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The1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1996. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Louisiana was won byPresidentBill Clinton (D) by a margin of 12.07%, a major increase from the statewide results in 1992 when he carried the state by a margin of 4.61%.[2] Clinton won most of the parishes and congressional districts in the state and performed strongly in both the urban and rural areas of Louisiana. The only congressional district Dole won was the1st district, which included all ofSt. Tammany Parish and parts ofJefferson Parish, two of the most heavily Republican parishes in the state.
Louisiana was generally more competitive in this time period than the rest of theDeep South due to its large black population and a sizeable minority of whiteBlue Dog Democrats. It is also very racially divided, with whites voting Republican and blacks voting Democratic. Clinton was able to carry 33 percent of white voters, which threw the state toward his column.[3] Despite such a sizeable margin, Louisiana was the only state that Clinton won by more than a 2.4 point margin which wasn't called by news networks for him as soon as the polls closed.
This election also marked the end of Louisiana as a competitive state in federal elections, as future years saw the state's political alignment more closely resemble those in other, nearbyDeep South states likeMississippi andAlabama, as well as in tandem withArkansas, Clinton's home state. Rural, Democratic-voting cultural conservatives began siding with the Republican Party. Clinton's 927,837 votes is the most received by a Democratic presidential candidate in the state's history.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last time Louisiana supported a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the last time a Democrat carried the following parishes:Acadia,Allen,Ascension,Avoyelles,Calcasieu,Caldwell,Cameron,Catahoula,Claiborne,Concordia,DeSoto,East Feliciana,Evangeline,Franklin,Iberia,Jackson,Jefferson Davis,Lafourche,Lincoln,Morehouse,Natchitoches,Plaquemines,Rapides,Red River,Richland,Sabine,Saint Bernard,Saint Charles,Saint Martin,Saint Mary,Tangipahoa,Terrebonne,Vermilion,Vernon,Washington,Webster,West Feliciana, andWinn.
It was also the last time a Democrat carried any state in the Deep South in a presidential election untilJoe Biden wonGeorgia in2020. This was the first time since 1944 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections.
