The 2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the

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participated.

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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the

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's nominee, incumbent President

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, and running mate

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against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator

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. Louisiana has eight electoral votes in the Electoral College. 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

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s by the

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, his strength in Louisiana came from

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born-again/

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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

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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:

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supported Trump by 77%–22% while African-Americans supported Biden by 88%–10%.

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

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. Then on April 14, they were further pushed back to July 11.

Republican primary

Incumbent President

was essentially uncontested in the Republican primary. The state has 46 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Democratic primary

General election

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Predictions

Polling

;Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Polls ;with Donald Trump and Generic Opponent ;with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat

Results

Statewide results

Results by parish

By congressional district

Trump won 5 of the 6 congressional districts in Louisiana.

Notes

; Partisan clients

References

External links

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