LOUISIANA 9 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Louisiana Department of Elections and Registration)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 4,468,976 
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 3,255,000 % change from '96  +4.0
Total Registration, Oct. 26, 2000  2,730,380
Dem. 1,665,863 (61.01%)   Rep. 590,416 (21.62%)   Other Parties 474,101 (17.36%). 
Louisiana has: 64 parishes, 3,898 precincts.
Largest parishes: Orleans, Jefferson, East Baton Rouge, Caddo.
Largest cities: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette.

Government
Governor: Mike Foster (R) re-elected in 1999.
State Legislature: Louisiana State Legislature   House: 71D, 30R, 4v  Senate: 26D, 13R
Local: Cities, Parishes...   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 5R, 2D - 1. D.Vitter (R) | 2. W.Jefferson (D) | 3. B.Tauzin (R) | 4. McCrery (R) | 5. J.Cooksey (R) | 6. R.Baker (R) | 7. C.John (D). 
U.S. Senate: Mary Landrieu (D) up for re-election in 2002, John Breaux (D) re-elected 1998. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: No seats up.
U.S. House: All members re-elected.

 The Pelican State
 

  State of Louisiana
Secretary of State
Dept. of Elections and Regis.

Democratic Party of LA
Green Party of LA
Libertarian Party of LA
Louisiana Taxpayers Party
Natural Law Party of LA
Reform Party of LA
Republican Party of LA

The Times-Picayune (New Orl.)
The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-LA

 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.)......927,837
(52.01)
Dole (Rep.)..........712,586
(39.94)
Perot (Ref.)..........123,293 
(6.91)
Others (5)..............20,243
(0.90)
Total........1,783,959
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1992
Clinton (Dem.)......815,971
(45.58)
Bush (Rep.).........733,386
(40.97)
Perot (P,A,R).......211,478
(11.81)
Gritz (AmFirst).......18,545
(1.04)
Others (7)..............10,637
(0.59)
Total........1,790,017
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2000
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 792,344
(44.88)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
 14,356
(0.81)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 927,871
(52.55)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
 5,483
(0.31)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
20,473
(1.16)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
2,951
(0.17)
Hagelin/Ticciati (NLP)
1,075
 (0.06)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
1,103
 (0.06)
Total........1,765,656

Absentee voting in person from 12 days to 6 days prior to the election: 61,147 persons. 

 Overview
Bush prevailed in a neighboring state, gaining a plurality of 135,527 votes (7.67 percentage points).  Bush carried 50 parishes to 14 for Gore.  This marked a sizable shift from 1996 when Clinton/Gore had won the state by a 12% margin.  In late summer and early September, Louisiana was seen as likely to have a tight race, but by October Bush had an edge. Louisianans also voted on four constitutional amendments; Amendments 2 and 3, a tax package backed by the governor, failed.
General Election Activities
Open Primary: Oct. 7, 2000
 
Presidential Preference Primary Election:   Tuesday, March 14, 2000
2000 Election Schedule
Republican Primary

Republicans had planned to hold a first-in-the-nation caucus on Saturday Jan. 15, 2000, but this was cancelled Dec. 15, 1999. 
Total Vote Percent
Gary Bauer 768 0.75%
+George W. Bush 86,038 83.60%
Steve Forbes 1,041 1.01%
Alan Keyes 5,900 5.73%
John McCain
9,165
8.91%
Total 102,912

Total Delegates
28 of 2,066 (1.4%).
 
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
Bill Bradley 31,385 19.92%
"Randy" Crow
5,097
3.24%
+Al Gore 114,942 72.96%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
6,127
3.89%
Total 157,551

Total Pledged Delegates
61 of 3,537 (1.7%).
Total Delegates
74 of 4,335 (1.7%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.