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Louisiana presidential election results 2008

John McCain carried Louisiana by 18.63 points (365,286 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
9
Votes counted
1,960,761
LA result
R+18.6
Compared with the nation
25.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004
4.1 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
John McCainRepublican1,148,27558.60%9
Barack ObamaDemocratic782,98939.90%—
Total votes1,960,761

Sources: 2008

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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Acadia Parish: John McCain +45.7Bienville Parish: John McCain +2.5East Baton Rouge Parish: Barack Obama +2.2Jefferson Davis Parish: John McCain +39.7Ouachita Parish: John McCain +25.2Pointe Coupee Parish: John McCain +9.5St. Charles Parish: John McCain +31.2Tangipahoa Parish: John McCain +30.9Vernon Parish: John McCain +53.3West Baton Rouge Parish: John McCain +13.6Winn Parish: John McCain +38.2Lafourche Parish: John McCain +46.0Lincoln Parish: John McCain +12.6Livingston Parish: John McCain +71.9Natchitoches Parish: John McCain +7.3Plaquemines Parish: John McCain +33.6Rapides Parish: John McCain +28.7Red River Parish: John McCain +8.7Sabine Parish: John McCain +51.6Ascension Parish: John McCain +35.7St. Helena Parish: Barack Obama +16.9St. James Parish: Barack Obama +12.4St. Landry Parish: John McCain +3.3St. Martin Parish: John McCain +20.7St. Tammany Parish: John McCain +53.4Vermilion Parish: John McCain +47.5Washington Parish: John McCain +32.7Beauregard Parish: John McCain +54.3Bossier Parish: John McCain +43.7Caddo Parish: Barack Obama +2.9Cameron Parish: John McCain +65.2De Soto Parish: John McCain +13.4East Carroll Parish: Barack Obama +28.5Franklin Parish: John McCain +35.5Grant Parish: John McCain +63.5Jackson Parish: John McCain +35.3Jefferson Parish: John McCain +26.6Lafayette Parish: John McCain +31.3St. John the Baptist Parish: Barack Obama +16.2Union Parish: John McCain +41.6Webster Parish: John McCain +26.3West Feliciana Parish: John McCain +13.1Assumption Parish: John McCain +11.2Caldwell Parish: John McCain +52.7Catahoula Parish: John McCain +35.0Iberville Parish: Barack Obama +11.2La Salle Parish: John McCain +72.4Morehouse Parish: John McCain +11.1Richland Parish: John McCain +26.6Madison Parish: Barack Obama +17.9Orleans Parish: Barack Obama +60.2St. Bernard Parish: John McCain +45.4Evangeline Parish: John McCain +24.7West Carroll Parish: John McCain +63.5Calcasieu Parish: John McCain +24.6Claiborne Parish: John McCain +10.6Concordia Parish: John McCain +20.0East Feliciana Parish: John McCain +10.5Allen Parish: John McCain +36.4Avoyelles Parish: John McCain +23.1St. Mary Parish: John McCain +16.8Tensas Parish: Barack Obama +9.2Terrebonne Parish: John McCain +40.9Iberia Parish: John McCain +23.0
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaJohn McCainOthers TotalMargin
Acadia 7,02819,228454 26,710 45.7
Allen 2,8916,333243 9,467 36.4
Ascension 14,62531,239707 46,571 35.7
Assumption 4,7565,981223 10,960 11.2
Avoyelles 6,32710,236375 16,938 23.1
Beauregard 3,07110,718285 14,074 54.3
Bienville 3,5893,77665 7,430 2.5
Bossier 12,70132,706419 45,826 43.7
Caddo 55,22052,105895 108,220 2.9
Calcasieu 30,24450,4491,438 82,131 24.6
Caldwell 1,1183,69679 4,893 52.7
Cameron 6133,08995 3,797 65.2
Catahoula 1,6593,48680 5,225 35.0
Claiborne 3,0253,75066 6,841 10.6
Concordia 3,7665,66893 9,527 20.0
De Soto 5,2426,883132 12,257 13.4
East Baton Rouge 99,65295,3902,307 197,349 2.2
East Carroll 2,2671,25438 3,559 28.5
East Feliciana 4,3835,432132 9,947 10.5
Evangeline 5,8539,793330 15,976 24.7
Franklin 2,9596,278119 9,356 35.5
Grant 1,4746,906177 8,557 63.5
Iberia 12,49220,127549 33,168 23.0
Iberville 9,0237,185213 16,421 11.2
Jackson 2,4565,19090 7,736 35.3
Jefferson 65,096113,1912,833 181,120 26.6
Jefferson Davis 3,9239,278300 13,501 39.7
La Salle 8605,60291 6,553 72.4
Lafayette 32,14562,0551,442 95,642 31.3
Lafourche 9,66227,0891,142 37,893 46.0
Lincoln 8,26710,676207 19,150 12.6
Livingston 6,68143,269942 50,892 71.9
Madison 3,1002,15248 5,300 17.9
Morehouse 5,7927,258150 13,200 11.1
Natchitoches 7,8019,054212 17,067 7.3
Orleans 116,04228,0412,204 146,287 60.2
Ouachita 24,81341,741690 67,244 25.2
Plaquemines 3,3806,894175 10,449 33.6
Pointe Coupee 5,5166,702217 12,435 9.5
Rapides 20,12736,611783 57,521 28.7
Red River 2,0802,48465 4,629 8.7
Richland 3,3115,751119 9,181 26.6
Sabine 2,2457,226181 9,652 51.6
St. Bernard 3,4919,642407 13,540 45.4
St. Charles 8,52216,457418 25,397 31.2
St. Helena 3,5672,52295 6,184 16.9
St. James 6,9945,432138 12,564 12.4
St. John the Baptist 12,4248,912320 21,656 16.2
St. Landry 20,26821,650575 42,493 3.3
St. Martin 9,41914,443390 24,252 20.7
St. Mary 9,34513,183375 22,903 16.8
St. Tammany 24,58983,0471,867 109,503 53.4
Tangipahoa 16,43831,434730 48,602 30.9
Tensas 1,6461,36727 3,040 9.2
Terrebonne 11,57928,208905 40,692 40.9
Union 3,1037,619146 10,868 41.6
Vermilion 6,26618,069498 24,833 47.5
Vernon 3,53411,946289 15,769 53.3
Washington 6,12212,215287 18,624 32.7
Webster 6,61011,417243 18,270 26.3
West Baton Rouge 5,0436,654169 11,866 13.6
West Carroll 8784,04564 4,987 63.5
West Feliciana 2,4143,14955 5,618 13.1
Winn 2,0474,63293 6,772 38.2

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 2008?

John McCain won Louisiana by 18.63 percentage points (365,286 votes).

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 2008?

Louisiana cast 9 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Louisiana in 2008?

1,960,761 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Louisiana in 2008?

John McCain 54, Barack Obama 10 (out of 64 counties with results).

How did Louisiana change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 4.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 14.5 points to Republican by 18.6 points.

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