LOUISIANA | 9 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Louisiana Department of Elections and Registration)
White 1,913,259 (64.95%) Black 903,986 (30.69%) Other 128,373 (4.36%) Louisiana has: 64 parishes. Largest parishes: Orleans, Jefferson, East Baton Rouge, Caddo. > Largest cities: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette. > Government
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State
of Louisiana Secretary of State Democratic
Party of LA The
Times-Picayune (New Orl.) Politics1-LA
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Voting Eligible Population*: 3,158,676. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.1%. |
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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 |
Republican CD Caucuses -- Tuesday, January 22, 2008, State Convention -- Saturday, February 16, 2008 |
Total
Registration, Jan.
11, 2008: 2,839,287 active and inactive Dem. 1,496,864 (52.7%) Rep. 704,939 (24.8%) Other Parties 637,484 (22.5%). White 1,874,067 (66.0%) Black 848,625 (29.9%) Other 116,595 (4.1%) |
Democrats 66 Delegates (56 Pledged, 10 Unpledged) and 9 Alternates. + 1.63% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. Clinton
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Official Results all 3,966 precincts reporting
Parishes for Obama: Ascension, Assumption, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Iberia, Iberville, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Rapides, Red River, Richland, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Tangipahoa, Tensas, Union, Washington, Webster, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana. |
Republicans overview
47 Delegates (3 RNC; 23 at-large; 21 by CD (3 x 7 CDs). 1.97% of the 2,380 Delegates. Jan.
22, 2008 - Congressional District Caucuses. Each of the seven CD
caucuses elects fifteen delegates. At-large delegates are allocated winner-take-all, if 50%; if no majority, then the at-large delegates are “uncommitted.” Giuliani -
endorsed
by U.S. Sen. David Vitter (LA) (Mar. 13, 2007) and U.S. Rep.
Charles
Boustany (LA-7) (Mar. 26, 2007) Official Results all 3,966 precincts reporting
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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