2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana
election in Louisiana
The 2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 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 incumbent President George 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 a red state. Bush's performance constituted a much wider margin than that of his 2000 results, where he won by a 7.7 percent margin. The state, like other states in the Deep 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. As of the 2024 election, this is the last time Assumption and Pointe Coupee parishes voted for a Democrat, and the last in which Caddo and East Baton Rouge parishes voted for a Republican.
Primaries
2004 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
2004 Louisiana Republican presidential primary
Campaign
Predictions
There were 12 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day.
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