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Louisiana 2008 vs 2012: county swing

32 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Acadia Parish: swing R+4.2Bienville Parish: swing D+0.5East Baton Rouge Parish: swing D+3.0Jefferson Davis Parish: swing R+7.9Ouachita Parish: swing D+4.3Pointe Coupee Parish: swing D+0.4St. Charles Parish: swing D+3.4Tangipahoa Parish: swing D+3.2Vernon Parish: swing R+4.1West Baton Rouge Parish: swing D+4.0Winn Parish: swing R+1.9Lafourche Parish: swing R+2.6Lincoln Parish: swing R+2.1Livingston Parish: swing D+1.5Natchitoches Parish: swing D+0.7Plaquemines Parish: swing D+5.6Rapides Parish: swing R+1.0Red River Parish: swing D+4.0Sabine Parish: swing R+3.6Ascension Parish: swing D+1.4St. Helena Parish: swing D+2.6St. James Parish: swing D+2.5St. Landry Parish: swing R+1.2St. Martin Parish: swing R+3.7St. Tammany Parish: swing D+1.1Vermilion Parish: swing R+5.2Washington Parish: swing D+4.0Beauregard Parish: swing R+3.8Bossier Parish: swing R+1.6Caddo Parish: swing D+2.1Cameron Parish: swing R+10.9De Soto Parish: swing R+0.4East Carroll Parish: swing R+4.3Franklin Parish: swing R+0.6Grant Parish: swing R+1.8Jackson Parish: swing R+2.2Jefferson Parish: swing D+8.4Lafayette Parish: swing R+2.4St. John the Baptist Parish: swing D+10.1Union Parish: swing R+0.1Webster Parish: swing D+1.3West Feliciana Parish: swing R+1.0Assumption Parish: swing R+0.9Caldwell Parish: swing R+3.0Catahoula Parish: swing D+3.1Iberville Parish: swing D+2.3La Salle Parish: swing R+3.1Morehouse Parish: swing D+5.5Richland Parish: swing D+0.1Madison Parish: swing D+4.3Orleans Parish: swing D+2.5St. Bernard Parish: swing D+20.8Evangeline Parish: swing R+6.1West Carroll Parish: swing D+2.5Calcasieu Parish: swing R+4.1Claiborne Parish: swing D+1.2Concordia Parish: swing D+2.8East Feliciana Parish: swing D+3.1Allen Parish: swing R+5.3Avoyelles Parish: swing R+3.9St. Mary Parish: swing R+1.9Tensas Parish: swing D+2.8Terrebonne Parish: swing R+0.4Iberia Parish: swing R+3.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Cameron Parish R+65.3 R+76.2 R+10.9 3,797 3,744
Jefferson Davis Parish R+39.6 R+47.5 R+7.9 13,501 13,734
Evangeline Parish R+24.7 R+30.8 R+6.1 15,976 15,770
Allen Parish R+36.4 R+41.7 R+5.3 9,467 9,307
Vermilion Parish R+47.6 R+52.8 R+5.2 24,833 24,987
East Carroll Parish D+28.5 D+24.2 R+4.3 3,559 4,008
Acadia Parish R+45.7 R+49.9 R+4.2 26,710 26,835
Calcasieu Parish R+24.6 R+28.7 R+4.1 82,131 81,726
Vernon Parish R+53.4 R+57.5 R+4.1 15,769 15,610
Avoyelles Parish R+23.0 R+26.9 R+3.9 16,938 17,032
Beauregard Parish R+54.4 R+58.2 R+3.8 14,074 14,225
St. Martin Parish R+20.8 R+24.5 R+3.7 24,252 25,433
