Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Politics

Year
Republican
Democratic
Third parties
2016
84.6% 48,824
12.0% 6,950
3.4% 1,956
2012
84.2% 45,513
13.8% 7,451
2.0% 1,098
2008
85.0% 43,269
13.1% 6,681
1.9% 942
2004
76.8% 33,976
22.4% 9,895
0.9% 382
2000
67.5% 24,889
29.9% 11,008
2.6% 968
1996
47.4% 16,159
38.9% 13,276
13.7% 4,660
1992
47.1% 14,808
36.6% 11,499
16.3% 5,114
1988
61.3% 15,779
37.5% 9,659
1.2% 305
1984
65.7% 17,465
33.5% 8,913
0.8% 198
1980
47.2% 10,666
50.1% 11,319
2.8% 624
1976
35.0% 5,555
62.1% 9,875
2.9% 465
1972
73.0% 7,481
18.5% 1,898
8.5% 874
1968
7.7% 947
11.4% 1,400
80.9% 9,907
1964
61.1% 5,508
38.9% 3,509
-
1960
14.4% 954
43.5% 2,881
42.1% 2,793
1956
37.2% 1,628
58.8% 2,571
4.0% 173
1952
28.6% 1,436
71.4% 3,578
-
1948
7.6% 264
53.0% 1,841
39.4% 1,366
1944
12.2% 343
87.8% 2,460
-
1940
7.8% 252
92.2% 2,971
-
1936
17.0% 496
83.0% 2,414
-
1932
4.4% 89
95.6% 1,953
-
1928
48.2% 975
51.8% 1,047
-
1924
14.3% 110
85.7% 657
-
1920
24.4% 218
75.5% 674
0.1% 1
1916
6.3% 35
90.5% 503
3.2% 18
1912
0.6% 3
80.1% 379
19.2% 91

Question: How did Republicans perform in the 2008 election compared to the previous one?
Answer: In Livingston Parish, the Republicans improved in the 2008 election, in which they received 43,269 votes and 85% of the total to 6,681 votes for Democrat.