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Louisiana 2004 vs 2008: county swing

46 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Acadia Parish: swing R+17.4Bienville Parish: swing D+0.5East Baton Rouge Parish: swing D+11.8Jefferson Davis Parish: swing R+14.2Ouachita Parish: swing D+5.4Pointe Coupee Parish: swing R+12.0St. Charles Parish: swing R+6.5Tangipahoa Parish: swing R+5.2Vernon Parish: swing R+7.5West Baton Rouge Parish: swing R+5.4Winn Parish: swing R+2.7Lafourche Parish: swing R+24.1Lincoln Parish: swing D+6.9Livingston Parish: swing R+17.5Natchitoches Parish: swing D+3.7Plaquemines Parish: swing R+3.4Rapides Parish: swing D+0.2Red River Parish: swing R+1.1Sabine Parish: swing R+10.1Ascension Parish: swing R+8.3St. Helena Parish: swing R+0.1St. James Parish: swing R+4.3St. Landry Parish: swing R+2.8St. Martin Parish: swing R+13.0St. Tammany Parish: swing R+3.1Vermilion Parish: swing R+23.2Washington Parish: swing R+7.7Beauregard Parish: swing R+10.7Bossier Parish: swing R+2.2Caddo Parish: swing D+5.3Cameron Parish: swing R+26.0De Soto Parish: swing R+2.9East Carroll Parish: swing D+10.2Franklin Parish: swing D+0.9Grant Parish: swing R+14.2Jackson Parish: swing R+2.5Jefferson Parish: swing R+2.7Lafayette Parish: swing R+1.8St. John the Baptist Parish: swing D+9.8Union Parish: swing R+0.7Webster Parish: swing R+3.3West Feliciana Parish: swing D+0.7Assumption Parish: swing R+16.9Caldwell Parish: swing R+12.2Catahoula Parish: swing R+3.7Iberville Parish: swing R+1.9La Salle Parish: swing R+10.5Morehouse Parish: swing D+5.4Richland Parish: swing D+1.0Madison Parish: swing D+17.0Orleans Parish: swing D+4.4St. Bernard Parish: swing R+13.1Evangeline Parish: swing R+9.0West Carroll Parish: swing R+13.7Calcasieu Parish: swing R+8.0Claiborne Parish: swing D+2.3Concordia Parish: swing D+2.0East Feliciana Parish: swing R+0.4Allen Parish: swing R+21.6Avoyelles Parish: swing R+14.4St. Mary Parish: swing R+2.2Tensas Parish: swing D+8.5Terrebonne Parish: swing R+9.5Iberia Parish: swing R+1.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Cameron Parish R+39.3 R+65.3 R+26.0 4,640 3,797
Lafourche Parish R+21.9 R+46.0 R+24.1 37,864 37,893
Vermilion Parish R+24.4 R+47.6 R+23.2 24,552 24,833
Allen Parish R+14.8 R+36.4 R+21.6 9,124 9,467
Livingston Parish R+54.4 R+71.9 R+17.5 44,253 50,892
Acadia Parish R+28.3 R+45.7 R+17.4 25,230 26,710
Assumption Parish flipped D+5.7 R+11.2 R+16.9 10,735 10,960
Avoyelles Parish R+8.6 R+23.0 R+14.4 15,525 16,938
Grant Parish R+49.3 R+63.5 R+14.2 7,991 8,557
Jefferson Davis Parish R+25.4 R+39.6 R+14.2 13,007 13,501
West Carroll Parish R+49.8 R+63.5 R+13.7 5,033 4,987
St. Bernard Parish R+32.3 R+45.4 R+13.1 29,838 13,540
