2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Country:	Louisiana
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
Image1:	GeorgeWBush.jpg
Nominee1:	George W. Bush
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Dick Cheney
Electoral Vote1:	9
Popular Vote1:	927,871
Percentage1:	52.55%
Nominee2:	Al Gore
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Tennessee
Running Mate2:	Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	792,344
Percentage2:	44.88%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Bill Clinton
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	George W. Bush
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by George W. Bush (the Governor of neighbouring Texas) over incumbent Democratic vice president Al Gore. a dramatic swing from the statewide results in 1996 when Democratic President Bill Clinton carried the state with 52% of the vote and with a double-digit margin of victory. Bush won most of the parishes and congressional districts in the state. Bush dominated among the rural areas of the state. The only congressional district Gore won was the second district, which represents the very urban area of New Orleans., this is the last election in which St. Landry Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and Bienville Parish voted for the Democratic candidate. It also remains the last time that Louisiana has been decided by a single-digit margin.

In this election, Louisiana voted 8.2% to the right of the nation at-large.^[1]

Louisiana was 1 of 9 states won by Bush in this election that Clinton had carried in both preceding elections.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	927,871	52.6%	9
	Democratic	Al Gore	792,344	44.9%	0
	Green Party	Ralph Nader	20,473	1.2%	0
	Reform	Patrick Buchanan	14,356	0.8%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	5,483	0.3%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	2,951	0.2%	0
	Socialist Workers	James Harris	1,103	0.1%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	1,075	0.1%	0
Totals			1,765,656	100.00%	9
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)					51%/60%

