2000 United States presidential election in Louisiana

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 927,871 792,344 Percentage 52.55% 44.88%

350px Parish Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

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 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by Governor George W. Bush, a dramatic swing from the statewide results in 1996 when Democrat President Bill Clinton carried the state with 52% of the vote and with a double-digit margin of victory. Bush was the first Republican to carry the state since 1988. Bush won most of the counties 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 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which St. Landry Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and Bienville Parish voted for the Democratic candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2000
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%

By congressional district

Bush won 6 of 7 congressional districts.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
1st	67%	31%	David Vitter
2nd	22%	76%	William J. Jefferson
3rd	52%	45%	Billy Tauzin
4th	55%	43%	Jim McCrery
5th	57%	40%	John Cooksey
6th	59%	40%	Richard H. Baker
7th	55%	42%	Chris John

By parish

Parish	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Acadia Parish	38.26%	8,892	59.45%	13,814	02.29%	532	23,238
Allen Parish	47.20%	3,914	48.66%	4,035	04.14%	343	8,292
Ascension Parish	43.40%	13,385	54.53%	16,818	02.08%	641	30,844
Assumption Parish	51.94%	5,222	43.65%	4,388	04.41%	443	10,053
Avoyelles Parish	45.73%	6,701	50.02%	7,329	04.25%	623	14,653
Beauregard Parish	32.43%	3,958	64.42%	7,862	03.15%	385	12,205
Bienville Parish	48.72%	3,413	46.66%	3,269	04.62%	324	7,006
Bossier Parish	33.23%	11,933	64.66%	23,224	02.11%	758	35,915
Caddo Parish	49.70%	47,530	48.94%	46,807	01.36%	1,302	95,639
Calcasieu Parish	46.06%	33,919	51.72%	38,086	02.21%	1,631	73,636
Caldwell Parish	31.40%	1,359	65.09%	2,817	03.51%	152	4,328
Cameron Parish	34.31%	1,435	61.99%	2,593	03.71%	155	4,183
Catahoula Parish	36.05%	1,718	61.11%	2,912	02.83%	135	4,765
Claiborne Parish	43.32%	2,721	53.88%	3,384	02.80%	176	6,281
Concordia Parish	41.99%	3,569	54.44%	4,627	03.57%	303	8,499
De Soto Parish	47.53%	5,036	49.64%	5,260	02.83%	300	10,596
East Baton Rouge Parish	45.28%	76,516	52.74%	89,128	01.98%	3,345	168,989
East Carroll Parish	57.81%	1,876	39.45%	1,280	02.74%	89	3,245
East Feliciana Parish	47.78%	3,870	50.02%	4,051	02.20%	178	8,099
Evangeline Parish	42.34%	5,763	53.56%	7,290	04.11%	559	13,612
Franklin Parish	33.41%	2,792	64.18%	5,363	02.41%	201	8,356
Grant Parish	29.75%	2,099	67.81%	4,784	02.44%	172	7,055
Iberia Parish	39.18%	11,762	57.42%	17,236	03.40%	1,022	30,020
Iberville Parish	57.61%	8,355	38.43%	5,573	03.96%	575	14,503
Jackson Parish	36.34%	2,582	61.17%	4,347	02.49%	177	7,106
Jefferson Parish	39.30%	70,411	58.61%	105,003	02.09%	3,737	179,151
Jefferson Davis Parish	41.14%	5,162	55.36%	6,945	03.50%	439	12,546
Lafayette Parish	34.73%	27,190	61.94%	48,491	03.34%	2,612	78,293
Lafourche Parish	42.46%	14,627	53.92%	18,575	03.62%	1,247	34,449
LaSalle Parish	22.87%	1,397	74.72%	4,564	02.41%	147	6,108
Lincoln Parish	41.39%	6,851	55.86%	9,246	02.74%	454	16,551
Livingston Parish	29.86%	11,008	67.51%	24,889	02.63%	968	36,865
Madison Parish	52.48%	2,489	44.85%	2,127	02.68%	127	4,743
Morehouse Parish	42.93%	5,289	53.90%	6,641	03.17%	391	12,321
Natchitoches Parish	46.60%	6,924	49.35%	7,332	04.05%	601	14,857
Orleans Parish	75.95%	137,630	21.74%	39,404	02.31%	4,187	181,221
Ouachita Parish	36.86%	21,457	60.31%	35,107	02.83%	1,647	58,211
Plaquemines Parish	40.48%	4,425	57.65%	6,302	01.87%	204	10,931
Pointe Coupee Parish	53.67%	5,813	43.48%	4,710	02.85%	309	10,832
Rapides Parish	38.55%	18,898	58.81%	28,831	02.64%	1,295	49,024
Red River Parish	48.14%	2,177	48.65%	2,200	03.21%	145	4,522
Richland Parish	38.68%	3,282	57.69%	4,895	03.63%	308	8,485
Sabine Parish	32.11%	2,846	64.93%	5,754	02.96%	262	8,862
St. Bernard Parish	40.82%	11,682	56.79%	16,255	02.39%	684	28,621
St. Charles Parish	41.46%	8,918	55.70%	11,981	02.84%	611	21,510
St. Helena Parish	58.22%	3,059	37.40%	1,965	04.38%	230	5,254
St. James Parish	60.93%	6,523	35.62%	3,813	03.45%	369	10,705
St. John the Baptist Parish	55.02%	9,745	41.91%	7,423	03.08%	545	17,713
St. Landry Parish	52.90%	18,067	45.24%	15,449	01.86%	635	34,151
St. Martin Parish	47.42%	9,853	47.94%	9,961	04.64%	964	20,778
St. Mary Parish	45.17%	9,851	51.93%	11,325	02.91%	634	21,810
St. Tammany Parish	27.13%	22,722	70.69%	59,193	02.18%	1,822	83,737
Tangipahoa Parish	42.64%	15,843	54.96%	20,421	02.40%	891	37,155
Tensas Parish	52.49%	1,580	44.19%	1,330	03.32%	100	3,010
Terrebonne Parish	39.30%	14,414	58.12%	21,314	02.58%	947	36,675
Union Parish	34.30%	3,205	61.78%	5,772	03.92%	366	9,343
Vermilion Parish	39.15%	8,704	56.20%	12,495	04.66%	1,036	22,235
Vernon Parish	33.67%	4,655	63.60%	8,794	02.73%	378	13,827
Washington Parish	43.81%	7,399	53.19%	8,983	02.99%	505	16,887
Webster Parish	42.11%	7,197	55.12%	9,420	02.77%	473	17,090
West Baton Rouge Parish	49.74%	5,058	48.42%	4,924	01.84%	187	10,169
West Carroll Parish	28.21%	1,319	68.88%	3,220	02.91%	136	4,675
West Feliciana Parish	45.00%	2,187	51.69%	2,512	03.31%	161	4,860
Winn Parish	34.07%	2,167	63.32%	4,028	02.61%	166	6,361

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential 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 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:

1. Patricia Brister
2. Donald Ensenat
3. Heulette Fontenot Jr.
4. Mike Foster
5. Steve Jordan
6. Elizabeth Levy
7. Al Lippman
8. Suzanne Haik Terrell
9. Michael Woods Sr.