The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2000 Census, there were 7 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana in 2008. Therefore, Louisiana had 9 electoral votes in 2008.
Louisiana had 9 electoral votes in 2008 which it awarded to John McCain who had 1,148,275 votes to Barack Obama's 782,989 votes.
Missouri had 11 electoral votes in 2008.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 6 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana. Therefore, Louisiana has 8 electoral votes.
In 2008, Barack Obama received 0 electoral votes from Louisiana, losing the state's 9 electoral votes to John McCain whom received 1,148,275 votes to Obama's 782,989 votes.In 2012, the election has not yet taken place. Projections show that Barack Obama will again receive 0 electoral votes, losing the 8 electoral votes to Mitt Romney.
Illinois was allowed to cast 21 electoral votes in 2008.
North Carolina had 15 electoral votes in 2008.
Arkansas had 6 electoral votes in 2008. These votes went to John McCain, Republican.
South Dakota had 3 electoral votes for the 2008 election.
California had 55 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama, Democrat.
Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in 2008, which went to John McCain (R).
Colorado had 9 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama, Democrat.
Hillary Clinton received 780,154 votes to Donald Trump's 1,178,8 votes, losing Louisiana's 8 electoral votes.
Donald Trump received 1,178,638 votes to Hillary Clinton's 780,154 votes, winning Louisiana's 8 electoral votes.