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The2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Louisiana was won by incumbentPresidentGeorge W. Bush by a 14.5 percent margin. Prior to the election, all twelve news organizations considered this a state Bush would win, or otherwise ared state. Bush's performance constituted a much wider margin than that of his2000 results, which were 6.8 percent smaller. The state, like other states in theDeep South, is racially polarized when it comes to presidential elections, as a wide majority of the white population votes Republican, and a wide majority of the black population votes Democratic.
In this election, Louisiana voted 12.05% to the right of the nation at-large.[1]
There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.[2]
| Source | Ranking |
|---|---|
| D.C. Political Report | Lean R |
| Cook Political Report | Solid R |
| Research 2000 | Solid R |
| Zogby International | Likely R |
| Washington Post | Likely R |
| Washington Dispatch | Likely R |
| Washington Times | Solid R |
| The New York Times | Solid R |
| CNN | Likely R |
| Newsweek | Solid R |
| Associated Press | Lean R |
| Rasmussen Reports | Likely R |
Bush won every single pre-election poll, and won each with at least 48 percent of the vote. The final 3 polls averaged Bush leading 51 to 39 percent.[3]
Bush raised $1,933,549.[4] Kerry raised $1,303,859.[5]
Neither campaign advertised or visited this state during the fall election.[6][7]
Bush performed better here than he did in 2000. He won four more parishes: Caddo, Bienville, Saint Landry, and West Baton Rouge, but he won each with very slim margins of victory of less than two percent, except for West Baton Rouge which he won with 54 percent of the vote, indicating that parish as trending Republican. In the northern portion of the state, Bush barely lost in Madison and Tensas. The only two parishes in which he got less than forty percent of the vote were East Carroll and Orleans. Bush also won six of seven congressional districts in the state, each with at least 58 percent of the vote. TheSecond District, which covers the parish and city of Orleans, was won by Kerry with seventy percent of the vote; in other words, no congressional district in the state was competitive. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichEast Baton Rouge Parish andCaddo Parish voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[8] Conversely, this is the last election in whichAssumption Parish andPointe Coupee Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[8]
| 2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush (incumbent) | 1,102,169 | 56.72% | 9 | |
| Democratic | John Kerry | 820,299 | 42.22% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | 7,032 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| American Independent | Michael Peroutka | 5,203 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Badnarik | 2,781 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Independent | Walt Brown | 1,795 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| Independent | Gene Amondson | 1,566 | 0.08% | 0 | |
| Green | David Cobb | 1,276 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | James Harris | 985 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | 169,510 | 1.35% | — | ||
| Totals | 1,943,106 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 58.5% | ||||
