United States presidential elections in Louisiana

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Presidential elections in Louisiana
Louisiana in United States.svg
Number of elections52
Voted Democratic32
Voted Republican13
Voted Whig2
Voted Democratic-Republican3
Voted other2 [lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate32
Voted for losing candidate20

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Louisiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1812, Louisiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Louisiana was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were not ultimately counted.

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Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [lower-alpha 2]
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
2020 [1] Joe Biden 856,03439.85 Donald Trump 1,255,77658.468
2016 [2] Donald Trump [lower-alpha 3] 1,178,63858.09 Hillary Clinton 780,15438.458
2012 [3] Barack Obama 809,14140.58 Mitt Romney 1,152,26257.788
2008 [4] Barack Obama 782,98939.93 John McCain 1,148,27558.569
2004 [5] George W. Bush 1,102,16956.72 John Kerry 820,29942.229
2000 [6] George W. Bush [lower-alpha 3] 927,87152.55 Al Gore 792,34444.889
1996 [7] Bill Clinton 927,83752.01 Bob Dole 712,58639.94 Ross Perot 123,2936.919
1992 Bill Clinton 815,97145.58 George H. W. Bush 733,38640.97 Ross Perot 211,47811.819
1988 George H. W. Bush 883,70254.27 Michael Dukakis 734,28144.0610
1984 Ronald Reagan 1,037,29960.77 Walter Mondale 651,58638.1810
1980 Ronald Reagan 792,85351.20 Jimmy Carter 708,45345.75-10
1976 Jimmy Carter 661,36551.73 Gerald Ford 587,44645.9510
1972 Richard Nixon 686,85265.32 George McGovern 298,14228.3510
1968 Richard Nixon 257,53523.47 Hubert Humphrey 309,61528.21 George Wallace 530,30048.3210
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 387,06843.19 Barry Goldwater 509,22556.8110
1960 John F. Kennedy 407,33950.42 Richard Nixon 230,98028.59 Unpledged electors 169,57220.9910
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 329,04753.28 Adlai Stevenson II 243,97739.51 T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors [lower-alpha 4]
44,5207.2110
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 306,92547.08 Adlai Stevenson II 345,02752.9210
1948 Harry S. Truman 136,34432.75 Thomas E. Dewey 72,65717.45 Strom Thurmond 204,29049.0710
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 281,56480.59 Thomas E. Dewey 67,75019.3910
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 319,75185.88 Wendell Willkie 52,44614.0910
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 292,89488.82 Alf Landon 36,79111.1610
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 249,41892.79 Herbert Hoover 18,8537.0110
1928 Herbert Hoover 51,16023.70 Al Smith 164,65576.29-10
1924 Calvin Coolidge 24,67020.23 John W. Davis 93,21876.44 Robert M. La Follette 10
1920 Warren G. Harding 38,53830.49 James M. Cox 87,51969.24 Parley P. Christensen 10
1916 Woodrow Wilson 79,87585.90 Charles E. Hughes 6,4666.9510
1912 Woodrow Wilson 60,87176.81 Theodore Roosevelt 9,28311.71 William H. Taft 3,8334.8410
1908 William H. Taft 8,95811.93 William Jennings Bryan 63,56884.639
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 5,2059.66 Alton B. Parker 47,70888.509
1900 William McKinley 14,23420.96 William Jennings Bryan 53,66879.038
1896 William McKinley 22,03721.81 William Jennings Bryan 77,17576.388
1892 Grover Cleveland 87,92676.53 Benjamin Harrison 26,96323.47 James B. Weaver 8
1888 Benjamin Harrison [lower-alpha 3] 30,66026.46 Grover Cleveland 85,03273.378
1884 Grover Cleveland 62,59457.22 James G. Blaine 46,34742.378
1880 James A. Garfield 38,97837.31 Winfield S. Hancock 65,04762.27 James B. Weaver 4370.428
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes [lower-alpha 3] 75,31551.65 Samuel J. Tilden 70,50848.358
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 71,66355.69 Horace Greeley 57,02944.318Louisiana's electoral votes were rejected due to various irregularities, including allegations of electoral fraud.
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 33,26329.3 Horatio Seymour 80,22570.77
1864 Abraham Lincoln George B. McClellan n/aUnder Union control by 1864 and held elections, but electors (who voted for Lincoln) were not ultimately counted.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln no ballots Stephen A. Douglas 7,62515.1 John C. Breckinridge 22,68144.9 John Bell 20,20440.06

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner (nationally)VotesPercentRunner-up (nationally)VotesPercentOther national
candidates [lower-alpha 2]
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
1856 James Buchanan 22,16451.7 John C. Frémont no ballots Millard Fillmore 20,70948.36
1852 Franklin Pierce 18,64751.94 Winfield Scott 17,25548.06 John P. Hale no ballots6
1848 Zachary Taylor 18,48754.59 Lewis Cass 15,37945.41 Martin Van Buren no ballots6
1844 James K. Polk 13,78251.3 Henry Clay 13,08348.76
1840 William Henry Harrison 11,29659.73 Martin Van Buren 7,61640.275
1836 Martin Van Buren 3,84251.74 Hugh Lawson White 3,58348.26various< [lower-alpha 5] 5
1832 Andrew Jackson 3,90861.67 Henry Clay 2,42938.33 William Wirt no ballots5
1828 Andrew Jackson 4,60553.01 John Quincy Adams 4,08246.995

Elections from 1812 to 1824

In elections from 1812 to 1824, Louisiana did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by state legislature.

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

YearWinner (nationally)Loser(s) (nationally)Electoral
Votes
Notes
1824 John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
William H. Crawford
5Electoral vote was split, with Jackson receiving three votes and Adams receiving two votes.
1820 James Monroe 3Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816 James Monroe Rufus King 3
1812 James Madison DeWitt Clinton 3

See also

Notes

  1. George Wallace, 1968; Strom Thurmond, 1948.
  2. 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Louisiana.

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  3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
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