President Barack Obama lost a slight amount of footing in Louisiana according to the results of Tuesday’s presidential election, but those numbers were not evident on a national scale since Louisiana is not a swing state.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney won 59.19 percent of votes in Louisiana, while Obama won 39.16 percent of the vote, according to numbers as of press time Tuesday night.
In 2008, Obama won 39.9 percent of Louisiana’s vote with 780,981 votes. Tuesday night’s numbers show Obama recording 749,994 votes in the state.
Romney, on the other hand, won more votes than former Republican challenger John McCain won in 2008. McCain won 58.6 percent of Louisiana’s vote in 2008.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, though, Obama won more votes than Romney. Obama garnered 102,460 votes while Romney claimed 92,235 votes according to Tuesday night’s numbers. Obama also led Romney in other parishes including Orleans Parish, Caddo Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish and East Carroll Parish.
On the third party candidates on the state’s ballot, Libertarian Gary Johnson had the most votes, .92 percent, with 17,689 according to Tuesday night’s numbers.
The last time Louisiana elected a Democratic candidate for the presidency was in 1996 when former President Bill Clinton ran for a second term. In Louisiana and throughout the nation, he defeated Republican Bob Dole.
2012
Obama: 39.16 percent
Romney: 59.19 percent
2008
Obama: 39.9 percent
McCain: 58.6 percent
