1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana explained

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Election Name:	1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Country:	Louisiana
Flag Year:	1912
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Election Date:	November 4, 1980
Previous Election:	1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Previous Year:	1976
Next Election:	1984 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Next Year:	1984
Image1:	Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg
Nominee1:	Ronald Reagan
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	George H. W. Bush
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	792,853
Percentage1:	51.20%
Nominee2:	Jimmy Carter
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Georgia
Running Mate2:	Walter Mondale
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	708,453
Percentage2:	45.75%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Jimmy Carter
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Ronald Reagan
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 5.45 percentage points.^[1], this is the last election in which Livingston Parish and Beauregard Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[2]

Campaign

63% of white voters supported Reagan while 33% supported Carter.

Results

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California	George H. W. Bush	Republican	10	792,853	51.20%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent)	Walter Mondale (incumbent)	Democratic	0	708,453	45.75%
John B. Anderson	Patrick Lucey	Independent	0	26,345	1.70%
John Rarick	Eileen Shearer	American Independent	0	10,333	0.67%
Ed Clark	David Koch	Libertarian	0	8,240	0.53%
Barry Commoner	LaDonna Harris	Citizens	0	1,584	0.10%
Clifton DeBerry	Matilde Zimmermann	Socialist Workers	0	783	0.05%

