2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary

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2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
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Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count3714
Popular vote221,73372,276
Percentage71.12%23.18%
2016 Louisiana Democratic Presidential Primary election by county.svg
Results by parish
Clinton:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%
     80-90%
Sanders:     40-50%

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.

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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

Poll sourceDate1st2nd3rdOther
Certified Primary results March 5, 2016Hillary Clinton
71.1%		Bernie Sanders
23.2%		Others
5.7%
Magellan Strategies [1]

Margin of error: ± 3.3%
Sample size: 865

March 1, 2016Hillary Clinton
61%		Bernie Sanders
14%		Others / Undecided
25%
Public Policy Polling [2]

Margin of error: ± 4.4
Sample size: 500

February 14–16, 2016Hillary Clinton
60%		Bernie Sanders
29%
WWL-TV-Clarus [3]

Margin of error: ?
Sample size: ?

September 20–23, 2015Hillary Clinton
57%		Joe Biden
22%		Bernie
Sanders
7%		Martin O'Malley 2%, Jim Webb 1%, Lincoln Chafee 0%

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.

Louisiana Democratic primary, March 5, 2016
CandidatePopular voteEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Hillary Clinton 221,73371.12%37744
Bernie Sanders 72,27623.18%14014
Steve Burke4,7851.53%
John Wolfe Jr. 4,5121.45%
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)2,5500.82%
Willie Wilson 1,4230.46%
Keith Russell Judd 1,3570.44%
Rocky De La Fuente 1,3410.43%
Michael Steinberg 9930.32%
Henry Hewes 8060.26%
Uncommitted—011
Total311,776100%51859
Source: The Green Papers , Louisiana Secretary of States

Results by parish

Parish [4] ClintonVotesSandersVotes
Acadia 53.7%1,86231.4%1,087
Allen 55.1%53630.6%297
Ascension 71.1%4,22123.3%1,384
Assumption 71.4%1,13919.5%312
Avoyelles 64.0%1,18124.7%455
Beauregard 53.5%67930.8%391
Bienville 76.9%1,05616.2%222
Bossier 66.5%2,91927.0%1,187
Caddo 79.8%16,66616.8%3,513
Calcasieu 65.7%6,59426.2%2,625
Caldwell 56.4%25026.9%119
Cameron 37.4%12340.1%132
Catahoula 60.6%43127.3%194
Claiborne 76.3%76815.7%158
Concordia 76.7%1,83013.8%329
DeSoto 77.1%1,50816.3%318
East Baton Rouge 78.4%32,96019.0%7,970
East Carroll 88.0%5088.1%47
East Feliciana 77.6%1,84714.6%347
Evangeline 63.1%1,31923.8%498
Franklin 65.5%65022.0%218
Grant 48.6%36732.7%247
Iberia 66.4%2,17124.7%806
Iberville 69.6%3,69919.6%1,042
Jackson 65.9%82721.3%267
Jefferson 67.7%17,58127.1%7,024
Jefferson Davis 56.0%73831.7%418
Lafayette 59.7%5,92035.5%3,523
Lafourche 50.5%2,51236.0%1,789
LaSalle 30.2%13640.8%184
Lincoln 75.3%1,69219.4%436
Livingston 45.4%1,63338.7%1,392
Madison 82.3%72211.2%98
Morehouse 78.8%1,51315.5%298
Natchitoches 68.1%2,54522.6%846
Orleans 74.7%40,60124.1%13,086
Ouachita 78.6%8,99515.8%1,803
Plaquemines 71.6%67422.7%214
Pointe Coupee 76.7%1,68016.1%352
Rapides 71.3%4,72221.9%1,451
Red River 75.3%53016.6%117
Richland 76.1%69614.8%135
Sabine 49.8%38733.3%259
St. Bernard 62.3%1,05731.1%527
St. Charles 69.2%2,24524.2%787
St. Helena 83.8%1,40711.1%186
St. James 82.2%2,11412.6%324
St. John the Baptist 84.8%3,81812.5%564
St. Landry 74.1%4,60619.1%1,184
St. Martin 66.5%1,86924.6%690
St. Mary 72.93%1,99619.55%535
St. Tammany 57.2%5,99636.3%3,800
Tangipahoa 65.7%4,26725.5%1,656
Tensas 82.8%49210.3%61
Terrebonne 66.7%2,64725.8%1,023
Union 68.7%82218.1%217
Vermilion 54.0%1,00234.9%648
Vernon 49.5%61035.8%441
Washington 69.3%1,66321.4%513
Webster 74.8%1,87817.4%436
West Baton Rouge 73.4%2,17819.9%589
West Carroll 49.0%17131.5%110
West Feliciana 80.1%90214.7%166
Winn 63.5%48825.1%193
Total71.1%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.

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References

  1. ↑ "LOUISIANA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SURVEY TOPLINE RESULTS" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Subject: Clinton leads in 10 of 12 Early March Primaries; Benefits From Overwhelming Black Support" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "WWL-TV/Advocate poll: Carson the favorite of state's Republicans" . Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2016 Election Center". CNN . Retrieved June 4, 2018.
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