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The 1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 1968. 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] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , 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.
Results
Results by parish
Parish
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Democratic
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican
George Corley Wallace American
Margin[b]
Total votes cast[4]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Acadia
4,098
24.12%
3,178
18.70%
9,715
57.18%
-5,617
-33.06%
16,991
Allen
2,026
27.91%
1,004
13.83%
4,229
58.26%
-2,203
-30.35%
7,259
Ascension
3,203
30.37%
1,338
12.69%
6,004
56.94%
-2,801
-26.56%
10,545
Assumption
2,085
33.60%
1,222
19.69%
2,898
46.70%
-813
-13.10%
6,205
Avoyelles
2,793
23.25%
2,459
20.47%
6,760
56.28%
-3,967
-33.03%
12,012
Beauregard
1,569
21.70%
1,615
22.33%
4,048
55.97%
-2,433[c]
-33.64%
7,232
Bienville
1,768
28.63%
941
15.24%
3,466
56.13%
-1,698
-27.50%
6,175
Bossier
2,782
17.63%
3,745
23.74%
9,249
58.63%
-5,504[c]
-34.89%
15,776
Caddo
17,675
26.24%
21,224
31.51%
28,463
42.25%
-7,239[c]
-10.75%
67,362
Calcasieu
14,593
32.89%
9,520
21.46%
20,250
45.65%
-5,657
-12.75%
44,363
Caldwell
973
26.19%
490
13.19%
2,252
60.62%
-1,279
-34.43%
3,715
Cameron
533
20.56%
405
15.62%
1,655
63.83%
-1,122
-43.27%
2,593
Catahoula
769
18.31%
755
17.97%
2,677
63.72%
-1,908
-45.42%
4,201
Claiborne
1,545
25.87%
1,117
18.70%
3,311
55.43%
-1,766
-29.57%
5,973
Concordia
1,983
26.44%
974
12.99%
4,542
60.57%
-2,559
-34.12%
7,499
De Soto
3,400
39.70%
974
11.37%
4,190
48.93%
-790
-9.22%
8,564
East Baton Rouge
21,770
27.67%
21,661
27.53%
35,250
44.80%
-13,480
-17.13%
78,681
East Carroll
1,926
45.66%
586
13.89%
1,706
40.45%
220
5.22%
4,218
East Feliciana
1,409
34.44%
457
11.17%
2,225
54.39%
-816
-19.95%
4,091
Evangeline
2,647
22.90%
1,549
13.40%
7,362
63.70%
-4,715
-40.79%
11,558
Franklin
681
9.56%
1,052
14.76%
5,394
75.68%
-4,342[c]
-60.92%
7,127
Grant
932
16.90%
1,113
20.18%
3,470
62.92%
-2,357[c]
-42.74%
5,515
Iberia
5,510
28.96%
5,448
28.63%
8,071
42.41%
-2,561
-13.46%
19,029
Iberville
4,084
41.73%
1,413
14.44%
4,290
43.83%
-206
-2.10%
9,787
Jackson
1,525
23.21%
1,104
16.80%
3,941
59.98%
-2,416
-36.77%
6,570
Jefferson
20,193
22.05%
29,478
32.19%
41,902
45.76%
-12,424[c]
-13.57%
91,573
Jefferson Davis
2,641
27.08%
2,213
22.70%
4,897
50.22%
-2,256
-23.14%
9,751
Lafayette
7,983
26.28%
10,669
35.12%
11,723
38.59%
-1,054[c]
-3.47%
30,375
Lafourche
5,516
25.99%
4,797
22.60%
10,910
51.41%
-5,394
-25.42%
21,223
LaSalle
710
12.15%
1,258
21.52%
3,878
66.34%
-2,620[c]
-44.82%
5,846
Lincoln
2,009
22.63%
2,643
29.77%
4,225
47.59%
-1,582[c]
-17.82%
8,877
Livingston
1,400
11.42%
947
7.73%
9,907
80.85%
-8,507
-69.42%
12,254
Madison
2,569
45.89%
649
11.59%
2,380
42.52%
189
3.38%
5,598
Morehouse
1,793
20.16%
1,722
19.37%
5,377
60.47%
-3,584
-40.31%
8,892
Natchitoches
3,945
33.43%
2,352
19.93%
5,505
46.64%
-1,560
-13.22%
11,802
Orleans
