2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida Delaware
Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 1,255,776 856,034
Percentage 58.46% 39.85%
Louisiana Presidential Election Results 2020.svg
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President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

Elected President

Joe Biden
Democratic

Elections in Louisiana
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The 2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[1] Louisiana voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Louisiana has eight electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Trump won Louisiana on the day of the election 58.5% to 39.9%, a margin of 18.6%, down from 19.4% in 2016. Per exit polls by the Associated Press, his strength in Louisiana came from Caucasian born-again/Evangelical Christians as well as conservative Roman Catholics who have a high population in Louisiana, who supported Trump with 91% and 80% of their vote. On the issue of abortion, 57% of voters believed abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. As is the case in most southern states, there was a stark racial divide in voting for this election: Southern Caucasians supported Trump by 77%–22% while African-Americans supported Biden by 88%–10%.[3]

Primary elections[]

The primary elections were originally scheduled for April 4, 2020. On March 13, they were moved to June 20 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Then on April 14, they were further pushed back to July 11.[5]

Republican primary[]

Incumbent President Donald Trump was essentially uncontested in the Republican primary.[6] The state has 46 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[7]

Democratic primary[]

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary § Results.[]
2020 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary[8]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[9]
Joe Biden 212,555 79.52 54
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) 19,859 7.43
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 6,426 2.40
Michael Bennet (withdrawn) 6,173 2.31
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 4,617 1.73
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn) 4,312 1.61
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn) 2,431 0.91
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn) 2,363 0.88
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 1,962 0.73
John Delaney (withdrawn) 1,877 0.70
Steve Burke 1,537 0.58
Robby Wells 1,395 0.52
Tom Steyer (withdrawn) 902 0.34
Deval Patrick (withdrawn) 877 0.33
Total 267,286 100% 54

General election[]

Predictions[]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[10] Safe R September 10, 2020
Inside Elections[11] Safe R September 4, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] Safe R July 14, 2020
Politico[13] Safe R September 8, 2020
RCP[14] Likely R August 3, 2020
Niskanen[15] Safe R July 26, 2020
CNN[16] Safe R August 3, 2020
The Economist[17] Safe R September 23, 2020
CBS News[18] Likely R August 16, 2020
270towin[19] Safe R August 2, 2020
ABC News[20] Safe R July 31, 2020
NPR[21] Likely R August 3, 2020
NBC News[22] Likely R August 6, 2020
538[23] Safe R November 2, 2020

Polling[]

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls[]

Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Other/
Undecided
[a] 		Margin
270 to Win October 14–27 2020 November 3, 2020 36.0% 56.5% 7.5% Trump +20.5
FiveThirtyEight until November 2, 2020 November 3, 2020 37.1% 57.6% 5.3% Trump +20.6
Average 36.6% 57.1% 6.4% Trump +20.5

Polls

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Jo
Jorgensen
Libertarian 		Howie
Hawkins
Green 		Other Undecided
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 1,556 (LV) ± 3.5% 62%[c] 36% – – – –
Swayable Archived November 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020 378 (LV) ± 6.7% 57% 39% 4% – – –
SurveyMonkey/Axios Oct 1–28, 2020 2,633 (LV) – 60% 38% – – – –
University of New Orleans Oct 22, 2020 755 (LV) ± 3.6% 59% 36% – – 4% 1%
Trafalgar Group Oct 4–6, 2020 1,048 (LV) ± 2.95% 54% 36% 3% – 1%[d] 6%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Sep 1–30, 2020 2,475 (LV) – 60% 38% – – – 2%
Tyson Group/Consumer Energy Alliance[A] Sep 2–5, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4% 48% 42% 2% – No voters[e] 7%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Aug 1–31, 2020 2,587 (LV) – 59% 38% – – – 2%
Trafalgar Group Aug 13–17, 2020 1,002 (LV) ± 2.99% 54% 38% 3% – 1%[d] 4%
ALG Research/Perkins for LA[1][B] Aug 6–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 50% 43% – – – 7%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jul 1–31, 2020 2,998 (LV) – 60% 39% – – – 2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios Jun 8–30, 2020 1,134 (LV) – 60% 37% – – – 3%
Hypothetical polling
with Donald Trump and Generic Opponent
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Donald
Trump (R) 		Generic
Opponent 		Other Undecided
Multi-Quest International/The Hay Ride Jul 19–21, 2019 601 (RV) ± 4% 50% 39% 1%[f] 10%
Market Research Insight Apr 9–11, 2019 600 (LV) ± 4.1% 54% 37% – 10%
with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Generic
Republican 		Generic
Democrat
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates/LaPolitics Aug 6–12, 2020 600 (RV) ± 3.5% 47% 43%

