1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana explained

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Election Name:	1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Country:	Louisiana
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1972 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Previous Year:	1972
Next Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Next Year:	1980
Election Date:	November 2, 1976
Image1:	Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee1:	Jimmy Carter
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Georgia
Running Mate1:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	661,365
Percentage1:	51.73%
Nominee2:	Gerald Ford
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Michigan
Running Mate2:	Bob Dole
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	587,446
Percentage2:	45.95%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Gerald Ford
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Jimmy Carter
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.73% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.95% of the popular vote. No third-party candidate amounted to 1% of the vote; American Party candidate Lester Maddox came the closest with 0.79%.

Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States.^[1], this is the last election in which Grant Parish and West Carroll Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[2]

Campaign

57% of white voters supported Ford while 40% supported Carter.

Results

Results by parish

Parish	Jimmy Carter Democratic		Gerald Ford Republican		Lester Maddox American		Gus Hall Communist		Eugene McCarthy Nominated		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[3]
	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"	%	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		10,814		61.28%		6,296		35.68%		105		0.59%		206		1.17%		96		0.54%		131		0.74%		4,518		25.60%		17,648
	Allen		5,373		70.02%		2,080		27.11%		80		1.04%		68		0.89%		29		0.38%		43		0.56%		3,293		42.91%		7,673
	Ascension		9,100		65.10%		4,435		31.73%		205		1.47%		86		0.62%		75		0.54%		77		0.55%		4,665		33.37%		13,978
	Assumption		4,401		57.07%		3,117		40.42%		62		0.80%		58		0.75%		28		0.36%		45		0.58%		1,284		16.65%		7,711
	Avoyelles		8,104		60.86%		4,574		34.35%		396		2.97%		123		0.92%		46		0.35%		72		0.54%		3,530		26.51%		13,315
	Beauregard		5,322		60.57%		3,196		36.38%		79		0.90%		77		0.88%		54		0.61%		58		0.66%		2,126		24.19%		8,786
	Bienville		3,402		56.60%		2,499		41.57%		40		0.67%		37		0.62%		20		0.33%		13		0.22%		903		15.03%		6,011
	Bossier		8,062		39.35%		12,132		59.22%		99		0.48%		74		0.36%		52		0.25%		68		0.33%		-4,070		-19.87%		20,487
	Caddo		30,593		41.15%		42,627		57.34%		342		0.46%		219		0.29%		349		0.47%		210		0.28%		-12,034		-16.19%		74,340
	Calcasieu		33,980		64.61%		17,485		33.24%		326		0.62%		284		0.54%		267		0.51%		253		0.48%		16,495		31.37%		52,595
	Caldwell		1,830		48.08%		1,890		49.66%		46		1.21%		25		0.66%		7		0.18%		8		0.21%		-60		-1.58%		3,806
	Cameron		2,432		72.86%		819		24.54%		16		0.48%		34		1.02%		10		0.30%		27		0.81%		1,613		48.32%		3,338
	Catahoula		2,547		53.43%		2,086		43.76%		64		1.34%		33		0.69%		14		0.29%		23		0.48%		461		9.67%		4,767
