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Early voting stats: Who voted?

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Early voting ended in Louisiana last week, with almost 1 million people casting their ballots ahead of Tuesday's Presidential Election.

In Acadiana, close to 200,000 people cast early votes. To read about the straight numbers, click here.

KATC Investigates took a closer look at the ballots cast, to see who turned out.

Statewide, 977,408 people voted early.

Here's the breakdown of who is registered to vote in Louisiana:
As of November 1, 2020, there are 3,091,340 registered voters.
Race: 1,951,331, or 63 percent, are white. Another 964,895, or 31 percent, are black.
Party: 1,257,863, or 41 percent, are registered as Democrats. Another 1,020,085, or 33 percent, are registered as Republicans.
Gender: 45 percent, or 1,392,961, are men and 1,696,892, or 56 percent, are women.

Here's the breakdown of who voted early:
Race: 640,466, or 65 percent, were white and 290,691, or 30 percent, were black.
Party: 431,559, or 44 percent, were registered Democrats and 365,140, or 37 percent, were registered Republicans.
Gender: 412643, or 42 percent, were male and 58 percent, or 564,343 were female.

Here are the early voting statistics by parish:

Acadia: 9,519 votes
Race: 7,904 white, 1,455 black, 160 other
Gender: 4,410 male, 5108 female
Party: 3,375 D, 4658 R, 1,486 O

Calcasieu: 47,076 votes
Race: 34,030 white, 11,447 black, 1,599 other
Gender: 20,195 male, 26,871 female
Party: 18,594 D, 19,563 R, 8,919 O

Evangeline: 5,219 votes
Race: 3,644 white, 1,513 black, 62 other
Gender: 2,375 male, 2,844 female
Party: 2,501 D, 2,026 R, 692 O

Iberia: 14,588 votes
Race: 9,734 white, 4,438 black, 416 other
Gender: 6,240 male, 8,347 female
Party: 5,995 D, 6,324 R, 2269 O

Jeff Davis: 7,236 votes
Race: 6,011 white, 1,112 black, 113 other
Gender: 3,187 male, 4,049 female
Party: 2,619 D, 3,234 R, 1,383 O

Lafayette: 48,743 votes
Race: 34,662 white, 11,839 black, 2,242 other
Gender: 20,898 male, 27,815 female
Party: 18,416 D, 20,489 R, 9,838 O

St. Landry: 13,457 votes
Race: 6,968 white, 6,214 black, 275 other
Gender: 5,708 male, 7,748 female
Party: 7,586 D, 3,885 R, 1,986 O

St. Martin: 13,585 votes
Race: 9,911 white, 3,467 black, 207 other
Gender: 6,138 men, 7,447 female
Party: 5,679 D, 5706 R, 2,200 O

St. Mary: 11,028 votes
Race: 7,446 white, 3,234 black, 348 other
Gender: 4,756 male, 6272 female
Party: 4,546 D, 4410 R, 2,072 O

Vermilion: 10,524 votes
Race: 9,081 white, 1,157 black, 286 other
Gender: 4,900 male, 5,622 female
Party: 3,646 D, 4,977 R, 1,901 O