1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Louisiana
1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Election in Louisiana
The 1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Along with four other contiguous southern states, former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace won the state for the American Party by a large margin against Democrat Hubert Humphrey and Republican Richard Nixon.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Jefferson Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Lafayette Parish, Ouachita Parish, Bossier Parish, Union Parish, and LaSalle Parish did not vote for the Republican presidential candidate.[2]
Main article: 1968 United States presidential election
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With 48.32% of the popular vote, Louisiana would prove to be Wallace's third strongest state after Alabama and Mississippi.[3] This marked the most recent election cycle in which a Republican would win the presidency without carrying Louisiana.
60% of white voters supported Wallace, 28% supported Nixon, and 12% supported Humphrey.[4][5][6]
More information Presidential Candidate, Running Mate ...
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wallace of Alabama | Curtis LeMay | American | 10 | 530,300 | 48.32% |
| Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democratic | 0 | 309,615 | 28.21% |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 0 | 257,535 | 23.47% |
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Results by parish
More information Parish, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic ...
| Parish | Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
George Corley Wallace American |
Margin[lower-alpha 2] | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 4,098 | 24.12% | 3,178 | 18.70% | 9,715 | 57.18% | -5,617 | -33.06% | 16,991 |
| Allen | 2,026 | 27.91% | 1,004 | 13.83% | 4,229 | 58.26% | -2,203 | -30.35% | 7,259 |
| Ascension | 3,203 | 30.37% | 1,338 | 12.69% | 6,004 | 56.94% | -2,801 | -26.56% | 10,545 |
| Assumption | 2,085 | 33.60% | 1,222 | 19.69% | 2,898 | 46.70% | -813 | -13.10% | 6,205 |
| Avoyelles | 2,793 | 23.25% | 2,459 | 20.47% | 6,760 | 56.28% | -3,967 | -33.03% | 12,012 |
| Beauregard | 1,569 | 21.70% | 1,615 | 22.33% | 4,048 | 55.97% | -2,433[lower-alpha 3] | -33.64% | 7,232 |
| Bienville | 1,768 | 28.63% | 941 | 15.24% | 3,466 | 56.13% | -1,698 | -27.50% | 6,175 |
| Bossier | 2,782 | 17.63% | 3,745 | 23.74% | 9,249 | 58.63% | -5,504[lower-alpha 3] | -34.89% | 15,776 |
| Caddo | 17,675 | 26.24% | 21,224 | 31.51% | 28,463 | 42.25% | -7,239[lower-alpha 3] | -10.75% | 67,362 |
| Calcasieu | 14,593 | 32.89% | 9,520 | 21.46% | 20,250 | 45.65% | -5,657 | -12.75% | 44,363 |
| Caldwell | 973 | 26.19% | 490 | 13.19% | 2,252 | 60.62% | -1,279 | -34.43% | 3,715 |
| Cameron | 533 | 20.56% | 405 | 15.62% | 1,655 | 63.83% | -1,122 | -43.27% | 2,593 |
| Catahoula | 769 | 18.31% | 755 | 17.97% | 2,677 | 63.72% | -1,908 | -45.42% | 4,201 |
| Claiborne | 1,545 | 25.87% | 1,117 | 18.70% | 3,311 | 55.43% | -1,766 | -29.57% | 5,973 |
| Concordia | 1,983 | 26.44% | 974 | 12.99% | 4,542 | 60.57% | -2,559 | -34.12% | 7,499 |
| De Soto | 3,400 | 39.70% | 974 | 11.37% | 4,190 | 48.93% | -790 | -9.22% | 8,564 |
| East Baton Rouge | 21,770 | 27.67% | 21,661 | 27.53% | 35,250 | 44.80% | -13,480 | -17.13% | 78,681 |
| East Carroll | 1,926 | 45.66% | 586 | 13.89% | 1,706 | 40.45% | 220 | 5.22% | 4,218 |
| East Feliciana | 1,409 | 34.44% | 457 | 11.17% | 2,225 | 54.39% | -816 | -19.95% | 4,091 |
| Evangeline | 2,647 | 22.90% | 1,549 | 13.40% | 7,362 | 63.70% | -4,715 | -40.79% | 11,558 |
| Franklin | 681 | 9.56% | 1,052 | 14.76% | 5,394 | 75.68% | -4,342[lower-alpha 3] | -60.92% | 7,127 |
| Grant | 932 | 16.90% | 1,113 | 20.18% | 3,470 | 62.92% | -2,357[lower-alpha 3] | -42.74% | 5,515 |
| Iberia | 5,510 | 28.96% | 5,448 | 28.63% | 8,071 | 42.41% | -2,561 | -13.46% | 19,029 |
| Iberville | 4,084 | 41.73% | 1,413 | 14.44% | 4,290 | 43.83% | -206 | -2.10% | 9,787 |
| Jackson | 1,525 | 23.21% | 1,104 | 16.80% | 3,941 | 59.98% | -2,416 | -36.77% | 6,570 |
