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.
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.
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, she progressed to victory in
2016. 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
New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...
,
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
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in Louisiana and the South at large. She also performed well in rural counties in
Central Louisiana and those along the Louisiana-
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
Democratic primary
2016