- Lead
- 2,020
- Total
- 17,508
- vs nation
- D+13.0
Louisiana 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,735
- Total
- 20,538
- vs nation
- D+13.7
- Lead
- 4,138
- Total
- 20,645
- vs nation
- D+18.0
- Lead
- 5,894
- Total
- 21,569
- vs nation
- D+23.5
- Lead
- 6,517
- Total
- 21,423
- vs nation
- D+23.1
- Lead
- 7,527
- Total
- 21,027
- vs nation
- D+38.3
- Lead
- 7,676
- Total
- 19,768
- vs nation
- D+38.3
- Lead
- 13,204
- Total
- 22,366
- vs nation
- D+50.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,7062024 5-year
- Population density
- 121 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 377 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $41,0892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 36.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 55.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.8 in 1888MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 40, LA · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 96th 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 Cleveland1888
99.9%
1,605 votes · D+99.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · 99.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
43.6%
7,629 votes · D+11.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 40.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
17,046votes
76.2% of the vote · D+59.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 14,957 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
8,208votes
40.0% of the vote · D+18.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 8,010 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
+112.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+92.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +109.9 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1948
−4.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+8.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · −13.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 32.4%4,880 | 67.6%10,201 | 15,081 |
With roughly 45,700 residents, this state house district registers among Louisiana's more reliably Democratic-voting constituencies, a pattern consistent with dense urban precincts where minority populations and metro-area voters drive turnout.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.8 points in 1888. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.5 points.
A population of 45,706, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,089 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 40 and State House District 58.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
Louisiana 96th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/22096/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.