	Claiborne		2,891		46.58%		3,216		51.81%		46		0.74%		17		0.27%		13		0.21%		24		0.39%		-325		-5.23%		6,207
	Concordia		3,892		49.19%		3,849		48.65%		84		1.06%		37		0.47%		15		0.19%		35		0.44%		43		0.54%		7,912
	DeSoto		4,630		55.46%		3,601		43.14%		53		0.63%		31		0.37%		22		0.26%		11		0.13%		1,029		12.32%		8,348
	East Baton Rouge		49,956		48.11%		51,655		49.75%		577		0.56%		529		0.51%		563		0.54%		547		0.53%		-1,699		-1.64%		103,827
	East Carroll		2,367		56.93%		1,681		40.43%		44		1.06%		34		0.82%		18		0.43%		14		0.34%		686		16.50%		4,158
	East Feliciana		3,485		65.47%		1,668		31.34%		58		1.09%		42		0.79%		29		0.54%		41		0.77%		1,817		34.13%		5,323
	Evangeline		7,578		65.56%		3,715		32.14%		103		0.89%		79		0.68%		39		0.34%		44		0.38%		3,863		33.42%		11,558
	Franklin		3,824		47.85%		3,947		49.39%		96		1.20%		63		0.79%		21		0.26%		40		0.50%		-123		-1.54%		7,991
	Grant		3,670		59.81%		2,280		37.16%		80		1.30%		47		0.77%		26		0.42%		33		0.54%		1,390		22.65%		6,136
	Iberia		9,984		48.11%		10,392		50.07%		167		0.80%		73		0.35%		75		0.36%		62		0.30%		-408		-1.96%		20,753
	Iberville		7,254		63.69%		3,822		33.56%		87		0.76%		113		0.99%		54		0.47%		59		0.52%		3,432		30.13%		11,389
	Jackson		3,605		51.06%		3,310		46.88%		71		1.01%		30		0.42%		17		0.24%		27		0.38%		295		4.18%		7,060
	Jefferson		53,257		41.75%		71,787		56.28%		786		0.62%		517		0.41%		685		0.54%		528		0.41%		-18,530		-14.53%		127,560
	Jefferson Davis		6,376		62.04%		3,603		35.06%		76		0.74%		102		0.99%		55		0.54%		66		0.64%		2,773		26.98%		10,278
	Lafayette		19,918		45.58%		22,805		52.19%		343		0.78%		219		0.50%		225		0.51%		189		0.43%		-2,887		-6.61%		43,699
	Lafourche		14,131		53.80%		11,434		43.53%		267		1.02%		185		0.70%		111		0.42%		138		0.53%		2,697		10.27%		26,266
	LaSalle		2,961		46.93%		3,161		50.10%		88		1.39%		51		0.81%		19		0.30%		30		0.48%		-200		-3.17%		6,310
	Lincoln		4,971		41.53%		6,828		57.05%		84		0.70%		30		0.25%		20		0.17%		36		0.30%		-1,857		-15.52%		11,969
	Livingston		9,875		62.13%		5,555		34.95%		156		0.98%		131		0.82%		79		0.50%		99		0.62%		4,320		27.18%		15,895
	Madison		4,933		69.21%		2,096		29.41%		58		0.81%		21		0.29%		11		0.15%		9		0.13%		2,837		39.80%		7,128
	Morehouse		4,017		41.45%		5,418		55.90%		157		1.62%		48		0.50%		19		0.20%		33		0.34%		-1,401		-14.45%		9,692
	Natchitoches		6,692		53.89%		5,248		42.26%		308		2.48%		73		0.59%		40		0.32%		56		0.45%		1,444		11.63%		12,417
	Orleans		93,130		55.33%		70,925		42.14%		789		0.47%		1,234		0.73%		1,407		0.84%		819		0.49%		22,205		13.19%		168,304
	Ouachita		15,738		38.91%		24,082		59.53%		342		0.85%		110		0.27%		106		0.26%		73		0.18%		-8,344		-20.62%		40,451
	Plaquemines		2,614		29.52%		6,052		68.35%		33		0.37%		38		0.43%		81		0.91%		37		0.42%		-3,438		-38.83%		8,855
	Pointe Coupee		5,147		65.35%		2,567		32.59%		68		0.86%		43		0.55%		22		0.28%		29		0.37%		2,580		32.76%		7,876
	Rapides		20,851		53.10%		17,766		45.25%		343		0.87%		102		0.26%		121		0.31%		81		0.21%		3,085		7.85%		39,264
	Red River		1,906		51.42%		1,728		46.61%		40		1.08%		11		0.30%		8		0.22%		14		0.38%		178		4.81%		3,707
	Richland		3,495		48.07%		3,630		49.93%		73		1.00%		37		0.51%		18		0.25%		17		0.23%		-135		-1.86%		7,270
	Sabine		4,555		54.54%		3,531		42.28%		120		1.44%		68		0.81%		23		0.28%		54		0.65%		1,024		12.26%		8,351
