2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana

The 2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Louisiana voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Louisiana has 8 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election in Louisiana
November 3, 2020
Turnout%
 
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida Delaware
Running mate Mike Pence TBA
President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

 Elected President

TBA

Elections in Louisiana
Government

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's primary elections were postponed until July 11, 2020. By that time, incumbent President Donald Trump of the Republican Party and former Vice President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party had already clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive nominees of their respective parties.

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.[3] Then on April 14, they were further pushed back to July 11.[4]

Republican primary

The state has 46 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[5]

Democratic primary
This section is an excerpt from 2020 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary § Results[edit]
2020 Louisiana Democratic presidential primary
Candidate Votes % Delegates
Joe Biden
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)
John Delaney (withdrawn)
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)
Robby Wells
Total 100.00% 54

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Safe R June 19, 2020
Inside Elections[7] Safe R April 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R June 25, 2020
Politico[9] Safe R April 19, 2020
RCP[10] Likely R June 22, 2020
Niskanen[11] Safe R March 24, 2020
CNN[12] Safe R June 25, 2020
JHK Forecasts[13] Safe R June 27, 2020

Polling

Notes
    Partisan clients

      See also

      References
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      2. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
      3. "Louisiana postpones Democratic primary over coronavirus, the first state to do so". CNBC. March 13, 2020.
      4. "Louisiana presidential primary pushed back again, to July 11". ABC News. April 14, 2020.
      5. "Louisiana Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
      6. "2020 POTUS Race ratings" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      7. "POTUS Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      8. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      9. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
      10. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
      11. 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020
      12. David Chalian; Terence Burlij. "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
      13. "JHK Forecasts » 2020 President". JHK Forecasts. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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