Results by parish

Parish^[3]	George W. Bush Republican		Al Gore Democratic		Ralph Nader Green		Pat Buchanan Reform		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Acadia		13,814		59.45%		8,892		38.26%		227		0.98%		255		1.10%		50		0.22%		4,922		21.19%		23,238
	Allen		4,035		48.66%		3,914		47.20%		115		1.39%		135		1.63%		93		1.12%		121		1.46%		8,292
	Ascension		16,818		54.53%		13,385		43.40%		340		1.10%		201		0.65%		100		0.32%		3,433		11.13%		30,844
	Assumption		4,388		43.65%		5,222		51.94%		119		1.18%		163		1.62%		161		1.60%		-834		-8.29%		10,053
	Avoyelles		7,329		50.02%		6,701		45.73%		170		1.16%		268		1.83%		185		1.26%		628		4.29%		14,653
	Beauregard		7,862		64.42%		3,958		32.43%		155		1.27%		122		1.00%		108		0.88%		3,904		31.99%		12,205
	Bienville		3,269		46.66%		3,413		48.72%		50		0.71%		152		2.17%		122		1.74%		-144		-2.06%		7,006
	Bossier		23,224		64.66%		11,933		33.23%		295		0.82%		184		0.51%		279		0.78%		11,291		31.43%		35,915
	Caddo		46,807		48.94%		47,530		49.70%		734		0.77%		338		0.35%		230		0.24%		-723		-0.76%		95,639
	Calcasieu		38,086		51.72%		33,919		46.06%		895		1.22%		529		0.72%		207		0.28%		4,167		5.66%		73,636
	Caldwell		2,817		65.09%		1,359		31.40%		37		0.85%		66		1.52%		49		1.13%		1,458		33.69%		4,328
	Cameron		2,593		61.99%		1,435		34.31%		46		1.10%		43		1.03%		66		1.58%		1,158		27.68%		4,183
	Catahoula		2,912		61.11%		1,718		36.05%		28		0.59%		64		1.34%		43		0.90%		1,194		25.06%		4,765
	Claiborne		3,384		53.88%		2,721		43.32%		35		0.56%		81		1.29%		60		0.96%		663		10.56%		6,281
	Concordia		4,627		54.44%		3,569		41.99%		54		0.64%		138		1.62%		111		1.31%		1,058		12.45%		8,499
	DeSoto		5,260		49.64%		5,036		47.53%		67		0.63%		98		0.92%		135		1.27%		224		2.11%		10,596
	East Baton Rouge		89,128		52.74%		76,516		45.28%		2,105		1.25%		687		0.41%		553		0.33%		12,612		7.46%		168,989
	East Carroll		1,280		39.45%		1,876		57.81%		16		0.49%		46		1.42%		27		0.83%		-596		-18.36%		3,245
	East Feliciana		4,051		50.02%		3,870		47.78%		60		0.74%		79		0.98%		39		0.48%		181		2.24%		8,099
	Evangeline		7,290		53.56%		5,763		42.34%		140		1.03%		234		1.72%		185		1.36%		1,527		11.22%		13,612
	Franklin		5,363		64.18%		2,792		33.41%		51		0.61%		94		1.12%		56		0.67%		2,571		30.77%		8,356
	Grant		4,784		67.81%		2,099		29.75%		57		0.81%		60		0.85%		55		0.78%		2,685		38.06%		7,055
	Iberia		17,236		57.42%		11,762		39.18%		365		1.22%		352		1.17%		305		1.02%		5,474		18.24%		30,020
	Iberville		5,573		38.43%		8,355		57.61%		175		1.21%		217		1.50%		183		1.26%		-2,782		-19.18%		14,503
	Jackson		4,347		61.17%		2,582		36.34%		53		0.75%		79		1.11%		45		0.63%		1,765		24.83%		7,106
	Jefferson		105,003		58.61%		70,411		39.30%		2,293		1.28%		988		0.55%		456		0.25%		34,592		19.31%		179,151
	Jefferson Davis		6,945		55.36%		5,162		41.14%		143		1.14%		167		1.33%		129		1.03%		1,783		14.22%		12,546
	Lafayette		48,491		61.94%		27,190		34.73%		1,510		1.93%		618		0.79%		484		0.62%		21,301		27.21%		78,293
	Lafourche		18,575		53.92%		14,627		42.46%		424		1.23%		457		1.33%		366		1.06%		3,948		11.46%		34,449
	LaSalle		4,564		74.72%		1,397		22.87%		57		0.93%		54		0.88%		36		0.59%		3,167		51.85%		6,108
	Lincoln		9,246		55.86%		6,851		41.39%		124		0.75%		148		0.89%		182		1.10%		2,395		14.47%		16,551
	Livingston		24,889		67.51%		11,008		29.86%		384		1.04%		331		0.90%		253		0.69%		13,881		37.65%		36,865
	Madison		2,127		44.85%		2,489		52.48%		37		0.78%		61		1.29%		29		0.61%		-362		-7.63%		4,743
	Morehouse		6,641		53.90%		5,289		42.93%		103		0.84%		166		1.35%		122		0.99%		1,352		10.97%		12,321
	Natchitoches		7,332		49.35%		6,924		46.60%		109		0.73%		271		1.82%		221		1.49%		408		2.75%		14,857
	Orleans		39,404		21.74%		137,630		75.95%		3,025		1.67%		638		0.35%		524		0.29%		-98,226		-54.21%		181,221
	Ouachita		35,107		60.31%		21,457		36.86%		529		0.91%		615		1.06%		503		0.86%		13,650		23.45%		58,211
	Plaquemines		6,302		57.65%		4,425		40.48%		104		0.95%		75		0.69%		25		0.23%		1,877		17.17%		10,931
	Pointe Coupee		4,710		43.48%		5,813		53.67%		108		1.00%		102		0.94%		99		0.91%		-1,103		-10.19%		10,832
	Rapides		28,831		58.81%		18,898		38.55%		446		0.91%		461		0.94%		388		0.79%		9,933		20.26%		49,024
	Red River		2,200		48.65%		2,177		48.14%		35		0.77%		68		1.50%		42		0.93%		23		0.51%		4,522
	Richland		4,895		57.69%		3,282		38.68%		51		0.60%		138		1.63%		119		1.40%		1,613		19.01%		8,485
	Sabine		5,754		64.93%		2,846		32.11%		81		0.91%		89		1.00%		92		1.04%		2,908		32.82%		8,862
	St. Bernard		16,255		56.79%		11,682		40.82%		397		1.39%		211		0.74%		76		0.27%		4,573		15.97%		28,621
	St. Charles		11,981		55.70%		8,918		41.46%		215		1.00%		181		0.84%		215		1.00%		3,063		14.24%		21,510
	St. Helena		1,965		37.40%		3,059		58.22%		65		1.24%		79		1.50%		86		1.64%		-1,094		-20.82%		5,254
	St. James		3,813		35.62%		6,523		60.93%		61		0.57%		180		1.68%		128		1.20%		-2,710		-25.31%		10,705
	St. John the Baptist		7,423		41.91%		9,745		55.02%		164		0.93%		212		1.20%		169		0.95%		-2,322		-13.11%		17,713
	St. Landry		15,449		45.24%		18,067		52.90%		225		0.66%		318		0.93%		92		0.27%		-2,618		-7.66%		34,151
	St. Martin		9,961		47.94%		9,853		47.42%		268		1.29%		406		1.95%		290		1.40%		108		0.52%		20,778
	St. Mary		11,325		51.93%		9,851		45.17%		214		0.98%		235		1.08%		185		0.85%		1,474		6.76%		21,810
	St. Tammany		59,193		70.69%		22,722		27.13%		1,199		1.43%		434		0.52%		189		0.23%		36,471		43.56%		83,737
	Tangipahoa		20,421		54.96%		15,843		42.64%		405		1.09%		301		0.81%		185		0.50%		4,578		12.32%		37,155
	Tensas		1,330		44.19%		1,580		52.49%		20		0.66%		46		1.53%		34		1.13%		-250		-8.30%		3,010
	Terrebonne		21,314		58.12%		14,414		39.30%		310		0.85%		351		0.96%		286		0.78%		6,900		18.82%		36,675
	Union		5,772		61.78%		3,205		34.30%		66		0.71%		151		1.62%		149		1.59%		2,567		27.48%		9,343
	Vermilion		12,495		56.20%		8,704		39.15%		307		1.38%		392		1.76%		337		1.52%		3,791		17.05%		22,235
	Vernon		8,794		63.60%		4,655		33.67%		151		1.09%		123		0.89%		104		0.75%		4,139		29.93%		13,827
	Washington		8,983		53.19%		7,399		43.81%		126		0.75%		187		1.11%		192		1.14%		1,584		9.38%		16,887
	Webster		9,420		55.12%		7,197		42.11%		120		0.70%		183		1.07%		170		0.99%		2,223		13.01%		17,090
	West Baton Rouge		4,924		48.42%		5,058		49.74%		69		0.68%		63		0.62%		55		0.54%		-134		-1.32%		10,169
	West Carroll		3,220		68.88%		1,319		28.21%		25		0.53%		68		1.45%		43		0.92%		1,901		40.67%		4,675
	West Feliciana		2,512		51.69%		2,187		45.00%		62		1.28%		52		1.07%		47		0.97%		325		6.69%		4,860
	Winn		4,028		63.32%		2,167		34.07%		52		0.82%		51		0.80%		63		0.99%		1,861		29.25%		6,361
Totals	927,871	52.55%	792,344	44.88%	20,473	1.16%	14,356	0.81%	10,612	0.60%	135,527	7.67%	1,765,656

