Who won Louisiana in the 2012 presidential election?

Romney (Republican) carried Louisiana in 2012, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 2012?

Louisiana cast 8 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 2012?

No. Louisiana backed Romney, while Barack Obama won the presidency nationally.

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2012

Louisiana: Romney carries 8 EV.

Louisiana cast its 8 electoral votes for Romney (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Louisiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

Louisiana in 2012

The 2012 contest saw Louisiana line up behind Romney, delivering 8 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Louisiana among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Louisiana backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 2000. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 2012. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 332 of the 538 electoral votes, against Mitt Romney's 206. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 51.06% of the ballots cast.

The 2012 national map

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