1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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  1960 November 3, 1964 1968  
  Goldwater and Miller (cropped).jpg 37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Barry Goldwater Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Arizona Texas
Running mate William E. Miller Hubert Humphrey
Electoral vote100
Popular vote509,225387,068
Percentage56.81%43.19%

Louisiana Presidential Election Results 1964.svg
Parish Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

The 1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten [1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Louisiana was won by the Republican ticket of U.S Senator Barry Goldwater, running with U.S. Representative William E. Miller, with 56.81% of the popular vote against the Democratic ticket of President Lyndon B. Johnson, running with U.S Senator Hubert Humphrey. [2] [3]

Campaign

Goldwater received 65% of the white vote. [4]

Goldwater became the first Republican to carry Louisiana without winning the presidency, while Johnson would win the national election in a landslide. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Louisiana voted for a different candidate than neighboring Arkansas, and the last election in which Lafayette Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5]

Results

1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barry Goldwater 509,225 56.81%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.)387,06843.19%
Total votes896,293 100%

Results by parish

Barry Goldwater won 42 parishes and Lyndon Baines Johnson won 22 parishes.

1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish [6]
ParishBarry Goldwater
Republican
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%
Acadia 6,70641.47%9,46358.53%-2,757-17.05%16,169
Allen 2,70441.66%3,78758.34%-1,083-16.68%6,491
Ascension 3,19739.59%4,87960.41%-1,682-20.83%8,076
Assumption 2,11240.87%3,05659.13%-944-18.27%5,168
Avoyelles 4,87448.86%5,10251.14%-228-2.29%9,976
Beauregard 3,34952.34%3,04947.66%3004.69%6,398
Bienville 3,74081.39%85518.61%2,88562.79%4,595
Bossier 9,82283.53%1,93716.47%7,88567.06%11,759
Caddo 42,19780.60%10,15819.40%32,03961.20%52,355
Calcasieu 17,04642.27%23,28557.73%-6,239-15.47%40,331
Caldwell 2,53480.62%60919.38%1,92561.25%3,143
Cameron 87135.59%1,57664.41%-705-28.81%2,447
Catahoula 2,38781.00%56019.00%1,82762.00%2,947
Claiborne 3,91789.04%48210.96%3,43578.08%5,399
Concordia 4,02283.25%80916.75%3,21366.51%4,831
DeSoto 3,95475.92%1,25424.08%2,70051.84%5,208
East Baton Rouge 36,96458.57%26,15241.43%10,81217.13%63,116
East Carroll 1,48684.96%26315.04%1,22369.93%1,749
East Feliciana 1,90079.63%48620.37%1,41459.26%2,386
Evangeline 3,97539.21%6,16360.79%-2,188-21.58%10,138
Franklin 5,47087.82%75912.18%4,71175.63%6,229
Grant 3,29269.36%1,45430.64%1,83838.73%4,746
Iberia 8,19650.17%8,14149.83%550.34%16,337
Iberville 3,43243.57%4,44556.43%-1,013-12.86%7,877
Jackson 4,52174.44%1,55225.56%2,96948.89%6,073
Jefferson 37,16153.88%31,80446.12%5,3577.77%68,965
Jefferson Davis 3,67342.52%4,96657.48%-1,293-14.97%8,639
Lafayette 12,39846.11%14,48753.89%-2,089-7.77%26,885
Lafourche 6,16433.85%12,04566.15%-5,881-32.30%18,209
LaSalle 4,31983.33%86416.67%3,45566.66%5,183
Lincoln 5,76677.09%1,71422.91%4,05254.17%7,480
Livingston 5,50861.08%3,50938.92%1,99922.17%9,017
Madison 2,06183.17%41716.83%1,64466.34%2,478
Morehouse 6,22287.47%89112.53%5,33174.95%7,113
Natchitoches 5,52565.00%2,97535.00%2,55030.00%8,500
Orleans 81,04949.69%82,04550.31%-996-0.61%163,094
Ouachita 21,02483.44%4,17416.56%16,85066.87%25,198
Plaquemines 4,90486.35%77513.65%4,12972.71%5,679
Pointe Coupee 2,32750.87%2,24749.13%801.75%4,574
Rapides 18,12264.46%9,99235.54%8,13028.92%28,114
Red River 2,23587.00%33413.00%1,90174.00%2,569
Richland 4,49885.76%74714.24%3,75171.52%5,245
Sabine 4,16566.68%2,08133.32%2,08433.37%6,246
St. Bernard 8,05556.61%6,17543.39%1,88013.21%14,230
St. Charles 2,71534.81%5,08565.19%-2,370-30.38%7,800
St. Helena 1,31965.14%70634.86%61330.27%2,025
St. James 1,46725.82%4,21474.18%-2,747-48.35%5,681
St. John the Baptist 1,69429.97%3,95870.03%-2,264-40.06%5,652
St. Landry 10,92048.05%11,80751.95%-887-3.90%22,727
St. Martin 2,79337.40%4,67562.60%-1,882-25.20%7,468
St. Mary 5,53043.01%7,32756.99%-1,797-13.98%12,857
St. Tammany 7,88354.08%6,69445.92%1,1898.16%14,577
Tangipahoa 9,73257.79%7,10942.21%2,62315.58%16,841
Tensas 1,65589.60%19210.40%1,46379.21%1,847
Terrebonne 6,72943.96%8,57756.04%-1,848-12.07%15,306
Union 4,53479.70%1,15520.30%3,37959.40%5,689
Vermilion 4,98435.13%9,20464.87%-4,220-29.74%14,188
Vernon 3,69650.91%3,56449.09%1321.82%7,260
Washington 7,43860.65%4,82539.35%2,61321.31%12,263
Webster 8,17782.33%1,75517.67%6,42264.66%9,932
West Baton Rouge 1,83549.24%1,89250.76%-57-1.53%3,727
West Carroll 3,01788.42%39511.58%2,62276.85%3,412
West Feliciana 89780.09%22319.91%67460.18%1,120
Winn 4,36678.54%1,19321.46%3,17357.08%5,559
Totals509,22556.81%387,06843.19%122,15713.63%896,293

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