| Parish | George W. Bush Republican | John Kerry Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 16,083 | 63.75% | 8,937 | 35.42% | 210 | 0.83% | 7,146 | 28.33% | 25,230 |
| Allen | 5,140 | 56.33% | 3,791 | 41.55% | 193 | 2.12% | 1,349 | 14.78% | 9,124 |
| Ascension | 24,661 | 63.07% | 13,955 | 35.69% | 484 | 1.24% | 10,706 | 27.38% | 39,100 |
| Assumption | 4,966 | 46.26% | 5,585 | 52.03% | 184 | 1.71% | -619 | -5.77% | 10,735 |
| Avoyelles | 8,302 | 53.48% | 6,976 | 44.93% | 247 | 1.59% | 1,326 | 8.55% | 15,525 |
| Beauregard | 9,470 | 71.30% | 3,666 | 27.60% | 145 | 1.09% | 5,804 | 43.70% | 13,281 |
| Bienville | 3,612 | 50.47% | 3,399 | 47.49% | 146 | 2.04% | 213 | 2.98% | 7,157 |
| Bossier | 30,040 | 70.34% | 12,317 | 28.84% | 348 | 0.81% | 17,723 | 41.50% | 42,705 |
| Caddo | 54,292 | 50.93% | 51,739 | 48.54% | 564 | 0.53% | 2,553 | 2.39% | 106,595 |
| Calcasieu | 46,075 | 57.81% | 32,864 | 41.24% | 759 | 0.95% | 13,211 | 16.57% | 79,698 |
| Caldwell | 3,308 | 69.61% | 1,384 | 29.12% | 60 | 1.26% | 1,924 | 40.49% | 4,752 |
| Cameron | 3,190 | 68.75% | 1,367 | 29.46% | 83 | 1.79% | 1,823 | 39.29% | 4,640 |
| Catahoula | 3,219 | 64.98% | 1,673 | 33.77% | 62 | 1.25% | 1,546 | 31.21% | 4,954 |
| Claiborne | 3,704 | 55.87% | 2,854 | 43.05% | 72 | 1.09% | 850 | 12.82% | 6,630 |
| Concordia | 5,427 | 60.43% | 3,446 | 38.37% | 107 | 1.19% | 1,981 | 22.06% | 8,980 |
| DeSoto | 6,211 | 54.79% | 5,026 | 44.34% | 99 | 0.87% | 1,185 | 10.45% | 11,336 |
| East Baton Rouge | 99,943 | 54.42% | 82,298 | 44.81% | 1,401 | 0.76% | 17,645 | 9.61% | 183,642 |
| East Carroll | 1,357 | 39.97% | 1,980 | 58.32% | 58 | 1.71% | -623 | -18.35% | 3,395 |
| East Feliciana | 5,021 | 54.57% | 4,091 | 44.46% | 89 | 0.97% | 930 | 10.11% | 9,201 |
| Evangeline | 7,949 | 56.86% | 5,757 | 41.18% | 273 | 1.95% | 2,192 | 15.68% | 13,979 |
| Franklin | 6,141 | 67.46% | 2,828 | 31.07% | 134 | 1.47% | 3,313 | 36.39% | 9,103 |
| Grant | 5,911 | 73.97% | 1,977 | 24.74% | 103 | 1.29% | 3,934 | 49.23% | 7,991 |
| Iberia | 19,420 | 60.17% | 12,426 | 38.50% | 427 | 1.32% | 6,994 | 21.67% | 32,273 |
| Iberville | 6,333 | 42.71% | 8,259 | 55.70% | 235 | 1.58% | -1,926 | -12.99% | 14,827 |
| Jackson | 5,038 | 65.88% | 2,525 | 33.02% | 84 | 1.10% | 2,513 | 32.86% | 7,647 |
| Jefferson | 117,882 | 61.50% | 72,136 | 37.64% | 1,645 | 0.86% | 45,746 | 23.86% | 191,663 |
| Jefferson Davis | 8,055 | 61.93% | 4,745 | 36.48% | 207 | 1.59% | 3,310 | 25.45% | 13,007 |
| Lafayette | 57,732 | 64.20% | 31,210 | 34.71% | 981 | 1.09% | 26,522 | 29.49% | 89,923 |
| Lafourche | 22,734 | 60.04% | 14,417 | 38.08% | 713 | 1.88% | 8,317 | 21.96% | 37,864 |
| LaSalle | 5,015 | 80.39% | 1,155 | 18.52% | 68 | 1.09% | 3,860 | 61.87% | 6,238 |
| Lincoln | 10,791 | 59.23% | 7,242 | 39.75% | 185 | 1.02% | 3,549 | 19.48% | 18,218 |
| Livingston | 33,976 | 76.78% | 9,895 | 22.36% | 382 | 0.86% | 24,081 | 54.42% | 44,253 |
| Madison | 2,291 | 49.03% | 2,334 | 49.95% | 48 | 1.03% | -43 | -0.92% | 4,673 |
| Morehouse | 7,471 | 57.60% | 5,336 | 41.14% | 164 | 1.26% | 2,135 | 16.46% | 12,971 |
| Natchitoches | 9,261 | 54.59% | 7,398 | 43.60% | 307 | 1.81% | 1,863 | 10.99% | 16,966 |
| Orleans | 42,847 | 21.74% | 152,610 | 77.43% | 1,646 | 0.84% | -109,763 | -55.69% | 197,103 |
| Ouachita | 41,750 | 64.78% | 22,016 | 34.16% | 678 | 1.05% | 19,734 | 30.62% | 64,444 |
| Plaquemines | 7,866 | 64.72% | 4,181 | 34.40% | 106 | 0.87% | 3,685 | 30.32% | 12,153 |
| Pointe Coupee | 5,429 | 48.17% | 5,712 | 50.68% | 130 | 1.15% | -283 | -2.51% | 11,271 |