Sabine Parish R+51.6 R+55.2 R+3.6 9,652 10,053
Iberia Parish R+23.0 R+26.3 R+3.3 33,168 33,397
La Salle Parish R+72.4 R+75.5 R+3.1 6,553 6,572
Caldwell Parish R+52.7 R+55.7 R+3.0 4,893 4,716
Lafourche Parish R+46.0 R+48.6 R+2.6 37,893 39,075
Lafayette Parish R+31.3 R+33.7 R+2.4 95,642 98,642
Jackson Parish R+35.4 R+37.6 R+2.2 7,736 7,529
Lincoln Parish R+12.5 R+14.6 R+2.1 19,150 18,993
St. Mary Parish R+16.8 R+18.7 R+1.9 22,903 23,640
Winn Parish R+38.2 R+40.1 R+1.9 6,772 6,534
Grant Parish R+63.5 R+65.3 R+1.8 8,557 8,667
Bossier Parish R+43.7 R+45.3 R+1.6 45,826 48,562
St. Landry Parish R+3.2 R+4.4 R+1.2 42,493 41,647
Rapides Parish R+28.6 R+29.6 R+1.0 57,521 58,019
West Feliciana Parish R+13.1 R+14.1 R+1.0 5,618 5,777
Assumption Parish R+11.2 R+12.1 R+0.9 10,960 10,992
Franklin Parish R+35.5 R+36.1 R+0.6 9,356 9,336
De Soto Parish R+13.4 R+13.8 R+0.4 12,257 13,051
Terrebonne Parish R+40.8 R+41.2 R+0.4 40,692 42,341
Union Parish R+41.5 R+41.6 R+0.1 10,868 10,766
Richland Parish R+26.5 R+26.4 D+0.1 9,181 9,329
Pointe Coupee Parish R+9.5 R+9.1 D+0.4 12,435 12,147
Bienville Parish R+2.5 R+2.0 D+0.5 7,430 7,203
Natchitoches Parish R+7.3 R+6.6 D+0.7 17,067 17,258
St. Tammany Parish R+53.3 R+52.2 D+1.1 109,503 112,902
Claiborne Parish R+10.6 R+9.4 D+1.2 6,841 6,732
Webster Parish R+26.3 R+25.0 D+1.3 18,270 18,416
Ascension Parish R+35.7 R+34.3 D+1.4 46,571 51,073
Livingston Parish R+71.9 R+70.4 D+1.5 50,892 54,062
Caddo Parish D+2.9 D+5.0 D+2.1 108,220 111,765
Iberville Parish D+11.1 D+13.4 D+2.3 16,421 17,014
Orleans Parish D+60.1 D+62.6 D+2.5 146,287 157,813
St. James Parish D+12.5 D+15.0 D+2.5 12,564 12,395
West Carroll Parish R+63.5 R+61.0 D+2.5 4,987 4,548
St. Helena Parish D+16.9 D+19.5 D+2.6 6,184 6,394
Concordia Parish R+20.0 R+17.2 D+2.8 9,527 9,380
Tensas Parish D+9.1 D+11.9 D+2.8 3,040 2,812
East Baton Rouge Parish D+2.2 D+5.2 D+3.0 197,349 198,171
Catahoula Parish R+34.9 R+31.8 D+3.1 5,225 4,193
East Feliciana Parish R+10.5 R+7.4 D+3.1 9,947 10,209
Tangipahoa Parish R+30.9 R+27.7 D+3.2 48,602 50,099
St. Charles Parish R+31.2 R+27.8 D+3.4 25,397 25,333
Red River Parish R+8.8 R+4.8 D+4.0 4,629 4,807
Washington Parish R+32.7 R+28.7 D+4.0 18,624 18,581
West Baton Rouge Parish R+13.6 R+9.6 D+4.0 11,866 12,774
Madison Parish D+17.9 D+22.2 D+4.3 5,300 5,187
Ouachita Parish R+25.2 R+20.9 D+4.3 67,244 68,474
Morehouse Parish R+11.1 R+5.6 D+5.5 13,200 12,614
Plaquemines Parish R+33.7 R+28.1 D+5.6 10,449 10,239
Jefferson Parish R+26.6 R+18.2 D+8.4 181,120 176,343
St. John the Baptist Parish D+16.2 D+26.3 D+10.1 21,656 21,123
St. Bernard Parish R+45.4 R+24.6 D+20.8 13,540 13,955

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