1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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  1964 November 5, 1968 1972  
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Nominee George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon
Party American Independent Democratic Republican
Home state Alabama Minnesota New York [a]
Running mate Curtis LeMay Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew
Electoral vote1000
Popular vote530,300309,615257,535
Percentage48.32%28.21%23.47%

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Parish Results

President before election

Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

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 2024 presidential election , 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]

Contents

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

60% of white voters supported Wallace, 28% supported Nixon, and 12% supported Humphrey. [4] [5] [6]

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
George Wallace of Alabama Curtis LeMay American 10530,30048.32%
Hubert Humphrey Edmund Muskie Democratic 0309,61528.21%
Richard Nixon Spiro Agnew Republican 0257,53523.47%

Results by parish

ParishGeorge Wallace
American Independent
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
Richard Nixon
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [7]
#%#%#%#%
Acadia 9,71557.18%4,09824.12%3,17818.70%5,61733.06%16,991
Allen 4,22958.26%2,02627.91%1,00413.83%2,20330.35%7,259
Ascension 6,00456.94%3,20330.37%1,33812.69%2,80126.57%10,545
Assumption 2,89846.70%2,08533.60%1,22219.69%81313.10%6,205
Avoyelles 6,76055.45%2,97324.38%2,45920.17%3,78731.07%12,192
Beauregard 4,04855.97%1,56921.70%1,61522.33%2,433 [b] 33.64%7,232
Bienville 3,46656.13%1,76828.63%94115.24%1,69827.50%6,175
Bossier 9,24958.63%2,78217.63%3,74523.74%5,504 [b] 34.89%15,776
Caddo 28,46342.25%17,67526.24%21,22431.51%7,239 [b] 10.74%67,362
Calcasieu 20,25045.65%14,59332.89%9,52021.46%5,65712.76%44,363
Caldwell 2,25260.62%97326.19%49013.19%1,27934.43%3,715
Cameron 1,65563.83%53320.56%40515.62%1,12243.27%2,593
Catahoula 2,67763.72%76918.31%75517.97%1,90845.41%4,201
Claiborne 3,31155.43%1,54525.87%1,11718.70%1,76629.56%5,973
Concordia 4,54260.57%1,98326.44%97412.99%2,55934.13%7,499
DeSoto 4,19048.93%3,40039.70%97411.37%7909.23%8,564
East Baton Rouge 35,25044.80%21,77027.67%21,66127.53%13,48017.13%78,681
East Carroll 1,70640.45%1,92645.66%58613.89%-220-5.21%4,218
East Feliciana 2,22554.39%1,40934.44%45711.17%81619.95%4,091
Evangeline 7,36263.70%2,64722.90%1,54913.40%4,71540.80%11,558
Franklin 5,39475.68%6819.56%1,05214.76%4,342 [b] 60.92%7,127
Grant 3,47062.92%93216.90%1,11320.18%2,357 [b] 42.74%5,515
Iberia 8,07142.41%5,51028.96%5,44828.63%2,56113.45%19,029
Iberville 4,29043.83%4,08441.73%1,41314.44%2062.10%9,787
Jackson 3,94159.98%1,52523.21%1,10416.80%2,41636.77%6,570
Jefferson 41,90245.76%20,19322.05%29,47832.19%12,424 [b] 13.57%91,573
Jefferson Davis 4,89750.22%2,64127.08%2,21322.70%2,25623.14%9,751
Lafayette 11,72338.59%7,98326.28%10,66935.12%1,054 [b] 3.47%30,375
Lafourche 10,91051.41%5,51625.99%4,79722.60%5,39425.42%21,223
LaSalle 3,87866.34%71012.15%1,25821.52%2,620 [b] 44.82%5,846
Lincoln 4,22547.59%2,00922.63%2,64329.77%1,582 [b] 17.82%8,877
Livingston 9,90780.85%1,40011.42%9477.73%8,50769.43%12,254
Madison 2,38041.84%2,65946.75%64911.41%-279-4.91%5,688
Morehouse 5,37760.13%1,79320.05%1,77219.82%3,58440.08%8,942
Natchitoches 5,50546.64%3,94533.43%2,35219.93%1,56013.21%11,802
Orleans 58,48932.74%72,45140.55%47,72826.71%-13,962-7.81%178,668
Ouachita 15,14547.77%6,47020.41%10,08931.82%5,056 [b] 15.95%31,704
Plaquemines 6,43075.28%1,14413.39%96811.33%5,28661.89%8,542
Pointe Coupee 3,50846.79%3,13941.87%85011.34%3694.92%7,497
Rapides 16,23946.09%8,79324.96%10,19928.95%6,040 [b] 17.14%35,231
Red River 2,47765.69%91424.24%38010.08%1,56341.45%3,771
Richland 4,41568.31%1,01715.74%1,03115.95%3,384 [b] 52.36%6,463
Sabine 4,52666.46%1,15917.02%1,12516.52%3,36749.44%6,810
St. Bernard 13,05668.62%2,48513.06%3,48618.32%9,570 [b] 50.30%19,027
St. Charles 4,38348.02%3,07033.63%1,67518.35%1,31314.39%9,128
St. Helena 1,80053.41%1,35140.09%2196.50%44913.32%3,370
St. James 2,76542.34%2,98745.74%77811.91%-222-3.40%6,530
St. John the Baptist 3,24643.68%3,24543.67%94012.65%10.01%7,431
St. Landry 12,65950.15%9,07535.95%3,50813.90%3,58414.20%25,242
St. Martin 4,75949.04%3,32134.22%1,62516.74%1,43814.82%9,705
St. Mary 6,76140.58%5,31231.89%4,58627.53%1,4498.69%16,659
St. Tammany 11,47055.25%4,44521.41%4,84623.34%6,624 [b] 31.91%20,761
Tangipahoa 13,08862.39%4,98323.75%2,90713.86%8,10538.64%20,978
Tensas 1,29048.90%84532.03%50319.07%44516.87%2,638
Terrebonne 8,83647.31%4,62724.77%5,21427.92%3,622 [b] 19.39%18,677
Union 4,29763.70%1,33619.80%1,11316.50%2,96143.90%6,746
Vermilion 8,12453.42%3,80625.03%3,27821.55%4,31828.39%15,208
Vernon 5,53664.33%1,49617.38%1,57418.29%3,962 [b] 46.04%8,606
Washington 11,00270.00%3,02119.22%1,69510.78%7,98150.78%15,718
Webster 8,64661.70%2,87120.49%2,49617.81%5,77541.21%14,013
West Baton Rouge 2,56948.90%2,01638.37%66912.73%55310.53%5,254
West Carroll 3,57478.48%3958.67%58512.85%2,989 [b] 65.63%4,554
West Feliciana 1,07340.16%1,30348.76%29611.08%-230-8.60%2,672
Winn 4,01563.78%1,23019.54%1,05016.68%2,78544.24%6,295
Totals530,30048.32%309,61528.21%257,53523.47%220,68520.11%1,097,450

Parishes that flipped from Republican to American Independent

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 In this parish where Nixon ran second ahead of Humphrey, margin given is Wallace vote minus Nixon vote and percentage margin is Wallace percentage minus Nixon percentage.

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