Results[]

Statewide results[]

2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Donald Trump
Mike Pence 		1,255,776 58.46% +0.46%
Democratic Joe Biden
Kamala Harris 		856,034 39.85% +1.45%
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen 		21,645 1.01% -0.89%
The Birthday Party Kanye West
Michelle Tidball 		4,897 0.23% N/A
American Solidarity Brian Carroll
Amar Patel 		2,497 0.12% N/A
Becoming One Nation Jade Simmons
Claudeliah Rose 		1,626 0.08% N/A
C.U.P. President Boddie
Eric Stoneham 		1,125 0.05% N/A
Socialism and Liberation Gloria La Riva
Sunil Freeman 		987 0.05% N/A
Constitution Don Blankenship
William Mohr 		860 0.04% N/A
Freedom and Prosperity Brock Pierce
Karla Ballard 		749 0.03% N/A
Life, Liberty, Constitution Tom Hoefling
Andy Prior 		668 0.03% N/A
Unity Bill Hammons
Eric Bodenstab 		662 0.03% N/A
Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy
Malcolm Jarrett 		536 0.02% N/A
Total votes 2,148,062 100.00%

Results by parish[]

Vote breakdown by parish[24]
Trump/Pence
Republican 		Biden/Harris
Democratic 		Jorgensen/Cohen
Libertarian 		West/Tidball
Birthday 		Pierce/Ballard
Freedom and Prosperity 		Write-ins[g] Total
Parish Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes
Acadia 22,596 79.49% 5,443 19.15% 241 0.85% 45 0.16% 6 0.02% 94 0.33% 28,425
Allen 7,574 77.21% 2,108 21.49% 73 0.74% 15 0.15% 3 0.03% 37 0.38% 9,810
Ascension 40,687 65.28% 20,399 32.73% 816 1.31% 134 0.22% 28 0.04% 261 0.42% 62,325
Assumption 7,271 64.72% 3,833 34.12% 68 0.61% 16 0.14% 3 0.03% 44 0.39% 11,235
Avoyelles 12,028 69.56% 4,979 28.79% 161 0.93% 41 0.24% 3 0.02% 80 0.46% 17,292
Beauregard 13,575 82.99% 2,542 15.54% 172 1.05% 13 0.08% 1 0.01% 54 0.33% 16,357
Bienville 3,891 55.19% 3,067 43.50% 49 0.70% 12 0.17% 3 0.04% 28 0.40% 7,050
Bossier 38,074 69.66% 15,662 28.66% 632 1.16% 82 0.15% 15 0.03% 190 0.35% 54,655
Caddo 48,021 45.77% 55,110 52.53% 1,021 0.97% 290 0.28% 33 0.03% 437 0.42% 104,912
Calcasieu 55,066 66.62% 25,982 31.43% 1,083 1.31% 164 0.20% 27 0.03% 341 0.41% 82,663
Caldwell 3,976 83.49% 745 15.64% 21 0.44% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 16 0.34% 4,762
Cameron 3,671 90.66% 324 8.23% 23 0.58% 5 0.13% 0 0.00% 16 0.41% 4,039
Catahoula 3,541 72.89% 1,269 26.12% 26 0.54% 5 0.10% 1 0.02% 16 0.33% 4,858
Claiborne 3,770 57.29% 2,731 41.50% 29 0.44% 12 0.18% 4 0.06% 34 0.52% 6,580
Concordia 5,550 62.87% 3,177 35.99% 64 0.72% 5 0.06% 4 0.05% 28 0.32% 8,828
De Soto 9,112 61.83% 5,457 37.03% 79 0.54% 21 0.14% 9 0.06% 58 0.39% 14,736
East Baton Rouge 88,420 42.47% 115,577 55.52% 2,440 1.17% 619 0.30% 77 0.04% 1,049 0.50% 208,182
