2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana

2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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Turnout67.79% Decrease
  Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 1,178,638 780,154
Percentage 58.09% 38.45%

Louisiana Presidential Election Results 2016.svg
Parish Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by parish.

The 2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Louisiana voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Louisiana has eight electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Trump won the state with 58.09% of the vote, while Clinton received 38.45%. Trump performed slightly better in the state than Mitt Romney in 2012, but also slightly worse than John McCain in 2008. In contrast, Clinton's vote share in the state was a decrease from Barack Obama's vote shares in 2012 and 2008, where he earned 40.58% and 39.93%, respectively. This makes it the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee Walter Mondale in 1984. Louisiana is also one of 11 states whose electoral votes went to Bill Clinton twice, but which Hillary Clinton did not win. Six of those states, including Louisiana, have not supported any Democratic Presidential candidate since Bill Clinton (The other five being Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri), while an additional five (Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania) had all voted Democratic at least twice since Bill Clinton's re-election in 1996.

Primary elections

Twenty-four candidates were on the ballot.

Democratic primary

Louisiana Democratic primary, March 5, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 221,733 71.12% 37 7 44
Bernie Sanders 72,276 23.18% 14 0 14
Steve Burke 4,785 1.53%
John Wolfe Jr. 4,512 1.45%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 2,550 0.82%
Willie Wilson 1,423 0.46%
Keith Russell Judd 1,357 0.44%
Rocky De La Fuente 1,341 0.43%
Michael Steinberg 993 0.32%
Henry Hewes 806 0.26%
Uncommitted 0 1 1
Total 311,776 100% 51 8 59
Source: The Green Papers, Louisiana Secretary of States

Republican primary

Republican primary results by parish.
 Donald Trump
 Ted Cruz


Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:

Louisiana Republican primary, March 5, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 124,854 41.45% 25 0 25
Ted Cruz 113,968 37.83% 18 0 18
Marco Rubio 33,813 11.22% 0 0 0
John Kasich 19,359 6.43% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 4,544 1.51% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 2,145 0.71% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 670 0.22% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 645 0.21% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 401 0.13% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 243 0.08% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 180 0.06% 0 0 0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) 152 0.05% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 3 0 3
Total: 301,241 100.00% 46 0 46
Source: The Green Papers

State Convention

On March 24, the State Convention met in an attempt to reverse the results of the primary, giving Ted Cruz a clear majority. After conflicting reporting of their support for Ted Cruz, four of Rubio's five delegates publicly rebuked the reporting and committed to staying undecided. Rubio's five delegates and 2 uncommitted delegates committed to Trump after Kasich and Cruz dropped out of the race. This gave Trump the majority of the delegates from the state.

General Election

Polling

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Louisiana as of Election Day.

Source Ranking As of
Los Angeles Times Safe R November 6, 2016
CNN Safe R November 8, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R November 7, 2016
NBC Likely R November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics Safe R November 8, 2016
Fox News Safe R November 7, 2016
ABC Safe R November 7, 2016

Results

2016 U.S. presidential election in Louisiana, November 8, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald Trump 1,178,638 58.09%
Democratic Hillary Clinton 780,154 38.45%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 37,978 1.87%
Green Jill Stein 14,031 0.69%
Independent Evan McMullin 8,547 0.42%
Independent Darrell Castle 3,129 0.15%
Write-in Others 2,330 0.11%
Independent Christopher Robert Keniston 1,881 0.09%
Independent Laurence Kotlikoff 1,048 0.05%
Independent Alyson Kennedy 480 0.02%
Independent Gloria La Riva 446 0.02%
Independent Jerry White 370 0.02%
Total votes 2,029,032 100.00%

Donald Trump carried the state, lengthening the Republican streak in Louisiana to 5 straight contests.