Results by parish

Parish	Ronald Reagan Republican		Jimmy Carter Democratic		John B. Anderson Independent		John Rarick American Independent		Ed Clark Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total^[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		11,533		52.19%		9,948		45.01%		416		1.88%		58		0.26%		125		0.57%		20		0.09%		1,585		7.18%		22,100
	Allen		3,328		34.80%		6,057		63.33%		110		1.15%		19		0.20%		34		0.36%		16		0.17%		-2,729		-28.53%		9,564
	Ascension		7,238		35.83%		12,381		61.29%		286		1.42%		139		0.69%		128		0.63%		28		0.14%		-5,143		-25.46%		20,200
	Assumption		4,001		44.10%		4,679		51.57%		153		1.69%		164		1.81%		47		0.52%		29		0.32%		-678		-7.47%		9,073
	Avoyelles		8,216		51.12%		7,174		44.64%		190		1.18%		352		2.19%		95		0.59%		44		0.27%		1,042		6.48%		16,071
	Beauregard		5,250		47.47%		5,556		50.24%		163		1.47%		21		0.19%		62		0.56%		7		0.06%		-306		-2.77%		11,059
	Bienville		3,508		45.15%		4,123		53.06%		51		0.66%		46		0.59%		24		0.31%		18		0.23%		-615		-7.91%		7,770
	Bossier		16,515		62.70%		9,377		35.60%		327		1.24%		18		0.07%		78		0.30%		24		0.09%		7,138		27.10%		26,339
	Caddo		51,202		57.41%		36,422		40.84%		1,128		1.26%		82		0.09%		272		0.30%		78		0.09%		14,780		16.57%		89,184
	Calcasieu		27,600		42.55%		35,446		54.65%		1,259		1.94%		111		0.17%		387		0.60%		56		0.09%		-7,846		-12.10%		64,859
	Caldwell		2,653		57.91%		1,786		38.99%		43		0.94%		68		1.48%		25		0.55%		6		0.13%		867		18.92%		4,581
	Cameron		1,449		38.15%		2,221		58.48%		82		2.16%		7		0.18%		35		0.92%		4		0.11%		-772		-20.33%		3,798
	Catahoula		2,942		53.19%		2,414		43.64%		38		0.69%		98		1.77%		31		0.56%		8		0.14%		528		9.55%		5,531
	Claiborne		3,538		50.01%		3,443		48.67%		53		0.75%		8		0.11%		23		0.33%		9		0.13%		95		1.34%		7,074
	Concordia		4,933		54.20%		3,956		43.46%		52		0.57%		110		1.21%		35		0.38%		16		0.18%		977		10.74%		9,102
	DeSoto		4,349		42.11%		5,861		56.75%		49		0.47%		18		0.17%		37		0.36%		13		0.13%		-1,512		-14.64%		10,327
	East Baton Rouge		71,063		53.36%		57,442		43.13%		3,312		2.49%		380		0.29%		845		0.63%		126		0.09%		13,621		10.23%		133,168
	East Carroll		1,867		44.13%		2,283		53.96%		24		0.57%		46		1.09%		5		0.12%		6		0.14%		-416		-9.83%		4,231
	East Feliciana		2,650		38.56%		4,033		58.68%		53		0.77%		72		1.05%		44		0.64%		21		0.31%		-1,383		-20.12%		6,873
	Evangeline		7,412		51.26%		6,722		46.48%		160		1.11%		52		0.36%		88		0.61%		27		0.19%		690		4.78%		14,461
	Franklin		5,301		54.38%		4,177		42.85%		65		0.67%		155		1.59%		29		0.30%		21		0.22%		1,124		11.53%		9,748
	Grant		3,611		50.52%		3,290		46.03%		77		1.08%		136		1.90%		32		0.45%		2		0.03%		321		4.49%		7,148
	Iberia		14,273		57.03%		9,681		38.68%		410		1.64%		471		1.88%		149		0.60%		44		0.18%		4,592		18.35%		25,028
	Iberville		4,463		31.57%		9,361		66.23%		172		1.22%		54		0.38%		65		0.46%		20		0.14%		-4,898		-34.66%		14,135
	Jackson		3,923		50.75%		3,609		46.69%		56		0.72%		110		1.42%		20		0.26%		12		0.16%		314		4.06%		7,730
	Jefferson		99,403		64.09%		50,870		32.80%		3,578		2.31%		220		0.14%		920		0.59%		120		0.08%		48,533		31.29%		155,111
	Jefferson Davis		5,667		46.73%		6,140		50.63%		201		1.66%		32		0.26%		67		0.55%		20		0.16%		-473		-3.90%		12,127
	Lafayette		31,429		58.72%		19,694		36.79%		1,263		2.36%		638		1.19%		407		0.76%		95		0.18%		11,735		21.93%		53,526
	Lafourche		14,951		48.51%		14,222		46.15%		675		2.19%		574		1.86%		326		1.06%		70		0.23%		729		2.36%		30,818
	LaSalle		3,792		57.16%		2,665		40.17%		61		0.92%		90		1.36%		23		0.35%		3		0.05%		1,127		16.99%		6,634
	Lincoln		7,515		55.79%		5,598		41.56%		177		1.31%		98		0.73%		59		0.44%		23		0.17%		1,917		14.23%		13,470
	Livingston		10,666		47.18%		11,319		50.06%		287		1.27%		192		0.85%		120		0.53%		25		0.11%		-653		-2.88%		22,609
	Madison		2,531		42.70%		3,264		55.06%		16		0.27%		86		1.45%		10		0.17%		21		0.35%		-733		-12.36%		5,928
