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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Louisiana enacts one of the nation's broadest licensing-recognition lawsOccupational licensing, May 2024
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.
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.
Count Louisiana
The state's count grows one booth and one classroom at a time. Three ways to add to it.