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Parish Results
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Elections in Louisiana |
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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.
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.
This was the first occasion that Caldwell Parish voted for a Republican presidential candidate, [5] and the last as of the 2020 presidential election [update] in which Jefferson and St. Tammany Parishes in the New Orleans suburbs have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 407,339 | 50.42% | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 230,980 | 28.59% | |
States' Rights | Unpledged electors | 169,572 | 20.99% | |
Total votes | 807,891 | 100% |
Parish | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican | Unpledged electors States’ Rights | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 11,440 | 75.84% | 2,616 | 17.34% | 1,028 | 6.82% | 8,824 | 58.50% | 15,084 |
Allen | 3,719 | 59.84% | 1,676 | 26.97% | 820 | 13.19% | 2,043 | 32.87% | 6,215 |
Ascension | 5,689 | 74.76% | 1,012 | 13.30% | 909 | 11.94% | 4,677 | 61.46% | 7,610 |
Assumption | 3,019 | 71.69% | 766 | 18.19% | 426 | 10.12% | 2,253 | 53.50% | 4,211 |
Avoyelles | 7,625 | 75.98% | 1,270 | 12.66% | 1,140 | 11.36% | 6,355 | 63.33% | 10,035 |
Beauregard | 2,903 | 48.67% | 2,432 | 40.77% | 630 | 10.56% | 471 | 7.90% | 5,965 |
Bienville | 625 | 17.62% | 1,230 | 34.67% | 1,693 | 47.72% | -463 [lower-alpha 1] | -13.05% | 3,548 |
Bossier | 2,198 | 25.21% | 3,429 | 39.32% | 3,093 | 35.47% | 336 [lower-alpha 1] | 3.85% | 8,720 |
Caddo | 11,481 | 24.80% | 25,139 | 54.29% | 9,681 | 20.91% | -13,658 | -29.50% | 46,301 |
Calcasieu | 24,233 | 64.40% | 10,243 | 27.22% | 3,151 | 8.37% | 13,990 | 37.18% | 37,627 |
Caldwell | 694 | 34.00% | 716 | 35.08% | 631 | 30.92% | -22 | -1.08% | 2,041 |
Cameron | 1,944 | 83.08% | 322 | 13.76% | 74 | 3.16% | 1,622 | 69.32% | 2,340 |
Catahoula | 558 | 26.17% | 971 | 45.54% | 603 | 28.28% | 368 [lower-alpha 1] | 17.26% | 2,132 |
Claiborne | 489 | 12.69% | 1,336 | 34.67% | 2,029 | 52.65% | -693 [lower-alpha 1] | -17.98% | 3,854 |
Concordia | 768 | 23.06% | 1,009 | 30.29% | 1,554 | 46.65% | -545 [lower-alpha 1] | -16.36% | 3,331 |
DeSoto | 1,183 | 26.65% | 1,603 | 36.11% | 1,653 | 37.24% | -50 [lower-alpha 1] | -1.13% | 4,439 |
East Baton Rouge | 26,326 | 46.65% | 17,749 | 31.45% | 12,360 | 21.90% | 8,577 | 15.20% | 56,435 |
East Carroll | 364 | 23.88% | 448 | 29.40% | 712 | 46.72% | -264 [lower-alpha 1] | -17.32% | 1,524 |
East Feliciana | 475 | 24.65% | 313 | 16.24% | 1,139 | 59.11% | -664 [lower-alpha 2] | -34.46% | 1,927 |
Evangeline | 7,865 | 80.55% | 1,105 | 11.32% | 794 | 8.13% | 6,760 | 69.23% | 9,764 |
Franklin | 1,213 | 30.03% | 1,336 | 33.08% | 1,490 | 36.89% | -154 [lower-alpha 1] | -3.81% | 4,039 |
Grant | 1,219 | 31.40% | 1,254 | 32.30% | 1,409 | 36.30% | -155 [lower-alpha 1] | -3.99% | 3,882 |
Iberia | 9,235 | 59.70% | 3,551 | 22.95% | 2,684 | 17.35% | 5,684 | 36.74% | 15,470 |
Iberville | 4,558 | 72.25% | 1,000 | 15.85% | 751 | 11.90% | 3,558 | 56.40% | 6,309 |
Jackson | 1,398 | 34.10% | 1,799 | 43.88% | 903 | 22.02% | -401 | -9.78% | 4,100 |
Jefferson | 32,119 | 51.28% | 17,215 | 27.48% | 13,304 | 21.24% | 14,904 | 23.79% | 62,638 |
Jefferson Davis | 5,904 | 67.77% | 2,251 | 25.84% | 557 | 6.39% | 3,653 | 41.93% | 8,712 |
Lafayette | 14,132 | 62.30% | 6,047 | 26.66% | 2,505 | 11.04% | 8,085 | 35.64% | 22,684 |
