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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Louisiana

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Louisiana in 2008, 58.6% to 39.9%, a margin of 18.6 points and 365,286 votes.

Louisiana voted 25.9 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

The Republican hold continued from 2004, when George W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 64 counties and Democrats in 10. The largest, East Baton Rouge, cast 197,349 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.2 points. The closest was Bienville, where 187 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
John McCain won Republican 1,148,275 58.6%
Barack Obama Democratic 782,989 39.9%
All other candidates 29,497 1.5%
Total1,960,761

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
East Baton Rouge 99,652 50.5% 95,390 48.3% 2,307 197,349 D+2.2
Jefferson 65,096 35.9% 113,191 62.5% 2,833 181,120 R+26.6
Orleans 116,042 79.3% 28,041 19.2% 2,204 146,287 D+60.2
St. Tammany 24,589 22.5% 83,047 75.8% 1,867 109,503 R+53.4
Caddo 55,220 51.0% 52,105 48.1% 895 108,220 D+2.9
Lafayette 32,145 33.6% 62,055 64.9% 1,442 95,642 R+31.3
Calcasieu 30,244 36.8% 50,449 61.4% 1,438 82,131 R+24.6
Ouachita 24,813 36.9% 41,741 62.1% 690 67,244 R+25.2
Rapides 20,127 35.0% 36,611 63.6% 783 57,521 R+28.7
Livingston 6,681 13.1% 43,269 85.0% 942 50,892 R+71.9
Tangipahoa 16,438 33.8% 31,434 64.7% 730 48,602 R+30.9
Ascension 14,625 31.4% 31,239 67.1% 707 46,571 R+35.7
Bossier 12,701 27.7% 32,706 71.4% 419 45,826 R+43.7
St. Landry 20,268 47.7% 21,650 50.9% 575 42,493 R+3.3
Terrebonne 11,579 28.5% 28,208 69.3% 905 40,692 R+40.9
Lafourche 9,662 25.5% 27,089 71.5% 1,142 37,893 R+46.0
Iberia 12,492 37.7% 20,127 60.7% 549 33,168 R+23.0
Acadia 7,028 26.3% 19,228 72.0% 454 26,710 R+45.7
St. Charles 8,522 33.6% 16,457 64.8% 418 25,397 R+31.2
Vermilion 6,266 25.2% 18,069 72.8% 498 24,833 R+47.5
St. Martin 9,419 38.8% 14,443 59.6% 390 24,252 R+20.7
St. Mary 9,345 40.8% 13,183 57.6% 375 22,903 R+16.8
St. John the Baptist 12,424 57.4% 8,912 41.2% 320 21,656 D+16.2
Lincoln 8,267 43.2% 10,676 55.7% 207 19,150 R+12.6
Washington 6,122 32.9% 12,215 65.6% 287 18,624 R+32.7
Webster 6,610 36.2% 11,417 62.5% 243 18,270 R+26.3
Natchitoches 7,801 45.7% 9,054 53.0% 212 17,067 R+7.3
Avoyelles 6,327 37.4% 10,236 60.4% 375 16,938 R+23.1
Iberville 9,023 54.9% 7,185 43.8% 213 16,421 D+11.2
Evangeline 5,853 36.6% 9,793 61.3% 330 15,976 R+24.7
Vernon 3,534 22.4% 11,946 75.8% 289 15,769 R+53.3
Beauregard 3,071 21.8% 10,718 76.2% 285 14,074 R+54.3
St. Bernard 3,491 25.8% 9,642 71.2% 407 13,540 R+45.4
Jefferson Davis 3,923 29.1% 9,278 68.7% 300 13,501 R+39.7
Morehouse 5,792 43.9% 7,258 55.0% 150 13,200 R+11.1
St. James 6,994 55.7% 5,432 43.2% 138 12,564 D+12.4
Pointe Coupee 5,516 44.4% 6,702 53.9% 217 12,435 R+9.5
De Soto 5,242 42.8% 6,883 56.2% 132 12,257 R+13.4
West Baton Rouge 5,043 42.5% 6,654 56.1% 169 11,866 R+13.6
Assumption 4,756 43.4% 5,981 54.6% 223 10,960 R+11.2
Union 3,103 28.6% 7,619 70.1% 146 10,868 R+41.6
Plaquemines 3,380 32.3% 6,894 66.0% 175 10,449 R+33.6
East Feliciana 4,383 44.1% 5,432 54.6% 132 9,947 R+10.5
Sabine 2,245 23.3% 7,226 74.9% 181 9,652 R+51.6
Concordia 3,766 39.5% 5,668 59.5% 93 9,527 R+20.0
Allen 2,891 30.5% 6,333 66.9% 243 9,467 R+36.4
Franklin 2,959 31.6% 6,278 67.1% 119 9,356 R+35.5
Richland 3,311 36.1% 5,751 62.6% 119 9,181 R+26.6
Grant 1,474 17.2% 6,906 80.7% 177 8,557 R+63.5
Jackson 2,456 31.7% 5,190 67.1% 90 7,736 R+35.3
Bienville 3,589 48.3% 3,776 50.8% 65 7,430 R+2.5
Claiborne 3,025 44.2% 3,750 54.8% 66 6,841 R+10.6
Winn 2,047 30.2% 4,632 68.4% 93 6,772 R+38.2
La Salle 860 13.1% 5,602 85.5% 91 6,553 R+72.4
St. Helena 3,567 57.7% 2,522 40.8% 95 6,184 D+16.9
West Feliciana 2,414 43.0% 3,149 56.1% 55 5,618 R+13.1
Madison 3,100 58.5% 2,152 40.6% 48 5,300 D+17.9
Catahoula 1,659 31.8% 3,486 66.7% 80 5,225 R+35.0
West Carroll 878 17.6% 4,045 81.1% 64 4,987 R+63.5
Caldwell 1,118 22.8% 3,696 75.5% 79 4,893 R+52.7
Red River 2,080 44.9% 2,484 53.7% 65 4,629 R+8.7
Cameron 613 16.1% 3,089 81.4% 95 3,797 R+65.2
East Carroll 2,267 63.7% 1,254 35.2% 38 3,559 D+28.5
Tensas 1,646 54.1% 1,367 45.0% 27 3,040 D+9.2

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