Louisiana

Outlook: Solid Republican

9 Electoral Votes (9 in 2000)
Bush won in 2004 by 14.51%

Unsurprisingly for a state in the Deep South, Louisiana voted for Republican George W. Bush in the previous two presidential elections, last time by a 14.5 percent margin. While one of the Pelican State’s senators and three of its seven congressmen are Democrats, Senator Obama still has a long way to go if he is going to repeat Bill Clinton’s success here in 1996.