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Louisiana

One in six people in Louisiana who took the quiz scored libertarian, about the same as the country. One in 99 voted that way. Here is what the count says about Louisiana, what the state has changed, and who is doing the work.

17.4%
of quiz takers hold libertarian positions4,441 people with a Louisiana ZIP, January to October 2024, margin ±1.1 points
1.0%
voted Libertarian2020 presidential, 21,645 of 2.1 million votes
47of 50
on the state score28.2 of 100 from five published parts

How Louisiana scores

28.2 of 100, rank 47 of 50. Five parts, each turned into a 0 to 100 mark and weighted as shown. The method page has the formulas.

Personal freedom Cato rank 36 of 50, 202329weight 25
Economic freedom Cato rank 30 of 50, 202341weight 25
Civil forfeiture law Institute for Justice grade D, 202525weight 10
Quiz takers who hold libertarian positions 17.4% of 4,441, pulled toward the national 18.9% for sample size, then ranked against the other states19weight 25
Voted Libertarian for president 1.01% in 2020, ranked against the other states25weight 15

Wins on the ledger, 1 for Louisiana, are listed below and left out of the score, because the ledger records what we have checked, not everything that happened.

Where Louisiana lands

Quiz takers in the state against quiz takers everywhere, by type. The bar is the state; the line is the country.

Libertarian17.4%
Moderate46.0%
Progressive20.0%
Conservative8.7%
Authoritarian7.9%

United States, same window. These are quiz takers, not a sample of residents. The current quiz version cannot be shown by state until ZIP capture, which stopped in January 2026, is restored.

How free is Louisiana

Eight measures, each from its publisher, each with the year it was measured.

Overall freedom rank31 of 50Cato, 2023
Economic freedom rank30Cato, 2023
Personal freedom rank36Cato, 2023
Education freedom rank5Heritage, 2025
Civil forfeiture gradeDInstitute for Justice, 2025
Right to workYesNRTW, 2024
Concealed carryConstitutionalUSCCA, 2025
CannabisMedicalNCSL, 2025

What Louisiana changed

Every entry is a real change in what the government forbids or requires, one an ordinary person could feel the next day, with sources. Partial wins say so.

  1. Louisiana enacts one of the nation's broadest licensing-recognition laws

    Louisiana's Welcome Home Act, SB 60 of the 2024 session, grants universal recognition of out-of-state occupational licenses, letting workers who held a license elsewhere in good standing for at least a year work in Louisiana without repeating training or testing.

    Occupational licensing, May 2024

Who is doing the work in Louisiana

Advocates for Self-Government, which publishes this site, works in every state. 1 group is based in Louisiana, and other national groups take cases and run programs everywhere. Say who you are and what you care about to sort the whole directory.

Pelican InstituteFree market policy research and advocacy at the state capitol.New Orleans, LA
Cato InstitutePublic policy research across every issue on this site, with a sponsors program and internships.National
Reason FoundationPolicy research on transportation, pensions, drug policy, criminal justice and education, and publisher of Reason magazine.National
Institute for JusticePublic-interest law firm that litigates occupational licensing, civil forfeiture, eminent domain, school choice and free speech cases at no cost to the client.National
Who are you, and what do you care about?Find your people in Louisiana

Count Louisiana

The state's count grows one booth and one classroom at a time. Three ways to add to it.