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Acadia (Largest city: Crowley)
• Allen (Largest city: Oakdale)
• Ascension (Largest community: Prairieville)
• Avoyelles (Largest city: Marksville)
• Calcasieu (Largest city: Lake Charles)
• Caldwell (Largest community: Clarks)
• Cameron (Largest community: Grand Lake)
• Catahoula (Largest town: Jonesville)
• Claiborne (Largest town: Homer)
• Concordia (Largest city: Vidalia)
• DeSoto (Largest city: Mansfield)
• East Baton Rouge (Largest city: Baton Rouge)
• East Feliciana (Largest town: Jackson)
• Evangeline (Largest city: Ville Platte)
• Franklin (Largest city: Winnsboro)
• Iberia (Largest city: New Iberia)
• Jackson (Largest town: Jonesboro)
• Jefferson Davis (Largest city: Jennings)
• Lafourche (Largest city: Thibodaux)
• Lincoln (Largest city: Ruston)
• Morehouse (Largest city: Bastrop)
• Natchitoches (Largest city: Natchitoches)
• Plaquemines (Largest community: Belle Chasse)
• Rapides (Largest city: Alexandria)
• Red River (Largest town: Coushatta)
• Richland (Largest town: Rayville)
• Sabine (Largest town: Many)
• Saint Bernard (Largest community: Chalmette)
• Saint Charles (Largest community: Luling)
• Saint Martin (Largest city: Breaux Bridge)
• Saint Mary (Largest city: Morgan City)
• Tangipahoa (Largest city: Hammond)
• Terrebonne (Largest city: Houma)
• Vermilion (Largest city: Abbeville)
• Vernon (Largest city: Leesville)
• Washington (Largest city: Bogalusa)
• Webster (Largest city: Minden)
• West Feliciana (Largest town: St. Francisville)
• Winn (Largest city: Winnfield)

Results by congressional district

Bush won 6 of 7 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		67%	31%
		22%	76%		William J. Jefferson
		52%	45%
		55%	43%		Jim McCrery
		57%	40%
		59%	40%
		55%	42%

Electors

See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors.

Technically, the voters of Louisiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Louisiana is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 9 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000^[4] to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead, the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:^[5]

1. Patricia Brister
2. Donald Ensenat
3. Heulette Fontenot Jr.
4. Mike Foster
5. Steve Jordan
6. Elizabeth Levy
7. Al Lippman
8. Suzanne Haik Terrell
9. Michael Woods Sr.

See also

• United States presidential elections in Louisiana
• Presidency of George W. Bush

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2023-04-11 . uselectionatlas.org.
2. Web site: 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana.
3. Web site: LA US President Race, November 07, 2000. Our Campaigns.
4. Web site: 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events.
5. Web site: President Elect - 2000 . 2009-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .