2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana
The 2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election . Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Louisiana was won by George W. Bush (the Governor of neighbouring Texas ) over incumbent Democratic vice president Al Gore . a dramatic swing from the statewide results in 1996 when Democratic President Bill Clinton carried the state with 52% of the vote and with a double-digit margin of victory. Bush won most of the parishes and congressional districts in the state. Bush dominated among the rural areas of the state. The only congressional district Gore won was the second district, which represents the very urban area of New Orleans . As of the 2024 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which St. Landry Parish , West Baton Rouge Parish , and Bienville Parish voted for the Democratic candidate, and the last election in which Louisiana was decided by a single-digit margin.
In this election, Louisiana voted 8.2% to the right of the nation at-large.[ 1]
Louisiana was one of nine states won by Bush in the 2000 election that Clinton had carried in both preceding elections.
Results
2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana[ 2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
George W. Bush
927,871
52.6%
9
Democratic
Al Gore
792,344
44.9%
0
Green Party
Ralph Nader
20,473
1.2%
0
Reform
Patrick Buchanan
14,356
0.8%
0
Constitution
Howard Phillips
5,483
0.3%
0
Libertarian
Harry Browne
2,951
0.2%
0
Socialist Workers
James Harris
1,103
0.1%
0
Natural Law
John Hagelin
1,075
0.1%
0
Totals
1,765,656
100.00%
9
Voter turnout (Voting age/registered)
51%/60%
Results by parish
Parish[ 3]
George W. Bush Republican
Al Gore Democratic
Ralph Nader Green
Pat Buchanan Reform
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Acadia
13,814
59.45%
8,892
38.26%
227
0.98%
255
1.10%
50
0.22%
4,922
21.19%
23,238
Allen
4,035
48.66%
3,914
47.20%
115
1.39%
135
1.63%
93
1.12%
121
1.46%
8,292
Ascension
16,818
54.53%
13,385
43.40%
340
1.10%
201
0.65%
100
0.32%
3,433
11.13%
30,844
Assumption
4,388
43.65%
5,222
51.94%
119
1.18%
163
1.62%
161
1.60%
-834
-8.29%
10,053
Avoyelles
7,329
50.02%
6,701
45.73%
170
1.16%
268
1.83%
185
1.26%
628
4.29%
14,653
Beauregard
7,862
64.42%
3,958
32.43%
155
1.27%
122
1.00%
108
0.88%
3,904
31.99%
12,205
Bienville
3,269
46.66%
3,413
48.72%
50
0.71%
152
2.17%
122
1.74%
-144
-2.06%
7,006
Bossier
23,224
64.66%
11,933
33.23%
295
0.82%
184
0.51%
279
0.78%
11,291
31.43%
35,915
Caddo
46,807
48.94%
47,530
49.70%
734
0.77%
338
0.35%
230
0.24%
-723
-0.76%
95,639
Calcasieu
38,086
51.72%
33,919
46.06%
895
1.22%
529
0.72%
207
0.28%
4,167
5.66%
73,636
Caldwell
2,817
65.09%
1,359
31.40%
37
0.85%
66
1.52%
49
1.13%
1,458
33.69%
4,328
Cameron
2,593
61.99%
1,435
34.31%
46
1.10%
43
1.03%
66
1.58%
1,158
27.68%
4,183
Catahoula
2,912
61.11%
1,718
36.05%
28
0.59%
64
1.34%
43
0.90%
1,194
25.06%
4,765
Claiborne
3,384
53.88%
2,721
43.32%
35
0.56%
81
1.29%
60
0.96%
663
10.56%
6,281
Concordia
4,627
54.44%
3,569
41.99%
54
0.64%
138
1.62%
111
1.31%
1,058
12.45%
8,499
DeSoto
5,260
49.64%
5,036
47.53%
67
0.63%
98
0.92%
135
1.27%
224
2.11%
10,596
East Baton Rouge
89,128
52.74%
76,516
45.28%
2,105
1.25%
687
0.41%
553
0.33%
12,612
7.46%
168,989
East Carroll
1,280
39.45%
1,876
57.81%
16
0.49%
46
1.42%
27
0.83%
-596
-18.36%
3,245
East Feliciana
4,051
50.02%
3,870
47.78%
60
0.74%
79
0.98%
39
0.48%
181
2.24%
8,099
Evangeline
7,290
53.56%
5,763
42.34%
140
1.03%
234
1.72%
185
1.36%
1,527
11.22%
13,612
Franklin
5,363
64.18%
2,792
33.41%
51
0.61%
94
1.12%
56
0.67%
2,571
30.77%
8,356
Grant
4,784
67.81%
2,099
29.75%
57
0.81%
60
0.85%
55
0.78%
2,685
38.06%
7,055
Iberia
17,236
57.42%
11,762
39.18%
365
1.22%
352
1.17%
305
1.02%
5,474
18.24%
30,020
Iberville
5,573
38.43%
8,355
57.61%
175
1.21%
217
1.50%
183
1.26%
-2,782
-19.18%
14,503
Jackson
4,347
61.17%
2,582
36.34%
53
0.75%
79
1.11%
45
0.63%
1,765
24.83%
7,106
Jefferson
105,003
58.61%
70,411
39.30%
2,293
1.28%
988
0.55%
456
0.25%
34,592
19.31%
179,151
Jefferson Davis
6,945
55.36%
5,162
41.14%
143
1.14%
167
1.33%
129
1.03%
1,783
14.22%
12,546
Lafayette
