| 1 | A | B | C | D |
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| 2 | Livingston Parish, Louisiana - Politics |  |  |  |
| 3 | Year | Republican | Democratic | Third parties |
| 4 | 2016 | 84.6% 48,824 | 12.0% 6,950 | 3.4% 1,956 |
| 5 | 2012 | 84.2% 45,513 | 13.8% 7,451 | 2.0% 1,098 |
| 6 | 2008 | 85.0% 43,269 | 13.1% 6,681 | 1.9% 942 |
| 7 | 2004 | 76.8% 33,976 | 22.4% 9,895 | 0.9% 382 |
| 8 | 2000 | 67.5% 24,889 | 29.9% 11,008 | 2.6% 968 |
| 9 | 1996 | 47.4% 16,159 | 38.9% 13,276 | 13.7% 4,660 |
| 10 | 1992 | 47.1% 14,808 | 36.6% 11,499 | 16.3% 5,114 |
| 11 | 1988 | 61.3% 15,779 | 37.5% 9,659 | 1.2% 305 |
| 12 | 1984 | 65.7% 17,465 | 33.5% 8,913 | 0.8% 198 |
| 13 | 1980 | 47.2% 10,666 | 50.1% 11,319 | 2.8% 624 |
| 14 | 1976 | 35.0% 5,555 | 62.1% 9,875 | 2.9% 465 |
| 15 | 1972 | 73.0% 7,481 | 18.5% 1,898 | 8.5% 874 |
| 16 | 1968 | 7.7% 947 | 11.4% 1,400 | 80.9% 9,907 |
| 17 | 1964 | 61.1% 5,508 | 38.9% 3,509 | - |
| 18 | 1960 | 14.4% 954 | 43.5% 2,881 | 42.1% 2,793 |
| 19 | 1956 | 37.2% 1,628 | 58.8% 2,571 | 4.0% 173 |
| 20 | 1952 | 28.6% 1,436 | 71.4% 3,578 | - |
| 21 | 1948 | 7.6% 264 | 53.0% 1,841 | 39.4% 1,366 |
| 22 | 1944 | 12.2% 343 | 87.8% 2,460 | - |
| 23 | 1940 | 7.8% 252 | 92.2% 2,971 | - |
| 24 | 1936 | 17.0% 496 | 83.0% 2,414 | - |
| 25 | 1932 | 4.4% 89 | 95.6% 1,953 | - |
| 26 | 1928 | 48.2% 975 | 51.8% 1,047 | - |
| 27 | 1924 | 14.3% 110 | 85.7% 657 | - |
| 28 | 1920 | 24.4% 218 | 75.5% 674 | 0.1% 1 |
| 29 | 1916 | 6.3% 35 | 90.5% 503 | 3.2% 18 |
| 30 | 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.