Lafourche | 12,244 | 76.26% | 2,930 | 18.25% | 881 | 5.49% | 9,314 | 58.01% | 16,055 |
LaSalle | 843 | 21.94% | 2,123 | 55.26% | 876 | 22.80% | 1,247 [lower-alpha 1] | 32.46% | 3,842 |
Lincoln | 1,051 | 20.57% | 2,766 | 54.14% | 1,292 | 25.29% | 1,474 [lower-alpha 1] | 28.85% | 5,109 |
Livingston | 2,881 | 43.47% | 954 | 14.39% | 2,793 | 42.14% | 88 [lower-alpha 2] | 1.33% | 6,628 |
Madison | 235 | 12.45% | 629 | 33.32% | 1,024 | 54.24% | -395 [lower-alpha 1] | -20.92% | 1,888 |
Morehouse | 1,085 | 22.70% | 2,551 | 53.37% | 1,144 | 23.93% | 1,407 [lower-alpha 1] | 29.44% | 4,780 |
Natchitoches | 2,781 | 39.39% | 2,562 | 36.29% | 1,717 | 24.32% | 219 | 3.10% | 7,060 |
Orleans | 87,242 | 49.64% | 47,111 | 26.80% | 41,414 | 23.56% | 40,131 | 22.83% | 175,767 |
Ouachita | 5,202 | 26.97% | 10,525 | 54.56% | 3,564 | 18.47% | -5,323 | -27.59% | 19,291 |
Plaquemines | 1,087 | 21.12% | 712 | 13.84% | 3,347 | 65.04% | -2,260 [lower-alpha 2] | -43.92% | 5,146 |
Pointe Coupee | 2,953 | 71.81% | 674 | 16.39% | 485 | 11.79% | 2,279 | 55.42% | 4,112 |
Rapides | 9,651 | 40.58% | 8,155 | 34.29% | 5,976 | 25.13% | 1,496 | 6.29% | 23,782 |
Red River | 377 | 19.67% | 406 | 21.18% | 1,134 | 59.15% | -728 [lower-alpha 1] | -37.98% | 1,917 |
Richland | 996 | 25.74% | 1,378 | 35.62% | 1,495 | 38.64% | -117 [lower-alpha 1] | -3.02% | 3,869 |
Sabine | 2,412 | 40.96% | 2,419 | 41.08% | 1,058 | 17.97% | -7 | -0.12% | 5,889 |
Saint Bernard | 4,660 | 42.56% | 1,431 | 13.07% | 4,858 | 44.37% | -198 [lower-alpha 2] | -1.81% | 10,949 |
Saint Charles | 4,708 | 71.31% | 1,377 | 20.86% | 517 | 7.83% | 3,331 | 50.45% | 6,602 |
Saint Helena | 678 | 37.48% | 296 | 16.36% | 835 | 46.16% | -157 [lower-alpha 2] | -8.68% | 1,809 |
Saint James | 4,362 | 82.09% | 620 | 11.67% | 332 | 6.25% | 3,742 | 70.42% | 5,314 |
Saint John the Baptist | 3,782 | 80.13% | 488 | 10.34% | 450 | 9.53% | 3,294 | 69.79% | 4,720 |
Saint Landry | 14,625 | 72.18% | 3,083 | 15.22% | 2,554 | 12.60% | 11,542 | 56.96% | 20,262 |
Saint Martin | 5,506 | 77.96% | 858 | 12.15% | 699 | 9.90% | 4,648 | 65.81% | 7,063 |
Saint Mary | 6,671 | 61.59% | 2,992 | 27.62% | 1,169 | 10.79% | 3,679 | 33.96% | 10,832 |
Saint Tammany | 5,179 | 46.81% | 2,850 | 25.76% | 3,034 | 27.42% | 2,145 [lower-alpha 2] | 19.39% | 11,063 |
Tangipahoa | 6,648 | 46.32% | 3,285 | 22.89% | 4,418 | 30.79% | 2,230 [lower-alpha 2] | 15.54% | 14,351 |
Tensas | 247 | 20.45% | 510 | 42.22% | 451 | 37.33% | 59 [lower-alpha 1] | 4.88% | 1,208 |
Terrebonne | 8,992 | 68.07% | 3,126 | 23.66% | 1,092 | 8.27% | 5,866 | 44.41% | 13,210 |
Union | 1,034 | 25.45% | 2,017 | 49.64% | 1,012 | 24.91% | -983 | -24.19% | 4,063 |
Vermilion | 11,257 | 77.13% | 2,170 | 14.87% | 1,168 | 8.00% | 9,087 | 62.26% | 14,595 |
Vernon | 3,145 | 51.06% | 1,991 | 32.32% | 1,024 | 16.62% | 1,154 | 18.73% | 6,160 |
Washington | 5,678 | 49.81% | 1,847 | 16.20% | 3,875 | 33.99% | 1,803 [lower-alpha 2] | 15.82% | 11,400 |
Webster | 1,273 | 16.60% | 3,139 | 40.94% | 3,255 | 42.45% | -116 [lower-alpha 1] | -1.51% | 7,667 |
West Baton Rouge | 2,315 | 73.70% | 390 | 12.42% | 436 | 13.88% | 1,879 [lower-alpha 2] | 59.82% | 3,141 |
West Carroll | 784 | 32.36% | 742 | 30.62% | 897 | 37.02% | -113 [lower-alpha 2] | -4.66% | 2,423 |
West Feliciana | 271 | 30.42% | 196 | 22.00% | 424 | 47.59% | -153 [lower-alpha 2] | -17.17% | 891 |
Winn | 1,108 | 27.05% | 1,839 | 44.90% | 1,149 | 28.05% | 690 [lower-alpha 1] | 16.85% | 4,096 |
Totals | 407,339 | 50.42% | 230,980 | 28.59% | 169,572 | 20.99% | 176,359 | 21.83% | 807,891 |
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