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Louisiana 2000 vs 2012: county swing

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

Acadia Parish: swing R+28.8Bienville Parish: swing R+4.0East Baton Rouge Parish: swing D+12.6Jefferson Davis Parish: swing R+33.2Ouachita Parish: swing D+2.5Pointe Coupee Parish: swing R+19.3St. Charles Parish: swing R+13.6Tangipahoa Parish: swing R+15.3Vernon Parish: swing R+27.6West Baton Rouge Parish: swing R+10.9Winn Parish: swing R+10.9Lafourche Parish: swing R+37.2Lincoln Parish: swing R+0.1Livingston Parish: swing R+32.8Natchitoches Parish: swing R+3.8Plaquemines Parish: swing R+10.9Rapides Parish: swing R+9.3Red River Parish: swing R+4.2Sabine Parish: swing R+22.4Ascension Parish: swing R+23.2St. Helena Parish: swing R+1.3St. James Parish: swing R+10.3St. Landry Parish: swing R+12.1St. Martin Parish: swing R+24.0St. Tammany Parish: swing R+8.6Vermilion Parish: swing R+35.7Washington Parish: swing R+19.3Beauregard Parish: swing R+26.2Bossier Parish: swing R+13.8Caddo Parish: swing D+4.2Cameron Parish: swing R+48.5De Soto Parish: swing R+11.7East Carroll Parish: swing D+5.8Franklin Parish: swing R+5.3Grant Parish: swing R+27.3Jackson Parish: swing R+12.7Jefferson Parish: swing D+1.1Lafayette Parish: swing R+6.5St. John the Baptist Parish: swing D+13.2Union Parish: swing R+14.1Webster Parish: swing R+12.0West Feliciana Parish: swing R+7.4Assumption Parish: swing R+20.4Caldwell Parish: swing R+22.0Catahoula Parish: swing R+6.8Iberville Parish: swing R+5.8La Salle Parish: swing R+23.7Morehouse Parish: swing D+5.4Richland Parish: swing R+7.4Madison Parish: swing D+14.5Orleans Parish: swing D+8.4St. Bernard Parish: swing R+8.6Evangeline Parish: swing R+19.5West Carroll Parish: swing R+20.3Calcasieu Parish: swing R+23.1Claiborne Parish: swing D+1.2Concordia Parish: swing R+4.8East Feliciana Parish: swing R+5.2Allen Parish: swing R+40.2Avoyelles Parish: swing R+22.6St. Mary Parish: swing R+12.0Tensas Parish: swing D+3.6Terrebonne Parish: swing R+22.4Iberia Parish: swing R+8.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Cameron Parish R+27.7 R+76.2 R+48.5 4,183 3,744
Allen Parish R+1.5 R+41.7 R+40.2 8,292 9,307
Lafourche Parish R+11.4 R+48.6 R+37.2 34,449 39,075
Vermilion Parish R+17.1 R+52.8 R+35.7 22,235 24,987
Jefferson Davis Parish R+14.3 R+47.5 R+33.2 12,546 13,734
Livingston Parish R+37.6 R+70.4 R+32.8 36,865 54,062
Acadia Parish R+21.1 R+49.9 R+28.8 23,238 26,835
Vernon Parish R+29.9 R+57.5 R+27.6 13,827 15,610
Grant Parish R+38.0 R+65.3 R+27.3 7,055 8,667
Beauregard Parish R+32.0 R+58.2 R+26.2 12,205 14,225
St. Martin Parish R+0.5 R+24.5 R+24.0 20,778 25,433
La Salle Parish R+51.8 R+75.5 R+23.7 6,108 6,572
