- Lead
- 13,585
- Total
- 22,730
- vs nation
- R+58.3
Louisiana 81st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,183
- Total
- 25,398
- vs nation
- R+68.2
- Lead
- 12,635
- Total
- 20,308
- vs nation
- R+64.3
- Lead
- 11,421
- Total
- 19,066
- vs nation
- R+63.8
- Lead
- 11,069
- Total
- 18,091
- vs nation
- R+68.5
- Lead
- 7,587
- Total
- 15,582
- vs nation
- R+46.2
- Lead
- 4,378
- Total
- 12,825
- vs nation
- R+34.7
- Lead
- 813
- Total
- 11,815
- vs nation
- R+15.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,6322024 5-year
- Population density
- 110 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 397 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $89,1772024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+77.2 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 88, LA · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 81st 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
82.4%
759 votes · D+64.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · 78.5%
Republican
James A. Garfield1880
88.5%
1,159 votes · R+77.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 83.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
4,832votes
40.9% of the vote · R+6.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,452 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
20,611votes
81.2% of the vote · R+63.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 18,037 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
+49.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+30.0 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +49.5 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+68.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.2 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +68.2 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 | 28.3%3,491 | 71.7%8,841 | 12,332 |
Louisiana 81st State House District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 77.2 points in 1880. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.8 points.
A population of 43,632, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,177 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 88 and State House District 73.
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 81st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22081/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.