| 1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Bill Clinton ofArkansas(incumbent) | Al Gore ofTennessee(incumbent) | 927,837 | 52.01% | 9 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Bob Dole ofKansas | Jack Kemp ofNew York | 712,586 | 39.94% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Reform | Ross Perot ofTexas | James Campbell[b] ofCalifornia | 123,293 | 6.91% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne ofTennessee | Jo Jorgensen ofSouth Carolina | 7,499 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Liberty Ecology Community[c] | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 4,719 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips ofVirginia | Herbert Titus ofOregon | 3,366 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Natural Law | John Hagelin ofIowa | Mike Tompkins ofMassachusetts | 2,981 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Workers World | Monica Moorehead ofAlabama | Gloria LaRiva ofCalifornia | 1,678 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 1,776,259 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% | ||||
| Parish[4] | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Harry E. Browne Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 12,300 | 51.41% | 9,246 | 38.64% | 2,234 | 9.34% | 40 | 0.17% | 107 | 0.45% | 3,054 | 12.77% | 23,927 |
| Allen | 4,960 | 55.89% | 2,589 | 29.18% | 1,187 | 13.38% | 38 | 0.43% | 100 | 1.13% | 2,371 | 26.71% | 8,874 |
| Ascension | 15,263 | 51.91% | 10,885 | 37.02% | 3,027 | 10.30% | 65 | 0.22% | 160 | 0.54% | 4,378 | 14.89% | 29,400 |
| Assumption | 6,416 | 62.83% | 2,698 | 26.42% | 904 | 8.85% | 65 | 0.64% | 129 | 1.26% | 3,718 | 36.41% | 10,212 |
| Avoyelles | 9,689 | 59.04% | 4,433 | 27.01% | 1,937 | 11.80% | 89 | 0.54% | 262 | 1.60% | 5,256 | 32.03% | 16,410 |
| Beauregard | 4,925 | 39.40% | 5,526 | 44.21% | 1,834 | 14.67% | 96 | 0.77% | 118 | 0.94% | -601 | -4.81% | 12,499 |
| Bienville | 4,335 | 58.71% | 2,402 | 32.53% | 457 | 6.19% | 108 | 1.46% | 82 | 1.11% | 1,933 | 26.18% | 7,384 |
| Bossier | 15,504 | 43.82% | 16,852 | 47.63% | 2,660 | 7.52% | 141 | 0.40% | 225 | 0.64% | -1,348 | -3.81% | 35,382 |
| Caddo | 55,543 | 55.89% | 38,445 | 38.69% | 4,821 | 4.85% | 180 | 0.18% | 390 | 0.39% | 17,098 | 17.20% | 99,379 |
| Calcasieu | 38,238 | 51.91% | 26,494 | 35.97% | 8,281 | 11.24% | 213 | 0.29% | 435 | 0.59% | 11,744 | 15.94% | 73,661 |
| Caldwell | 2,117 | 46.44% | 1,842 | 40.40% | 514 | 11.27% | 39 | 0.86% | 47 | 1.03% | 275 | 6.04% | 4,559 |
| Cameron | 2,103 | 50.70% | 1,365 | 32.91% | 594 | 14.32% | 30 | 0.72% | 56 | 1.35% | 738 | 17.79% | 4,148 |
| Catahoula | 2,692 | 52.11% | 1,770 | 34.26% | 615 | 11.90% | 39 | 0.75% | 50 | 0.97% | 922 | 17.85% | 5,166 |
| Claiborne | 3,609 | 53.55% | 2,500 | 37.10% | 530 | 7.86% | 41 | 0.61% | 59 | 0.88% | 1,109 | 16.45% | 6,739 |
| Concordia | 4,565 | 52.38% | 3,134 | 35.96% | 855 | 9.81% | 78 | 0.90% | 83 | 0.95% | 1,431 | 16.42% | 8,715 |
| DeSoto | 6,221 | 59.13% | 3,526 | 33.52% | 646 | 6.14% | 55 | 0.52% | 72 | 0.68% | 2,695 | 25.61% | 10,520 |
| East Baton Rouge | 83,493 | 48.93% | 77,811 | 45.60% | 7,990 | 4.68% | 436 | 0.26% | 917 | 0.54% | 5,682 | 3.33% | 170,647 |
