# 1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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The 1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1996. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by President Bill 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%. 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 the 1st district, which included all of St. Tammany Parish and parts of Jefferson Parish, two of the most heavily Republican parishes in the state.
Louisiana was generally more competitive in this time period than the rest of the Deep South due to its large black population and a sizeable minority of white Blue 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. 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, nearby Deep South states like Mississippi and Alabama, as well as in tandem with Arkansas, 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 the 2024 presidential election, 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, and Winn.
It was also the last time a Democrat carried any state in the Deep South in a presidential election until Joe Biden won Georgia in 2020. This was the first time since 1944 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections.

## Results

1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Electoral vote |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Running mate | Count | % | Count | % |
| | Democratic | Bill Clinton of Arkansas (incumbent) | Al Gore of Tennessee (incumbent) | 927,837 | 52.01% | 9 | 100.00% |
| | Republican | Bob Dole of Kansas | Jack Kemp of New York | 712,586 | 39.94% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Reform | Ross Perot of Texas | Pat Choate of Washington, D.C. | 123,293 | 6.91% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Libertarian | Harry Browne of Tennessee | Jo Jorgensen of South Carolina | 7,499 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Liberty Ecology Community | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 4,719 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Constitution | Howard Phillips of Virginia | Herbert Titus of Oregon | 3,366 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Natural Law | John Hagelin of Iowa | Mike Tompkins of Massachusetts | 2,981 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% |
| | Workers World | Monica Moorehead of Alabama | Gloria LaRiva of California | 1,678 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,776,259 | 100.00% | 9 | 100.00% |

### Results by parish

| Parish | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot Reform | Ross Perot Reform | Harry E. Browne Libertarian | Harry E. Browne Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| Parish | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| 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 |

#### Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* East Baton Rouge
* Lincoln
* Plaquemines
* Rapides
* Richland
* Saint Bernard
* Saint Charles
* Terrebonne