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Election 2020 Results

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2020 presidential election in Louisiana

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Joe Biden (Democrat) in Louisiana in 2020, 58.5% to 39.9%, a margin of 18.6 points and 399,742 votes.

Louisiana voted 23.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2016, when Donald Trump also won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 64 counties and Democrats in 10. The largest, East Baton Rouge, cast 208,177 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.0 points. The closest was Tensas, where 131 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
Donald Trump won Republican 1,255,776 58.5%
Joe Biden Democratic 856,034 39.9%
All other candidates 36,252 1.7%
Total2,148,062

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
East Baton Rouge 115,571 55.5% 88,421 42.5% 4,185 208,177 D+13.0
Jefferson 84,471 43.6% 105,941 54.7% 3,306 193,718 R+11.1
Orleans 147,846 83.1% 26,672 15.0% 3,301 177,819 D+68.1
St. Tammany 37,745 26.9% 99,664 71.1% 2,698 140,107 R+44.2
Lafayette 39,679 34.7% 72,496 63.3% 2,316 114,491 R+28.7
Caddo 55,099 52.5% 48,022 45.8% 1,781 104,902 D+6.7
Calcasieu 25,981 31.4% 55,060 66.6% 1,614 82,655 R+35.2
Ouachita 25,912 37.5% 42,248 61.1% 997 69,157 R+23.6
Livingston 9,255 14.2% 54,878 84.1% 1,105 65,238 R+69.9
Ascension 20,395 32.7% 40,675 65.3% 1,239 62,309 R+32.5
Rapides 19,472 33.1% 38,343 65.1% 1,043 58,858 R+32.1
Tangipahoa 18,887 32.8% 37,807 65.6% 969 57,663 R+32.8
Bossier 15,672 28.7% 38,072 69.6% 920 54,664 R+41.0
Terrebonne 11,199 24.2% 34,339 74.3% 703 46,241 R+50.0
Lafourche 8,672 19.1% 36,023 79.4% 692 45,387 R+60.3
St. Landry 17,372 42.2% 23,174 56.3% 612 41,158 R+14.1
Iberia 11,042 33.6% 21,370 65.1% 436 32,848 R+31.4
St. Charles 9,801 34.4% 18,234 63.9% 484 28,519 R+29.6
Acadia 5,445 19.2% 22,600 79.5% 386 28,431 R+60.3
Vermilion 4,996 18.4% 21,823 80.2% 384 27,203 R+61.9
St. Martin 8,441 31.2% 18,210 67.3% 397 27,048 R+36.1
St. Mary 8,055 34.7% 14,811 63.9% 320 23,186 R+29.1
St. John the Baptist 13,583 63.4% 7,539 35.2% 312 21,434 D+28.2
Washington 5,970 30.6% 13,307 68.2% 236 19,513 R+37.6
Lincoln 7,559 39.2% 11,310 58.7% 405 19,274 R+19.5
Webster 6,171 33.9% 11,826 64.9% 215 18,212 R+31.1
St. Bernard 6,150 34.9% 11,174 63.3% 320 17,644 R+28.5
Avoyelles 4,979 28.8% 12,029 69.6% 285 17,293 R+40.8
Vernon 2,898 16.8% 14,107 81.7% 263 17,268 R+64.9
Iberville 8,515 50.9% 7,898 47.2% 312 16,725 D+3.7
Natchitoches 6,896 41.7% 9,358 56.5% 300 16,554 R+14.9
Beauregard 2,542 15.5% 13,575 83.0% 241 16,358 R+67.4
Evangeline 4,158 27.0% 11,052 71.7% 201 15,411 R+44.7
Jefferson Davis 3,207 21.6% 11,422 77.0% 209 14,838 R+55.4
De Soto 5,459 37.0% 9,115 61.8% 166 14,740 R+24.8
West Baton Rouge 6,202 44.0% 7,686 54.5% 213 14,101 R+10.5
St. James 6,511 51.7% 5,957 47.3% 126 12,594 D+4.4
Pointe Coupee 4,683 37.9% 7,503 60.6% 185 12,371 R+22.8
Morehouse 4,946 42.7% 6,514 56.3% 118 11,578 R+13.5
Assumption 3,833 34.1% 7,270 64.7% 132 11,235 R+30.6
Union 2,654 23.7% 8,412 75.1% 140 11,206 R+51.4
Plaquemines 3,427 31.1% 7,416 67.2% 188 11,031 R+36.2
Sabine 1,731 16.3% 8,776 82.8% 90 10,597 R+66.5
East Feliciana 4,279 40.7% 6,063 57.7% 165 10,507 R+17.0
Richland 3,223 32.4% 6,602 66.5% 108 9,933 R+34.0
Allen 2,109 21.5% 7,575 77.2% 128 9,812 R+55.7
Franklin 2,658 27.4% 6,968 71.7% 92 9,718 R+44.4
Grant 1,159 12.3% 8,116 86.4% 118 9,393 R+74.1
Concordia 3,177 36.0% 5,550 62.9% 101 8,828 R+26.9
Jackson 2,143 28.1% 5,394 70.7% 96 7,633 R+42.6
La Salle 638 9.0% 6,380 90.1% 62 7,080 R+81.1
Bienville 3,067 43.5% 3,891 55.2% 92 7,050 R+11.7
Claiborne 2,731 41.5% 3,770 57.3% 80 6,581 R+15.8
West Feliciana 2,299 36.7% 3,863 61.6% 107 6,269 R+24.9
Winn 1,543 24.8% 4,621 74.2% 63 6,227 R+49.4
St. Helena 3,345 54.3% 2,716 44.1% 98 6,159 D+10.2
West Carroll 710 14.1% 4,315 85.4% 25 5,050 R+71.4
Catahoula 1,269 26.1% 3,542 72.9% 48 4,859 R+46.8
Caldwell 745 15.6% 3,976 83.5% 41 4,762 R+67.8
Madison 2,656 56.8% 1,933 41.3% 87 4,676 D+15.5
Red River 1,644 39.8% 2,413 58.4% 75 4,132 R+18.6
Cameron 325 8.0% 3,675 90.9% 44 4,044 R+82.8
East Carroll 1,900 62.6% 1,081 35.6% 56 3,037 D+27.0
Tensas 1,329 52.0% 1,198 46.9% 28 2,555 D+5.1

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