United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2016
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participate. Louisiana voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On March 5, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, and Republican, parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated weren't able to vote in the primaries.[1]
Contents
Primary elections
24 candidates were on the ballot.[2]
Democratic primary
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| Louisiana Democratic primary, March 5, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 221,613 | 71.12% | 37 | 7 | 44 |
| Bernie Sanders | 72,242 | 23.18% | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Steve Burke | 4,782 | 1.53% | |||
| John Wolfe, Jr. | 4,507 | 1.45% | |||
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 2,546 | 0.82% | |||
| Willie Wilson | 1,421 | 0.46% | |||
| Keith Russell Judd | 1,356 | 0.44% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente | 1,338 | 0.43% | |||
| Michael A. Steinberg | 995 | 0.32% | |||
| Henry Hewes | 807 | 0.26% | |||
| Uncommitted | N/A | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 311,607 | 100% | 51 | 8 | 59 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Republican primary
Fourteen candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
| Louisiana Republican primary, March 5, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
 Donald Trump |
124,854 | 41.45% | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Ted Cruz | 113,968 | 37.83% | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Marco Rubio | 33,813 | 11.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 19,359 | 6.43% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 4,544 | 1.51% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 2,145 | 0.71% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 670 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 645 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 401 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 243 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 180 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 152 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Total: | 301,241 | 100.00% | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
State Convention
On March 24, the State Convention met and reversed the results of the primary, giving Ted Cruz a clear majority.[3] Rubio's five delegates and 2 uncommitted delegates committed to Trump after Kasich and Cruz dropped out of the race.[4][5] This gave Trump the majority of the delegates from the state.
See also
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- Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
References
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- RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
- Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
- 2016 Presidential primaries, ElectionProjection.com
- Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Louisiana
- ↑ http://www.katc.com/story/31044952/closed-elections-for-primaries-in-louisiana
- ↑ http://ballot-access.org/2015/12/04/with-four-hours-to-go-23-presidential-candidates-have-qualified-for-a-louisiana-presidential-primary/
- ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/ted-cruz-gains-in-louisiana-after-loss-there-to-donald-trump-1458861959
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisianas-five-rubio-delegates-will-announce-who-theyre-supporting-thursday/
- ↑ http://thehayride.com/2016/05/breaking-trump-gains-seven-more-delegates-from-louisiana-after-rubio-delegates-finally-switch/
