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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Louisiana

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Louisiana in 2012, 57.8% to 40.6%, a margin of 17.2 points and 343,121 votes.

Louisiana voted 21.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 64 counties and Democrats in 10. The largest, East Baton Rouge, cast 198,171 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.2 points. The closest was Bienville, where 151 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 1,152,262 57.8%
Barack Obama Democratic 809,141 40.6%
All other candidates 32,662 1.6%
Total1,994,065

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
East Baton Rouge 102,656 51.8% 92,292 46.6% 3,223 198,171 D+5.2
Jefferson 70,384 39.9% 102,536 58.1% 3,423 176,343 R+18.2
Orleans 126,722 80.3% 28,003 17.7% 3,088 157,813 D+62.6
St. Tammany 25,728 22.8% 84,723 75.0% 2,451 112,902 R+52.3
Caddo 58,042 51.9% 52,459 46.9% 1,264 111,765 D+5.0
Lafayette 31,768 32.2% 64,992 65.9% 1,882 98,642 R+33.7
Calcasieu 28,359 34.7% 51,850 63.4% 1,517 81,726 R+28.7
Ouachita 26,645 38.9% 40,948 59.8% 881 68,474 R+20.9
Rapides 20,045 34.5% 37,193 64.1% 781 58,019 R+29.6
Livingston 7,451 13.8% 45,513 84.2% 1,098 54,062 R+70.4
Ascension 16,349 32.0% 33,856 66.3% 868 51,073 R+34.3
Tangipahoa 17,722 35.4% 31,590 63.1% 787 50,099 R+27.7
Bossier 12,956 26.7% 34,988 72.0% 618 48,562 R+45.4
Terrebonne 12,074 28.5% 29,503 69.7% 764 42,341 R+41.2
St. Landry 19,668 47.2% 21,475 51.6% 504 41,647 R+4.3
Lafourche 9,623 24.6% 28,592 73.2% 860 39,075 R+48.5
Iberia 12,132 36.3% 20,892 62.6% 373 33,397 R+26.2
Acadia 6,560 24.4% 19,931 74.3% 344 26,835 R+49.8
St. Martin 9,422 37.0% 15,653 61.5% 358 25,433 R+24.5
St. Charles 8,896 35.1% 15,937 62.9% 500 25,333 R+27.8
Vermilion 5,720 22.9% 18,910 75.7% 357 24,987 R+52.8
St. Mary 9,450 40.0% 13,885 58.7% 305 23,640 R+18.8
St. John the Baptist 13,179 62.4% 7,620 36.1% 324 21,123 D+26.3
Lincoln 7,956 41.9% 10,739 56.5% 298 18,993 R+14.7
Washington 6,466 34.8% 11,798 63.5% 317 18,581 R+28.7
Webster 6,802 36.9% 11,400 61.9% 214 18,416 R+25.0
Natchitoches 7,942 46.0% 9,077 52.6% 239 17,258 R+6.6
Avoyelles 6,077 35.7% 10,670 62.6% 285 17,032 R+27.0
Iberville 9,548 56.1% 7,271 42.7% 195 17,014 D+13.4
Evangeline 5,330 33.8% 10,181 64.6% 259 15,770 R+30.8
Vernon 3,173 20.3% 12,150 77.8% 287 15,610 R+57.5
Beauregard 2,828 19.9% 11,112 78.1% 285 14,225 R+58.2
St. Bernard 5,059 36.3% 8,501 60.9% 395 13,955 R+24.7
Jefferson Davis 3,484 25.4% 10,014 72.9% 236 13,734 R+47.5
De Soto 5,553 42.5% 7,353 56.3% 145 13,051 R+13.8
West Baton Rouge 5,692 44.6% 6,922 54.2% 160 12,774 R+9.6
Morehouse 5,888 46.7% 6,591 52.3% 135 12,614 R+5.6
St. James 7,059 57.0% 5,209 42.0% 127 12,395 D+14.9
Pointe Coupee 5,436 44.8% 6,548 53.9% 163 12,147 R+9.2
Assumption 4,754 43.2% 6,083 55.3% 155 10,992 R+12.1
Union 3,075 28.6% 7,561 70.2% 130 10,766 R+41.7
Plaquemines 3,599 35.1% 6,471 63.2% 169 10,239 R+28.0
East Feliciana 4,648 45.5% 5,397 52.9% 164 10,209 R+7.3
Sabine 2,194 21.8% 7,738 77.0% 121 10,053 R+55.1
Concordia 3,833 40.9% 5,450 58.1% 97 9,380 R+17.2
Franklin 2,921 31.3% 6,294 67.4% 121 9,336 R+36.1
Richland 3,387 36.3% 5,846 62.7% 96 9,329 R+26.4
Allen 2,617 28.1% 6,495 69.8% 195 9,307 R+41.7
Grant 1,422 16.4% 7,082 81.7% 163 8,667 R+65.3
Jackson 2,305 30.6% 5,132 68.2% 92 7,529 R+37.5
Bienville 3,490 48.5% 3,641 50.5% 72 7,203 R+2.1
Claiborne 3,014 44.8% 3,649 54.2% 69 6,732 R+9.4
La Salle 764 11.6% 5,726 87.1% 82 6,572 R+75.5
Winn 1,919 29.4% 4,541 69.5% 74 6,534 R+40.1
St. Helena 3,780 59.1% 2,529 39.6% 85 6,394 D+19.6
West Feliciana 2,441 42.3% 3,257 56.4% 79 5,777 R+14.1
Madison 3,154 60.8% 2,000 38.6% 33 5,187 D+22.2
Red River 2,253 46.9% 2,483 51.7% 71 4,807 R+4.8
Caldwell 1,016 21.5% 3,640 77.2% 60 4,716 R+55.6
West Carroll 853 18.8% 3,628 79.8% 67 4,548 R+61.0
Catahoula 1,408 33.6% 2,744 65.4% 41 4,193 R+31.9
East Carroll 2,478 61.8% 1,508 37.6% 22 4,008 D+24.2
Cameron 408 10.9% 3,260 87.1% 76 3,744 R+76.2
Tensas 1,564 55.6% 1,230 43.7% 18 2,812 D+11.9

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