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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Louisiana

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Louisiana in 1996, 52.0% to 39.9%, a margin of 12.1 points and 215,251 votes.

Louisiana voted 3.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Democrats led in 53 of the 64 counties and Republicans in 11. The largest, Orleans, cast 189,911 votes and went to the Democrat by 55.4 points. The closest was Franklin, where 115 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Clinton won	Democratic	927,837	52.0%
Bob Dole	Republican	712,586	39.9%
Ross Perot	Reform	123,293	6.9%
All other candidates		20,243	1.1%
Total		1,783,959

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	144,720 76.2%	39,576 20.8%	5,615	189,911	D+55.4
Jefferson	80,407 43.6%	92,820 50.3%	11,239	184,466	R+6.7
East Baton Rouge	83,493 48.9%	77,811 45.6%	9,343	170,647	D+3.3
Caddo	55,543 55.9%	38,445 38.7%	5,391	99,379	D+17.2
St. Tammany	24,281 32.6%	44,761 60.1%	5,484	74,526	R+27.5
Lafayette	32,504 43.6%	36,419 48.9%	5,545	74,468	R+5.3
Calcasieu	38,238 51.9%	26,494 36.0%	8,929	73,661	D+15.9
Ouachita	24,525 42.6%	28,559 49.6%	4,510	57,594	R+7.0
Rapides	23,004 46.1%	21,548 43.2%	5,379	49,931	D+2.9
Tangipahoa	18,617 49.5%	15,517 41.3%	3,457	37,591	D+8.2
Terrebonne	18,550 51.0%	13,944 38.3%	3,867	36,361	D+12.7
St. Landry	20,636 58.2%	12,273 34.6%	2,544	35,453	D+23.6
Bossier	15,504 43.8%	16,852 47.6%	3,026	35,382	R+3.8
Lafourche	18,810 54.4%	12,105 35.0%	3,681	34,596	D+19.4
Livingston	13,276 38.9%	16,159 47.4%	4,660	34,095	R+8.5
St. Bernard	14,312 46.3%	13,549 43.9%	3,031	30,892	D+2.5
Iberia	15,087 50.3%	12,014 40.1%	2,864	29,965	D+10.3
Ascension	15,263 51.9%	10,885 37.0%	3,252	29,400	D+14.9
Acadia	12,300 51.4%	9,246 38.6%	2,381	23,927	D+12.8
Vermilion	12,609 55.6%	7,653 33.8%	2,399	22,661	D+21.9
St. Mary	12,402 55.0%	8,018 35.5%	2,149	22,569	D+19.4
St. Charles	10,612 49.6%	9,316 43.5%	1,465	21,393	D+6.1
St. Martin	12,492 60.2%	6,296 30.4%	1,948	20,736	D+29.9
Washington	9,603 53.3%	6,642 36.9%	1,778	18,023	D+16.4
Webster	9,688 55.3%	6,153 35.1%	1,676	17,517	D+20.2
St. John the Baptist	9,937 58.3%	6,025 35.3%	1,089	17,051	D+22.9
Avoyelles	9,689 59.0%	4,433 27.0%	2,288	16,410	D+32.0
Lincoln	7,903 49.8%	6,973 44.0%	979	15,855	D+5.9
Natchitoches	8,296 54.7%	5,471 36.1%	1,403	15,170	D+18.6
Iberville	9,553 64.2%	4,031 27.1%	1,295	14,879	D+37.1
Evangeline	7,847 52.8%	5,278 35.5%	1,729	14,854	D+17.3
Vernon	6,195 44.4%	5,449 39.0%	2,322	13,966	D+5.3
Jefferson Davis	6,897 53.3%	4,311 33.3%	1,735	12,943	D+20.0
Beauregard	4,925 39.4%	5,526 44.2%	2,048	12,499	R+4.8
Morehouse	6,160 49.3%	5,193 41.6%	1,140	12,493	D+7.7
Pointe Coupee	6,835 60.3%	3,545 31.3%	952	11,332	D+29.0
Plaquemines	5,348 49.5%	4,493 41.6%	956	10,797	D+7.9
St. James	7,247 67.5%	2,832 26.4%	664	10,743	D+41.1
De Soto	6,221 59.1%	3,526 33.5%	773	10,520	D+25.6
Assumption	6,416 62.8%	2,698 26.4%	1,098	10,212	D+36.4
West Baton Rouge	5,697 58.1%	3,254 33.2%	847	9,798	D+24.9
Union	4,260 44.6%	4,418 46.3%	865	9,543	R+1.7
Sabine	4,263 47.3%	3,543 39.3%	1,201	9,007	D+8.0
Franklin	4,076 45.3%	3,961 44.0%	963	9,000	D+1.3
Allen	4,930 55.7%	2,589 29.3%	1,325	8,844	D+26.5
Concordia	4,565 52.4%	3,134 36.0%	1,016	8,715	D+16.4
Richland	4,143 47.6%	3,765 43.2%	802	8,710	D+4.3
East Feliciana	4,714 56.1%	2,949 35.1%	738	8,401	D+21.0
Winn	3,779 50.6%	2,803 37.6%	881	7,463	D+13.1
Bienville	4,335 58.7%	2,402 32.5%	647	7,384	D+26.2
Grant	2,980 40.9%	3,117 42.7%	1,195	7,292	R+1.9
Jackson	3,368 47.7%	3,030 42.9%	669	7,067	D+4.8
Claiborne	3,609 53.6%	2,500 37.1%	630	6,739	D+16.5
La Salle	2,543 39.1%	2,925 45.0%	1,038	6,506	R+5.9
St. Helena	3,692 65.8%	1,455 25.9%	461	5,608	D+39.9
Catahoula	2,692 52.1%	1,770 34.3%	704	5,166	D+17.8
Madison	3,085 60.9%	1,591 31.4%	389	5,065	D+29.5
West Carroll	1,853 38.9%	2,366 49.7%	545	4,764	R+10.8
Caldwell	2,117 46.4%	1,842 40.4%	600	4,559	D+6.0
West Feliciana	2,416 53.6%	1,616 35.9%	474	4,506	D+17.8
Red River	2,641 61.5%	1,344 31.3%	311	4,296	D+30.2
Cameron	2,103 50.7%	1,365 32.9%	680	4,148	D+17.8
East Carroll	2,149 63.0%	1,008 29.6%	254	3,411	D+33.5
Tensas	1,882 60.7%	1,000 32.3%	217	3,099	D+28.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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