- Lead
- 10,517
- Total
- 18,932
- vs nation
- R+54.1
Louisiana 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,749
- Total
- 15,636
- vs nation
- R+60.4
- Lead
- 9,193
- Total
- 14,603
- vs nation
- R+65.0
- Lead
- 8,223
- Total
- 13,717
- vs nation
- R+63.8
- Lead
- 7,970
- Total
- 12,829
- vs nation
- R+69.4
- Lead
- 4,676
- Total
- 11,562
- vs nation
- R+38.0
- Lead
- 2,082
- Total
- 9,980
- vs nation
- R+21.4
- Lead
- 755
- Total
- 9,806
- vs nation
- R+0.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,0012024 5-year
- Population density
- 745 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 57.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,5302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.7 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.0 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 73, LA · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 71st 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
William J. Bryan1900
97.9%
138 votes · D+95.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 97.2%
Republican
John McCain2008
80.2%
10,284 votes · R+62.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 79.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
4,600votes
46.9% of the vote · D+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,051 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,568votes
76.9% of the vote · R+55.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,012 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
+104.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.5 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +103.3 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+69.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.1 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +65.0 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 | 10.3%1,169 | 89.7%10,128 | 11,297 |
| 2018 | R | 11.0%1,296 | 89.0%10,511 | 11,807 |
Louisiana 71st State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.7 points in 1900 and a Republican high of 63.0 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 55.6 points.
A population of 43,001, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,530 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 73 and State House District 116.
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 71st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22071/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.