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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, 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]

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 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

Parish George Wallace
American Independent 		Hubert Humphrey
Democratic 		Richard Nixon
Republican 		Margin Total votes cast[7]
# % # % # % # %
Acadia 9,715 57.18% 4,098 24.12% 3,178 18.70% 5,617 33.06% 16,991
Allen 4,229 58.26% 2,026 27.91% 1,004 13.83% 2,203 30.35% 7,259
Ascension 6,004 56.94% 3,203 30.37% 1,338 12.69% 2,801 26.57% 10,545
Assumption 2,898 46.70% 2,085 33.60% 1,222 19.69% 813 13.10% 6,205
Avoyelles 6,760 56.28% 2,793 23.25% 2,459 20.47% 3,967 33.03% 12,012
Beauregard 4,048 55.97% 1,569 21.70% 1,615 22.33% 2,433[b] 33.64% 7,232
Bienville 3,466 56.13% 1,768 28.63% 941 15.24% 1,698 27.50% 6,175
Bossier 9,249 58.63% 2,782 17.63% 3,745 23.74% 5,504[b] 34.89% 15,776
Caddo 28,463 42.25% 17,675 26.24% 21,224 31.51% 7,239[b] 10.74% 67,362
Calcasieu 20,250 45.65% 14,593 32.89% 9,520 21.46% 5,657 12.76% 44,363
Caldwell 2,252 60.62% 973 26.19% 490 13.19% 1,279 34.43% 3,715
Cameron 1,655 63.83% 533 20.56% 405 15.62% 1,122 43.27% 2,593
Catahoula 2,677 63.72% 769 18.31% 755 17.97% 1,908 45.41% 4,201
Claiborne 3,311 55.43% 1,545 25.87% 1,117 18.70% 1,766 29.56% 5,973
Concordia 4,542 60.57% 1,983 26.44% 974 12.99% 2,559 34.13% 7,499
DeSoto 4,190 48.93% 3,400 39.70% 974 11.37% 790 9.23% 8,564
East Baton Rouge 35,250 44.80% 21,770 27.67% 21,661 27.53% 13,480 17.13% 78,681
East Carroll 1,706 40.45% 1,926 45.66% 586 13.89% -220 -5.21% 4,218
East Feliciana 2,225 54.39% 1,409 34.44% 457 11.17% 816 19.95% 4,091
Evangeline 7,362 63.70% 2,647 22.90% 1,549 13.40% 4,715 40.80% 11,558
Franklin 5,394 75.68% 681 9.56% 1,052 14.76% 4,342[b] 60.92% 7,127
Grant 3,470 62.92% 932 16.90% 1,113 20.18% 2,357[b] 42.74% 5,515
Iberia 8,071 42.41% 5,510 28.96% 5,448 28.63% 2,561 13.45% 19,029
Iberville 4,290 43.83% 4,084 41.73% 1,413 14.44% 206 2.10% 9,787
Jackson 3,941 59.98% 1,525 23.21% 1,104 16.80% 2,416 36.77% 6,570
Jefferson 41,902 45.76% 20,193 22.05% 29,478 32.19% 12,424[b] 13.57% 91,573
Jefferson Davis 4,897 50.22% 2,641 27.08% 2,213 22.70% 2,256 23.14% 9,751
Lafayette 11,723 38.59% 7,983 26.28% 10,669 35.12% 1,054[b] 3.47% 30,375
Lafourche 10,910 51.41% 5,516 25.99% 4,797 22.60% 5,394 25.42% 21,223
LaSalle 3,878 66.34% 710 12.15% 1,258 21.52% 2,620[b] 44.82% 5,846
Lincoln 4,225 47.59% 2,009 22.63% 2,643 29.77% 1,582[b] 17.82% 8,877
Livingston 9,907 80.85% 1,400 11.42% 947 7.73% 8,507 69.43% 12,254
Madison 2,380 42.52% 2,569 45.89% 649 11.59% -189 -3.37% 5,598
Morehouse 5,377 60.47% 1,793 20.16% 1,722 19.37% 3,584 40.31% 8,892
