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Louisiana
Party timeline · 1812–2024
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Swing timeline · Louisiana
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 20 flips across 53 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 29
Rep 15
D-R 4
2
1
1
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 766,870 38.2% | Trump 1,208,505 60.2% | None | 441,635 22.0 pts | R +3.4 since 2020 |
| 20201 | Rep Trump | Biden 856,034 39.9% | Trump 1,255,776 58.5% | Jo Jorgensen 21,645 · 1.0% | 399,742 18.6 pts | D +1.0 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Rep Trump | Clinton 780,154 38.4% | Trump 1,178,638 58.1% | Gary Johnson 37,978 · 1.9% | 398,484 19.6 pts | R +2.4 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Rep Romney | Obama 809,141 40.6% | Romney 1,152,262 57.8% | None | 343,121 17.2 pts | D +1.4 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Rep McCain | Obama 782,989 39.9% | McCain 1,148,275 58.6% | None | 365,286 18.6 pts | R +4.1 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Rep Bush | Kerry 820,299 42.2% | Bush 1,102,169 56.7% | None | 281,870 14.5 pts | R +6.8 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Rep Bush | Gore 792,344 44.9% | Bush 927,871 52.6% | Ralph Nader 20,473 · 1.2% | 135,527 7.7 pts | R +19.7 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 927,837 52.0% | Dole 712,586 39.9% | Ross Perot 123,293 · 6.9% | 215,251 12.1 pts | D +7.5 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 815,971 45.6% | Bush 733,386 41.0% | Ross Perot 211,478 · 11.8% Bo Gritz 18,545 · 1.0% | 82,585 4.6 pts | D +14.8 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 717,460 44.1% | Bush 883,702 54.3% | David Duke 18,612 · 1.1% | 166,242 10.2 pts | D +12.4 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 651,586 38.2% | Reagan 1,037,299 60.8% | None | 385,713 22.6 pts | R +17.1 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 708,453 45.7% | Reagan 792,853 51.2% | John B. Anderson 26,345 · 1.7% | 84,400 5.5 pts | R +11.2 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 661,365 51.8% | Ford 587,446 46.0% | None | 73,919 5.8 pts | D +42.8 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 298,142 28.4% | Nixon 686,852 65.3% | John G. Schmitz 52,099 · 5.0% Linda Jenness 14,398 · 1.4% | 388,710 37.0 pts | R +41.7 since 1968 |
| 1968 | AI Wallace | Humphrey 309,615 28.2% | Nixon 257,535 23.5% | George Wallace 530,300 · 48.3% | 220,685 20.1 pts | D +18.4 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Rep Goldwater | Johnson 387,068 43.2% | Goldwater 509,225 56.8% | None | 122,157 13.6 pts | R +35.5 since 1960 |
| 19602 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 407,3392 50.4% | Nixon 230,9802 28.6% | Orval Faubus 169,572 · 21.0%2 | 176,359 21.8 pts | D +35.6 since 1956 |
| 19563 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 243,9773 39.5% | Eisenhower 329,0473 53.3% | None | 85,070 13.8 pts | R +19.6 since 1952 |
| 1952 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 345,027 52.9% | Eisenhower 306,925 47.1% | None | 38,102 5.8 pts | R +9.5 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dixie Thurmond | Truman 136,344 32.7% | Dewey 72,657 17.5% | Strom Thurmond 204,290 · 49.1% | 67,946 16.3 pts | R +45.9 since 1944 |
| 19444 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 281,5644 80.6% | Dewey 67,7504 19.4% | None | 213,814 61.2 pts | R +10.6 since 1940 |
| 19405 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 319,7515 85.9% | Willkie 52,4465 14.1% | None | 267,305 71.8 pts | R +5.9 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 292,894 88.8% | Landon 36,791 11.2% | None | 256,103 77.7 pts | R +8.1 since 1932 |
| 19326 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 249,4186 92.8% | Hoover 18,8536 7.0% | None | 230,565 85.8 pts | D +33.2 since 1928 |
| 19287 | Dem Smith | Smith 164,6557 76.3% | Hoover 51,1607 23.7% | None | 113,495 52.6 pts | R +3.6 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Dem Davis | Davis 93,218 76.4% | Coolidge 24,670 20.2% | Robert M. La Follette 4,063 · 3.3% | 68,548 56.2 pts | D +17.4 since 1920 |
| 19208 | Dem Cox | Cox 87,5198 69.4% | Harding 38,5388 30.6% | None | 48,981 38.9 pts | R +40.1 since 1916 |
| 19169 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 79,8759 85.9% | Hughes 6,4669 7.0% | None | 73,409 78.9 pts | D +7.0 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 60,966 76.8% | Taft 3,834 4.8% | Theodore Roosevelt 9,323 · 11.7% Eugene V. Debs 5,249 · 6.6% | 51,643 65.1 pts | R +0.7 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 63,568 84.6% | Taft 8,958 11.9% | Eugene V. Debs 2,538 · 3.4% | 54,610 72.7 pts | R +6.2 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Dem Parker | Parker 47,708 88.5% | Roosevelt 5,205 9.7% | Eugene V. Debs 995 · 1.8% | 42,503 78.8 pts | D +22.4 since 1900 |
| 190010 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 53,67110 76.8% | McKinley 14,23310 20.4% | None | 39,438 56.4 pts | D +1.9 since 1896 |
| 189611 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 77,17511 76.4% | McKinley 22,03711 21.8% | John M. Palmer 1,834 · 1.8%11 | 55,138 54.6 pts | R +10.6 since 1892 |
| 189212 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 87,92212 76.8% | Harrison 13,28212 11.6% | James B. Weaver 13,281 · 11.6%12 | 74,640 65.2 pts | D +18.1 since 1888 |
