LOUISIANA 8 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Louisiana Department of Elections and Registration)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2016 est.
 4,681,666
Total Registration, Nov. 2016
 3,023,242 >  
Dem. 1,346,980 (44.55%)   Rep. 895,297 (29.61%)   Other Parties  780,965 (25.83%). 
White  1,931,161 (63.88%)   Black  941,353 (31.14%)   Other 149,728 (4.95%).
Louisiana has: 64 parishes.
Largest parishes (200,000-plus): East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Orleans, Caddo, St. Tammany, Lafayette. 
Largest cities (100,000-plus): New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette.  

Government
Governor:  John Bel Edwards (D) elected 2015.
State Legislature: Louisiana State Legislature
Local: Parishes...   NACO
U.S. House: 5R, 1D - 1. S.Scalise (R) | 2. C.Richmond (D) |  3. C.Boustany Jr. (R) | 4. J.Fleming (R) | 5. R.Abraham (R) | 6. G.Graves (R).   >
U.S. Senate: Bill Cassidy (R) elected in 2014, David Vitter (R) not seeking re-election in 2016.
2016
 U.S. Senate: Sen. David Vitter (R) is retiring in 2016.  Twenty-four candidates sought to succeed him in the Nov. 8, 2016 jungle primary.  Treasurer John Kennedy (R) at 25% and Louisiana Public Service Commission member Foster Campbell (D) at 17% emerged to compete in the Dec. 10 run-off.  Kennedy defeated Campbell by 536,191 (61%) to 347,816 (39%).
U.S. House: Reps. Charles Boustany Jr. (R) and John Fleming (R) ran for Senate, creating open seats in CD-3 (Southwest Louisiana) and CD-4 (Northwest Louisiana).  Both contests went to run-offs on Dec. 10.  In CD-3 Clay Higgins (R) defeated Scott A. Angelle (R) by 77,671 (56%) to 60,762 (44%).  In CD-4 Mike Johnson (R) defeated Marshall Jones (D) by 87,370 (65%) to 46,579 (35%).  The balance of the House delegation stayed at 5R, 1D.
State Legislature:  Elections were held on Oct. 24/Nov. 21, 2015.  Republicans strengthened their majorities in both chambers.
Ballot Measures: Voters decided on six proposed constitutional amendments.  They approved CA No. 1 (registrar of voters) and CA No. 4 (homestead exemption-surviving spouse) by wide margins and CA No. 5 (Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund) by 54% to 46%.  They rejected CA No. 2 (establish tuition without legislative approval), CA No. 3 (eliminate deductibility of federal income taxes), and CA No. 6 (use funds to eliminate projected deficits).

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 The Pelican State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Voting Eligible Population*: 3,380,951.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.0%

Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 11, 2016.
Early Voting: Oct. 25-Nov. 1, 2016.

Turnout by party

 Qualified Voters

Dem. 1,346,980 916,606 68.0%
Rep. 895,297 698,444 78.0%
Other 780,965 434,479 55.6%
Total 3,023,242 2,049,529 67.8%

Turnout by race

 Qualified Voters

White 1,932,161 1,380,915
Black 941,353 584,028
Other 149,728 84,586
Total 3,023,242 2,049,529

Official Results >
 
Clinton/Kaine (Dem.)
 780,154
 (38.45)
Stein/Baraka (Grn.)
 14,031
 (0.69)
Johnson/Weld (Lib.)
 37,978
 (1.87)
+Trump/Pence (Rep.)
 1,178,638
 (58.09)
Castle/Bradley (Const.)
 3,129
 (0.15)
McMullin/Johnson (CCS)
 8,547
 (0.42)
Kotlikoff/Lea (IIOC)
 1,048
 (0.05)
Hoefling/Schulin (LFC)
 1,581
 (0.08)
Jacob/Fambro (LTC)
 749
 (0.04)
La Riva/Puryear (PSL)
 446
 -
White/Niemuth (SEq)
 370
 -
Kennedy/Hart (SWP)
 480
 -
Keniston/Taylor (Vet.)
 1,881
 (0.09)
Total........2,029,032

Overview: Record setting floods hit southern Louisiana in Aug. 2016, creating the worst natural disaster in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy.
   In terms of visits, all the activity was in August.  Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Pence visited fllood-damaged areas in and around Baton Rouge on Aug. 19.  Sen. Tim Kaine made several stops in New Orleans on Aug. 10-11, doing a fundraiser and an unannounced stop at a tavern and addressing the Progressive National Baptist Convention.  Dr. Jill Stein visited flood-damaged areas in Baton Rouge on Aug. 21 and met with residents and relief workers in Denham Springs the next day.
   Trump/Pence amassed a plurality of 398,484 votes (19.64 percentage points), carrying 54 parishes to ten for the Democratic ticket.  Trump's 58.06-percent of the vote was right in line with Republican results since the 2004 presidential election, whille Clinton's 38.45 percent was the lowest since the Mondale/Ferraro ticket in 1984.
Clinton  |  Trump
BALLOT [PDF]
Presidential Preference Primary -- Saturday, March 5, 2016
Democrats
59 Delegates: 33 District, 11 At-Large, 7 PLEO, 8 Unpledged.

details		 Republicans 
46 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 at-large; 18 by CD (3 x 6 CDs).