48,491
61.94%
27,190
34.73%
1,510
1.93%
618
0.79%
484
0.62%
21,301
27.21%
78,293
Lafourche
18,575
53.92%
14,627
42.46%
424
1.23%
457
1.33%
366
1.06%
3,948
11.46%
34,449
LaSalle
4,564
74.72%
1,397
22.87%
57
0.93%
54
0.88%
36
0.59%
3,167
51.85%
6,108
Lincoln
9,246
55.86%
6,851
41.39%
124
0.75%
148
0.89%
182
1.10%
2,395
14.47%
16,551
Livingston
24,889
67.51%
11,008
29.86%
384
1.04%
331
0.90%
253
0.69%
13,881
37.65%
36,865
Madison
2,127
44.85%
2,489
52.48%
37
0.78%
61
1.29%
29
0.61%
-362
-7.63%
4,743
Morehouse
6,641
53.90%
5,289
42.93%
103
0.84%
166
1.35%
122
0.99%
1,352
10.97%
12,321
Natchitoches
7,332
49.35%
6,924
46.60%
109
0.73%
271
1.82%
221
1.49%
408
2.75%
14,857
Orleans
39,404
21.74%
137,630
75.95%
3,025
1.67%
638
0.35%
524
0.29%
-98,226
-54.21%
181,221
Ouachita
35,107
60.31%
21,457
36.86%
529
0.91%
615
1.06%
503
0.86%
13,650
23.45%
58,211
Plaquemines
6,302
57.65%
4,425
40.48%
104
0.95%
75
0.69%
25
0.23%
1,877
17.17%
10,931
Pointe Coupee
4,710
43.48%
5,813
53.67%
108
1.00%
102
0.94%
99
0.91%
-1,103
-10.19%
10,832
Rapides
28,831
58.81%
18,898
38.55%
446
0.91%
461
0.94%
388
0.79%
9,933
20.26%
49,024
Red River
2,200
48.65%
2,177
48.14%
35
0.77%
68
1.50%
42
0.93%
23
0.51%
4,522
Richland
4,895
57.69%
3,282
38.68%
51
0.60%
138
1.63%
119
1.40%
1,613
19.01%
8,485
Sabine
5,754
64.93%
2,846
32.11%
81
0.91%
89
1.00%
92
1.04%
2,908
32.82%
8,862
St. Bernard
16,255
56.79%
11,682
40.82%
397
1.39%
211
0.74%
76
0.27%
4,573
15.97%
28,621
St. Charles
11,981
55.70%
8,918
41.46%
215
1.00%
181
0.84%
215
1.00%
3,063
14.24%
21,510
St. Helena
1,965
37.40%
3,059
58.22%
65
1.24%
79
1.50%
86
1.64%
-1,094
-20.82%
5,254
St. James
3,813
35.62%
6,523
60.93%
61
0.57%
180
1.68%
128
1.20%
-2,710
-25.31%
10,705
St. John the Baptist
7,423
41.91%
9,745
55.02%
164
0.93%
212
1.20%
169
0.95%
-2,322
-13.11%
17,713
St. Landry
15,449
45.24%
18,067
52.90%
225
0.66%
318
0.93%
92
0.27%
-2,618
-7.66%
34,151
St. Martin
9,961
47.94%
9,853
47.42%
268
1.29%
406
1.95%
290
1.40%
108
0.52%
20,778
St. Mary
11,325
51.93%
9,851
45.17%
214
0.98%
235
1.08%
185
0.85%
1,474
6.76%
21,810
St. Tammany
59,193
70.69%
22,722
27.13%
1,199
1.43%
434
0.52%
189
0.23%
36,471
43.56%
83,737
Tangipahoa
20,421
54.96%
15,843
42.64%
405
1.09%
301
0.81%
185
0.50%
4,578
12.32%
37,155
Tensas
1,330
44.19%
1,580
52.49%
20
0.66%
46
1.53%
34
1.13%
-250
-8.30%
3,010
Terrebonne
21,314
58.12%
14,414
39.30%
310
0.85%
351
0.96%
286
0.78%
6,900
18.82%
36,675
Union
5,772
61.78%
3,205
34.30%
66
0.71%
151
1.62%
149
1.59%
2,567
27.48%
9,343
Vermilion
12,495
56.20%
8,704
39.15%
307
1.38%
392
1.76%
337
1.52%
3,791
17.05%
22,235
Vernon
8,794
63.60%
4,655
33.67%
151
1.09%
123
0.89%
104
0.75%
4,139
29.93%
13,827
Washington
8,983
53.19%
7,399
43.81%
126
0.75%
187
1.11%
192
1.14%
1,584
9.38%
16,887
Webster
9,420
55.12%
7,197
42.11%
120
0.70%
183
1.07%
170
0.99%
2,223
13.01%
17,090
West Baton Rouge
4,924
48.42%
5,058
49.74%
69
0.68%
63
0.62%
55
0.54%
-134
-1.32%
10,169
West Carroll
3,220
68.88%
1,319
28.21%
25
0.53%
68
1.45%
43
0.92%
1,901
40.67%
4,675
West Feliciana
2,512
51.69%
2,187
45.00%
62
1.28%
52
1.07%
47
0.97%
325
6.69%
4,860
Winn
4,028
63.32%
2,167
34.07%
52
0.82%
51
0.80%
63
0.99%
1,861
29.25%
6,361
Totals
927,871
52.55%
792,344
44.88%
20,473
1.16%
14,356
0.81%
10,612
0.60%
135,527
7.67%
1,765,656
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Results by congressional district
Bush won 6 of 7 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.
Electors
Technically, the voters of Louisiana cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College . Louisiana is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators . All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 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 9 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 a faithless elector .
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[ 4] 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 were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:[ 5]
Patricia Brister
Donald Ensenat
Heulette Fontenot Jr.
Mike Foster
Steve Jordan
Elizabeth Levy
Al Lippman
Suzanne Haik Terrell
Michael Woods Sr.
See also
References