St. Martin Parish R+7.8 R+20.8 R+13.0 22,824 24,252
Caldwell Parish R+40.5 R+52.7 R+12.2 4,752 4,893
Pointe Coupee Parish flipped D+2.5 R+9.5 R+12.0 11,271 12,435
Beauregard Parish R+43.7 R+54.4 R+10.7 13,281 14,074
La Salle Parish R+61.9 R+72.4 R+10.5 6,238 6,553
Sabine Parish R+41.5 R+51.6 R+10.1 9,576 9,652
Terrebonne Parish R+31.3 R+40.8 R+9.5 40,574 40,692
Evangeline Parish R+15.7 R+24.7 R+9.0 13,979 15,976
Ascension Parish R+27.4 R+35.7 R+8.3 39,100 46,571
Calcasieu Parish R+16.6 R+24.6 R+8.0 79,698 82,131
Washington Parish R+25.0 R+32.7 R+7.7 17,841 18,624
Vernon Parish R+45.9 R+53.4 R+7.5 15,229 15,769
St. Charles Parish R+24.7 R+31.2 R+6.5 23,837 25,397
West Baton Rouge Parish R+8.2 R+13.6 R+5.4 10,835 11,866
Tangipahoa Parish R+25.7 R+30.9 R+5.2 42,135 48,602
St. James Parish D+16.8 D+12.5 R+4.3 11,108 12,564
Catahoula Parish R+31.2 R+34.9 R+3.7 4,954 5,225
Plaquemines Parish R+30.3 R+33.7 R+3.4 12,153 10,449
Webster Parish R+23.0 R+26.3 R+3.3 18,449 18,270
St. Tammany Parish R+50.2 R+53.3 R+3.1 100,592 109,503
De Soto Parish R+10.5 R+13.4 R+2.9 11,336 12,257
St. Landry Parish R+0.4 R+3.2 R+2.8 36,760 42,493
Jefferson Parish R+23.9 R+26.6 R+2.7 191,663 181,120
Winn Parish R+35.5 R+38.2 R+2.7 6,507 6,772
Jackson Parish R+32.9 R+35.4 R+2.5 7,647 7,736
Bossier Parish R+41.5 R+43.7 R+2.2 42,705 45,826
St. Mary Parish R+14.6 R+16.8 R+2.2 22,694 22,903
Iberville Parish D+13.0 D+11.1 R+1.9 14,827 16,421
Lafayette Parish R+29.5 R+31.3 R+1.8 89,923 95,642
Iberia Parish R+21.7 R+23.0 R+1.3 32,273 33,168
Red River Parish R+7.7 R+8.8 R+1.1 4,717 4,629
Union Parish R+40.8 R+41.5 R+0.7 10,718 10,868
East Feliciana Parish R+10.1 R+10.5 R+0.4 9,201 9,947
St. Helena Parish D+17.0 D+16.9 R+0.1 5,508 6,184
Rapides Parish R+28.8 R+28.6 D+0.2 54,069 57,521
Bienville Parish R+3.0 R+2.5 D+0.5 7,157 7,430
West Feliciana Parish R+13.8 R+13.1 D+0.7 5,218 5,618
Franklin Parish R+36.4 R+35.5 D+0.9 9,103 9,356
Richland Parish R+27.5 R+26.5 D+1.0 8,665 9,181
Concordia Parish R+22.0 R+20.0 D+2.0 8,980 9,527
Claiborne Parish R+12.9 R+10.6 D+2.3 6,630 6,841
Natchitoches Parish R+11.0 R+7.3 D+3.7 16,966 17,067
Orleans Parish D+55.7 D+60.1 D+4.4 197,103 146,287
Caddo Parish flipped R+2.4 D+2.9 D+5.3 106,595 108,220
Morehouse Parish R+16.5 R+11.1 D+5.4 12,971 13,200
Ouachita Parish R+30.6 R+25.2 D+5.4 64,444 67,244
Lincoln Parish R+19.4 R+12.5 D+6.9 18,218 19,150
Tensas Parish D+0.6 D+9.1 D+8.5 2,963 3,040
St. John the Baptist Parish D+6.4 D+16.2 D+9.8 19,617 21,656
East Carroll Parish D+18.3 D+28.5 D+10.2 3,395 3,559
East Baton Rouge Parish flipped R+9.6 D+2.2 D+11.8 183,642 197,349
Madison Parish D+0.9 D+17.9 D+17.0 4,673 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