| 188813 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 85,03213 73.5% | Harrison 30,48413 26.3% | None | 54,548 47.1 pts | D +32.3 since 1884 |
| 188414 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 62,54614 57.2% | Blaine 46,34714 42.4% | None | 16,199 14.8 pts | R +11.5 since 1880 |
| 188015 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 65,31015 63.0% | Garfield 37,99415 36.6% | None | 27,316 26.3 pts | D +29.6 since 1876 |
| 187616,17 | Rep Hayes | Tilden 70,508 48.4% | Hayes 75,315 51.6% | None | 4,807 3.3 pts | R +44.7 since 1868 |
| 187218,19 | Rep Grant | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186820 | Dem Seymour | Seymour 80,22520 70.7% | Grant 33,26320 29.3% | None | 46,962 41.4 pts | First sourced year |
| 186021 | S-Dem Breckinridge | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185622 | Dem Buchanan | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185223 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184824 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184425 | Dem Polk | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184026 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183627 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183228 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182829 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182430 | D-R Jackson Jackson 3, John Quincy Adams 2 | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 182031 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181632 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181233 | D-R Madison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 860 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 1960 The official table notes: Louisiana's 169,572 is printed in the National States Rights column (the Louisiana States' Rights slate pledged to Orval Faubus), but the printed column totals count it under Others; see exceptions.
- 1956 The official table notes: Others: States' Rights votes (footnote 5).
- 1944 The official table notes: Others: Independents (footnote 5).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Independents, 108.
- 1932 The official table notes: Scattering figure 533 carries footnote 2: 'Independent.'
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 8: 'Scattering votes, 18, included in grand total.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1916 The official table's state total (92,982) is 6,349 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1900 The official table's state total (69,904) is 2,000 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1888 The official table's state total (115,744) is 29 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 Louisiana's result was disputed; the Electoral Commission gave its electors to Hayes.
- 1876 This state's 1876 return was disputed and the site follows the returns certified by the state's canvassing board (see docs/data/votes-historic.md). The Tribune Almanac 1878, p. 60, prints Hayes 75,135 and Tilden 70,636 without saying which return it reports, so its figures are not used for this state.
- 1872 Louisiana's 1872 return was disputed: two rival returning boards reported different results, and Congress counted none of Louisiana's electoral votes. The World Almanac 1873, p. 75, prints one board's return ('The vote returned by the regular (Warmoth) Board of Canvassers is given for Louisiana'): Greeley 66,467, Grant 59,975. That figure is not published here, and the county-file sums differ too much from published returns to use.
- 1872 Not yet sourced: the county file's figures for this state-year differ from published returns by more than 2% (Democratic -14.2%, Republican +19.49%).
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; Algara & Amlani, U.S. county presidential returns 1868-2020 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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First Party System
1812
Madison
National: James Madison · D-R
First Party System1816
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1820
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1824
Jackson
National: John Quincy Adams · D-R
Second Party System1828
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1832
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1836
Van Buren
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
Second Party System1840
Harrison
National: William Henry Harrison · Whig
Second Party System1844
Polk
National: James K. Polk · Dem
Second Party System1848
Taylor
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Buchanan
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Breckinridge
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Seymour
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Hayes
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Parker
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Bryan
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Cox
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Davis
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Smith
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Thurmond
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Goldwater
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Wallace
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
McCain
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Romney
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Trump
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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