Ascension Parish R+11.1 R+34.3 R+23.2 30,844 51,073
Calcasieu Parish R+5.6 R+28.7 R+23.1 73,636 81,726
Avoyelles Parish R+4.3 R+26.9 R+22.6 14,653 17,032
Sabine Parish R+32.8 R+55.2 R+22.4 8,862 10,053
Terrebonne Parish R+18.8 R+41.2 R+22.4 36,675 42,341
Caldwell Parish R+33.7 R+55.7 R+22.0 4,328 4,716
Assumption Parish flipped D+8.3 R+12.1 R+20.4 10,053 10,992
West Carroll Parish R+40.7 R+61.0 R+20.3 4,675 4,548
Evangeline Parish R+11.3 R+30.8 R+19.5 13,612 15,770
Pointe Coupee Parish flipped D+10.2 R+9.1 R+19.3 10,832 12,147
Washington Parish R+9.4 R+28.7 R+19.3 16,887 18,581
Tangipahoa Parish R+12.4 R+27.7 R+15.3 37,155 50,099
Union Parish R+27.5 R+41.6 R+14.1 9,343 10,766
Bossier Parish R+31.5 R+45.3 R+13.8 35,915 48,562
St. Charles Parish R+14.2 R+27.8 R+13.6 21,510 25,333
Jackson Parish R+24.9 R+37.6 R+12.7 7,106 7,529
St. Landry Parish flipped D+7.7 R+4.4 R+12.1 34,151 41,647
St. Mary Parish R+6.7 R+18.7 R+12.0 21,810 23,640
Webster Parish R+13.0 R+25.0 R+12.0 17,090 18,416
De Soto Parish R+2.1 R+13.8 R+11.7 10,596 13,051
Plaquemines Parish R+17.2 R+28.1 R+10.9 10,931 10,239
West Baton Rouge Parish flipped D+1.3 R+9.6 R+10.9 10,169 12,774
Winn Parish R+29.2 R+40.1 R+10.9 6,361 6,534
St. James Parish D+25.3 D+15.0 R+10.3 10,705 12,395
Rapides Parish R+20.3 R+29.6 R+9.3 49,024 58,019
St. Bernard Parish R+16.0 R+24.6 R+8.6 28,621 13,955
St. Tammany Parish R+43.6 R+52.2 R+8.6 83,737 112,902
Iberia Parish R+18.2 R+26.3 R+8.1 30,020 33,397
Richland Parish R+19.0 R+26.4 R+7.4 8,485 9,329
West Feliciana Parish R+6.7 R+14.1 R+7.4 4,860 5,777
Catahoula Parish R+25.0 R+31.8 R+6.8 4,765 4,193
Lafayette Parish R+27.2 R+33.7 R+6.5 78,293 98,642
Iberville Parish D+19.2 D+13.4 R+5.8 14,503 17,014
Franklin Parish R+30.8 R+36.1 R+5.3 8,356 9,336
East Feliciana Parish R+2.2 R+7.4 R+5.2 8,099 10,209
Concordia Parish R+12.4 R+17.2 R+4.8 8,499 9,380
Red River Parish R+0.6 R+4.8 R+4.2 4,522 4,807
Bienville Parish flipped D+2.0 R+2.0 R+4.0 7,006 7,203
Natchitoches Parish R+2.8 R+6.6 R+3.8 14,857 17,258
St. Helena Parish D+20.8 D+19.5 R+1.3 5,254 6,394
Lincoln Parish R+14.5 R+14.6 R+0.1 16,551 18,993
Jefferson Parish R+19.3 R+18.2 D+1.1 179,151 176,343
Claiborne Parish R+10.6 R+9.4 D+1.2 6,281 6,732
Ouachita Parish R+23.4 R+20.9 D+2.5 58,211 68,474
Tensas Parish D+8.3 D+11.9 D+3.6 3,010 2,812
Caddo Parish D+0.8 D+5.0 D+4.2 95,639 111,765
Morehouse Parish R+11.0 R+5.6 D+5.4 12,321 12,614
East Carroll Parish D+18.4 D+24.2 D+5.8 3,245 4,008
Orleans Parish D+54.2 D+62.6 D+8.4 181,221 157,813
East Baton Rouge Parish flipped R+7.4 D+5.2 D+12.6 168,989 198,171
St. John the Baptist Parish D+13.1 D+26.3 D+13.2 17,713 21,123
Madison Parish D+7.7 D+22.2 D+14.5 4,743 5,187

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