How Louisiana has voted since 1960

Louisiana has 8 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 12 times and for a third-party candidate once. It has backed the national winner in 12 of 17 elections. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 22.0 points, 20.5 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 61.1% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 40th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Republican in every election since 2000. Its closest result was in 1992, when Bill Clinton won it by 4.6 points.

  1. 1960Kennedy+21.8
  2. 1964Goldwater+13.6
  3. 1968Wallace+20.1
  4. 1972Nixon+37.0
  5. 1976Carter+5.8
  6. 1980Reagan+5.5
  7. 1984Reagan+22.6
  8. 1988Bush+10.2
  9. 1992Clinton+4.6
  10. 1996Clinton+12.1
  11. 2000Bush+7.7
  12. 2004Bush+14.5
  13. 2008McCain+18.6
  14. 2012Romney+17.2
  15. 2016Trump+19.6
  16. 2020Trump+18.6
  17. 2024Trump+22.0

Each box is one election: the winner in Louisiana and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

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Polls close at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Central).

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Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats

All 6 members
  1. 1 Steve Scalise (R)
  2. 2 Troy A. Carter (D)
  3. 3 Clay Higgins (R)
  4. 4 Mike Johnson (R)
  5. 5 Julia Letlow (R)
  6. 6 Cleo Fields (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Louisiana margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Louisiana in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: D+21.8 (nation D+0.2)'601964: R+13.6 (nation D+22.6)'641968: D+4.7 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+37.0 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+5.8 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+5.5 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+22.6 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+10.2 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+4.6 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+12.1 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+7.7 (nation D+0.5)'002004: R+14.5 (nation R+2.5)'042008: R+18.6 (nation D+7.3)'082012: R+17.2 (nation D+3.9)'122016: R+19.6 (nation D+2.1)'162020: R+18.6 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+22.0 (nation R+1.5)'24

Louisiana margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 57 of Louisiana's 64 parishes in 2024; Kamala Harris won 7.

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Largest parishes, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
East Baton Rouge Parish190,643D+11.1→R 2.0
Jefferson Parish178,205R+13.0→R 1.9
Orleans Parish159,130D+67.0→R 1.1
St. Tammany Parish138,384R+43.8→D 0.4
Lafayette Parish111,086R+31.4→R 2.7
Caddo Parish94,699D+4.6→R 2.1
Calcasieu Parish81,201R+39.6→R 4.4
Livingston Parish65,906R+68.5→D 1.5
Ouachita Parish64,436R+27.9→R 4.3
Ascension Parish62,473R+33.9→R 1.4

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, De Soto Parish (10.7), St. Helena Parish (9.5), East Carroll Parish (9.4); toward the Democrat, Livingston Parish (1.5), St. John the Baptist Parish (0.9), St. Tammany Parish (0.4) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 38.2%766,870Trump 60.2%1,208,5051.6%R+22.0R+1.561.1%8
2020 Donald TrumpTrump lostBiden 39.9%856,034Trump 58.5%1,255,7761.7%R+18.6D+4.564.1%8
2016 Donald TrumpTrumpClinton 38.5%780,154Trump 58.1%1,178,6383.5%R+19.6D+2.160.7%8
2012 Mitt RomneyRomney lostObama 40.6%809,141Romney 57.8%1,152,2621.6%R+17.2D+3.960.9%8
2008 John McCainMcCain lostObama 39.9%782,989McCain 58.6%1,148,2751.5%R+18.6D+7.361.8%9
2004 George W. BushBushKerry 42.2%820,299Bush 56.7%1,102,1691.1%R+14.5R+2.560.4%9
2000 George W. BushBushGore 44.9%792,344Bush 52.6%927,8712.6%R+7.7D+0.556.7%9
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 52.0%927,837Dole 39.9%712,586Perot 6.9%D+12.1D+8.558.4%9
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 45.6%815,971Bush 41.0%733,386Perot 11.8%D+4.6D+5.660.1%9
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 44.1%717,460Bush 54.3%883,7021.7%R+10.2R+7.755.4%10
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 38.2%651,586Reagan 60.8%1,037,2991.1%R+22.6R+18.256.5%10
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 45.8%708,453Reagan 51.2%792,8533.1%R+5.5R+9.754.0%10
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 51.8%661,365Ford 46.0%587,4462.2%D+5.8D+2.1—10
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 28.4%Nixon 65.3%6.3%R+37.0R+23.2—10
1968 George WallaceWallace lostHumphrey 28.2%Nixon 23.5%Wallace 48.3%D+4.7R+0.7—10
1964 Barry GoldwaterGoldwater lostJohnson 43.2%Goldwater 56.8%0.0%R+13.6D+22.6—10
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 50.4%Nixon 28.6%Byrd 21.0%D+21.8D+0.2—10

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 1019601950 census
  • 101964–19681960 census
  • 101972–19801970 census
  • 101984–19881980 census
  • 91992–20001990 census
  • 92004–20082000 census
  • 82012–20202010 census
  • 82024–20282020 census
  • 82032–2040projected

Projected: Louisiana's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 8. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Louisiana cast electoral votes in 35 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1812. It backed the eventual president in 21 of them. It cast no electoral votes in 1864 and 1872.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican10+14.8✓
1952Adlai Stevenson Democratic10+5.8–
1948Strom Thurmond States' Rights Democratic10+16.4–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic10+61.2✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic10+71.8✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic10+77.7✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic10+85.9✓
1928Al Smith Democratic10+52.6–
1924John W. Davis Democratic10+56.2–
1920James M. Cox Democratic10+38.9–
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic10+85.0✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic10+65.1✓
1908William Jennings Bryan Democratic9+75.3–
1904Alton B. Parker Democratic9+80.3–
1900William Jennings Bryan Democratic8+58.1–
1896William Jennings Bryan Democratic-Populist8+55.6–
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic8+50.7✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic8+47.0–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic8+14.9✓
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic8+25.1–
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican8+3.3✓
1868Horatio Seymour Democratic7+41.4–
1860John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic6+4.9–
1856James Buchanan Democratic6+3.4✓
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic6+3.9✓
1848Zachary Taylor Whig6+9.2✓
1844James K. Polk Democratic6+2.6✓
1840William Henry Harrison Whig5+19.5✓
1836Martin Van Buren Democratic5+3.5✓
1832Andrew Jackson Democratic5+23.3✓
1828Andrew Jackson Democratic5+6.0✓
1824Andrew Jackson Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Jackson 3, Adams 25—–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican3—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican3—✓
1812James Madison Democratic-Republican3—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.