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State record · LA

Louisiana

8 electoral votes in 202464 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: D+41.4 two-party · 113,488 votes18681872: R+11.4 two-party · 128,692 votes1876: R+3.3 two-party · 145,823 votes1880: D+25.1 two-party · 104,462 votes1884: D+14.9 two-party · 109,399 votes1888: D+47.0 two-party · 115,891 votes18881892: D+53.1 two-party · 114,889 votes1896: D+61.6 two-party · 101,046 votes1900: D+58.1 two-party · 67,906 votes1904: D+80.3 two-party · 53,908 votes1908: D+75.3 two-party · 75,117 votes19081912: D+88.2 two-party · 79,248 votes1916: D+85.1 two-party · 94,250 votes1920: D+38.8 two-party · 126,236 votes1924: D+58.1 two-party · 121,951 votes1928: D+52.6 two-party · 215,815 votes19281932: D+85.9 two-party · 268,805 votes1936: D+77.7 two-party · 329,592 votes1940: D+71.8 two-party · 372,305 votes1944: D+61.2 two-party · 349,377 votes1948: D+30.5 two-party · 416,336 votes19481952: D+5.8 two-party · 651,952 votes1956: R+14.8 two-party · 617,544 votes1960: D+27.6 two-party · 807,891 votes1964: R+13.6 two-party · 896,298 votes1968: D+9.2 two-party · 1,097,450 votes19681972: R+39.5 two-party · 1,051,491 votes1976: D+5.9 two-party · 1,277,383 votes · 10 EV1980: R+5.6 two-party · 1,548,591 votes · 10 EV1984: R+22.8 two-party · 1,706,822 votes · 10 EV1988: R+10.4 two-party · 1,628,202 votes · 10 EV19881992: D+5.3 two-party · 1,790,017 votes · 9 EV1996: D+13.1 two-party · 1,783,959 votes · 9 EV2000: R+7.9 two-party · 1,765,656 votes · 9 EV2004: R+14.7 two-party · 1,943,106 votes · 9 EV2008: R+18.9 two-party · 1,960,761 votes · 9 EV20082012: R+17.5 two-party · 1,994,065 votes · 8 EV2016: R+20.3 two-party · 2,029,032 votes · 8 EV2020: R+18.9 two-party · 2,148,062 votes · 8 EV2024: R+22.4 two-party · 2,006,975 votes · 8 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
AcadiaR+64.5
35 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AllenR+61.7
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AscensionR+34.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AssumptionR+36.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AvoyellesR+43.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BeauregardR+72.1
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BienvilleR+18.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BossierR+43.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CaddoD+4.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
CalcasieuR+40.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CaldwellR+73.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CameronR+86.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CatahoulaR+50.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClaiborneR+22.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ConcordiaR+29.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
De SotoR+35.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
East Baton RougeD+11.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
East CarrollD+17.9
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
East FelicianaR+22.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
EvangelineR+49.7
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FranklinR+49.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GrantR+77.7
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
IberiaR+34.5
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
IbervilleR+0.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JacksonR+48.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JeffersonR+13.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Jefferson DavisR+61.9
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LaSalleR+83.4
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LafayetteR+31.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LafourcheR+62.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+25.9
38 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LivingstonR+69.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MadisonD+6.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
MorehouseR+19.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
NatchitochesR+22.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OrleansD+68.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
OuachitaR+28.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PlaqueminesR+38.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Pointe CoupeeR+27.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RapidesR+37.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Red RiverR+27.8
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RichlandR+39.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SabineR+70.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. BernardR+29.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. CharlesR+32.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. HelenaD+0.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
St. JamesR+0.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. John the BaptistD+29.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
St. LandryR+19.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. MartinR+41.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. MaryR+32.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
St. TammanyR+44.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TangipahoaR+37.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TensasR+4.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TerrebonneR+52.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
UnionR+57.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
VermilionR+64.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
VernonR+68.6
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WashingtonR+40.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WebsterR+36.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
West Baton RougeR+11.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
West CarrollR+74.7
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
West FelicianaR+32.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WinnR+54.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican