Louisiana — 1984 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1984 presidential electionLouisiana · PresidentReaganR+22.6
How it voted
Share of the 1984 vote
| Ronald Reagan ✓Republican | 60.8% | 1,037,299 |
|---|---|---|
| Walter MondaleDemocratic | 38.2% | 651,586 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.1% | 17,937 |
1984presidential margin
D+60R+60
64 counties, each filled by 1984 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (64 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish, LA | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Allen Parish, LA | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Ascension Parish, LA | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Assumption Parish, LA | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Beauregard Parish, LA | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Bienville Parish, LA | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Bossier Parish, LA | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Caddo Parish, LA | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Calcasieu Parish, LA | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Caldwell Parish, LA | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Cameron Parish, LA | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Catahoula Parish, LA | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Claiborne Parish, LA | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Concordia Parish, LA | Republican | R+29.4 |
| De Soto Parish, LA | Republican | R+12.5 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Republican | R+25.5 |
| East Carroll Parish, LA | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| East Feliciana Parish, LA | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Evangeline Parish, LA | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Franklin Parish, LA | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Grant Parish, LA | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Iberia Parish, LA | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Iberville Parish, LA | Democratic | D+14.1 |
| Jackson Parish, LA | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Lafayette Parish, LA | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Lafourche Parish, LA | Republican | R+33.6 |
| LaSalle Parish, LA | Republican | R+59.4 |
| Lincoln Parish, LA | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Livingston Parish, LA | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Madison Parish, LA | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Morehouse Parish, LA | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Natchitoches Parish, LA | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | Democratic | D+16.0 |
| Ouachita Parish, LA | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Plaquemines Parish, LA | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Rapides Parish, LA | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Red River Parish, LA | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Richland Parish, LA | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Sabine Parish, LA | Republican | R+34.9 |
| St. Bernard Parish, LA | Republican | R+50.1 |
| St. Charles Parish, LA | Republican | R+19.9 |
| St. Helena Parish, LA | Democratic | D+10.9 |
| St. James Parish, LA | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | Republican | R+8.6 |
| St. Landry Parish, LA | Republican | R+3.0 |
| St. Martin Parish, LA | Republican | R+6.0 |
| St. Mary Parish, LA | Republican | R+23.5 |
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Tangipahoa Parish, LA | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Tensas Parish, LA | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Terrebonne Parish, LA | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Union Parish, LA | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Vermilion Parish, LA | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Vernon Parish, LA | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Washington Parish, LA | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Webster Parish, LA | Republican | R+29.7 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| West Carroll Parish, LA | Republican | R+43.9 |
| West Feliciana Parish, LA | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Winn Parish, LA | Republican | R+29.8 |
Louisiana results by county
64 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish | Reagan, Ronald+5,644 | 14,90660.6% | 9,26237.6% | 4341.8% | 24,602 |
| Allen Parish | Mondale, Walter+368 | 4,47447.7% | 4,84251.6% | 660.7% | 9,382 |
| Ascension Parish | Reagan, Ronald+897 | 11,94551.6% | 11,04847.7% | 1770.8% | 23,170 |
| Assumption Parish | Reagan, Ronald+773 | 5,43352.4% | 4,66045.0% | 2702.6% | 10,363 |
| Avoyelles Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,594 | 9,40256.4% | 6,80840.8% | 4632.8% | 16,673 |
| Beauregard Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,154 | 7,35363.1% | 4,19936.0% | 960.8% | 11,648 |
| Bienville Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,057 | 4,58755.8% | 3,53042.9% | 1091.3% | 8,226 |
| Bossier Parish | Reagan, Ronald+15,632 | 22,63876.0% | 7,00623.5% | 1380.5% | 29,782 |
| Caddo Parish | Reagan, Ronald+27,702 | 63,42963.7% | 35,72735.9% | 4450.4% | 99,601 |
| Calcasieu Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,352 | 35,56651.4% | 33,21448.0% | 4300.6% | 69,210 |
| Caldwell Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,993 | 3,34169.3% | 1,34828.0% | 1302.7% | 4,819 |
| Cameron Parish | Reagan, Ronald+657 | 2,26558.0% | 1,60841.2% | 330.8% | 3,906 |
| Catahoula Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,991 | 3,64067.5% | 1,64930.6% | 1021.9% | 5,391 |
| Claiborne Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,561 | 4,34960.3% | 2,78838.6% | 771.1% | 7,214 |
| Concordia Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,845 | 6,17763.7% | 3,33234.4% | 1831.9% | 9,692 |
| De Soto Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,347 | 5,98955.8% | 4,64243.2% | 1081.0% | 10,739 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | Reagan, Ronald+39,031 | 95,70462.4% | 56,67337.0% | 8910.6% | 153,268 |
| East Carroll Parish | Mondale, Walter+115 | 1,97447.8% | 2,08950.6% | 691.7% | 4,132 |
| East Feliciana Parish | Reagan, Ronald+44 | 4,16649.6% | 4,12249.1% | 1131.3% | 8,401 |
| Evangeline Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,699 | 8,68054.8% | 6,98144.1% | 1831.2% | 15,844 |
| Franklin Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,771 | 6,70867.8% | 2,93729.7% | 2492.5% | 9,894 |
| Grant Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,746 | 5,33465.9% | 2,58832.0% | 1752.2% | 8,097 |
| Iberia Parish | Reagan, Ronald+7,557 | 17,72762.1% | 10,17035.7% | 6292.2% | 28,526 |
| Iberville Parish | Mondale, Walter+2,132 | 6,45542.6% | 8,58756.6% | 1170.8% | 15,159 |
| Jackson Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,466 | 5,03464.9% | 2,56833.1% | 1592.0% | 7,761 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,334 | 8,29657.4% | 5,96241.2% | 2061.4% | 14,464 |
| Jefferson Parish | Reagan, Ronald+82,814 | 123,99774.7% | 41,18324.8% | 8430.5% | 166,023 |
| Lafayette Parish | Reagan, Ronald+25,079 | 44,34468.8% | 19,26529.9% | 8491.3% | 64,458 |
| Lafourche Parish | Reagan, Ronald+10,744 | 20,93065.4% | 10,18631.8% | 8892.8% | 32,005 |
| LaSalle Parish | Reagan, Ronald+4,086 | 5,40478.6% | 1,31819.2% | 1532.2% | 6,875 |
| Lincoln Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,655 | 9,08761.8% | 5,43236.9% | 1821.2% | 14,701 |
| Livingston Parish | Reagan, Ronald+8,552 | 17,46565.7% | 8,91333.5% | 1980.7% | 26,576 |
| Madison Parish | Mondale, Walter+57 | 2,84948.6% | 2,90649.6% | 1091.9% | 5,864 |
| Morehouse Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,756 | 8,58562.7% | 4,82935.3% | 2712.0% | 13,685 |
