Louisiana

Louisiana, created mostly, but not entirely, from land bought from France in the Louisiana Purchase, became a state in April, 1812. Louisiana seceded from the Union during the Civil War and did not participate in the 1864 election. The state’s electoral votes were rejected in 1872 due to irregularities. Largely due to outward migration after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana lost one electoral vote after the 2010 Census. Like many southern states, Louisiana voted Democratic from Reconstruction through World War II. Although perceived as solidly Republican today (Donald Trump won by nearly 20% over Joe Biden in 2020), Louisiana has voted Democratic three times since 1976 when the nominee of that party was a Southern governor. Jimmy Carter won there in 1976, as did Bill Clinton, both in 1992 and 1996.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Republican

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
39.9% 58.5%
2016
38.5% 58.1%
2012
40.6% 57.8%
2008
39.9% 58.6%
2004
42.2% 56.7%
2000
44.9% 52.6%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
D
1980
R
1984
R
1988
R
1992
D
1996
D
2000
R
2004
R
2008
R
2012
R
2016
R
2020
R

Electoral College Votes

Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Whig
Republican
States' Rights Democratic
American Independent

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

An empty column indicates the state did not participate in that election.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
2
D
D
D
D
R
R
3
D
D
D
R
R
R
R

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
3
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
4
D
R
R
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
5
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
6
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
7
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
8
R
R
R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1996. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

1975
D
1979
R
1983
D
1987
D
1991
D
1995
R
1999
R
2003
D
2007
R
2011
R
2015
D
2019
D

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.