- Lead
- 30,840
- Total
- 48,860
- vs nation
- R+61.6
Louisiana 20th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 32,033
- Total
- 51,840
- vs nation
- R+66.2
- Lead
- 29,160
- Total
- 49,164
- vs nation
- R+61.4
- Lead
- 24,621
- Total
- 46,315
- vs nation
- R+57.0
- Lead
- 23,309
- Total
- 44,598
- vs nation
- R+59.5
- Lead
- 17,118
- Total
- 43,274
- vs nation
- R+37.1
- Lead
- 10,979
- Total
- 38,823
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 1,229
- Total
- 37,278
- vs nation
- R+5.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+63.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 123,4452024 5-year
- Population density
- 81 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,519 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,8462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 26, LA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Louisiana 20th 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
86.3%
2,013 votes · D+72.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · 84.0%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
80.9%
39,535 votes · R+63.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 80.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Bill Clinton1996
17,088votes
45.8% of the vote · D+3.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 13,316 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
41,567votes
80.2% of the vote · R+61.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 39,535 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
Al Smith1928
+85.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.1 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +73.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+66.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +61.6 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 | 21.1%7,412 | 78.9%27,771 | 35,183 |
Louisiana 20th 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 1932 and a Republican high of 63.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.1 points.
A population of 123,445, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,846 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 26 and State Senate District 28.
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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Louisiana 20th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/22020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.