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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Louisiana

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Louisiana in 1880, 62.3% to 37.3%, a margin of 25.0 points and 26,069 votes.

Louisiana voted 25.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

Louisiana changed party: in 1876 it went Republican, for Rutherford B. Hayes.

Democrats led in 42 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16. The largest, Orleans, cast 23,780 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.9 points. The closest was Avoyelles, where 21 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Winfield Scott Hancock won	Democratic	65,047	62.3%
James A. Garfield	Republican	38,978	37.3%
All other candidates		437	0.4%
Total		104,462

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	17,334 72.9%	6,427 27.0%	19	23,780	D+45.9
St. Landry	2,009 47.6%	2,212 52.4%		4,221	R+4.8
Lafourche	1,428 45.7%	1,698 54.3%		3,126	R+8.6
St. Mary	571 20.7%	2,181 79.3%		2,752	R+58.5
St. James	599 21.8%	2,147 78.2%		2,746	R+56.4
Iberville	524 19.2%	2,212 80.8%		2,736	R+61.7
Terrebonne	1,004 37.1%	1,699 62.9%		2,703	R+25.7
Tensas	2,075 77.7%	596 22.3%		2,671	D+55.4
Avoyelles	1,310 50.4%	1,289 49.6%		2,599	D+0.8
Caddo	2,478 99.7%	8 0.3%		2,486	D+99.4
Concordia	1,445 61.1%	809 34.2%	112	2,366	D+26.9
Bossier	2,144 92.1%	185 7.9%		2,329	D+84.1
Rapides	1,748 75.1%	580 24.9%		2,328	D+50.2
East Baton Rouge	1,153 49.8%	1,058 45.7%	103	2,314	D+4.1
Assumption	796 35.3%	1,458 64.7%		2,254	R+29.4
Ouachita	2,225 99.2%	18 0.8%		2,243	D+98.4
Natchitoches	1,629 75.7%	524 24.3%		2,153	D+51.3
Ascension	411 19.7%	1,643 78.7%	35	2,089	R+59.0
Pointe Coupee	981 56.4%	759 43.6%		1,740	D+12.8
Iberia	600 35.0%	1,114 65.0%		1,714	R+30.0
Plaquemines	735 45.5%	879 54.5%		1,614	R+8.9
St. Martin	632 40.0%	948 60.0%		1,580	R+20.0
Claiborne	1,353 89.4%	160 10.6%		1,513	D+78.8
East Carroll	209 13.8%	1,303 86.2%		1,512	R+72.4
St. John The Baptist	383 26.6%	1,058 73.4%		1,441	R+46.8
Jefferson	438 30.9%	981 69.1%		1,419	R+38.3
Madison	926 67.0%	456 33.0%		1,382	D+34.0
West Feliciana	1,168 89.2%	127 9.7%	15	1,310	D+79.5
Union	1,162 95.7%	52 4.3%		1,214	D+91.4
Richland	1,132 97.3%	32 2.7%		1,164	D+94.5
St. Charles	108 9.5%	1,030 90.5%		1,138	R+81.0
Lincoln	1,115 100.0%	0 0.0%		1,115	D+100.0
Tangipahoa	715 66.2%	339 31.4%	26	1,080	D+34.8
Webster	861 82.1%	188 17.9%		1,049	D+64.2
Morehouse	981 94.9%	53 5.1%		1,034	D+89.7
Lafayette	590 57.4%	437 42.6%		1,027	D+14.9
Calcasieu	784 88.8%	99 11.2%		883	D+77.6
East Feliciana	763 86.8%	116 13.2%		879	D+73.6
St. Tammany	431 53.7%	357 44.5%	15	803	D+9.2
Desoto	795 100.0%	0 0.0%		795	D+100.0
Bienville	783 100.0%	0 0.0%		783	D+100.0
Catahoula	616 79.6%	158 20.4%		774	D+59.2
St. Bernard	390 53.4%	341 46.6%		731	D+6.7
West Baton Rouge	330 47.8%	361 52.2%		691	R+4.5
Caldwell	529 77.9%	140 20.6%	10	679	D+57.3
Red River	580 87.2%	85 12.8%		665	D+74.4
St. Helena	368 58.5%	244 38.8%	17	629	D+19.7
Franklin	571 100.0%	0 0.0%		571	D+100.0
Vermilion	324 62.2%	116 22.3%	81	521	D+39.9
Sabine	433 100.0%	0 0.0%		433	D+100.0
Grant	326 79.1%	86 20.9%		412	D+58.3
Washington	346 88.7%	44 11.3%		390	D+77.4
Jackson	382 100.0%	0 0.0%		382	D+100.0
Vernon	372 100.0%	0 0.0%		372	D+100.0
Winn	320 100.0%	0 0.0%		320	D+100.0
Livingston	220 74.3%	72 24.3%	4	296	D+50.0
West Carroll	247 85.5%	42 14.5%		289	D+70.9
Cameron	165 74.3%	57 25.7%		222	D+48.6

Counties as they stood in 1880; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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