1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Unpledged electors
Party Democratic Republican States' Rights
Home state Massachusetts California
Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote1000
Popular vote407,339230,980169,752
Percentage50.42%28.59%20.99%
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Parish Results

The 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Louisiana was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.42% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 28.59% of the popular vote. [3] [4] There was also a failed effort in Louisiana to influence electors to vote for Nixon instead of Kennedy.

Louisiana has a higher Roman Catholic population than the rest of Southern United States, which benefitted Kennedy, the second Roman Catholic to head a major party ticket. This Catholic base was concentrated in the southern half of the state, especially Acadiana. Nixon and a slate of unpledged electors aligned with the National States' Rights Party split the northern Protestant parishes, with Nixon winning the less fertile poor white parishes and the unpledged slate the northern Black Belt.

As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Jefferson and St. Tammany Parishes in the New Orleans suburbs have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5]

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 407,339 50.42%
Republican Richard Nixon 230,98028.59%
States' Rights Unpledged electors 169,57220.99%
Total votes807,891 100%

Results by parish

Parish [6] John F. Kennedy
Democratic		Richard Nixon
Republican		Unpledged electors
States’ Rights		MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Acadia 11,44075.84%2,61617.34%1,0286.82%8,82458.50%15,084
Allen 3,71959.84%1,67626.97%82013.19%2,04332.87%6,215
Ascension 5,68974.76%1,01213.30%90911.94%4,67761.46%7,610
Assumption 3,01971.69%76618.19%42610.12%2,25353.50%4,211
Avoyelles 7,62575.98%1,27012.66%1,14011.36%6,35563.32%10,035
Beauregard 2,90348.67%2,43240.77%63010.56%4717.90%5,965
Bienville 62517.62%1,23034.67%1,69347.72%-463 [a] -13.05%3,548
Bossier 2,19825.21%3,42939.32%3,09335.47%336 [a] 3.85%8,720
Caddo 11,48124.80%25,13954.29%9,68120.91%-13,658-29.49%46,301
Calcasieu 24,23364.40%10,24327.22%3,1518.37%13,99037.18%37,627
Caldwell 69434.00%71635.08%63130.92%-22-1.08%2,041
Cameron 1,94483.08%32213.76%743.16%1,62269.32%2,340
Catahoula 55826.17%97145.54%60328.28%368 [a] 17.26%2,132
Claiborne 48912.69%1,33634.67%2,02952.65%-693 [a] -17.98%3,854
Concordia 76823.06%1,00930.29%1,55446.65%-545 [a] -16.36%3,331
DeSoto 1,18326.65%1,60336.11%1,65337.24%-50 [a] -1.13%4,439
East Baton Rouge 26,32646.65%17,74931.45%12,36021.90%8,57715.20%56,435
East Carroll 36423.88%44829.40%71246.72%-264 [a] -17.32%1,524
East Feliciana 47524.65%31316.24%1,13959.11%-664 [b] -34.46%1,927
Evangeline 7,86580.55%1,10511.32%7948.13%6,76069.23%9,764
Franklin 1,21330.03%1,33633.08%1,49036.89%-154 [a] -3.81%4,039
Grant 1,21931.40%1,25432.30%1,40936.30%-155 [a] -4.00%3,882
Iberia 9,23559.70%3,55122.95%2,68417.35%5,68436.75%15,470
Iberville 4,55872.25%1,00015.85%75111.90%3,55856.40%6,309
Jackson 1,39834.10%1,79943.88%90322.02%-401-9.78%4,100
Jefferson 32,11951.28%17,21527.48%13,30421.24%14,90423.80%62,638
Jefferson Davis 5,90467.77%2,25125.84%5576.39%3,65341.93%8,712
