The 2016 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5 in the U.S. state of
Louisiana
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as one of the
Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the
2016 presidential election
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January
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.
On the same day,
Democratic primaries were held in
Kansas
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and in
Nebraska
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, while the
Republican Party held primaries in four states, including their own
Louisiana primary
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.
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
Analysis
A state Hillary Clinton lost solidly to
Barack Obama
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in
2008
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, she progressed to victory in
2016
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. With its heavily
African American
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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
,
Baton Rouge,
Lafayette
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, 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
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in Louisiana and the South at large. She also performed well in rural counties in
Central Louisiana
Central Louisiana (Cenla), also known as the Crossroads, is a region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
The largest communities in the region as of the 2010 Census were Alexandria (47,893), Natchitoches (18,323) and Pineville (14,555).
Central ...
and those along the Louisiana-
Texas
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border that are majority white as she had likewise done eight years prior.
See also
*
2016 Louisiana Republican presidential primary
References
{{2016 Democratic primaries
Louisiana
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Democratic primary
This is a list of Democratic Party presidential primaries.
1912
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2016
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