- Lead
- 11,514
- Total
- 17,894
- vs nation
- D+65.8
Louisiana 102nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,888
- Total
- 20,224
- vs nation
- D+64.2
- Lead
- 11,483
- Total
- 18,227
- vs nation
- D+60.9
- Lead
- 10,234
- Total
- 17,730
- vs nation
- D+53.9
- Lead
- 9,170
- Total
- 16,698
- vs nation
- D+47.6
- Lead
- 11,170
- Total
- 22,140
- vs nation
- D+52.9
- Lead
- 9,940
- Total
- 20,388
- vs nation
- D+48.2
- Lead
- 10,703
- Total
- 21,224
- vs nation
- D+41.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+64.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,2642024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,939 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,1212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 65.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+85.7 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+24.3 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 97, LA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 102nd 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
92.8%
9,259 votes · D+85.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 90.0%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
60.7%
11,755 votes · R+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 59.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,883votes
83.5% of the vote · D+68.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 16,585 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
11,755votes
60.7% of the vote · R+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 11,167 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
+97.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+78.2 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +81.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+29.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+7.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +8.9 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 | D | 92.0%13,152 | 8.0%1,137 | 14,289 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 64 points for Democrats, this majority-Black urban district anchors one end of Louisiana's stark political geography, where legislative seats rarely face competitive general elections.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 24.3 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.3 points.
A population of 45,264, a 21% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,121 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 97 and State House District 67.
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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