| East Carroll | 2,149 | 63.00% | 1,008 | 29.55% | 186 | 5.45% | 24 | 0.70% | 44 | 1.29% | 1,141 | 33.45% | 3,411 |
| East Feliciana | 4,714 | 56.11% | 2,949 | 35.10% | 660 | 7.86% | 16 | 0.19% | 62 | 0.74% | 1,765 | 21.01% | 8,401 |
| Evangeline | 7,847 | 52.83% | 5,278 | 35.53% | 1,447 | 9.74% | 100 | 0.67% | 182 | 1.23% | 2,569 | 17.30% | 14,854 |
| Franklin | 4,076 | 45.29% | 3,961 | 44.01% | 814 | 9.04% | 61 | 0.68% | 88 | 0.98% | 115 | 1.28% | 9,000 |
| Grant | 2,980 | 40.87% | 3,117 | 42.75% | 1,055 | 14.47% | 52 | 0.71% | 88 | 1.21% | -137 | -1.88% | 7,292 |
| Iberia | 15,087 | 50.35% | 12,014 | 40.09% | 2,448 | 8.17% | 196 | 0.65% | 220 | 0.73% | 3,073 | 10.26% | 29,965 |
| Iberville | 9,553 | 64.20% | 4,031 | 27.09% | 1,076 | 7.23% | 68 | 0.46% | 151 | 1.01% | 5,522 | 37.11% | 14,879 |
| Jackson | 3,368 | 47.66% | 3,030 | 42.88% | 571 | 8.08% | 36 | 0.51% | 62 | 0.88% | 338 | 4.78% | 7,067 |
| Jefferson | 80,407 | 43.59% | 92,820 | 50.32% | 9,667 | 5.24% | 504 | 0.27% | 1,068 | 0.58% | -12,413 | -6.73% | 184,466 |
| Jefferson Davis | 6,897 | 53.29% | 4,311 | 33.31% | 1,543 | 11.92% | 72 | 0.56% | 120 | 0.93% | 2,586 | 19.98% | 12,943 |
| Lafayette | 32,504 | 43.65% | 36,419 | 48.91% | 4,631 | 6.22% | 348 | 0.47% | 566 | 0.76% | -3,915 | -5.26% | 74,468 |
| Lafourche | 18,810 | 52.84% | 12,105 | 34.01% | 3,984 | 11.19% | 309 | 0.87% | 388 | 1.09% | 6,705 | 18.83% | 35,596 |
| LaSalle | 2,543 | 39.09% | 2,925 | 44.96% | 947 | 14.56% | 28 | 0.43% | 63 | 0.97% | -382 | -5.87% | 6,506 |
| Lincoln | 7,903 | 49.85% | 6,973 | 43.98% | 761 | 4.80% | 117 | 0.74% | 101 | 0.64% | 930 | 5.87% | 15,855 |
| Livingston | 13,276 | 38.94% | 16,159 | 47.39% | 4,150 | 12.17% | 188 | 0.55% | 322 | 0.94% | -2,883 | -8.45% | 34,095 |
| Madison | 3,085 | 60.91% | 1,591 | 31.41% | 315 | 6.22% | 26 | 0.51% | 48 | 0.95% | 1,494 | 29.50% | 5,065 |
| Morehouse | 6,160 | 49.31% | 5,193 | 41.57% | 963 | 7.71% | 71 | 0.57% | 106 | 0.85% | 967 | 7.74% | 12,493 |
| Natchitoches | 8,296 | 54.69% | 5,471 | 36.06% | 1,053 | 6.94% | 127 | 0.84% | 223 | 1.47% | 2,825 | 18.63% | 15,170 |
| Orleans | 144,720 | 76.20% | 39,576 | 20.84% | 3,805 | 2.00% | 554 | 0.29% | 1,256 | 0.66% | 105,144 | 55.36% | 189,911 |
| Ouachita | 24,525 | 42.58% | 28,559 | 49.59% | 3,586 | 6.23% | 466 | 0.81% | 458 | 0.80% | -4,034 | -7.01% | 57,594 |
| Plaquemines | 5,348 | 49.53% | 4,493 | 41.61% | 856 | 7.93% | 29 | 0.27% | 71 | 0.66% | 855 | 7.92% | 10,797 |
| Pointe Coupee | 6,835 | 60.32% | 3,545 | 31.28% | 845 | 7.46% | 34 | 0.30% | 73 | 0.64% | 3,290 | 29.04% | 11,332 |
| Rapides | 23,004 | 46.07% | 21,548 | 43.16% | 4,670 | 9.35% | 351 | 0.70% | 358 | 0.72% | 1,456 | 2.91% | 49,931 |
| Red River | 2,641 | 61.48% | 1,344 | 31.28% | 268 | 6.24% | 23 | 0.54% | 20 | 0.47% | 1,297 | 30.20% | 4,296 |
