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
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.
Results by parish Parish Clinton Votes Sanders Votes Acadia 53.7% 1,862 31.4% 1,087 Allen 55.1% 536 30.6% 297 Ascension 71.1% 4,221 23.3% 1,384 Assumption 71.4% 1,139 19.5% 312 Avoyelles 64.0% 1,181 24.7% 455 Beauregard 53.5% 679 30.8% 391 Bienville 76.9% 1,056 16.2% 222 Bossier 66.5% 2,919 27.0% 1,187 Caddo 79.8% 16,666 16.8% 3,513 Calcasieu 65.7% 6,594 26.2% 2,625 Caldwell 56.4% 250 26.9% 119 Cameron 37.4% 123 40.1% 132 Catahoula 60.6% 431 27.3% 194 Claiborne 76.3% 768 15.7% 158 Concordia 76.7% 1,830 13.8% 329 DeSoto 77.1% 1,508 16.3% 318 East Baton Rouge 78.4% 32,960 19.0% 7,970 East Carroll 88.0% 508 8.1% 47 East Feliciana 77.6% 1,847 14.6% 347 Evangeline 63.1% 1,319 23.8% 498 Franklin 65.5% 650 22.0% 218 Grant 48.6% 367 32.7% 247 Iberia 66.4% 2,171 24.7% 806 Iberville 69.6% 3,699 19.6% 1,042 Jackson 65.9% 827 21.3% 267 Jefferson 67.7% 17,581 27.1% 7,024 Jefferson Davis 56.0% 738 31.7% 418 Lafayette 59.7% 5,920 35.5% 3,523 Lafourche 50.5% 2,512 36.0% 1,789 LaSalle 30.2% 136 40.8% 184 Lincoln 75.3% 1,692 19.4% 436 Livingston 45.4% 1,633 38.7% 1,392 Madison 82.3% 722 11.2% 98 Morehouse 78.8% 1,513 15.5% 298 Natchitoches 68.1% 2,545 22.6% 846 Orleans 74.7% 40,601 24.1% 13,086 Ouachita 78.6% 8,995 15.8% 1,803 Plaquemines 71.6% 674 22.7% 214 Pointe Coupee 76.7% 1,680 16.1% 352 Rapides 71.3% 4,722 21.9% 1,451 Red River 75.3% 530 16.6% 117 Richland 76.1% 696 14.8% 135 Sabine 49.8% 387 33.3% 259 St. Bernard 62.3% 1,057 31.1% 527 St. Charles 69.2% 2,245 24.2% 787 St. Helena 83.8% 1,407 11.1% 186 St. James 82.2% 2,114 12.6% 324 St. John the Baptist 84.8% 3,818 12.5% 564 St. Landry 74.1% 4,606 19.1% 1,184 St. Martin 66.5% 1,869 24.6% 690 St. Mary 72.93% 1,996 19.55% 535 St. Tammany 57.2% 5,996 36.3% 3,800 Tangipahoa 65.7% 4,267 25.5% 1,656 Tensas 82.8% 492 10.3% 61 Terrebonne 66.7% 2,647 25.8% 1,023 Union 68.7% 822 18.1% 217 Vermilion 54.0% 1,002 34.9% 648 Vernon 49.5% 610 35.8% 441 Washington 69.3% 1,663 21.4% 513 Webster 74.8% 1,878 17.4% 436 West Baton Rouge 73.4% 2,178 19.9% 589 West Carroll 49.0% 171 31.5% 110 West Feliciana 80.1% 902 14.7% 166 Winn 63.5% 488 25.1% 193 Total 71.1% 221,615 23.2% 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 2016 Louisiana Republican presidential primary
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