	Morehouse		7,254		58.51%		4,856		39.17%		65		0.52%		181		1.46%		27		0.22%		14		0.11%		2,398		19.34%		12,397
	Natchitoches		6,668		46.99%		7,102		50.05%		158		1.11%		190		1.34%		44		0.31%		27		0.19%		-434		-3.06%		14,189
	Orleans		74,302		39.54%		106,858		56.87%		4,246		2.26%		941		0.50%		1,015		0.54%		542		0.29%		-32,556		-17.33%		187,904
	Ouachita		29,799		62.98%		16,306		34.46%		495		1.05%		502		1.06%		166		0.35%		46		0.10%		13,493		28.52%		47,314
	Plaquemines		5,489		54.46%		4,318		42.84%		154		1.53%		36		0.36%		57		0.57%		25		0.25%		1,171		11.62%		10,079
	Pointe Coupee		3,667		35.73%		6,395		62.31%		105		1.02%		39		0.38%		41		0.40%		16		0.16%		-2,728		-26.58%		10,263
	Rapides		25,576		55.24%		19,436		41.98%		530		1.14%		517		1.12%		197		0.43%		46		0.10%		6,140		13.26%		46,302
	Red River		2,147		43.06%		2,776		55.68%		29		0.58%		14		0.28%		14		0.28%		6		0.12%		-629		-12.62%		4,986
	Richland		4,772		54.57%		3,745		42.83%		48		0.55%		125		1.43%		29		0.33%		25		0.29%		1,027		11.74%		8,744
	Sabine		4,265		44.50%		5,100		53.21%		74		0.77%		110		1.15%		25		0.26%		11		0.11%		-835		-8.71%		9,585
	St. Bernard		19,410		60.53%		11,367		35.45%		616		1.92%		374		1.17%		208		0.65%		90		0.28%		8,043		25.08%		32,065
	St. Charles		6,779		44.83%		7,898		52.23%		283		1.87%		22		0.15%		112		0.74%		29		0.19%		-1,119		-7.40%		15,123
	St. Helena		1,531		31.55%		3,183		65.60%		42		0.87%		51		1.05%		29		0.60%		16		0.33%		-1,652		-34.05%		4,852
	St. James		3,429		34.90%		6,206		63.17%		113		1.15%		21		0.21%		39		0.40%		16		0.16%		-2,777		-28.27%		9,824
	St. John the Baptist		5,819		41.98%		7,647		55.17%		261		1.88%		26		0.19%		89		0.64%		19		0.14%		-1,828		-13.19%		13,861
	St. Landry		14,940		45.72%		17,125		52.41%		332		1.02%		88		0.27%		129		0.39%		64		0.20%		-2,185		-6.69%		32,678
	St. Martin		6,701		44.55%		7,760		51.60%		281		1.87%		146		0.97%		97		0.64%		55		0.37%		-1,059		-7.05%		15,040
	St. Mary		10,378		48.03%		10,506		48.63%		339		1.57%		209		0.97%		152		0.70%		22		0.10%		-128		-0.60%		21,606
	St. Tammany		27,214		63.74%		14,161		33.17%		872		2.04%		139		0.33%		260		0.61%		52		0.12%		13,053		30.57%		42,698
	Tangipahoa		15,187		48.46%		15,272		48.73%		491		1.57%		173		0.55%		176		0.56%		43		0.14%		-85		-0.27%		31,342
	Tensas		1,645		43.46%		2,046		54.06%		25		0.66%		52		1.37%		9		0.24%		8		0.21%		-401		-10.60%		3,785
	Terrebonne		16,644		58.03%		10,804		37.67%		559		1.95%		424		1.48%		214		0.75%		36		0.13%		5,840		20.36%		28,681
	Union		5,130		55.77%		3,841		41.76%		60		0.65%		125		1.36%		30		0.33%		12		0.13%		1,289		14.01%		9,198
	Vermilion		10,481		48.96%		9,743		45.51%		473		2.21%		510		2.38%		174		0.81%		28		0.13%		738		3.45%		21,409
	Vernon		5,869		43.68%		7,198		53.57%		167		1.24%		138		1.03%		50		0.37%		14		0.10%		-1,329		-9.89%		13,436
	Washington		8,681		44.58%		10,413		53.48%		170		0.87%		113		0.58%		69		0.35%		26		0.13%		-1,732		-8.90%		19,472
	Webster		8,865		50.24%		8,568		48.55%		118		0.67%		20		0.11%		54		0.31%		22		0.12%		297		1.69%		17,647
	West Baton Rouge		2,828		36.48%		4,739		61.12%		117		1.51%		38		0.49%		25		0.32%		6		0.08%		-1,911		-24.64%		7,753
	West Carroll		3,430		60.05%		2,118		37.08%		38		0.67%		100		1.75%		23		0.40%		3		0.05%		1,312		22.97%		5,712
	West Feliciana		1,237		33.23%		2,341		62.90%		40		1.07%		78		2.10%		20		0.54%		6		0.16%		-1,104		-29.67%		3,722
	Winn		3,944		52.26%		3,411		45.20%		57		0.76%		106		1.40%		19		0.25%		10		0.13%		533		7.06%		7,547
Totals	792,853	51.20%	708,453	45.75%	26,345	1.70%	10,333	0.67%	8,240	0.53%	2,367	0.15%	84,400	5.45%	1,548,591

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Avoyelles
• Acadia
• Catahoula
• Concordia
• Evangeline
• Iberia
• Jackson
• Lafourche
• Rapides
• St. Bernard
• Vermillion
• West Carroll
• Winn

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: 1980 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 04, 1980. Our Campaigns.