East Carroll 1,080 35.57% 1,900 62.58% 20 0.66% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 31 1.02% 3,036
East Feliciana 6,064 57.70% 4,280 40.73% 89 0.85% 16 0.15% 4 0.04% 56 0.53% 10,509
Evangeline 11,053 71.72% 4,158 26.98% 96 0.62% 22 0.14% 5 0.03% 78 0.51% 15,412
Franklin 6,970 71.71% 2,658 27.35% 45 0.46% 8 0.08% 5 0.05% 34 0.35% 9,720
Grant 8,117 86.42% 1,157 12.32% 79 0.84% 5 0.05% 4 0.04% 30 0.32% 9,392
Iberia 21,251 64.96% 11,027 33.71% 253 0.77% 60 0.18% 11 0.03% 111 0.34% 32,713
Iberville 7,893 47.21% 8,514 50.92% 141 0.84% 57 0.34% 11 0.07% 103 0.62% 16,719
Jackson 5,394 70.68% 2,143 28.08% 51 0.67% 16 0.21% 3 0.04% 25 0.33% 7,632
Jefferson 105,949 54.69% 84,477 43.60% 1,935 1.00% 532 0.27% 66 0.03% 774 0.40% 193,733
Jefferson Davis 11,423 76.97% 3,208 21.62% 131 0.88% 22 0.15% 5 0.03% 51 0.34% 14,840
Lafayette 72,519 63.32% 39,685 34.65% 1,512 1.32% 256 0.22% 47 0.04% 502 0.44% 114,521
Lafourche 36,024 79.37% 8,672 19.11% 424 0.93% 80 0.18% 17 0.04% 171 0.38% 45,388
LaSalle 6,378 90.12% 638 9.02% 39 0.55% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 16 0.23% 7,077
Lincoln 11,311 58.68% 7,559 39.22% 276 1.43% 40 0.21% 4 0.02% 85 0.44% 19,275
Livingston 54,877 84.13% 9,249 14.18% 817 1.25% 98 0.15% 13 0.02% 176 0.27% 65,230
Madison 1,930 41.33% 2,654 56.83% 23 0.49% 12 0.26% 7 0.15% 44 0.94% 4,670
Morehouse 6,510 56.25% 4,946 42.73% 56 0.48% 8 0.07% 3 0.03% 51 0.44% 11,574
Natchitoches 9,358 56.53% 6,896 41.66% 172 1.04% 28 0.17% 6 0.04% 94 0.57% 16,554
Orleans 26,664 15.00% 147,854 83.15% 1,603 0.90% 708 0.40% 76 0.04% 914 0.51% 177,819
Ouachita 42,255 61.09% 25,913 37.46% 624 0.90% 125 0.18% 15 0.02% 234 0.34% 69,166
Plaquemines 7,412 67.30% 3,414 31.00% 103 0.94% 31 0.28% 6 0.05% 48 0.44% 11,014
Pointe Coupee 7,503 60.65% 4,683 37.85% 94 0.76% 21 0.17% 6 0.05% 64 0.52% 12,371
Rapides 38,347 65.14% 19,475 33.08% 693 1.18% 125 0.21% 18 0.03% 225 0.38% 58,865
Red River 2,413 58.40% 1,644 39.79% 31 0.75% 10 0.24% 1 0.02% 33 0.80% 4,132
Richland 6,607 66.47% 3,225 32.44% 53 0.53% 12 0.12% 3 0.03% 40 0.40% 9,940
Sabine 8,776 82.82% 1,731 16.34% 49 0.46% 8 0.08% 2 0.02% 30 0.28% 10,596
St. Bernard 11,179 63.34% 6,151 34.85% 188 1.07% 49 0.28% 6 0.03% 77 0.44% 17,650
St. Charles 18,233 63.96% 9,800 34.38% 294 1.03% 63 0.22% 14 0.05% 104 0.36% 28,517
St. Helena 2,714 44.07% 3,346 54.34% 43 0.70% 10 0.16% 2 0.03% 43 0.70% 6,158
St. James 5,954 47.33% 6,510 51.75% 37 0.29% 23 0.18% 5 0.04% 51 0.41% 12,590
St. John the Baptist 7,538 35.17% 13,582 63.37% 118 0.55% 63 0.29% 16 0.07% 115 0.54% 21,432
St. Landry 23,171 56.30% 17,372 42.21% 301 0.73% 78 0.19% 17 0.04% 215 0.52% 41,154
