Louisiana presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Louisiana by 14.51 points (281,870 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 9
Votes counted: 1,943,106
LA result: R+14.5
Compared with the nation: 12.1 pts more Republican
Swing since 2000: 6.8 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	1,102,169	56.70%	9
John Kerry	Democratic	820,299	42.20%	—
Total votes		1,943,106

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Acadia	8,937	16,083	210	25,230	28.3
Allen	3,791	5,140	193	9,124	14.8
Ascension	13,955	24,661	484	39,100	27.4
Assumption	5,585	4,966	184	10,735	5.8
Avoyelles	6,976	8,302	247	15,525	8.5
Beauregard	3,666	9,470	145	13,281	43.7
Bienville	3,399	3,612	146	7,157	3.0
Bossier	12,317	30,040	348	42,705	41.5
Caddo	51,739	54,292	564	106,595	2.4
Calcasieu	32,864	46,075	759	79,698	16.6
Caldwell	1,384	3,308	60	4,752	40.5
Cameron	1,367	3,190	83	4,640	39.3
Catahoula	1,673	3,219	62	4,954	31.2
Claiborne	2,854	3,704	72	6,630	12.8
Concordia	3,446	5,427	107	8,980	22.1
De Soto	5,026	6,211	99	11,336	10.5
East Baton Rouge	82,298	99,943	1,401	183,642	9.6
East Carroll	1,980	1,357	58	3,395	18.4
East Feliciana	4,091	5,021	89	9,201	10.1
Evangeline	5,757	7,949	273	13,979	15.7
Franklin	2,828	6,141	134	9,103	36.4
Grant	1,977	5,911	103	7,991	49.2
Iberia	12,426	19,420	427	32,273	21.7
Iberville	8,259	6,333	235	14,827	13.0
Jackson	2,525	5,038	84	7,647	32.9
Jefferson	72,136	117,882	1,645	191,663	23.9
Jefferson Davis	4,745	8,055	207	13,007	25.4
La Salle	1,155	5,015	68	6,238	61.9
Lafayette	31,210	57,732	981	89,923	29.5
Lafourche	14,417	22,734	713	37,864	22.0
Lincoln	7,242	10,791	185	18,218	19.5
Livingston	9,895	33,976	382	44,253	54.4
Madison	2,334	2,291	48	4,673	0.9
Morehouse	5,336	7,471	164	12,971	16.5
Natchitoches	7,398	9,261	307	16,966	11.0
Orleans	152,610	42,847	1,646	197,103	55.7
Ouachita	22,016	41,750	678	64,444	30.6
Plaquemines	4,181	7,866	106	12,153	30.3
Pointe Coupee	5,712	5,429	130	11,271	2.5
Rapides	18,904	34,492	673	54,069	28.8
Red River	2,140	2,507	70	4,717	7.8
Richland	3,082	5,471	112	8,665	27.6
Sabine	2,743	6,711	122	9,576	41.4
St. Bernard	9,956	19,597	285	29,838	32.3
St. Charles	8,856	14,747	234	23,837	24.7
St. Helena	3,173	2,235	100	5,508	17.0
St. James	6,407	4,545	156	11,108	16.8
St. John the Baptist	10,305	9,039	273	19,617	6.5
St. Landry	18,166	18,315	279	36,760	0.4
St. Martin	10,321	12,095	408	22,824	7.8
St. Mary	9,547	12,877	270	22,694	14.7
St. Tammany	24,665	75,139	788	100,592	50.2
Tangipahoa	15,345	26,181	609	42,135	25.7
Tensas	1,469	1,453	41	2,963	0.5
Terrebonne	13,684	26,358	532	40,574	31.2
Union	3,089	7,457	172	10,718	40.8
Vermilion	9,085	15,069	398	24,552	24.4
Vernon	4,035	11,032	162	15,229	45.9
Washington	6,554	11,006	281	17,841	25.0
Webster	6,833	11,070	546	18,449	23.0
West Baton Rouge	4,932	5,822	81	10,835	8.2
West Carroll	1,231	3,740	62	5,033	49.9
West Feliciana	2,214	2,932	72	5,218	13.8
Winn	2,056	4,366	85	6,507	35.5

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Louisiana in 2004?

George W. Bush won Louisiana by 14.51 percentage points (281,870 votes).

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 2004?

Louisiana cast 9 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Louisiana in 2004?

1,943,106 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Louisiana in 2004?

George W. Bush 54, John Kerry 10 (out of 64 counties with results).

How did Louisiana change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 6.8 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 7.7 points to Republican by 14.5 points.

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