Natchitoches 5,505 46.64% 3,945 33.43% 2,352 19.93% 1,560 13.21% 11,802
Orleans 58,489 32.74% 72,451 40.55% 47,728 26.71% -13,962 -7.81% 178,668
Ouachita 15,145 47.77% 6,470 20.41% 10,089 31.82% 5,056[b] 15.95% 31,704
Plaquemines 6,430 75.28% 1,144 13.39% 968 11.33% 5,286 61.89% 8,542
Pointe Coupee 3,508 46.79% 3,139 41.87% 850 11.34% 369 4.92% 7,497
Rapides 16,239 46.09% 8,793 24.96% 10,199 28.95% 6,040[b] 17.14% 35,231
Red River 2,477 65.69% 914 24.24% 380 10.08% 1,563 41.45% 3,771
Richland 4,415 68.31% 1,017 15.74% 1,031 15.95% 3,384[b] 52.36% 6,463
Sabine 4,526 66.46% 1,159 17.02% 1,125 16.52% 3,367 49.44% 6,810
St. Bernard 13,056 68.62% 2,485 13.06% 3,486 18.32% 9,570[b] 50.30% 19,027
St. Charles 4,383 48.02% 3,070 33.63% 1,675 18.35% 1,313 14.39% 9,128
St. Helena 1,800 53.41% 1,351 40.09% 219 6.50% 449 13.32% 3,370
St. James 2,765 42.34% 2,987 45.74% 778 11.91% -222 -3.40% 6,530
St. John the Baptist 3,246 43.68% 3,245 43.67% 940 12.65% 1 0.01% 7,431
St. Landry 12,659 51.06% 9,075 36.60% 3,058 12.33% 3,584 14.46% 24,792
St. Martin 4,759 49.04% 3,321 34.22% 1,625 16.74% 1,438 14.82% 9,705
St. Mary 6,761 40.58% 5,312 31.89% 4,586 27.53% 1,449 8.69% 16,659
St. Tammany 11,470 55.25% 4,445 21.41% 4,846 23.34% 6,624[b] 31.91% 20,761
Tangipahoa 13,088 62.39% 4,983 23.75% 2,907 13.86% 8,105 38.64% 20,978
Tensas 1,290 48.90% 845 32.03% 503 19.07% 445 16.87% 2,638
Terrebonne 8,836 47.31% 4,627 24.77% 5,214 27.92% 3,622[b] 19.39% 18,677
Union 4,297 63.70% 1,336 19.80% 1,113 16.50% 2,961 43.90% 6,746
Vermilion 8,124 53.42% 3,806 25.03% 3,278 21.55% 4,318 28.39% 15,208
Vernon 5,536 64.33% 1,496 17.38% 1,574 18.29% 3,962[b] 46.04% 8,606
Washington 11,002 70.00% 3,021 19.22% 1,695 10.78% 7,981 50.78% 15,718
Webster 8,646 61.70% 2,871 20.49% 2,496 17.81% 5,775 41.21% 14,013
West Baton Rouge 2,569 48.90% 2,016 38.37% 669 12.73% 553 10.53% 5,254
West Carroll 3,574 78.48% 395 8.67% 585 12.85% 2,989[b] 65.63% 4,554
West Feliciana 1,073 40.16% 1,303 48.76% 296 11.08% -230 -8.60% 2,672
Winn 4,015 63.78% 1,230 19.54% 1,050 16.68% 2,785 44.24% 6,295
Totals 48.32% 530,300 309,615 28.21% 257,535 23.47% 220,685 20.11% 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. ^ 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 Wallace vote minus Nixon vote and percentage margin is Wallace percentage minus Nixon percentage.

References

  1. ^ Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ "1968 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
  5. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  6. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  7. ^ "LA US President Race, November 05, 1968". Our Campaigns.

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