2020 Louisiana precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
01/12/2022

## Sources
Election results from LA Secretary of State (https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/)
Precinct shapefiles from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Agriculture Commissioner
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COC - Corporation Commissioner
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
INS - Insurance Commissioner
LAB - Labor Commissioner
LAN - Commissioner of Public Lands
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals)
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SSC - State Supreme Court
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate


Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields
G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party)
G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party)
G20PREOWES - Kanye West (The Birthday Party)
G20PREOOTH - Other Candidates

G20USSRCAS - "Bill" Cassidy (Republican Party)
G20USSRMUR - Dustin Murphy (Republican Party)
G20USSDPER - Adrian Perkins (Democratic Party)
G20USSDEDW - Derrick "Champ" Edwards (Democratic Party)
G20USSDPIE - Antoine Pierce (Democratic Party)
G20USSDKNI - David Drew Knight (Democratic Party)
G20USSDWEN - Peter Wenstrup (Democratic Party)
G20USSLSIG - Aaron C. Sigler (Libertarian Party)
G20USSIMEN - M.V. "Vinny" Mendoza (Independent Party)
G20USSOPRI - Melinda Mary Price (Other party)
G20USSOJOH - "Xan" John (Gold Party)
G20USSNBIL - Beryl Billiot (No party)
G20USSNBOU - John Paul Bourgeois (No party)
G20USSNMON - Jamar Montgomery (No party)
G20USSNDAR - Reno Jean Daret III (No party)

## Processing Steps
Early votes were reported at the parish level. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level reported vote.

Election results from the following parishes include "alpha" precincts in which voters within the same geographic boundaries are assigned to separate precincts by the first letter of their surname: Ascension, Assumption, Bossier, East Baton Rouge, Caddo, Lafourche, Rapides, St. Charles, St. Landry, Terrebonne

The following precincts were modified to reflect alterations enacted prior to the 2020 election:

Avoyelles: Merge 2-5B/6-1A
East Baton Rouge: Split 3-16/3-71, 3-32/3-72
Plaquemines: Merge 2-1/2-2, 4-1/4-2, 5-1/5-2
St. Charles: Merge 2-6/2-7, 3-1/3-6, 3-3/3-4, 6-2/6-3, 6-4/6-5
Vermilion: Split 49B-1/49B-2
Webster: Merge 7/11
West Baton Rouge: Split 2-A/2-B; 11-A/11-B