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Louisiana 2000 vs 2008: county swing

55 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 6 changed hands.

Acadia Parish: swing R+24.6Bienville Parish: swing R+4.5East Baton Rouge Parish: swing D+9.6Jefferson Davis Parish: swing R+25.3Ouachita Parish: swing R+1.8Pointe Coupee Parish: swing R+19.7St. Charles Parish: swing R+17.0Tangipahoa Parish: swing R+18.5Vernon Parish: swing R+23.5West Baton Rouge Parish: swing R+14.9Winn Parish: swing R+9.0Lafourche Parish: swing R+34.6Lincoln Parish: swing D+2.0Livingston Parish: swing R+34.3Natchitoches Parish: swing R+4.5Plaquemines Parish: swing R+16.5Rapides Parish: swing R+8.3Red River Parish: swing R+8.2Sabine Parish: swing R+18.8Ascension Parish: swing R+24.6St. Helena Parish: swing R+3.9St. James Parish: swing R+12.8St. Landry Parish: swing R+10.9St. Martin Parish: swing R+20.3St. Tammany Parish: swing R+9.7Vermilion Parish: swing R+30.5Washington Parish: swing R+23.3Beauregard Parish: swing R+22.4Bossier Parish: swing R+12.2Caddo Parish: swing D+2.1Cameron Parish: swing R+37.6De Soto Parish: swing R+11.3East Carroll Parish: swing D+10.1Franklin Parish: swing R+4.7Grant Parish: swing R+25.5Jackson Parish: swing R+10.5Jefferson Parish: swing R+7.3Lafayette Parish: swing R+4.1St. John the Baptist Parish: swing D+3.1Union Parish: swing R+14.0Webster Parish: swing R+13.3West Feliciana Parish: swing R+6.4Assumption Parish: swing R+19.5Caldwell Parish: swing R+19.0Catahoula Parish: swing R+9.9Iberville Parish: swing R+8.1La Salle Parish: swing R+20.6Morehouse Parish: swing R+0.1Richland Parish: swing R+7.5Madison Parish: swing D+10.2Orleans Parish: swing D+5.9St. Bernard Parish: swing R+29.4Evangeline Parish: swing R+13.4West Carroll Parish: swing R+22.8Calcasieu Parish: swing R+19.0Claiborne Parish: swing EvenConcordia Parish: swing R+7.6East Feliciana Parish: swing R+8.3Allen Parish: swing R+34.9Avoyelles Parish: swing R+18.7St. Mary Parish: swing R+10.1Tensas Parish: swing D+0.8Terrebonne Parish: swing R+22.0Iberia Parish: swing R+4.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Cameron Parish R+27.7 R+65.3 R+37.6 4,183 3,797
Allen Parish R+1.5 R+36.4 R+34.9 8,292 9,467
Lafourche Parish R+11.4 R+46.0 R+34.6 34,449 37,893
Livingston Parish R+37.6 R+71.9 R+34.3 36,865 50,892
Vermilion Parish R+17.1 R+47.6 R+30.5 22,235 24,833
St. Bernard Parish R+16.0 R+45.4 R+29.4 28,621 13,540
Grant Parish R+38.0 R+63.5 R+25.5 7,055 8,557
Jefferson Davis Parish R+14.3 R+39.6 R+25.3 12,546 13,501
Acadia Parish R+21.1 R+45.7 R+24.6 23,238 26,710
Ascension Parish R+11.1 R+35.7 R+24.6 30,844 46,571
Vernon Parish R+29.9 R+53.4 R+23.5 13,827 15,769
Washington Parish R+9.4 R+32.7 R+23.3 16,887 18,624
