1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana explained

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Election Name:	1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Country:	Louisiana
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Year:	1964
Election Date:	November 5, 1968
Next Year:	1972
Image1:	George Wallace (D-AL) (3x4).jpg
Colour1:	ff7f00
Nominee1:	George Wallace
Party1:	American Independent Party
Home State1:	Alabama
Running Mate1:	Curtis LeMay
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	530,300
Percentage1:	48.32%
Nominee2:	Hubert Humphrey
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Minnesota
Running Mate2:	Edmund Muskie
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	309,615
Percentage2:	28.21%
Image3:	Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg
Nominee3:	Richard Nixon
Party3:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State3:	New York
Running Mate3:	Spiro Agnew
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	257,535
Percentage3:	23.47%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Richard Nixon
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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], 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.

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^[4]
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	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		55.45%		2,973		24.38%		2,459		20.17%		3,787		31.07%		12,192
	Beauregard		4,048		55.97%		1,569		21.70%		1,615		22.33%		2,433		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		34.89%		15,776
	Caddo		28,463		42.25%		17,675		26.24%		21,224		31.51%		7,239		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		60.92%		7,127
	Grant		3,470		62.92%		932		16.90%		1,113		20.18%		2,357		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		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		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		44.82%		5,846
	Lincoln		4,225		47.59%		2,009		22.63%		2,643		29.77%		1,582		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		41.84%		2,659		46.75%		649		11.41%		-279		-4.91%		5,688
	Morehouse		5,377		60.13%		1,793		20.05%		1,772		19.82%		3,584		40.08%		8,942
	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		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		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		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		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		50.15%		9,075		35.95%		3,508		13.90%		3,584		14.20%		25,242
	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		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		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		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		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	530,300	48.32%	309,615	28.21%	257,535	23.47%	220,685	20.11%	1,097,450

Parishes that flipped from Republican to American Independent

• Bienville
• DeSoto
• East Feliciana
• Caddo
• Caldwell
• Catahoula
• Claiborne
• Concordia
• Franklin
• Iberia
• Jackson
• Morehouse
• Natchitoches
• Red River
• Sabine
• Tangipahoa
• Tensas
• Vernon
• Washington
• Webster
• Winn
• East Baton Rouge
• Lincoln
  • Plaquemines Pointe Coupee
• St. Helena

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to American Independent

• Allen
• Acadia
• Ascension
• Assumption
• Avoyelles
• Calcasieu
• Cameron
• Evangeline
• Iberville
• Jefferson Davis
• Lafourche
• St. Mary
• St. John the Baptist
• St. Landry
• St. Martin
• Vermillion
• Saint Charles
• Terrebonne

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• East Carroll
• Madison
• West Feliciana

See also

• United States presidential elections in Louisiana

Works cited

• Book: Black . Earl . Earl Black (political scientist) . Black . Merle . Merle Black . The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected . . 1992 . 0674941306.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana . Leip. David. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2017-04-24.
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. Web site: 1968 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
4. Web site: LA US President Race, November 05, 1968. Our Campaigns.