| Rapides | 34,492 | 63.79% | 18,904 | 34.96% | 673 | 1.24% | 15,588 | 28.83% | 54,069 |
| Red River | 2,507 | 53.15% | 2,140 | 45.37% | 70 | 1.48% | 367 | 7.78% | 4,717 |
| Richland | 5,471 | 63.14% | 3,082 | 35.57% | 112 | 1.29% | 2,389 | 27.57% | 8,665 |
| Sabine | 6,711 | 70.08% | 2,743 | 28.64% | 122 | 1.27% | 3,968 | 41.44% | 9,576 |
| St. Bernard | 19,597 | 65.68% | 9,956 | 33.37% | 285 | 0.96% | 9,641 | 32.31% | 29,838 |
| St. Charles | 14,747 | 61.87% | 8,856 | 37.15% | 234 | 0.98% | 5,891 | 24.72% | 23,837 |
| St. Helena | 2,235 | 40.58% | 3,173 | 57.61% | 100 | 1.82% | -938 | -17.03% | 5,508 |
| St. James | 4,545 | 40.92% | 6,407 | 57.68% | 156 | 1.40% | -1,862 | -16.76% | 11,108 |
| St. John the Baptist | 9,039 | 46.08% | 10,305 | 52.53% | 273 | 1.39% | -1,266 | -6.45% | 19,617 |
| St. Landry | 18,315 | 49.82% | 18,166 | 49.42% | 279 | 0.76% | 149 | 0.40% | 36,760 |
| St. Martin | 12,095 | 52.99% | 10,321 | 45.22% | 408 | 1.79% | 1,774 | 7.77% | 22,824 |
| St. Mary | 12,877 | 56.74% | 9,547 | 42.07% | 270 | 1.19% | 3,330 | 14.67% | 22,694 |
| St. Tammany | 75,139 | 74.70% | 24,665 | 24.52% | 788 | 0.78% | 50,474 | 50.18% | 100,592 |
| Tangipahoa | 26,181 | 62.14% | 15,345 | 36.42% | 609 | 1.45% | 10,836 | 25.72% | 42,135 |
| Tensas | 1,453 | 49.04% | 1,469 | 49.58% | 41 | 1.38% | -16 | -0.54% | 2,963 |
| Terrebonne | 26,358 | 64.96% | 13,684 | 33.73% | 532 | 1.31% | 12,674 | 31.23% | 40,574 |
| Union | 7,457 | 69.57% | 3,089 | 28.82% | 172 | 1.60% | 4,368 | 40.75% | 10,718 |
| Vermilion | 15,069 | 61.38% | 9,085 | 37.00% | 398 | 1.62% | 5,984 | 24.38% | 24,552 |
| Vernon | 11,032 | 72.44% | 4,035 | 26.50% | 162 | 1.06% | 6,997 | 45.94% | 15,229 |
| Washington | 11,006 | 61.69% | 6,554 | 36.74% | 281 | 1.58% | 4,452 | 24.95% | 17,841 |
| Webster | 11,070 | 60.00% | 6,833 | 37.04% | 546 | 2.96% | 4,237 | 22.96% | 18,449 |
| West Baton Rouge | 5,822 | 53.73% | 4,932 | 45.52% | 81 | 0.75% | 890 | 8.21% | 10,835 |
| West Carroll | 3,740 | 74.31% | 1,231 | 24.46% | 62 | 1.23% | 2,509 | 49.85% | 5,033 |
| West Feliciana | 2,932 | 56.19% | 2,214 | 42.43% | 72 | 1.38% | 718 | 13.76% | 5,218 |
| Winn | 4,366 | 67.10% | 2,056 | 31.60% | 85 | 1.31% | 2,310 | 35.50% | 6,507 |
| Totals | 1,102,169 | 56.72% | 820,299 | 42.22% | 20,638 | 1.06% | 281,870 | 14.50% | 1,943,106 |
| Democratic Hold | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic |
Bush won six of seven congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.[10]
| District | Bush | Kerry | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 70% | 29% | David Vitter |
| Bobby Jindal | |||
| 2nd | 24% | 75% | William J. Jefferson |
| 3rd | 58% | 41% | Billy Tauzin |
| Charlie Melancon | |||
| 4th | 59% | 40% | Jim McCrery |
| 5th | 62% | 37% | Rodney Alexander |
| 6th | 59% | 40% | Richard H. Baker |
| 7th | 60% | 39% | Chris John |
| Charles Boustany |
Technically the voters of Louisiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Louisiana is allocated nine electors because it has sevencongressional districts and twosenators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of nine electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all nine electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as afaithless elector.
The electors of each state and theDistrict of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All nine were pledged to Bush/Cheney:
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