1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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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]
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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.
Campaign edit
60% of white voters supported Wallace, 28% supported Nixon, and 12% supported Humphrey.[4][5][6]
Results edit
| 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% |
Results by parish edit
| Parish | Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
George Corley Wallace American |
Margin[b] | 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[c] | -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[c] | -34.89% | 15,776 |
| Caddo | 17,675 | 26.24% | 21,224 | 31.51% | 28,463 | 42.25% | -7,239[c] | -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[c] | -60.92% | 7,127 |
| Grant | 932 | 16.90% | 1,113 | 20.18% | 3,470 | 62.92% | -2,357[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -44.82% | 5,846 |
| Lincoln | 2,009 | 22.63% | 2,643 | 29.77% | 4,225 | 47.59% | -1,582[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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[c] | -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 |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Because Wallace finished first in Louisiana as a whole and Humphrey was the highest-polling statewide major party nominee in the state as a whole, all margins and percentage margins shown are Humphrey minus Wallace unless otherwise stated.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q In this parish where Nixon ran second ahead of Humphrey, margin given is Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin is Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage.
References edit
- ^ 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.