- Lead
- 10,818
- Total
- 20,193
- vs nation
- R+52.1
Louisiana 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 12,393
- Total
- 21,910
- vs nation
- R+61.0
- Lead
- 10,902
- Total
- 18,822
- vs nation
- R+60.0
- Lead
- 9,996
- Total
- 17,460
- vs nation
- R+61.1
- Lead
- 9,324
- Total
- 16,003
- vs nation
- R+65.5
- Lead
- 6,832
- Total
- 13,113
- vs nation
- R+49.6
- Lead
- 3,834
- Total
- 9,941
- vs nation
- R+39.1
- Lead
- 1,024
- Total
- 8,871
- vs nation
- R+20.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+53.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,5422024 5-year
- Population density
- 962 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 44.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,4482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+66.4 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+75.3 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 59, LA · twin score 97.8
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 88th 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
83.2%
456 votes · D+66.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 77.1%
Republican
James A. Garfield1880
86.7%
664 votes · R+75.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James G. Blaine, 1884 · 82.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,531votes
20.7% of the vote · R+56.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,525 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
16,924votes
77.2% of the vote · R+56.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 15,343 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
Grover Cleveland1892
+64.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+66.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +50.5 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+65.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.3 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · +61.1 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 | 30.2%3,812 | 69.8%8,794 | 12,606 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 53 points for the Republican nominee, District 88 ranks among the most one-sided legislative districts in Louisiana, reflecting a rural constituency with deeply entrenched conservative voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 66.4 points in 1892 and a Republican high of 75.3 points in 1880. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 53.6 points.
A population of 42,542, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,448 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 59 and State House District 81.
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 88th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22088/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.