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General Election Winners in Louisiana, 1992-2012
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Clinton
45.58%
 		Clinton
52.01%
 		Bush
52.55%
 		Bush
56.72%
 McCain
58.56%
 Romney
57.78%
  and the details...
 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 3,302,514.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.4%.

Voter Registration Deadline: October 9, 2012.
Early Voting: October 23-30, 2012.


Early Voting Total: 356,603
          Dem. 181,680   
           Rep. 122,843   
          Other   52,080
Official Results >
 
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 809,141
(40.58)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
 6,978
 (0.35)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
 18,157
 (0.91)
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
 1,152,262
 (57.78)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
 2,508
 (0.13)
Anderson/Rodriguez (Just.)
 1,368
 (0.07)
Fellure/Davis (Prohib.)
 518
 ( 0.03)
Lindsay/Osorio (S&L)
 622
 (0.03)
White/Scherrer (SEQ)
 355
 (0.02)
Harris/Kennedy (SW)
 389
 (0.02)
Tittle/Turner (WTP)
 1,767
 (0.09)
Total........1,994,065

2012 Overview
Romney/Ryan amassed a plurality of 343,121 votes (17.20 percentage points), carrying 54 parishes to 10 for Obama/Biden.  Candidates made a handful of visits to Lousiana (+).  On the Republican side, Gov. Bobby Jindal was frequently mentioned as a potential running mate for Romney, and he went on to serve as a surrogate for the campaign.
Obama  |  (Romney)
BALLOT [PDF]

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 3,158,676.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.1%.

Total Registration (active and inactive):
2,945,618
Dem. 1,546,582 (52.50%)   Rep. 744,104 (25.26%)   Other Parties 654,932 (22.23%). 

Official Results >

Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 782,989
(39.93)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn)
9,187
 (0.47)
+McCain/Palin (Rep.)
 1,148,275
(58.56)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
 		2,581
 (0.13)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
 6,997
 (0.36)
Paul/Goldwater, Jr. (LTP)
 9,368
 (0.48)
Amondson/Pletten (Prohib.)
 275
 (0.01)
La Riva/Puryear (S&L)
 354
 (0.02)
Harris/Kennedy (SWP)
 735
 (0.04)
Total........1,960,761

2008 Overview
Louisiana (see also Arkansas) is one of few states where the Obama-Biden ticket fared worse, in terms of both raw votes and share of the vote, than the Kerry-Edwards ticket had in 2004.  McCain-Palin amassed a plurality of 365,286 votes (18.63 percentage points), carrying 54 parishes to 10 for Obama-Biden.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 3,182,762.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.1%.

Last day to register to vote is Oct. 4, 2004.  Absentee voting Oct. 21-26, 2004.
Official Results
all 4,124 precincts reporting

Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
820,299
(42.22)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,102,169
(56.72)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 5,203 (0.27)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 2,781
(0.14)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)
1,276
(0.07)
Amondson/Pletten (Prohib.)
1,566
(0.08)
Brown/Hebert (PWF)
1,795
(0.09)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
985
(0.05)
Nader/Camejo (Better Life)
7,032
(0.36)
Total........1,943,106
 
Note: There were 5,880 provisional ballots; 2,312 were counted and 3,568 rejected.		 2004 Overview
The Kerry campaign iniatially saw Louisiana as a competitive state; there were a few visits and it ran advertising starting in May.  However in late July the campaign pulled back on advertising; in the Fall it scratched plans for advertising starting in early October.  Bush won by a comfortable plurality of  281,870 votes (14.50 percentage points), carrying 54 parishes to 10 for Kerry.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush/Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 3,130,267.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.4%.

Absentee voting in person from 12 days to 6 days prior to the election: 61,147 persons.

Total Registration: 2,730,380.
Official Results          


Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 792,344
(44.88)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
 14,356
(0.81)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 927,871
(52.55)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
 5,483
(0.31)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
20,473
(1.16)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
2,951
(0.17)
Hagelin/Ticciati (NLP)
1,075
 (0.06)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
1,103
 (0.06)
Total........1,765,656


2000 Overview
Bush prevailed in a neighboring state, gaining a plurality of 135,527 votes (7.67 percentage points).  Bush carried 50 parishes to 14 for Gore.  This marked a sizable shift from 1996 when Clinton/Gore had won the state by a 12% margin.  In late summer and early September, Louisiana was seen as likely to have a tight race, but by October Bush had an edge.  Louisianans also voted on four constitutional amendments; Amendments 2 and 3, a tax package backed by the governor, failed.
General Election Activities

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.)......815,971
(45.58)
Bush (Rep.).........733,386
(40.97)
Perot (P,A,R).......211,478
(11.81)
Gritz (AmFirst).......18,545
(1.04)
Others (7)..............10,637
(0.59)
Total........1,790,017

1996
Clinton (Dem.)......927,837
(52.01)
Dole (Rep.)..........712,586
(39.94)
Perot (Ref.)..........123,293 
(6.91)
Others (5)..............20,243
(0.90)
Total........1,783,959