# 2024 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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The 2024 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Louisiana voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Louisiana has eight electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.
The Republican former President Donald Trump ran for re-election to a second non-consecutive term after his defeat in the 2020 election. Trump defeated the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, in Louisiana by a margin of 22%, an increase of 3.4% compared to 2020.

## Primary elections
### Republican primary

The Louisiana Republican primary was held on March 23, 2024.
Louisiana Republican primary, March 22, 2024 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Bound | Unbound | Total |
| Donald Trump | 172,503 | 89.77% | 47 | | 47 |
| Nikki Haley (withdrawn) | 13,123 | 6.83% | | | |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 3,022 | 1.57% | | | |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 1,281 | 0.67% | | | |
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 595 | 0.31% | | | |
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 580 | 0.30% | | | |
| Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn) | 519 | 0.27% | | | |
| Rachel Swift | 335 | 0.17% | | | |
| David Stuckenberg | 210 | 0.11% | | | |
| Total: | 192,168 | 100.00% | 47 | | 47 |

### Democratic primary

The Louisiana Democratic primary was held on March 23, 2024, alongside the primary in Missouri.
Louisiana Democratic primary, March 22, 2024 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 143,380 | 86.1% | 48 | | |
| Marianne Williamson | 7,898 | 4.7% | | | |
| Dean Phillips (withdrawn) | 4,351 | 2.6% | | | |
| Stephen Lyons (withdrawn) | 3,770 | 2.3% | | | |
| Bob Ely | 2,652 | 1.6% | | | |
| Frankie Lozada (withdrawn) | 2,245 | 1.4% | | | |
| Armando Perez-Serrato | 1,200 | 0.7% | | | |
| Cenk Uygur (withdrawn) | 1,114 | 0.7% | | | |
| Total: | 166,610 | 100.0% | 48 | 6 | 52 |

## General election
### Electoral slates

The voters of Louisiana cast their ballots for electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, rather than directly for the President and Vice President. Louisiana is allocated eight electors because it has six congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot must submit a list of eight electors who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all eight 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 their candidate is known as a faithless elector. There are no laws on the books in Louisiana that prohibit or punish faithless electors.
These electors were nominated by each party in order to vote in the Electoral College should their candidate win the state:
| Kamala D. Harris Tim Walz Democratic Party | Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka Green Party | Chase Oliver Mike ter Maat Libertarian Party | Donald Trump "JD" Vance Republican Party | Peter Sonski Lauren Onak American Solidarity Party | Randall Terry Stephen Broden Constitution Party | Mattie Preston Shannel Connor Godliness, Truth, Justice | Cornel West Melina Abdullah Justice For All | Claudia De la Cruz Karina Garcia Party for Socialism and Liberation | Rachele Fruit Dennis Richter Socialist Workers Party | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Nicole Shanahan We the People Party |
| Randal L. Gaines Helena Moreno Gian L. Durand Cedric Richmond Dustin Granger Sam Jenkins Myron Lawson Antonio Marcel Clayton | David Bryan Naima Gayles Billal Jaber Bart Everson Keith Korcz Richard Fowler Mansfield, Jr. Jeffrey Sykes John Krause | Michael Dodd Jonathan Brazzell Carol Elizabeth Vest Boyd Wayne Smith Chantal Saucier Tyler James Lee Bargenquast Keith Thompson Colin Nicol | Christian Gil Randolph August Bazet, III Raymond M. Griffin, Jr. Lloyd A. Harsch Luke Anthony Dupre Matthew Kay Phillipp Jeffrey Bedwell Carl W. Benedict | Conner Warren Rebecca Bresowar LeBlanc Joseph M. Casso Richard Bresowar Michael B. Linton Stewart G. Thompson Ruth S. Powers Rebecca Pope | William Shanks Edwin Shanks, III Anthony Kipp MarQuize Mary C. Shanks Farley J. Painter Mona Proctor Evan Hornsby Therese Atwell | Brenda D. Montgomery Burney Mitchell Jerleesa Anderson Bennie Scott Linda Roy Ronald Lee Harvill Eugene Blackwell Wanda Griffin | Avery D. Wilson Jessica LeVee White Sharon Breaux Megan Colette Gaffney Stephen James DeYoung Robert Cruz Brianna Carter Betty Selmon | Annalise Vidrine J. Brian Roberts Cecilia Hammond Devorah Levy-Pearlman Clayton Wilkerson Ian W. Hazleton Debra Williams David Jewel Isaacs | Vernon W. Bush Edward Glen Kenny Maria Garcia Ortiz Terry M. Mogilles Maria Victoria Duval Christopher Glenn West William Stratton, Jr. Vera Faye Blake | Connie Sampognaro Joseph Wayne Price, Jr. Daniel David Bristol Erica Geldersma Caleb Clotiaux Shirlee Ann Owen Taylor Cabler "Bobby" Smith |

### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Cook Political Report | Solid R | December 19, 2023 |
| Inside Elections | Solid R | April 26, 2023 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | June 29, 2023 |
| Decision Desk HQ/The Hill | Safe R | December 14, 2023 |
| CNalysis | Solid R | December 30, 2023 |
| CNN | Solid R | January 14, 2024 |
| The Economist | Safe R | June 12, 2024 |
| 538 | Solid R | August 26, 2024 |
| RCP | Solid R | June 26, 2024 |
| NBC News | Safe R | October 6, 2024 |

### Polling

Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Other / Undecided |
| Faucheux Strategies | April 22–26, 2024 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 52% | 38% | 10% |
| John Zogby Strategies | April 13–21, 2024 | 501 (LV) | – | 54% | 39% | 7% |
| Echelon Insights | August 31 – September 7, 2022 | 506 (LV) | ± 6.5% | 51% | 36% | 13% |
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Robert Kennedy Jr Independent | Cornel West Independent | Jill Stein Green | Other / Undecided |
| Faucheux Strategies | April 22–26, 2024 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 33% | 10% | 2% | 1% | 6% |
Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Robert Kennedy Jr. Independent | Other / Undecided |
| John Zogby Strategies | April 13–21, 2024 | 501 (LV) | – | 51% | 36% | 13% |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Joe Biden
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Robert Kennedy Jr. Independent | Joe Biden Democratic | Other / Undecided |
| John Zogby Strategies | April 13–21, 2024 | 501 (LV) | – | 51% | 35% | 14% |
Ron DeSantis vs. Joe Biden
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Ron DeSantis Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Other / Undecided |
| Echelon Insights | August 31 – September 7, 2022 | 506 (LV) | ± 6.5% | 46% | 33% | 21% |

### Results

2024 United States presidential election in Louisiana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Donald TrumpJD Vance | 1,208,505 | 60.22% | 1.76% |
| | Democratic | Kamala HarrisTim Walz | 766,870 | 38.21% | 1.64% |
| | Green | Jill SteinAjamu Baraka | 7,138 | 0.36% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Chase OliverMike ter Maat | 6,835 | 0.34% | 0.67% |
| | We the People | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (withdrawn)Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn) | 6,641 | 0.33% | N/A |
| | Godliness, Truth, Justice | Mattie PrestonShannel Conner | 2,857 | 0.14% | N/A |
| | Justice For All | Cornel WestMelina Abdullah | 2,623 | 0.13% | N/A |
| | American Solidarity | Peter SonskiLauren Onak | 2,240 | 0.11% | 0.01% |
| | Socialism and Liberation | Claudia De la CruzKarina Garcia | 1,481 | 0.07% | 0.02% |
| | Constitution | Randall TerryStephen Broden | 1,424 | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| | Socialist Workers | Rachele FruitDennis Richter | 361 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,006,975 | 100.00% | N/A |