| Natchitoches Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,030 | 8,83659.0% | 5,80638.8% | 3362.2% | 14,978 |
| Orleans Parish | Mondale, Walter+33,162 | 86,31641.7% | 119,47857.7% | 1,1620.6% | 206,956 |
| Ouachita Parish | Reagan, Ronald+21,745 | 37,27069.6% | 15,52529.0% | 7791.5% | 53,574 |
| Plaquemines Parish | Reagan, Ronald+4,394 | 7,65569.7% | 3,26129.7% | 610.6% | 10,977 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | Mondale, Walter+1,255 | 5,47744.6% | 6,73254.8% | 780.6% | 12,287 |
| Rapides Parish | Reagan, Ronald+16,758 | 32,87965.8% | 16,12132.3% | 9631.9% | 49,963 |
| Red River Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,102 | 3,06060.4% | 1,95838.6% | 491.0% | 5,067 |
| Richland Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,062 | 5,98065.8% | 2,91832.1% | 1852.0% | 9,083 |
| Sabine Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,315 | 6,29566.3% | 2,98031.4% | 2252.4% | 9,500 |
| St. Bernard Parish | Reagan, Ronald+16,352 | 24,42874.8% | 8,07624.7% | 1530.5% | 32,657 |
| St. Charles Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,401 | 10,18559.6% | 6,78439.7% | 1130.7% | 17,082 |
| St. Helena Parish | Mondale, Walter+590 | 2,36643.5% | 2,95654.4% | 1132.1% | 5,435 |
| St. James Parish | Mondale, Walter+1,362 | 4,62743.1% | 5,98955.8% | 1191.1% | 10,735 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,447 | 9,09354.0% | 7,64645.4% | 1120.7% | 16,851 |
| St. Landry Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,105 | 19,05551.2% | 17,95048.2% | 2180.6% | 37,223 |
| St. Martin Parish | Reagan, Ronald+1,109 | 9,69852.2% | 8,58946.2% | 3041.6% | 18,591 |
| St. Mary Parish | Reagan, Ronald+5,864 | 15,27561.2% | 9,41137.7% | 2881.2% | 24,974 |
| St. Tammany Parish | Reagan, Ronald+26,945 | 38,66476.1% | 11,71923.1% | 3920.8% | 50,775 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | Reagan, Ronald+6,781 | 19,58060.1% | 12,79939.3% | 2000.6% | 32,579 |
| Tensas Parish | Reagan, Ronald+328 | 1,95653.5% | 1,62844.5% | 711.9% | 3,655 |
| Terrebonne Parish | Reagan, Ronald+14,056 | 23,69669.5% | 9,64028.3% | 7532.2% | 34,089 |
| Union Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,669 | 6,58567.7% | 2,91630.0% | 2222.3% | 9,723 |
| Vermilion Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,688 | 12,72156.8% | 9,03340.4% | 6242.8% | 22,378 |
| Vernon Parish | Reagan, Ronald+4,959 | 9,03567.6% | 4,07630.5% | 2581.9% | 13,369 |
| Washington Parish | Reagan, Ronald+3,505 | 11,18558.9% | 7,68040.4% | 1230.6% | 18,988 |
| Webster Parish | Reagan, Ronald+5,546 | 12,05564.5% | 6,50934.9% | 1130.6% | 18,677 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | Mondale, Walter+442 | 4,18947.2% | 4,63152.1% | 630.7% | 8,883 |
| West Carroll Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,400 | 3,87470.8% | 1,47427.0% | 1212.2% | 5,469 |
| West Feliciana Parish | Mondale, Walter+199 | 2,09747.4% | 2,29651.9% | 330.7% | 4,426 |
| Winn Parish | Reagan, Ronald+2,301 | 4,93463.9% | 2,63334.1% | 1602.1% | 7,727 |
complete certified result
Louisiana candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Walter Mondale (D) · Ronald Reagan (R)
Louisiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1984 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +53.1% |
| 1896 | +54.6% |
| 1900 | +58.1% |
| 1904 | +78.9% |
| 1908 | +72.7% |
| 1912 | +72.0% |
| 1916 | +78.9% |
| 1920 | +38.8% |
| 1924 | +56.2% |
| 1928 | +52.6% |
| 1932 | +85.8% |
| 1936 | +77.7% |
| 1940 | +71.8% |
| 1944 | +61.2% |
| 1948 | +15.3% |
| 1952 | +5.8% |
| 1956 | −13.8% |
| 1960 | +21.8% |
| 1964 | −13.6% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −37.0% |
| 1976 | +5.8% |
| 1980 | −5.5% |
| 1984 | −22.6% |
| 1988 | −10.2% |
| 1992 | +4.6% |
| 1996 | +12.1% |
| 2000 | −7.7% |
| 2004 | −14.5% |
| 2008 | −18.6% |
| 2012 | −17.2% |
| 2016 | −19.6% |
| 2020 | −18.6% |
| 2024 | −22.0% |
Same ballot, 1984LA
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1984 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.