	St. Bernard		12,969		48.92%		12,707		47.94%		171		0.65%		178		0.67%		373		1.41%		110		0.41%		262		0.98%		26,508
	St. Charles		6,872		59.73%		4,270		37.11%		92		0.80%		127		1.10%		60		0.52%		84		0.73%		2,602		22.62%		11,505
	St. Helena		2,622		69.22%		1,046		27.61%		39		1.03%		31		0.82%		22		0.58%		28		0.74%		1,576		41.61%		3,788
	St. James		4,531		60.69%		2,751		36.85%		47		0.63%		67		0.90%		34		0.46%		36		0.48%		1,780		23.84%		7,466
	St. John the Baptist		5,700		59.32%		3,597		37.43%		85		0.88%		112		1.17%		50		0.52%		65		0.68%		2,103		21.89%		9,609
	St. Landry		15,613		59.49%		9,956		37.94%		185		0.70%		234		0.89%		128		0.49%		127		0.48%		5,657		21.55%		26,243
	St. Martin		7,992		64.28%		4,112		33.07%		147		1.18%		91		0.73%		43		0.35%		48		0.39%		3,880		31.21%		12,433
	St. Mary		9,401		50.25%		8,919		47.67%		142		0.76%		103		0.55%		83		0.44%		60		0.32%		482		2.58%		18,708
	St. Tammany		14,691		46.79%		15,822		50.39%		319		1.02%		158		0.50%		256		0.82%		153		0.49%		-1,131		-3.60%		31,399
	Tangipahoa		14,432		59.36%		9,242		38.02%		199		0.82%		179		0.74%		131		0.54%		128		0.53%		5,190		21.34%		24,311
	Tensas		2,081		56.60%		1,553		42.24%		24		0.65%		8		0.22%		8		0.22%		3		0.08%		528		14.36%		3,677
	Terrebonne		10,627		43.76%		12,895		53.11%		317		1.31%		160		0.66%		154		0.63%		129		0.53%		-2,268		-9.35%		24,282
	Union		3,600		45.54%		4,139		52.36%		77		0.97%		42		0.53%		19		0.24%		28		0.35%		-539		-6.82%		7,905
	Vermilion		11,246		63.00%		6,133		34.36%		162		0.91%		162		0.91%		66		0.37%		81		0.45%		5,113		28.64%		17,850
	Vernon		6,202		59.26%		3,970		37.94%		156		1.49%		76		0.73%		29		0.28%		32		0.31%		2,232		21.32%		10,465
	Washington		10,000		62.22%		5,677		35.32%		151		0.94%		112		0.70%		62		0.39%		71		0.44%		4,323		26.90%		16,073
	Webster		7,286		48.52%		7,550		50.28%		82		0.55%		35		0.23%		27		0.18%		37		0.25%		-264		-1.76%		15,017
	West Baton Rouge		3,809		64.73%		1,913		32.51%		54		0.92%		49		0.83%		25		0.42%		34		0.58%		1,896		32.22%		5,884
	West Carroll		2,595		50.76%		2,407		47.09%		70		1.37%		19		0.37%		10		0.20%		11		0.22%		188		3.67%		5,112
	West Feliciana		1,890		64.59%		990		33.83%		21		0.72%		10		0.34%		8		0.27%		7		0.24%		900		30.76%		2,926
	Winn		3,543		51.43%		3,209		46.58%		81		1.18%		25		0.36%		11		0.16%		20		0.29%		334		4.85%		6,889
Totals	661,365	51.73%	587,446	45.95%	10,058	0.79%	7,417	0.58%	6,588	0.52%	5,565	0.44%	73,919	5.78%	1,278,439

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Allen
• Avoyelles
• Acadia
• Catahoula
• Concordia
• Evangeline
• East Carroll
• Iberville
• Iberia
• Jackson
• Lafourche
• Madison
• Orleans
• Rapides
• Pointe Coupee
• St. Helena
• St. James
• St. Bernard
• Vermillion
• West Baton Rouge
• West Carroll
• Winn
• Ascension
• Assumption
• Beauregard
• Bienville
• Calcasieu
• Cameron
• DeSoto
• East Feliciana
• Livingston
• Jefferson Davis
• Natchitoches
• Red River
• Sabine
• Saint Charles
• St. John the Baptist
• St. Landry
• St. Martin
• Saint Mary
  • Tangipahoa Tensas
• Vernon
• Washington

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: 1976 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
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: LA US President Race, November 02, 1976. Our Campaigns.