LOUISIANA 8 Electoral Votes 
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Louisiana goes from 9 electoral votes to 8 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Louisiana Department of Elections and Registration)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
 4,601,893
Total Registration, Nov. 2012
 2,965,751 active and inactive >
Dem. 1,430,750 (48.24%)   Rep. 814,299 (27.46%)   Other Parties 720,702 (24.30%). 
White 1,910,243 (64.41%)   Black 918,700 (30.98%)   Other 136,808 (4.61%).
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:  Bobby Jindal (R) elected 2007; re-elected in 2011.
State Legislature: Louisiana State Legislature
Local: Parishes...   NACO Parishes
U.S. House: 6R, 1D - 1. S.Scalise (R) | 2. C.Richmond (D) | 3. J.Landry (R) | 4. J.Fleming (R) | 5. R.Alexander (R) | 6. B.Cassidy (R) | 7. C.Boustany Jr. (R). 
U.S. Senate: Mary Landrieu (D) re-elected in 2008, David Vitter (R) re-elected in 2010.
2012
 U.S. House: Reapportionment cost the state one seat, forcing a member on member race in the new 3rd CD (Southwest Louisiana) between Rep. Jeff Landry (R) and Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R).  As no candidate achieved more than 50% of the vote on Nov. 6, the race went to a Dec. 8 runoff.  Boustany defeated Landry by 61% to 39%; turnout was a low 17.6%.  Balance goes from 6R, 1D to 5R, 1D.

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 The Pelican State
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

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]
Presidential Preference Primary -- Saturday, March 24, 2012
Democrats

Official Results  4,267 of 4,267 precincts reporting
"Bob" Ely
9,897
6.57%
+Barack Obama
115,150
76.46%
Darcy G. Richardson
7,750
5.15%
John Wolfe
17,804
11.82%
Total
150,601
Turnout: 11.9%

 Republicans 
46 Delegates (3 RNC; 25 at-large; 18 by CD (3 x 6 CDs).
2.01% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Official Results  4,267 of 4,267 precincts reporting
Michele Bachmann
622
0.33%
Randy Crow
186
0.10%
Newt Gingrich
29,656
15.91%
Jon Huntsman
242
0.13%
Ron Paul
11,467
6.15%
Rick Perry
 955
0.51%
Charles "Buddy" Roemer
2,203
1.18%
Mitt Romney
49,758
26.69%
+Rick Santorum
91,321
48.99%
Total
186,410
Turnout: 24.0%
Details

Secretary of State: Presidential Preference Primary

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