By parish

Parish Clinton% Clinton# Trump% Trump# Others% Others# Total
Acadia 20.58% 5,638 77.26% 21,162 2.15% 589 27,389
Allen 22.78% 2,106 74.28% 6,867 2.94% 272 9,245
Ascension 30.13% 16,476 66.10% 36,143 3.77% 2,059 54,678
Assumption 36.05% 3,931 61.57% 6,714 2.38% 259 10,904
Avoyelles 30.36% 5,035 67.32% 11,165 2.33% 386 16,586
Beauregard 15.87% 2,393 81.16% 12,238 2.96% 447 15,078
Bienville 44.67% 3,129 53.62% 3,756 1.71% 120 7,005
Bossier 25.36% 12,641 71.16% 35,474 3.48% 1,733 49,848
Caddo 50.55% 53,483 46.32% 49,006 3.13% 3,315 105,804
Calcasieu 31.39% 26,296 64.68% 54,191 3.94% 3,298 83,785
Caldwell 16.79% 788 81.46% 3,822 1.75% 82 4,692
Cameron 08.75% 323 88.19% 3,256 3.06% 113 3,692
Catahoula 27.22% 1,322 71.64% 3,479 1.13% 55 4,856
Claiborne 42.31% 2,717 55.83% 3,585 1.85% 119 6,421
Concordia 36.88% 3,272 61.73% 5,477 1.39% 123 8,872
De Soto 38.26% 5,165 59.76% 8,068 1.98% 267 13,500
East Baton Rouge 52.33% 102,828 43.09% 84,660 4.58% 9,003 196,491
East Carroll 62.54% 1,838 36.03% 1,059 1.43% 42 2,939
East Feliciana 42.17% 4,235 55.46% 5,569 2.37% 238 10,042
Evangeline 28.28% 4,208 69.61% 10,360 2.11% 314 14,882
Franklin 27.35% 2,506 71.10% 6,514 1.55% 142 9,162
Grant 13.39% 1,181 83.98% 7,408 2.63% 232 8,821
Iberia 32.96% 10,698 64.41% 20,903 2.63% 853 32,454
Iberville 51.89% 8,324 45.63% 7,320 2.49% 399 16,043
Jackson 28.66% 2,139 69.25% 5,169 2.09% 156 7,464
Jefferson 40.56% 73,670 55.27% 100,398 4.17% 7,571 181,639
Jefferson Davis 21.57% 3,080 75.47% 10,775 2.96% 422 14,277
Lafayette 30.99% 32,726 64.58% 68,195 4.43% 4,682 105,603
Lafourche 20.23% 8,423 76.74% 31,959 3.03% 1,263 41,645
LaSalle 09.21% 605 88.84% 5,836 1.95% 128 6,569
Lincoln 38.07% 7,107 57.64% 10,761 4.29% 801 18,669
Livingston 12.04% 6,950 84.57% 48,824 3.39% 1,956 57,730
Madison 57.99% 2,744 40.72% 1,927 1.29% 61 4,732
Morehouse 43.49% 5,155 54.86% 6,502 1.65% 195 11,852
Natchitoches 42.98% 7,144 53.96% 8,968 3.06% 509 16,621
Orleans 80.81% 133,996 14.65% 24,292 4.54% 7,524 165,812
Ouachita 35.91% 24,428 61.36% 41,734 2.73% 1,855 68,017
Plaquemines 31.66% 3,347 65.26% 6,900 3.08% 326 10,573
Pointe Coupee 40.51% 4,764 57.72% 6,789 1.77% 208 11,761
Rapides 32.23% 18,322 64.77% 36,816 3.00% 1,706 56,844
Red River 43.83% 1,938 54.07% 2,391 2.10% 93 4,422
Richland 32.90% 3,157 65.51% 6,287 1.59% 153 9,597
Sabine 17.40% 1,703 80.50% 7,879 2.09% 205 9,787
St. Bernard 31.36% 4,960 64.73% 10,237 3.91% 618 15,815
St. Charles 32.68% 8,559 63.46% 16,621 3.86% 1,012 26,192
St. Helena 56.22% 3,353 41.87% 2,497 1.91% 114 5,964
St. James 53.11% 6,418 45.15% 5,456 1.75% 211 12,085
St. John the Baptist 61.04% 12,661 36.49% 7,569 2.47% 513 20,743
St. Landry 43.05% 17,209 54.96% 21,971 1.99% 797 39,977
St. Martin 32.10% 8,266 65.53% 16,873 2.37% 611 25,750
St. Mary 35.19% 8,050 62.77% 14,359 2.05% 468 22,877
St. Tammany 22.28% 27,717 73.09% 90,915 4.63% 5,760 124,392
Tangipahoa 32.20% 16,878 64.79% 33,959 3.01% 1,579 52,416
Tensas 52.28% 1,332 46.39% 1,182 1.33% 34 2,548
Terrebonne 24.30% 10,665 72.68% 31,902 3.03% 1,329 43,896
Union 24.70% 2,691 73.18% 7,972 2.12% 231 10,894
Vermilion 18.95% 4,857 78.27% 20,063 2.78% 712 25,632
Vernon 16.02% 2,665 80.99% 13,471 2.99% 497 16,633
Washington 30.56% 5,692 67.40% 12,556 2.04% 380 18,628
Webster 34.50% 6,260 63.61% 11,542 1.89% 343 18,145
West Baton Rouge 42.35% 5,383 54.49% 6,927 3.16% 402 12,712
West Carroll 15.02% 715 83.42% 3,970 1.55% 74 4,759
West Feliciana 38.77% 2,248 58.46% 3,390 2.78% 161 5,799
Winn 25.80% 1,644 72.32% 4,608 1.88% 120 6,372

By congressional district

Trump won 5 of the 6 congressional districts in Louisiana.

District Trump Clinton Representative
1st 69% 27% Steve Scalise
2nd 22% 75% Cedric Richmond
3rd 67% 29% Clay Higgins
4th 61% 37% Mike Johnson
5th 64% 34% Ralph Abraham
6th 65% 31% Garret Graves

Analysis

Donald Trump won the election in Louisiana with 58.1% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 38.4% of the vote. Of the 2,029,032 total votes cast, Trump had 1,178,638 while Clinton had 780,154 votes. All of Louisiana's parishes voted for the same party they voted for in 2012 and 2008. As a result, this marked the first time since 1992 that East Baton Rouge Parish backed the losing candidate of the election, and the first time since 1948 that East Baton Rouge Parish voted for the Democratic candidate three elections in a row; Trump also became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this parish since Richard Nixon in 1968.

Louisiana was one of eleven states that voted twice for Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 which Hillary Clinton lost in 2016.

See also


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