1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by the Republican ticket of U.S Senator Barry Goldwater, running with U.S. Representative William E. Miller, with 56.81% of the popular vote against the Democratic ticket of President Lyndon B. Johnson, running with U.S Senator Hubert Humphrey.[2][3] Louisana was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Campaign
[edit]Goldwater received 65% of the white vote.[4]
Goldwater became the first Republican to carry Louisiana without winning the presidency, while Johnson would win the national election in a landslide. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Louisiana voted for a different candidate than neighboring Arkansas, and the last election in which Lafayette Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 509,225 | 56.81% | |
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson (inc.) | 387,068 | 43.19% | |
| Total votes | 896,293 | 100% | ||
Results by parish
[edit]| Parish[6] | Barry Goldwater Republican |
Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 6,706 | 41.47% | 9,463 | 58.53% | -2,757 | -17.06% | 16,169 |
| Allen | 2,704 | 41.66% | 3,787 | 58.34% | -1,083 | -16.68% | 6,491 |
| Ascension | 3,197 | 39.59% | 4,879 | 60.41% | -1,682 | -20.82% | 8,076 |
| Assumption | 2,112 | 40.87% | 3,056 | 59.13% | -944 | -18.26% | 5,168 |
| Avoyelles | 4,874 | 48.86% | 5,102 | 51.14% | -228 | -2.28% | 9,976 |
| Beauregard | 3,349 | 52.34% | 3,049 | 47.66% | 300 | 4.68% | 6,398 |
| Bienville | 3,740 | 81.39% | 855 | 18.61% | 2,885 | 62.78% | 4,595 |
| Bossier | 9,822 | 83.53% | 1,937 | 16.47% | 7,885 | 67.06% | 11,759 |
| Caddo | 42,197 | 80.60% | 10,158 | 19.40% | 32,039 | 61.20% | 52,355 |
| Calcasieu | 17,046 | 42.27% | 23,285 | 57.73% | -6,239 | -15.46% | 40,331 |
| Caldwell | 2,534 | 80.62% | 609 | 19.38% | 1,925 | 61.24% | 3,143 |
| Cameron | 871 | 35.59% | 1,576 | 64.41% | -705 | -28.82% | 2,447 |
| Catahoula | 2,387 | 81.00% | 560 | 19.00% | 1,827 | 62.00% | 2,947 |
| Claiborne | 3,917 | 89.04% | 482 | 10.96% | 3,435 | 78.08% | 5,399 |
| Concordia | 4,022 | 83.25% | 809 | 16.75% | 3,213 | 66.50% | 4,831 |
| DeSoto | 3,954 | 75.92% | 1,254 | 24.08% | 2,700 | 51.84% | 5,208 |
| East Baton Rouge | 36,964 | 58.57% | 26,152 | 41.43% | 10,812 | 17.14% | 63,116 |
| East Carroll | 1,486 | 84.96% | 263 | 15.04% | 1,223 | 69.92% | 1,749 |
| East Feliciana | 1,900 | 79.63% | 486 | 20.37% | 1,414 | 59.26% | 2,386 |
| Evangeline | 3,975 | 39.21% | 6,163 | 60.79% | -2,188 | -21.58% | 10,138 |
| Franklin | 5,470 | 87.82% | 759 | 12.18% | 4,711 | 75.64% | 6,229 |
| Grant | 3,292 | 69.36% | 1,454 | 30.64% | 1,838 | 38.72% | 4,746 |
| Iberia | 8,196 | 50.17% | 8,141 | 49.83% | 55 | 0.34% | 16,337 |
| Iberville | 3,432 | 43.57% | 4,445 | 56.43% | -1,013 | -12.86% | 7,877 |
| Jackson | 4,521 | 74.44% | 1,552 | 25.56% | 2,969 | 48.88% | 6,073 |
| Jefferson | 37,161 | 53.88% | 31,804 | 46.12% | 5,357 | 7.76% | 68,965 |
| Jefferson Davis | 3,673 | 42.52% | 4,966 | 57.48% | -1,293 | -14.96% | 8,639 |
| Lafayette | 12,398 | 46.11% | 14,487 | 53.89% | -2,089 | -7.78% | 26,885 |
| Lafourche | 6,164 | 33.85% | 12,045 | 66.15% | -5,881 | -32.30% | 18,209 |
| LaSalle | 4,319 | 83.33% | 864 | 16.67% | 3,455 | 66.66% | 5,183 |
| Lincoln | 5,766 | 77.09% | 1,714 | 22.91% | 4,052 | 54.18% | 7,480 |
| Livingston | 5,508 | 61.08% | 3,509 | 38.92% | 1,999 | 22.16% | 9,017 |