Lafayette 14,13262.30%6,04726.66%2,50511.04%8,08535.64%22,684
Lafourche 12,24476.26%2,93018.25%8815.49%9,31458.01%16,055
LaSalle 84321.94%2,12355.26%87622.80%1,247 [a] 32.46%3,842
Lincoln 1,05120.57%2,76654.14%1,29225.29%1,474 [a] 28.85%5,109
Livingston 2,88143.47%95414.39%2,79342.14%88 [b] 1.33%6,628
Madison 23512.45%62933.32%1,02454.24%-395 [a] -20.92%1,888
Morehouse 1,08522.70%2,55153.37%1,14423.93%1,407 [a] 29.44%4,780
Natchitoches 2,78139.39%2,56236.29%1,71724.32%2193.10%7,060
Orleans 87,24249.64%47,11126.80%41,41423.56%40,13122.84%175,767
Ouachita 5,20226.97%10,52554.56%3,56418.47%-5,323-27.59%19,291
Plaquemines 1,08721.12%71213.84%3,34765.04%-2,260 [b] -43.92%5,146
Pointe Coupee 2,95371.81%67416.39%48511.79%2,27955.42%4,112
Rapides 9,65140.58%8,15534.29%5,97625.13%1,4966.29%23,782
Red River 37719.67%40621.18%1,13459.15%-728 [a] -37.97%1,917
Richland 99625.74%1,37835.62%1,49538.64%-117 [a] -3.02%3,869
Sabine 2,41240.96%2,41941.08%1,05817.97%-7-0.12%5,889
St. Bernard 4,66042.56%1,43113.07%4,85844.37%-198 [b] -1.81%10,949
St. Charles 4,70871.31%1,37720.86%5177.83%3,33150.45%6,602
St. Helena 67837.48%29616.36%83546.16%-157 [b] -8.68%1,809
St. James 4,36282.09%62011.67%3326.25%3,74270.42%5,314
St. John the Baptist 3,78280.13%48810.34%4509.53%3,29469.79%4,720
St. Landry 14,62572.18%3,08315.22%2,55412.60%11,54256.96%20,262
St. Martin 5,50677.96%85812.15%6999.90%4,64865.81%7,063
St. Mary 6,67161.59%2,99227.62%1,16910.79%3,67933.97%10,832
St. Tammany 5,17946.81%2,85025.76%3,03427.42%2,145 [b] 19.39%11,063
Tangipahoa 6,64846.32%3,28522.89%4,41830.79%2,230 [b] 15.53%14,351
Tensas 24720.45%51042.22%45137.33%59 [a] 4.89%1,208
Terrebonne 8,99268.07%3,12623.66%1,0928.27%5,86644.41%13,210
Union 1,03425.45%2,01749.64%1,01224.91%-983-24.19%4,063
Vermilion 11,25777.13%2,17014.87%1,1688.00%9,08762.26%14,595
Vernon 3,14551.06%1,99132.32%1,02416.62%1,15418.74%6,160
Washington 5,67849.81%1,84716.20%3,87533.99%1,803 [b] 15.82%11,400
Webster 1,27316.60%3,13940.94%3,25542.45%-116 [a] -1.51%7,667
West Baton Rouge 2,31573.70%39012.42%43613.88%1,879 [b] 59.82%3,141
West Carroll 78432.36%74230.62%89737.02%-113 [b] -4.66%2,423
West Feliciana 27130.42%19622.00%42447.59%-153 [b] -17.17%891
Winn 1,10827.05%1,83944.90%1,14928.05%690 [a] 16.85%4,096
Totals407,33950.42%230,98028.59%169,57220.99%176,35921.83%807,891

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Unpledged

Parishes that flipped from Unpledged to Republican

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Unpledged

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In this parish where Kennedy ran third behind both Nixon and the unpledged slate, margin given is Nixon vote minus unpledged vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus unpledged percentage.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 In this parish where Nixon ran third behind both Kennedy and the unpledged slate, margin given is Kennedy vote minus unpledged vote and percentage margin Kennedy percentage minus unpledged percentage.

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ "1960 Presidential General Election Results — Louisiana" . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1960" . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ↑ "LA US President Race, November 08, 1960". Our Campaigns.
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