West Carroll Parish R+40.7 R+63.5 R+22.8 4,675 4,987
Beauregard Parish R+32.0 R+54.4 R+22.4 12,205 14,074
Terrebonne Parish R+18.8 R+40.8 R+22.0 36,675 40,692
La Salle Parish R+51.8 R+72.4 R+20.6 6,108 6,553
St. Martin Parish R+0.5 R+20.8 R+20.3 20,778 24,252
Pointe Coupee Parish flipped D+10.2 R+9.5 R+19.7 10,832 12,435
Assumption Parish flipped D+8.3 R+11.2 R+19.5 10,053 10,960
Calcasieu Parish R+5.6 R+24.6 R+19.0 73,636 82,131
Caldwell Parish R+33.7 R+52.7 R+19.0 4,328 4,893
Sabine Parish R+32.8 R+51.6 R+18.8 8,862 9,652
Avoyelles Parish R+4.3 R+23.0 R+18.7 14,653 16,938
Tangipahoa Parish R+12.4 R+30.9 R+18.5 37,155 48,602
St. Charles Parish R+14.2 R+31.2 R+17.0 21,510 25,397
Plaquemines Parish R+17.2 R+33.7 R+16.5 10,931 10,449
West Baton Rouge Parish flipped D+1.3 R+13.6 R+14.9 10,169 11,866
Union Parish R+27.5 R+41.5 R+14.0 9,343 10,868
Evangeline Parish R+11.3 R+24.7 R+13.4 13,612 15,976
Webster Parish R+13.0 R+26.3 R+13.3 17,090 18,270
St. James Parish D+25.3 D+12.5 R+12.8 10,705 12,564
Bossier Parish R+31.5 R+43.7 R+12.2 35,915 45,826
De Soto Parish R+2.1 R+13.4 R+11.3 10,596 12,257
St. Landry Parish flipped D+7.7 R+3.2 R+10.9 34,151 42,493
Jackson Parish R+24.9 R+35.4 R+10.5 7,106 7,736
St. Mary Parish R+6.7 R+16.8 R+10.1 21,810 22,903
Catahoula Parish R+25.0 R+34.9 R+9.9 4,765 5,225
St. Tammany Parish R+43.6 R+53.3 R+9.7 83,737 109,503
Winn Parish R+29.2 R+38.2 R+9.0 6,361 6,772
East Feliciana Parish R+2.2 R+10.5 R+8.3 8,099 9,947
Rapides Parish R+20.3 R+28.6 R+8.3 49,024 57,521
Red River Parish R+0.6 R+8.8 R+8.2 4,522 4,629
Iberville Parish D+19.2 D+11.1 R+8.1 14,503 16,421
Concordia Parish R+12.4 R+20.0 R+7.6 8,499 9,527
Richland Parish R+19.0 R+26.5 R+7.5 8,485 9,181
Jefferson Parish R+19.3 R+26.6 R+7.3 179,151 181,120
West Feliciana Parish R+6.7 R+13.1 R+6.4 4,860 5,618
Iberia Parish R+18.2 R+23.0 R+4.8 30,020 33,168
Franklin Parish R+30.8 R+35.5 R+4.7 8,356 9,356
Bienville Parish flipped D+2.0 R+2.5 R+4.5 7,006 7,430
Natchitoches Parish R+2.8 R+7.3 R+4.5 14,857 17,067
Lafayette Parish R+27.2 R+31.3 R+4.1 78,293 95,642
St. Helena Parish D+20.8 D+16.9 R+3.9 5,254 6,184
Ouachita Parish R+23.4 R+25.2 R+1.8 58,211 67,244
Morehouse Parish R+11.0 R+11.1 R+0.1 12,321 13,200
Claiborne Parish R+10.6 R+10.6 Even 6,281 6,841
Tensas Parish D+8.3 D+9.1 D+0.8 3,010 3,040
Lincoln Parish R+14.5 R+12.5 D+2.0 16,551 19,150
Caddo Parish D+0.8 D+2.9 D+2.1 95,639 108,220
St. John the Baptist Parish D+13.1 D+16.2 D+3.1 17,713 21,656
Orleans Parish D+54.2 D+60.1 D+5.9 181,221 146,287
East Baton Rouge Parish flipped R+7.4 D+2.2 D+9.6 168,989 197,349
East Carroll Parish D+18.4 D+28.5 D+10.1 3,245 3,559
Madison Parish D+7.7 D+17.9 D+10.2 4,743 5,300

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data