| Richland | 4,143 | 46.50% | 3,965 | 44.50% | 645 | 7.24% | 61 | 0.68% | 96 | 1.08% | 178 | 2.00% | 8,910 |
| Sabine | 4,263 | 47.33% | 3,543 | 39.34% | 1,043 | 11.58% | 59 | 0.66% | 99 | 1.10% | 720 | 7.99% | 9,007 |
| St. Bernard | 14,312 | 46.33% | 13,549 | 43.86% | 2,664 | 8.62% | 134 | 0.43% | 233 | 0.75% | 763 | 2.47% | 30,892 |
| St. Charles | 10,612 | 49.61% | 9,316 | 43.55% | 1,307 | 6.11% | 38 | 0.18% | 120 | 0.56% | 1,296 | 6.06% | 21,393 |
| St. Helena | 3,692 | 65.83% | 1,455 | 25.95% | 417 | 7.44% | 18 | 0.32% | 26 | 0.46% | 2,237 | 39.88% | 5,608 |
| St. James | 7,247 | 67.46% | 2,832 | 26.36% | 608 | 5.66% | 15 | 0.14% | 41 | 0.38% | 4,415 | 41.10% | 10,743 |
| St. John the Baptist | 9,937 | 58.28% | 6,025 | 35.34% | 966 | 5.67% | 41 | 0.24% | 82 | 0.48% | 3,912 | 22.94% | 17,051 |
| St. Landry | 20,636 | 58.21% | 12,273 | 34.62% | 2,311 | 6.52% | 75 | 0.21% | 158 | 0.45% | 8,363 | 23.59% | 35,453 |
| St. Martin | 12,492 | 60.33% | 6,296 | 30.41% | 1,607 | 7.76% | 112 | 0.54% | 199 | 0.96% | 6,196 | 29.92% | 20,706 |
| St. Mary | 12,402 | 54.95% | 8,018 | 35.53% | 1,850 | 8.20% | 136 | 0.60% | 163 | 0.72% | 4,384 | 19.42% | 22,569 |
| St. Tammany | 24,281 | 32.58% | 44,761 | 60.06% | 4,741 | 6.36% | 251 | 0.34% | 492 | 0.66% | -20,480 | -27.48% | 74,526 |
| Tangipahoa | 18,617 | 49.53% | 15,517 | 41.28% | 3,144 | 8.36% | 100 | 0.27% | 213 | 0.57% | 3,100 | 8.25% | 37,591 |
| Tensas | 1,882 | 60.73% | 1,000 | 32.27% | 176 | 5.68% | 12 | 0.39% | 29 | 0.94% | 882 | 28.46% | 3,099 |
| Terrebonne | 18,550 | 51.02% | 13,944 | 38.35% | 3,359 | 9.24% | 203 | 0.56% | 305 | 0.84% | 4,606 | 12.67% | 36,361 |
| Union | 4,260 | 44.64% | 4,418 | 46.30% | 696 | 7.29% | 57 | 0.60% | 112 | 1.17% | -158 | -1.66% | 9,543 |
| Vermilion | 12,609 | 55.64% | 7,653 | 33.77% | 1,954 | 8.62% | 194 | 0.86% | 251 | 1.11% | 4,956 | 21.87% | 22,661 |
| Vernon | 6,195 | 44.36% | 5,449 | 39.02% | 2,068 | 14.81% | 94 | 0.67% | 160 | 1.15% | 746 | 5.34% | 13,966 |
| Washington | 9,603 | 53.28% | 6,642 | 36.85% | 1,643 | 9.12% | 61 | 0.34% | 74 | 0.41% | 2,961 | 16.43% | 18,023 |
| Webster | 9,688 | 55.31% | 6,153 | 35.13% | 1,324 | 7.56% | 168 | 0.96% | 184 | 1.05% | 3,535 | 20.18% | 17,517 |
| West Baton Rouge | 5,697 | 58.14% | 3,254 | 33.21% | 799 | 8.15% | 13 | 0.13% | 35 | 0.36% | 2,443 | 24.93% | 9,798 |
| West Carroll | 1,853 | 38.90% | 2,366 | 49.66% | 461 | 9.68% | 29 | 0.61% | 55 | 1.15% | -513 | -10.76% | 4,764 |
| West Feliciana | 2,416 | 53.62% | 1,616 | 35.86% | 388 | 8.61% | 28 | 0.62% | 58 | 1.29% | 800 | 17.76% | 4,506 |
| Winn | 3,779 | 50.64% | 2,803 | 37.56% | 735 | 9.85% | 47 | 0.63% | 99 | 1.33% | 976 | 13.08% | 7,463 |
| Totals | 927,837 | 52.01% | 712,586 | 39.94% | 123,293 | 6.91% | 7,499 | 0.42% | 12,744 | 0.71% | 215,251 | 12.07% | 1,783,959 |
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