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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Louisiana

George W. Bush (Republican) beat John Kerry (Democrat) in Louisiana in 2004, 56.7% to 42.2%, a margin of 14.5 points and 281,870 votes.

Louisiana voted 12.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+2.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when George W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 64 counties and Democrats in 10. The largest, Orleans, cast 197,103 votes and went to the Democrat by 55.7 points. The closest was Tensas, where 16 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George W. Bush won Republican 1,102,169 56.7%
John Kerry Democratic 820,299 42.2%
All other candidates 20,638 1.1%
Total1,943,106

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 152,610 77.4% 42,847 21.7% 1,646 197,103 D+55.7
Jefferson 72,136 37.6% 117,882 61.5% 1,645 191,663 R+23.9
East Baton Rouge 82,298 44.8% 99,943 54.4% 1,401 183,642 R+9.6
Caddo 51,739 48.5% 54,292 50.9% 564 106,595 R+2.4
St. Tammany 24,665 24.5% 75,139 74.7% 788 100,592 R+50.2
Lafayette 31,210 34.7% 57,732 64.2% 981 89,923 R+29.5
Calcasieu 32,864 41.2% 46,075 57.8% 759 79,698 R+16.6
Ouachita 22,016 34.2% 41,750 64.8% 678 64,444 R+30.6
Rapides 18,904 35.0% 34,492 63.8% 673 54,069 R+28.8
Livingston 9,895 22.4% 33,976 76.8% 382 44,253 R+54.4
Bossier 12,317 28.8% 30,040 70.3% 348 42,705 R+41.5
Tangipahoa 15,345 36.4% 26,181 62.1% 609 42,135 R+25.7
Terrebonne 13,684 33.7% 26,358 65.0% 532 40,574 R+31.2
Ascension 13,955 35.7% 24,661 63.1% 484 39,100 R+27.4
Lafourche 14,417 38.1% 22,734 60.0% 713 37,864 R+22.0
St. Landry 18,166 49.4% 18,315 49.8% 279 36,760 R+0.4
Iberia 12,426 38.5% 19,420 60.2% 427 32,273 R+21.7
St. Bernard 9,956 33.4% 19,597 65.7% 285 29,838 R+32.3
Acadia 8,937 35.4% 16,083 63.7% 210 25,230 R+28.3
Vermilion 9,085 37.0% 15,069 61.4% 398 24,552 R+24.4
St. Charles 8,856 37.2% 14,747 61.9% 234 23,837 R+24.7
St. Martin 10,321 45.2% 12,095 53.0% 408 22,824 R+7.8
St. Mary 9,547 42.1% 12,877 56.7% 270 22,694 R+14.7
St. John the Baptist 10,305 52.5% 9,039 46.1% 273 19,617 D+6.5
Webster 6,833 37.0% 11,070 60.0% 546 18,449 R+23.0
Lincoln 7,242 39.8% 10,791 59.2% 185 18,218 R+19.5
Washington 6,554 36.7% 11,006 61.7% 281 17,841 R+25.0
Natchitoches 7,398 43.6% 9,261 54.6% 307 16,966 R+11.0
Avoyelles 6,976 44.9% 8,302 53.5% 247 15,525 R+8.5
Vernon 4,035 26.5% 11,032 72.4% 162 15,229 R+45.9
Iberville 8,259 55.7% 6,333 42.7% 235 14,827 D+13.0
Evangeline 5,757 41.2% 7,949 56.9% 273 13,979 R+15.7
Beauregard 3,666 27.6% 9,470 71.3% 145 13,281 R+43.7
Jefferson Davis 4,745 36.5% 8,055 61.9% 207 13,007 R+25.4
Morehouse 5,336 41.1% 7,471 57.6% 164 12,971 R+16.5
Plaquemines 4,181 34.4% 7,866 64.7% 106 12,153 R+30.3
De Soto 5,026 44.3% 6,211 54.8% 99 11,336 R+10.5
Pointe Coupee 5,712 50.7% 5,429 48.2% 130 11,271 D+2.5
St. James 6,407 57.7% 4,545 40.9% 156 11,108 D+16.8
West Baton Rouge 4,932 45.5% 5,822 53.7% 81 10,835 R+8.2
Assumption 5,585 52.0% 4,966 46.3% 184 10,735 D+5.8
Union 3,089 28.8% 7,457 69.6% 172 10,718 R+40.8
Sabine 2,743 28.6% 6,711 70.1% 122 9,576 R+41.4
East Feliciana 4,091 44.5% 5,021 54.6% 89 9,201 R+10.1
Allen 3,791 41.5% 5,140 56.3% 193 9,124 R+14.8
Franklin 2,828 31.1% 6,141 67.5% 134 9,103 R+36.4
Concordia 3,446 38.4% 5,427 60.4% 107 8,980 R+22.1
Richland 3,082 35.6% 5,471 63.1% 112 8,665 R+27.6
Grant 1,977 24.7% 5,911 74.0% 103 7,991 R+49.2
Jackson 2,525 33.0% 5,038 65.9% 84 7,647 R+32.9
Bienville 3,399 47.5% 3,612 50.5% 146 7,157 R+3.0
Claiborne 2,854 43.0% 3,704 55.9% 72 6,630 R+12.8
Winn 2,056 31.6% 4,366 67.1% 85 6,507 R+35.5
La Salle 1,155 18.5% 5,015 80.4% 68 6,238 R+61.9
St. Helena 3,173 57.6% 2,235 40.6% 100 5,508 D+17.0
West Feliciana 2,214 42.4% 2,932 56.2% 72 5,218 R+13.8
West Carroll 1,231 24.5% 3,740 74.3% 62 5,033 R+49.9
Catahoula 1,673 33.8% 3,219 65.0% 62 4,954 R+31.2
Caldwell 1,384 29.1% 3,308 69.6% 60 4,752 R+40.5
Red River 2,140 45.4% 2,507 53.1% 70 4,717 R+7.8
Madison 2,334 49.9% 2,291 49.0% 48 4,673 D+0.9
Cameron 1,367 29.5% 3,190 68.8% 83 4,640 R+39.3
East Carroll 1,980 58.3% 1,357 40.0% 58 3,395 D+18.4
Tensas 1,469 49.6% 1,453 49.0% 41 2,963 D+0.5

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

YearWinnerMargin
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