1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Louisiana was won by Senator Barry Goldwater (R–Arizona), with 56.81% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson (D–Texas), with 43.19% of the popular vote.[3][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, 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
| 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
| Parish | Barry Morris Goldwater Republican |
Lyndon Baines Johnson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 6,706 | 41.47% | 9,463 | 58.53% | -2,757 | -17.05% | 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 | -20.83% | 8,076 |
| Assumption | 2,112 | 40.87% | 3,056 | 59.13% | -944 | -18.27% | 5,168 |
| Avoyelles | 4,874 | 48.86% | 5,102 | 51.14% | -228 | -2.29% | 9,976 |
| Beauregard | 3,349 | 52.34% | 3,049 | 47.66% | 300 | 4.69% | 6,398 |
| Bienville | 3,740 | 81.39% | 855 | 18.61% | 2,885 | 62.79% | 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 | -15.47% | 40,331 |
| Caldwell | 2,534 | 80.62% | 609 | 19.38% | 1,925 | 61.25% | 3,143 |
| Cameron | 871 | 35.59% | 1,576 | 64.41% | -705 | -28.81% | 2,447 |
| Catahoula | 2,387 | 81.00% | 560 | 19.00% | 1,827 | 62.00% | 2,947 |
| Claiborne | 4,917 | 91.07% | 482 | 8.93% | 4,435 | 82.14% | 5,399 |
| Concordia | 4,022 | 83.25% | 809 | 16.75% | 3,213 | 66.51% | 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 | 17.13% | 63,116 |
| East Carroll | 1,486 | 84.96% | 263 | 15.04% | 1,223 | 69.93% | 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 | 75.63% | 6,229 |
| Grant | 3,292 | 69.36% | 1,454 | 30.64% | 1,838 | 38.73% | 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 | 48.89% | 6,073 |
| Jefferson | 37,161 | 53.88% | 31,804 | 46.12% | 5,357 | 7.77% | 68,965 |
| Jefferson Davis | 3,673 | 42.52% | 4,966 | 57.48% | -1,293 | -14.97% | 8,639 |
| Lafayette | 12,398 | 46.11% | 14,487 | 53.89% | -2,089 | -7.77% | 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 | 54.17% | 7,480 |
| Livingston | 5,508 | 61.08% | 3,509 | 38.92% | 1,999 | 22.17% | 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 | 74.95% | 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 | -0.61% | 163,094 |
| Ouachita | 21,024 | 83.44% | 4,174 | 16.56% | 16,850 | 66.87% | 25,198 |
| Plaquemines | 4,904 | 86.35% | 775 | 13.65% | 4,129 | 72.71% | 5,679 |
| Pointe Coupee | 2,327 | 50.87% | 2,247 | 49.13% | 80 | 1.75% | 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 | 33.37% | 6,246 |
| Saint Bernard | 8,055 | 56.61% | 6,175 | 43.39% | 1,880 | 13.21% | 14,230 |
| Saint Charles | 2,715 | 34.81% | 5,085 | 65.19% | -2,370 | -30.38% | 7,800 |
| Saint Helena | 1,319 | 65.14% | 706 | 34.86% | 613 | 30.27% | 2,025 |
| Saint James | 1,467 | 25.82% | 4,214 | 74.18% | -2,747 | -48.35% | 5,681 |
| Saint John the Baptist | 1,694 | 29.97% | 3,958 | 70.03% | -2,264 | -40.06% | 5,652 |
| Saint Landry | 10,920 | 48.05% | 11,807 | 51.95% | -887 | -3.90% | 22,727 |
| Saint Martin | 2,793 | 37.40% | 4,675 | 62.60% | -1,882 | -25.20% | 7,468 |
| Saint Mary | 5,530 | 43.01% | 7,327 | 56.99% | -1,797 | -13.98% | 12,857 |
| Saint 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 | 79.21% | 1,847 |
| Terrebonne | 6,729 | 43.96% | 8,577 | 56.04% | -1,848 | -12.07% | 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 | 21.31% | 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 | -1.53% | 3,727 |
| West Carroll | 3,017 | 88.42% | 395 | 11.58% | 2,622 | 76.85% | 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 | 13.63% | 896,293 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1964 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 1, 2017.
- "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.
- 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.
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