| Madison | 2,061 | 83.17% | 417 | 16.83% | 1,644 | 66.34% | 2,478 |
| Morehouse | 6,222 | 87.47% | 891 | 12.53% | 5,331 | 74.94% | 7,113 |
| Natchitoches | 5,525 | 65.00% | 2,975 | 35.00% | 2,550 | 30.00% | 8,500 |
| Orleans | 81,049 | 49.69% | 82,045 | 50.31% | -996 | -0.62% | 163,094 |
| Ouachita | 21,024 | 83.44% | 4,174 | 16.56% | 16,850 | 66.88% | 25,198 |
| Plaquemines | 4,904 | 86.35% | 775 | 13.65% | 4,129 | 72.70% | 5,679 |
| Pointe Coupee | 2,327 | 50.87% | 2,247 | 49.13% | 80 | 1.74% | 4,574 |
| Rapides | 18,122 | 64.46% | 9,992 | 35.54% | 8,130 | 28.92% | 28,114 |
| Red River | 2,235 | 87.00% | 334 | 13.00% | 1,901 | 74.00% | 2,569 |
| Richland | 4,498 | 85.76% | 747 | 14.24% | 3,751 | 71.52% | 5,245 |
| Sabine | 4,165 | 66.68% | 2,081 | 33.32% | 2,084 | 33.36% | 6,246 |
| St. Bernard | 8,055 | 56.61% | 6,175 | 43.39% | 1,880 | 13.22% | 14,230 |
| St. Charles | 2,715 | 34.81% | 5,085 | 65.19% | -2,370 | -30.38% | 7,800 |
| St. Helena | 1,319 | 65.14% | 706 | 34.86% | 613 | 30.28% | 2,025 |
| St. James | 1,467 | 25.82% | 4,214 | 74.18% | -2,747 | -48.36% | 5,681 |
| St. John the Baptist | 1,694 | 29.97% | 3,958 | 70.03% | -2,264 | -40.06% | 5,652 |
| St. Landry | 10,920 | 48.05% | 11,807 | 51.95% | -887 | -3.90% | 22,727 |
| St. Martin | 2,793 | 37.40% | 4,675 | 62.60% | -1,882 | -25.20% | 7,468 |
| St. Mary | 5,530 | 43.01% | 7,327 | 56.99% | -1,797 | -13.98% | 12,857 |
| St. Tammany | 7,883 | 54.08% | 6,694 | 45.92% | 1,189 | 8.16% | 14,577 |
| Tangipahoa | 9,732 | 57.79% | 7,109 | 42.21% | 2,623 | 15.58% | 16,841 |
| Tensas | 1,655 | 89.60% | 192 | 10.40% | 1,463 | 79.20% | 1,847 |
| Terrebonne | 6,729 | 43.96% | 8,577 | 56.04% | -1,848 | -12.08% | 15,306 |
| Union | 4,534 | 79.70% | 1,155 | 20.30% | 3,379 | 59.40% | 5,689 |
| Vermilion | 4,984 | 35.13% | 9,204 | 64.87% | -4,220 | -29.74% | 14,188 |
| Vernon | 3,696 | 50.91% | 3,564 | 49.09% | 132 | 1.82% | 7,260 |
| Washington | 7,438 | 60.65% | 4,825 | 39.35% | 2,613 | 21.30% | 12,263 |
| Webster | 8,177 | 82.33% | 1,755 | 17.67% | 6,422 | 64.66% | 9,932 |
| West Baton Rouge | 1,835 | 49.24% | 1,892 | 50.76% | -57 | -1.52% | 3,727 |
| West Carroll | 3,017 | 88.42% | 395 | 11.58% | 2,622 | 76.84% | 3,412 |
| West Feliciana | 897 | 80.09% | 223 | 19.91% | 674 | 60.18% | 1,120 |
| Winn | 4,366 | 78.54% | 1,193 | 21.46% | 3,173 | 57.08% | 5,559 |
| Totals | 509,225 | 56.81% | 387,068 | 43.19% | 122,157 | 13.62% | 896,293 |
Parishes that flipped from Unpledged to Republican
[edit]- Bienville
- Claiborne
- Concordia
- DeSoto
- East Carroll
- East Feliciana
- Franklin
- Grant
- Madison
- Plaquemines
- Richland
- Saint Bernard
- Red River
- St. Helena
- St. Tammany
- Tangipahoa
- Webster
- West Feliciana
- West Carroll
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Beauregard
- East Baton Rouge
- Iberia
- Jefferson
- Livingston
- Natchitoches
- Pointe Coupee
- Rapides
- Vernon
- Washington
- Winn
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1964 Election for the Forty-Fifth Term (1965-69)". Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "1964 Presidential General Election Results — Louisiana". Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1964". Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 155.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 03, 1964". Our Campaigns.
Works cited
[edit]- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
