Editing Claiborne Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Politics==
With a narrow majority of African Americans in the population, Claiborne Parish in the years after the [[civil rights movement]] was primarily [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] in political complexion. In [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988]], [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] prevailed in Claiborne Parish with 3,756 votes (53.6 percent). [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] [[Michael S. Dukakis]] of [[Massachusetts]] trailed with 3,158 votes (45.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081988/11081988_14.html|title=Claiborne Parish presidential election returns, November 8, 1988|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> In [[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]], [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]] of neighboring [[Arkansas]], obtained 3,609 votes (53.6 percent) in Claiborne Parish. [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] polled 2,500 votes (37.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11051996/11051996_14.html|title=Claiborne Parish presidential election returns, November 5, 1996|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>

However, by 2008, [[U.S. Senator]] [[John McCain]] of [[Arizona]] easily carried the parish in his losing race to [[Barack H. Obama|Barack Obama]]. McCain polled 3,750 votes (54.8 percent) to Obama's 3,025 votes (44.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11042008/11042008_14.html|title=Claiborne Parish presidential election returns|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, [[Mitt Romney]] carried the parish, with 3,649 votes (54.2 percent), nearly identical to the McCain tally four years earlier. President Obama received 3,014 votes (44.8 percent), or .6 of 1 percent greater than his earlier tabulation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11062012/11062012_14.html|title=Claiborne Parish presidential election returns, November 6, 2012|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,770|2,731|79|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,585|2,717|119|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,649|3,014|69|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,750|3,025|66|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,704|2,854|72|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,384|2,721|176|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,500|3,609|630|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,599|3,263|1,134|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,756|3,158|93|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,349|2,788|77|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,538|3,443|93|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,216|2,891|100|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,432|1,551|373|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|1,117|1,545|3,311|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|3,917|482|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1960|Dixiecrat|1,336|489|2,029|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,084|810|992|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,796|1,530|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1948|Dixiecrat|265|457|2,064|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|578|2,266|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|187|3,049|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|146|2,563|2|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|61|2,765|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|249|1,560|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|54|1,252|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|48|1,216|0|Louisiana}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|15|1,276|1|Louisiana}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|10|785|56|Louisiana}}