St. Martin 18,203 67.32% 8,439 31.21% 205 0.76% 55 0.20% 12 0.04% 124 0.46% 27,038
St. Mary 14,811 63.88% 8,055 34.74% 173 0.75% 52 0.22% 7 0.03% 88 0.38% 23,186
St. Tammany 99,666 71.13% 37,746 26.94% 1,868 1.33% 287 0.20% 45 0.03% 498 0.36% 140,110
Tangipahoa 37,806 65.57% 18,887 32.76% 589 1.02% 136 0.24% 17 0.03% 226 0.39% 57,661
Tensas 1,197 46.87% 1,329 52.04% 11 0.43% 4 0.16% 0 0.00% 13 0.51% 2,554
Terrebonne 34,339 74.26% 11,198 24.22% 434 0.94% 81 0.18% 15 0.03% 173 0.37% 46,240
Union 8,407 75.06% 2,654 23.69% 76 0.68% 14 0.12% 3 0.03% 47 0.42% 11,201
Vermilion 21,930 80.26% 5,009 18.33% 228 0.83% 45 0.16% 12 0.04% 100 0.37% 27,324
Vernon 14,107 81.69% 2,898 16.78% 188 1.09% 18 0.10% 3 0.02% 54 0.31% 17,268
Washington 13,307 68.20% 5,970 30.59% 120 0.61% 40 0.20% 3 0.02% 73 0.37% 19,513
Webster 11,830 64.94% 6,172 33.88% 119 0.65% 24 0.13% 5 0.03% 66 0.36% 18,216
West Baton Rouge 7,684 54.51% 6,200 43.98% 122 0.87% 42 0.30% 5 0.04% 44 0.31% 14,097
West Carroll 4,317 85.45% 710 14.05% 12 0.24% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 9 0.18% 5,052
West Feliciana 3,863 61.63% 2,298 36.66% 66 1.05% 15 0.24% 1 0.02% 25 0.40% 6,268
Winn 4,619 74.20% 1,543 24.79% 36 0.58% 4 0.06% 3 0.05% 20 0.32% 6,225

By congressional district[]

Trump won 5 of the 6 congressional districts in Louisiana.

District Trump Biden Representative
1st 68% 30.1% Steve Scalise
2nd 23% 75.3% Cedric Richmond
3rd 68.1% 30.2% Clay Higgins
4th 61.5% 37% Mike Johnson
5th 64.5% 34.1% Ralph Abraham
6th 63.8% 34.4% Garret Graves

Notes[]

  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Another Party Candidate" with 1%
  5. ^ "Refused" with no voters
  6. ^ "Refused" with 1%
  7. ^ Includes Brian T. Carroll, Jade Simmons, President Boddie, Gloria La Riva, Don Blankenship, Tom Hoefling, Bill Hammons, and Alyson Kennedy.
Partisan clients
  1. ^ The Consumer Energy Alliance is a pro-Keystone XL lobbying group
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Adrians Perkins' campaign in the 2020 United States Senate election in Louisiana

See also[]

  • United States presidential elections in Louisiana
  • Presidency of Joe Biden
  • 2020 Louisiana elections
  • 2020 United States presidential election
  • 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
  • 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
  • 2020 United States elections

References[]

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  24. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Election Results - Presidential Electors". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

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