2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary explained

Election Name:2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
Country:Louisiana
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2020 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:2020
Candidate1:Hillary Clinton
Color1:d4aa00
Home State1:New York
Delegate Count1:37
Popular Vote1:221,733
Percentage1:71.12%
Candidate2:Bernie Sanders
Color2:228B22
Home State2:Vermont
Delegate Count2:14
Popular Vote2:72,276
Percentage2:23.18%
Map Size:300px

The 2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5 in the U.S. state of Louisiana as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

On the same day, Democratic primaries were held in Kansas and in Nebraska, while the Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own Louisiana primary.

Clinton won every parish in the state except for Cameron and LaSalle Parishes.

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Results

Clinton dominated in Louisiana winning all but two of the states parishes. Clinton was declared the winner in Louisiana right when the polls closed.

See also: Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016.

Results by parish

Parish[1] ClintonVotesSandersVotes
53.7% 1,86231.4%1,087
55.1% 53630.6%297
71.1% 4,22123.3%1,384
71.4% 1,13919.5%312
64.0% 1,18124.7%455
53.5% 67930.8%391
76.9% 1,05616.2%222
66.5% 2,91927.0%1,187
79.8% 16,66616.8%3,513
65.7% 6,59426.2%2,625
56.4% 25026.9%119
37.4% 12340.1%132
60.6% 43127.3%194
76.3% 76815.7%158
76.7% 1,83013.8%329
77.1% 1,50816.3%318
78.4% 32,96019.0%7,970
88.0% 5088.1%47
77.6% 1,84714.6%347
63.1% 1,31923.8%498
65.5% 65022.0%218
48.6% 36732.7%247
66.4% 2,17124.7%806
69.6% 3,69919.6%1,042
65.9% 82721.3%267
67.7% 17,58127.1%7,024
56.0% 73831.7%418
59.7% 5,92035.5%3,523
50.5% 2,51236.0%1,789
30.2% 13640.8%184
75.3% 1,69219.4%436
45.4% 1,63338.7%1,392
82.3% 72211.2%98
78.8% 1,51315.5%298
68.1% 2,54522.6%846
74.7% 40,60124.1%13,086
78.6% 8,99515.8%1,803
71.6% 67422.7%214
76.7% 1,68016.1%352
71.3% 4,72221.9%1,451
75.3% 53016.6%117
76.1% 69614.8%135
49.8% 38733.3%259
62.3% 1,05731.1%527
69.2% 2,24524.2%787
83.8% 1,40711.1%186
82.2% 2,11412.6%324
84.8% 3,81812.5%564
74.1% 4,60619.1%1,184
66.5% 1,86924.6%690
72.93% 1,99619.55%535
57.2% 5,99636.3%3,800
65.7% 4,26725.5%1,656
82.8% 49210.3%61
66.7% 2,64725.8%1,023
68.7% 82218.1%217
54.0% 1,00234.9%648
49.5% 61035.8%441
69.3% 1,66321.4%513
74.8% 1,87817.4%436
73.4% 2,17819.9%589
49.0% 17131.5%110
80.1% 90214.7%166
63.5% 48825.1%193
Total 71.1%221,61523.2% 72,240

Analysis

A state Hillary Clinton lost solidly to Barack Obama in 2008, she progressed to victory in 2016. With its heavily African American population, Hillary Clinton solidly defeated Bernie Sanders in Louisiana. The electorate in Louisiana was expected to be about half African American, as it was about 48% African American in 2008. Clinton won overwhelmingly in the major cities of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Shreveport, all with significant minority populations. Clinton also did well in the areas north of New Orleans and east of Baton Rouge in the 1st Congressional District, which is among the most conservative in Louisiana and the South at large. She also performed well in rural counties in Central Louisiana and those along the Louisiana-Texas border that are majority white as she had likewise done eight years prior.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Election Center. CNN. June 4, 2018.