- Lead
- 20,707
- Total
- 59,839
- vs nation
- R+33.1
Louisiana 6th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 26,313
- Total
- 62,727
- vs nation
- R+46.4
- Lead
- 27,791
- Total
- 60,534
- vs nation
- R+48.0
- Lead
- 29,982
- Total
- 62,238
- vs nation
- R+52.0
- Lead
- 31,552
- Total
- 62,397
- vs nation
- R+57.8
- Lead
- 33,432
- Total
- 60,743
- vs nation
- R+52.6
- Lead
- 28,154
- Total
- 54,907
- vs nation
- R+51.8
- Lead
- 20,131
- Total
- 52,276
- vs nation
- R+47.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 117,5952024 5-year
- Population density
- 172 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 683 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,6142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 16, LA · twin score 94.3
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 6th 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
Alton B. Parker1904
86.2%
361 votes · D+72.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · 83.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.0%
23,367 votes · R+69.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 80.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
19,039votes
31.8% of the vote · R+34.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 17,670 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
46,903votes
77.2% of the vote · R+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 46,643 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
+92.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+72.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +78.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+83.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +57.8 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 | 44.1%16,621 | 55.9%21,063 | 37,684 |
Louisiana 6th State Senate District sits in the Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.6 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 69.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.6 points.
A population of 117,595, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,614 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 16 and State Senate District 18.
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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