- Lead
- 35,823
- Total
- 49,888
- vs nation
- D+73.3
Louisiana 5th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 47,144
- Total
- 62,691
- vs nation
- D+70.7
- Lead
- 43,178
- Total
- 58,904
- vs nation
- D+71.2
- Lead
- 39,552
- Total
- 55,269
- vs nation
- D+67.7
- Lead
- 35,908
- Total
- 51,728
- vs nation
- D+62.1
- Lead
- 44,382
- Total
- 67,021
- vs nation
- D+68.7
- Lead
- 40,559
- Total
- 61,800
- vs nation
- D+65.1
- Lead
- 43,739
- Total
- 65,767
- vs nation
- D+58.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+71.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 123,9952024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,188 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 23.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,6902024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 49.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+91.5 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+0.1 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 3, LA · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 5th State Senate 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
95.7%
27,898 votes · D+91.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 94.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
47.7%
22,360 votes · R+0.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 45.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
55,410votes
82.7% of the vote · D+66.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 54,316 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
22,360votes
47.7% of the vote · R+0.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 21,367 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
+109.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+90.0 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +95.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+2.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+19.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · −13.4 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 | 86.6%33,131 | 13.4%5,137 | 38,268 |
Louisiana 5th State Senate District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 91.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 0.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 71.8 points.
A population of 123,995, a 35% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,690 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 3 and State Senate District 4.
The state-senate 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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