 61st 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
100.0%
274 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · 100.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
26.3%
1,448 votes · D+39.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 22.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,373votes
85.2% of the vote · D+72.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 15,773 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
2,667votes
17.3% of the vote · D+64.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 2,634 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
James M. Cox1920
+123.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+97.5 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +122.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−37.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+60.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −42.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 46.0%6,534 | 54.0%7,681 | 14,215 |
| 2018 | R | 48.2%6,854 | 51.8%7,360 | 14,214 |
Louisiana House District 61 leans heavily Republican in presidential contests, posting a 25-point margin in 2024. With a population near 44,000, the district reflects the broader conservative tilt found across much of non-urban Louisiana.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1900. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 69.2 points.
A population of 44,049, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $34,129 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 76 and State House District 76.
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 61st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22061/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.