72,451
40.55%
47,728
26.71%
58,489
32.74%
13,962
7.81%
178,668
Ouachita
6,470
20.41%
10,089
31.82%
15,145
47.77%
-5,056[c]
-15.95%
31,704
Plaquemines
1,144
13.39%
968
11.33%
6,430
75.28%
-5,286
-61.88%
8,542
Pointe Coupee
3,139
41.87%
850
11.34%
3,508
46.79%
-369
-4.92%
7,497
Rapides
8,793
24.96%
10,199
28.95%
16,239
46.09%
-6,040[c]
-17.14%
35,231
Red River
914
24.24%
380
10.08%
2,477
65.69%
-1,563
-41.45%
3,771
Richland
1,017
15.74%
1,031
15.95%
4,415
68.31%
-3,384[c]
-52.36%
6,463
Sabine
1,159
17.02%
1,125
16.52%
4,526
66.46%
-3,367
-49.44%
6,810
Saint Bernard
2,485
13.06%
3,486
18.32%
13,056
68.62%
-9,570[c]
-50.30%
19,027
Saint Charles
3,070
33.63%
1,675
18.35%
4,383
48.02%
-1,313
-14.38%
9,128
Saint Helena
1,351
40.09%
219
6.50%
1,800
53.41%
-449
-13.32%
3,370
Saint James
2,987
45.74%
778
11.91%
2,765
42.34%
222
3.40%
6,530
Saint John the Baptist
3,245
43.67%
940
12.65%
3,246
43.68%
-1
-0.01%
7,431
Saint Landry
9,075
36.60%
3,058
12.33%
12,659
51.06%
-3,584
-14.46%
24,792
Saint Martin
3,321
34.22%
1,625
16.74%
4,759
49.04%
-1,438
-14.82%
9,705
Saint Mary
5,312
31.89%
4,586
27.53%
6,761
40.58%
-1,449
-8.70%
16,659
Saint Tammany
4,445
21.41%
4,846
23.34%
11,470
55.25%
-6,624[c]
-31.91%
20,761
Tangipahoa
4,983
23.75%
2,907
13.86%
13,088
62.39%
-8,105
-38.64%
20,978
Tensas
845
32.03%
503
19.07%
1,290
48.90%
-445
-16.87%
2,638
Terrebonne
4,627
24.77%
5,214
27.92%
8,836
47.31%
-3,622[c]
-19.39%
18,677
Union
1,336
19.80%
1,113
16.50%
4,297
63.70%
-2,961
-43.89%
6,746
Vermilion
3,806
25.03%
3,278
21.55%
8,124
53.42%
-4,318
-28.39%
15,208
Vernon
1,496
17.38%
1,574
18.29%
5,536
64.33%
-3,962[c]
-46.04%
8,606
Washington
3,021
19.22%
1,695
10.78%
11,002
70.00%
-7,981
-50.78%
15,718
Webster
2,871
20.49%
2,496
17.81%
8,646
61.70%
-5,775
-41.21%
14,013
West Baton Rouge
2,016
38.37%
669
12.73%
2,569
48.90%
-553
-10.53%
5,254
West Carroll
395
8.67%
585
12.85%
3,574
78.48%
-2,989[c]
-65.63%
4,554
West Feliciana
1,303
48.76%
296
11.08%
1,073
40.16%
230
8.61%
2,672
Winn
1,230
19.54%
1,050
16.68%
4,015
63.78%
-2,785
-44.24%
6,295
Totals
309,615
28.21%
257,535
23.47%
530,300
48.32%
-220,685
-20.11%
1,097,450
Notes
^ Although he was born in California and he served as a U.S. Senator from California, in 1968 Richard Nixon’s official state of residence was New York, because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books list Nixon's home state as New York in the 1968 election and his home state as California in the 1972 (and 1960) election.
^ Because Wallace finished first in Louisiana as a whole and Humphrey was the highest-polling statewide major party nominee in the state as a whole, all margins and percentage margins shown are Humphrey minus Wallace unless otherwise stated.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q In this parish where Nixon ran second ahead of Humphrey, margin given is Nixon vote minus Wallace vote and percentage margin is Nixon percentage minus Wallace percentage.
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