| Jefferson | 20,193 | 22.05% | 29,478 | 32.19% | 41,902 | 45.76% | -12,424[lower-alpha 3] | -13.57% | 91,573 |
| Jefferson Davis | 2,641 | 27.08% | 2,213 | 22.70% | 4,897 | 50.22% | -2,256 | -23.14% | 9,751 |
| Lafayette | 7,983 | 26.28% | 10,669 | 35.12% | 11,723 | 38.59% | -1,054[lower-alpha 3] | -3.47% | 30,375 |
| Lafourche | 5,516 | 25.99% | 4,797 | 22.60% | 10,910 | 51.41% | -5,394 | -25.42% | 21,223 |
| LaSalle | 710 | 12.15% | 1,258 | 21.52% | 3,878 | 66.34% | -2,620[lower-alpha 3] | -44.82% | 5,846 |
| Lincoln | 2,009 | 22.63% | 2,643 | 29.77% | 4,225 | 47.59% | -1,582[lower-alpha 3] | -17.82% | 8,877 |
| Livingston | 1,400 | 11.42% | 947 | 7.73% | 9,907 | 80.85% | -8,507 | -69.42% | 12,254 |
| Madison | 2,569 | 45.89% | 649 | 11.59% | 2,380 | 42.52% | 189 | 3.38% | 5,598 |
| Morehouse | 1,793 | 20.16% | 1,722 | 19.37% | 5,377 | 60.47% | -3,584 | -40.31% | 8,892 |
| Natchitoches | 3,945 | 33.43% | 2,352 | 19.93% | 5,505 | 46.64% | -1,560 | -13.22% | 11,802 |
| Orleans | 72,451 | 40.55% | 47,728 | 26.71% | 58,489 | 32.74% | 13,962 | 7.81% | 178,668 |
| Ouachita | 6,470 | 20.41% | 10,089 | 31.82% | 15,145 | 47.77% | -5,056[lower-alpha 3] | -15.95% | 31,704 |
| Plaquemines | 1,144 | 13.39% | 968 | 11.33% | 6,430 | 75.28% | -5,286 | -61.88% | 8,542 |
| Pointe Coupee | 3,139 | 41.87% | 850 | 11.34% | 3,508 | 46.79% | -369 | -4.92% | 7,497 |
| Rapides | 8,793 | 24.96% | 10,199 | 28.95% | 16,239 | 46.09% | -6,040[lower-alpha 3] | -17.14% | 35,231 |
| Red River | 914 | 24.24% | 380 | 10.08% | 2,477 | 65.69% | -1,563 | -41.45% | 3,771 |
| Richland | 1,017 | 15.74% | 1,031 | 15.95% | 4,415 | 68.31% | -3,384[lower-alpha 3] | -52.36% | 6,463 |
| Sabine | 1,159 | 17.02% | 1,125 | 16.52% | 4,526 | 66.46% | -3,367 | -49.44% | 6,810 |
| Saint Bernard | 2,485 | 13.06% | 3,486 | 18.32% | 13,056 | 68.62% | -9,570[lower-alpha 3] | -50.30% | 19,027 |
| Saint Charles | 3,070 | 33.63% | 1,675 | 18.35% | 4,383 | 48.02% | -1,313 | -14.38% | 9,128 |
| Saint Helena | 1,351 | 40.09% | 219 | 6.50% | 1,800 | 53.41% | -449 | -13.32% | 3,370 |
| Saint James | 2,987 | 45.74% | 778 | 11.91% | 2,765 | 42.34% | 222 | 3.40% | 6,530 |
| Saint John the Baptist | 3,245 | 43.67% | 940 | 12.65% | 3,246 | 43.68% | -1 | -0.01% | 7,431 |
| Saint Landry | 9,075 | 36.60% | 3,058 | 12.33% | 12,659 | 51.06% | -3,584 | -14.46% | 24,792 |
| Saint Martin | 3,321 | 34.22% | 1,625 | 16.74% | 4,759 | 49.04% | -1,438 | -14.82% | 9,705 |
| Saint Mary | 5,312 | 31.89% | 4,586 | 27.53% | 6,761 | 40.58% | -1,449 | -8.70% | 16,659 |
| Saint Tammany | 4,445 | 21.41% | 4,846 | 23.34% | 11,470 | 55.25% | -6,624[lower-alpha 3] | -31.91% | 20,761 |
| Tangipahoa | 4,983 | 23.75% | 2,907 | 13.86% | 13,088 | 62.39% | -8,105 | -38.64% | 20,978 |
| Tensas | 845 | 32.03% | 503 | 19.07% | 1,290 | 48.90% | -445 | -16.87% | 2,638 |
| Terrebonne | 4,627 | 24.77% | 5,214 | 27.92% | 8,836 | 47.31% | -3,622[lower-alpha 3] | -19.39% | 18,677 |
| Union | 1,336 | 19.80% | 1,113 | 16.50% | 4,297 | 63.70% | -2,961 | -43.89% | 6,746 |
| Vermilion | 3,806 | 25.03% | 3,278 | 21.55% | 8,124 | 53.42% | -4,318 | -28.39% | 15,208 |
| Vernon | 1,496 | 17.38% | 1,574 | 18.29% | 5,536 | 64.33% | -3,962[lower-alpha 3] | -46.04% | 8,606 |
| Washington | 3,021 | 19.22% | 1,695 | 10.78% | 11,002 | 70.00% | -7,981 | -50.78% | 15,718 |
| Webster | 2,871 | 20.49% | 2,496 | 17.81% | 8,646 | 61.70% | -5,775 | -41.21% | 14,013 |
| West Baton Rouge | 2,016 | 38.37% | 669 | 12.73% | 2,569 | 48.90% | -553 | -10.53% | 5,254 |
| West Carroll | 395 | 8.67% | 585 | 12.85% | 3,574 | 78.48% | -2,989[lower-alpha 3] | -65.63% | 4,554 |
| West Feliciana | 1,303 | 48.76% | 296 | 11.08% | 1,073 | 40.16% | 230 | 8.61% | 2,672 |
| Winn | 1,230 | 19.54% | 1,050 | 16.68% | 4,015 | 63.78% | -2,785 | -44.24% | 6,295 |
| Totals | 309,615 | 28.21% | 257,535 | 23.47% | 530,300 | 48.32% | -220,685 | -20.11% | 1,097,450 |
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- Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
- Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- "LA US President Race, November 05, 1968". Our Campaigns.