Editing West Carroll Parish, Louisiana (section)

==Politics==
West Carroll Parish is majority white. Since the late 20th century, its voters, formerly strong Democrats, have strongly favored the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in presidential elections.

In [[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]], Obama received 878 votes (17.6 percent), compared to Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[John McCain]]'s 4,045 votes (81.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11042008/11042008_62.html|title=West Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 4, 2008|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref>
In [[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]], [[Mitt Romney]] polled 3,628 ballots (79.8 percent) of the vote, with 853 votes (18.8 percent) for U.S. President [[Barack Obama]]. The 80–19 split nearly parallels the racial composition of West Carroll. Since 2012, the Republican performance in the Parish has improved in every election.

In East Carroll Parish, however, which has a majority African-American population, Obama won nearly 62 percent of the ballots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11062012/11062012_62.html|title=West Carroll Parish: 2012 presidential election returns|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>

In [[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]], the two major party presidential candidates virtually split West Carroll Parish. Republican U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] prevailed with 2,082 votes (40.7 percent) to [[Bill Clinton]]'s 2,068 (40.4 percent). [[Ross Perot]] of [[Texas]], running that year as an [[Independent (politics)|Independent]], held another 771 votes (15.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11031992/11031992_62.html|title=West Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 3, 1992|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref> In [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988]], Bush handily defeated [[Michael Dukakis]] in West Carroll Parish, 3,077 (64.1 percent) to 1,607 (33.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/11081988/11081988_62.html|title=West Carroll Parish presidential election returns, November 8, 1988|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|access-date=November 18, 2012}}</ref>

The last Democrat to win the presidential contest in West Carroll Parish was [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], a favorite son of the South, in his [[U.S. presidential election, 1976|1976]] defeat of U.S. President [[Gerald Ford, Jr.]]<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, 1976 presidential election returns by parish</ref>

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