United States presidential elections in Louisiana explained

State:Louisiana
Number Of Elections:53
Voted Democratic:32
Voted Republican:14
Voted Whig:2
Voted Dem Rep:3
Voted Other:2
Voted Winning:33
Voted Losing:20

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Louisiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1812, Louisiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Louisiana was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
Donald Trump 1,208,505 60.22 766,870 38.21 — 8
2020[1] 856,034 39.85 Donald Trump 1,255,776 58.46 — 8
2016[2] Donald Trump 1,178,638 58.09 780,154 38.45 — 8
2012[3] 809,141 40.58 Mitt Romney 1,152,262 57.78 — 8
2008[4] 782,989 39.93 John McCain 1,148,275 58.56 — 9
2004[5] George W. Bush 1,102,169 56.72 820,299 42.22 — 9
2000[6] George W. Bush 927,871 52.55 792,344 44.88 — 9
1996[7] Bill Clinton 927,837 52.01 712,586 39.94 123,293 6.91 9
Bill Clinton 815,971 45.58 733,386 40.97 211,478 11.81 9
George H. W. Bush 883,702 54.27 734,281 44.06 — 10
Ronald Reagan 1,037,299 60.77 651,586 38.18 — 10
Ronald Reagan 792,853 51.20 708,453 45.75 - 10
Jimmy Carter 661,365 51.73 587,446 45.95 — 10
Richard Nixon 686,852 65.32 298,142 28.35 — 10
257,535 23.47 309,615 28.21 George Wallace 530,300 48.32 10
387,068 43.19 Barry Goldwater 509,225 56.81 — 10
John F. Kennedy 407,339 50.42 230,980 28.59 Unpledged electors 169,572 20.99 10
Dwight D. Eisenhower 329,047 53.28 243,977 39.51 44,520 7.21 10
306,925 47.08 Adlai Stevenson II 345,027 52.92 — 10
136,344 32.75 72,657 17.45 Strom Thurmond 204,290 49.07 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt 281,564 80.59 67,750 19.39 — 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt 319,751 85.88 52,446 14.09 — 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt 292,894 88.82 36,791 11.16 — 10
Franklin D. Roosevelt 249,418 92.79 18,853 7.01 — 10
51,160 23.70 Al Smith 164,655 76.29 - 10
24,670 20.23 John W. Davis 93,218 76.44 — — 10
38,538 30.49 James M. Cox 87,519 69.24 Parley P. Christensen— — 10
Woodrow Wilson 79,875 85.90 6,466 6.95 — 10
Woodrow Wilson 60,871 76.81 9,283 11.71 3,833 4.84 10
8,958 11.93 William Jennings Bryan 63,568 84.63 — 9
5,205 9.66 Alton B. Parker 47,708 88.50 — 9
14,234 20.96 William Jennings Bryan 53,668 79.03 — 8
22,037 21.81 William Jennings Bryan 77,175 76.38 — 8
Grover Cleveland 87,926 76.53 26,963 23.47 — — 8
30,660 26.46 Grover Cleveland 85,032 73.37 — 8
Grover Cleveland 62,594 57.22 46,347 42.37 — 8
38,978 37.31 Winfield S. Hancock 65,047 62.27 437 0.42 8
Rutherford B. Hayes 75,315 51.65 70,508 48.35 — 8
Ulysses S. Grant 71,663 55.69 57,029 44.31 — 8 Louisiana's electoral votes were rejected due to various irregularities, including allegations of electoral fraud.
33,263 29.3 Horatio Seymour 80,225 70.7 — 7
Abraham Lincoln — n/a Under Union control by 1864 and held elections, but electors (who voted for Lincoln) were not ultimately counted.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincolnno ballotsStephen A. Douglas7,62515.1John C. Breckinridge22,68144.9John Bell20,20440.06

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 22,164 51.7 no ballots 20,709 48.3 6
Franklin Pierce 18,647 51.94 17,255 48.06 no ballots 6
Zachary Taylor 18,487 54.59 15,379 45.41 no ballots 6
James K. Polk 13,782 51.3 13,083 48.7 — 6
William Henry Harrison 11,296 59.73 7,616 40.27 — 5
Martin Van Buren 3,842 51.74 3,583 48.26 various< 5
Andrew Jackson 3,908 61.67 2,429 38.33 no ballots 5
Andrew Jackson 4,605 53.01 4,082 46.99 — 5

Elections from 1812 to 1824

In elections from 1812 to 1824, Louisiana did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by state legislature.

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Loser(s) (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
5 Electoral vote was split, with Jackson receiving three votes and Adams receiving two votes.
James Monroe — 3 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
James Monroe 3
James Madison 3

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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