#### By parish

| Parish | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Kamala Harris Democratic | Kamala Harris Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| Parish | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| Acadia | 21,783 | 81.52% | 4,695 | 17.57% | 242 | 0.91% | 17,088 | 63.95% | 26,720 |
| Allen | 7,003 | 80.03% | 1,661 | 18.98% | 87 | 0.99% | 5,342 | 61.05% | 8,751 |
| Ascension | 41,319 | 66.14% | 20,113 | 32.19% | 1,041 | 1.67% | 21,206 | 33.95% | 62,473 |
| Assumption | 6,963 | 67.17% | 3,273 | 31.57% | 131 | 1.26% | 3,690 | 35.60% | 10,367 |
| Avoyelles | 11,379 | 70.95% | 4,460 | 27.81% | 198 | 1.23% | 6,919 | 43.14% | 16,037 |
| Beauregard | 13,504 | 85.07% | 2,192 | 13.81% | 178 | 1.12% | 11,312 | 71.26% | 15,874 |
| Bienville | 3,660 | 58.50% | 2,531 | 40.46% | 65 | 1.04% | 1,129 | 18.04% | 6,256 |
| Bossier | 37,105 | 71.04% | 14,467 | 27.70% | 660 | 1.26% | 22,638 | 43.34% | 52,232 |
| Caddo | 44,471 | 46.96% | 48,864 | 51.60% | 1,364 | 1.44% | -4,393 | -4.64% | 94,699 |
| Calcasieu | 56,064 | 69.04% | 23,918 | 29.46% | 1,219 | 1.50% | 32,146 | 39.58% | 81,201 |
| Caldwell | 3,724 | 85.93% | 580 | 13.38% | 30 | 0.69% | 3,144 | 72.55% | 4,334 |
| Cameron | 3,120 | 92.80% | 219 | 6.51% | 23 | 0.68% | 2,901 | 86.29% | 3,362 |
| Catahoula | 3,258 | 74.93% | 1,060 | 24.38% | 30 | 0.69% | 2,198 | 50.55% | 4,348 |
| Claiborne | 3,522 | 60.56% | 2,239 | 38.50% | 55 | 0.95% | 1,283 | 22.06% | 5,816 |
| Concordia | 4,974 | 64.14% | 2,698 | 34.79% | 83 | 1.07% | 2,276 | 29.35% | 7,755 |
| DeSoto | 9,359 | 67.27% | 4,426 | 31.81% | 128 | 0.92% | 4,933 | 35.46% | 13,913 |
| East Baton Rouge | 82,720 | 43.39% | 103,820 | 54.46% | 4,103 | 2.15% | -21,100 | -11.07% | 190,643 |
| East Carroll | 931 | 40.37% | 1,338 | 58.02% | 37 | 1.60% | -407 | -17.65% | 2,306 |
| East Feliciana | 6,020 | 60.52% | 3,809 | 38.29% | 118 | 1.19% | 2,211 | 22.23% | 9,947 |
| Evangeline | 10,483 | 73.95% | 3,526 | 24.87% | 167 | 1.18% | 6,957 | 49.08% | 14,176 |
| Franklin | 6,524 | 74.15% | 2,196 | 24.96% | 78 | 0.89% | 4,328 | 49.19% | 8,798 |
| Grant | 7,925 | 87.88% | 996 | 11.04% | 97 | 1.08% | 6,929 | 76.84% | 9,018 |
| Iberia | 19,511 | 66.52% | 9,504 | 32.40% | 316 | 1.08% | 10,007 | 34.12% | 29,331 |
| Iberville | 7,616 | 49.60% | 7,503 | 48.87% | 235 | 1.53% | 113 | 0.73% | 15,354 |
| Jackson | 5,291 | 73.22% | 1,852 | 25.63% | 83 | 1.15% | 3,439 | 47.59% | 7,226 |
| Jefferson | 98,810 | 55.45% | 75,731 | 42.50% | 3,664 | 2.06% | 23,079 | 12.95% | 178,205 |
| Jefferson Davis | 11,478 | 79.94% | 2,699 | 18.80% | 181 | 1.26% | 8,779 | 61.14% | 14,358 |
| Lafayette | 72,007 | 64.82% | 37,170 | 33.46% | 1,909 | 1.72% | 34,837 | 31.36% | 111,086 |
| Lafourche | 34,461 | 80.43% | 7,864 | 18.35% | 520 | 1.21% | 26,597 | 62.08% | 42,845 |
| LaSalle | 6,023 | 90.98% | 546 | 8.25% | 51 | 0.77% | 5,477 | 82.73% | 6,620 |
| Lincoln | 11,248 | 61.95% | 6,627 | 36.50% | 282 | 1.55% | 4,621 | 25.45% | 18,157 |
| Livingston | 55,101 | 83.61% | 9,965 | 15.12% | 840 | 1.27% | 45,136 | 68.49% | 65,906 |
| Madison | 1,846 | 46.24% | 2,094 | 52.45% | 52 | 1.30% | -248 | -6.21% | 3,992 |
| Morehouse | 5,961 | 59.04% | 4,008 | 39.69% | 128 | 1.27% | 1,953 | 19.35% | 10,097 |
| Natchitoches | 9,100 | 60.51% | 5,740 | 38.16% | 200 | 1.33% | 3,360 | 22.35% | 15,040 |
| Orleans | 24,119 | 15.16% | 130,749 | 82.16% | 4,262 | 2.68% | -106,630 | -67.00% | 159,130 |
| Ouachita | 40,808 | 63.33% | 22,845 | 35.45% | 783 | 1.22% | 17,963 | 27.88% | 64,436 |
| Plaquemines | 6,803 | 68.41% | 3,023 | 30.40% | 119 | 1.20% | 3,780 | 38.01% | 9,945 |
| Pointe Coupee | 7,319 | 63.26% | 4,132 | 35.71% | 119 | 1.03% | 3,187 | 27.55% | 11,570 |
| Rapides | 36,171 | 67.74% | 16,537 | 30.97% | 687 | 1.29% | 19,634 | 36.77% | 53,395 |
| Red River | 2,337 | 62.74% | 1,321 | 35.46% | 67 | 1.80% | 1,016 | 27.28% | 3,725 |
| Richland | 6,354 | 69.12% | 2,732 | 29.72% | 107 | 1.16% | 3,622 | 39.40% | 9,193 |
| Sabine | 8,613 | 84.69% | 1,488 | 14.63% | 69 | 0.68% | 7,125 | 70.06% | 10,170 |
| St. Bernard | 11,033 | 63.80% | 5,967 | 34.51% | 292 | 1.69% | 5,066 | 29.29% | 17,292 |
| St. Charles | 17,443 | 65.37% | 8,812 | 33.02% | 430 | 1.61% | 8,631 | 32.35% | 26,685 |
| St. Helena | 2,804 | 48.81% | 2,848 | 49.57% | 93 | 1.62% | -44 | -0.76% | 5,745 |
| St. James | 5,902 | 50.06% | 5,792 | 49.13% | 95 | 0.81% | 110 | 0.93% | 11,789 |
| St. John the Baptist | 6,557 | 34.83% | 12,043 | 63.97% | 227 | 1.21% | -5,486 | -29.14% | 18,827 |
| St. Landry | 21,812 | 58.88% | 14,833 | 40.04% | 398 | 1.07% | 6,979 | 18.84% | 37,043 |
| St. Martin | 17,466 | 69.85% | 7,284 | 29.13% | 256 | 1.02% | 10,182 | 40.72% | 25,006 |
| St. Mary | 13,671 | 65.42% | 7,011 | 33.55% | 215 | 1.03% | 6,660 | 31.87% | 20,897 |
| St. Tammany | 98,377 | 71.09% | 37,777 | 27.30% | 2,230 | 1.61% | 60,600 | 43.79% | 138,384 |
| Tangipahoa | 37,500 | 68.05% | 16,886 | 30.64% | 718 | 1.30% | 20,614 | 37.41% | 55,104 |
| Tensas | 1,093 | 51.36% | 1,002 | 47.09% | 33 | 1.55% | 91 | 4.27% | 2,128 |
| Terrebonne | 31,115 | 75.29% | 9,702 | 23.48% | 510 | 1.23% | 21,413 | 51.81% | 41,327 |
| Union | 8,176 | 78.05% | 2,206 | 21.06% | 93 | 0.89% | 5,970 | 56.99% | 10,475 |
| Vermilion | 21,510 | 81.39% | 4,637 | 17.55% | 282 | 1.07% | 16,873 | 63.84% | 26,429 |
| Vernon | 13,474 | 83.44% | 2,513 | 15.56% | 162 | 1.00% | 10,961 | 67.88% | 16,149 |
| Washington | 12,846 | 69.61% | 5,411 | 29.32% | 198 | 1.07% | 7,435 | 40.29% | 18,455 |
| Webster | 10,965 | 67.66% | 5,053 | 31.18% | 187 | 1.15% | 5,912 | 36.48% | 16,205 |
| West Baton Rouge | 7,627 | 55.12% | 6,008 | 43.42% | 201 | 1.45% | 1,619 | 11.70% | 13,836 |
| West Carroll | 3,986 | 86.60% | 578 | 12.56% | 39 | 0.85% | 3,408 | 74.04% | 4,603 |
| West Feliciana | 3,923 | 65.30% | 2,004 | 33.36% | 81 | 1.35% | 1,919 | 31.94% | 6,008 |
| Winn | 4,437 | 76.75% | 1,292 | 22.35% | 52 | 0.90% | 3,145 | 54.40% | 5,781 |
| Totals | 1,208,505 | 60.22% | 766,870 | 38.21% | 31,600 | 1.57% | 441,635 | 22.01% | 2,006,975 |

#### Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* St. James (largest city: St. Gabriel)
* Iberville (largest city: Lutcher)
* Tensas (largest city: Newellton)
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Democratic  Hold Republican  Hold  Gain from Democratic

#### By congressional district

Trump won 4 of 6 congressional districts.
| District | Trump | Harris | Representative |
| 1st | 68.16% | 29.99% | Steve Scalise |
| 2nd | 33.35% | 64.70% | Troy Carter |
| 3rd | 71.84% | 26.82% | Clay Higgins |
| 4th | 75.56% | 23.21% | Mike Johnson |
| 5th | 67.44% | 31.06% | Julia Letlow |
| 6th | 41.80% | 56.64% | Garret Graves (118th Congress) |
| 6th | 41.80% | 56.64% | Cleo Fields (119th Congress) |

## Analysis

As a Deep Southern state located largely within the Bible Belt, Louisiana has a conservative voting pattern, with the only Democrats to carry the state's electoral votes after Franklin D. Roosevelt being Adlai Stevenson II in his first bid, John F. Kennedy, fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter in his first bid, and Bill Clinton of neighboring Arkansas. Republicans have won the state in every presidential election since George W. Bush of neighboring Texas did in 2000, and have done so by double-digit margins since Bush's 2004 re-election.
This was the first presidential election in Louisiana since 1984 where a candidate received over 60% of the statewide vote. Trump became the first Republican to win majority-African American Tensas Parish since George H.W. Bush in 1988, as well as the first since Richard Nixon in 1972 to achieve likewise in the slimly majority-minority parishes of Iberville and St. James.