1972 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1972 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose 10 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.
Nixon carried Louisiana with 65.32% of the vote to McGovern's 28.35%, a victory margin of 36.97%. In a state that would reflect McGovern's national results, the Democratic candidate only won one parish (West Feliciana) in Louisiana. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election when Iberville Parish, Madison Parish, St. James Parish, St. Helena Parish, and East Carroll Parish voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[1] This is also the last time the city of New Orleans has voted Republican.
With 4.95 percent of the popular vote, Louisiana would prove to be American Party candidate John G. Schmitz’ fifth strongest state after Idaho, Alaska, Utah and Oregon.[2]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 686,852 | 65.32% | |
Democratic | George McGovern | 298,142 | 28.35% | |
American | John G. Schmitz | 52,099 | 4.95% | |
Socialist Workers | Linda Jenness | 14,398 | 1.37% | |
Total votes | 1,051,491 | 100% |
Results by parish[]
Parish | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
George Stanley McGovern Democratic |
John George Schmitz American |
Linda Jenness Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 9,698 | 63.83% | 4,406 | 29.00% | 820 | 5.40% | 270 | 1.78% | 5,292 | 34.83% | 15,194 |
Allen | 3,581 | 59.41% | 2,029 | 33.66% | 321 | 5.33% | 97 | 1.61% | 1,552 | 25.75% | 6,028 |
Ascension | 5,187 | 54.48% | 3,324 | 34.91% | 827 | 8.69% | 183 | 1.92% | 1,863 | 19.57% | 9,521 |
Assumption | 3,751 | 58.93% | 2,065 | 32.44% | 405 | 6.36% | 144 | 2.26% | 1,686 | 26.49% | 6,365 |
Avoyelles | 6,225 | 57.76% | 3,395 | 31.50% | 845 | 7.84% | 313 | 2.90% | 2,830 | 26.26% | 10,778 |
Beauregard | 4,955 | 69.41% | 1,728 | 24.21% | 343 | 4.80% | 113 | 1.58% | 3,227 | 45.20% | 7,139 |
Bienville | 3,384 | 58.99% | 1,890 | 32.94% | 388 | 6.76% | 75 | 1.31% | 1,494 | 26.04% | 5,737 |
Bossier | 12,856 | 78.63% | 2,914 | 17.82% | 445 | 2.72% | 135 | 0.83% | 9,942 | 60.81% | 16,350 |
Caddo | 47,215 | 71.68% | 15,649 | 23.76% | 2,685 | 4.08% | 318 | 0.48% | 31,566 | 47.92% | 65,867 |
Calcasieu | 24,778 | 57.72% | 15,330 | 35.71% | 2,368 | 5.52% | 449 | 1.05% | 9,448 | 22.01% | 42,925 |
Caldwell | 2,306 | 76.99% | 508 | 16.96% | 132 | 4.41% | 49 | 1.64% | 1,798 | 60.03% | 2,995 |
Cameron | 1,391 | 60.90% | 739 | 32.36% | 121 | 5.30% | 33 | 1.44% | 652 | 28.55% | 2,284 |
Catahoula | 2,683 | 73.15% | 823 | 22.44% | 74 | 2.02% | 88 | 2.40% | 1,860 | 50.71% | 3,668 |
Claiborne | 3,432 | 64.08% | 1,551 | 28.96% | 315 | 5.88% | 58 | 1.08% | 1,881 | 35.12% | 5,356 |
Concordia | 4,521 | 64.37% | 2,142 | 30.50% | 235 | 3.35% | 125 | 1.78% | 2,379 | 33.87% | 7,023 |
De Soto | 4,017 | 56.16% | 2,596 | 36.29% | 454 | 6.35% | 86 | 1.20% | 1,421 | 19.87% | 7,153 |
East Baton Rouge | 52,648 | 65.37% | 23,617 | 29.32% | 3,558 | 4.42% | 719 | 0.89% | 29,031 | 36.04% | 80,542 |
East Carroll | 1,736 | 48.40% | 1,661 | 46.31% | 146 | 4.07% | 44 | 1.23% | 75 | 2.09% | 3,587 |
East Feliciana | 1,992 | 48.98% | 1,603 | 39.41% | 378 | 9.29% | 94 | 2.31% | 389 | 9.56% | 4,067 |
Evangeline | 5,523 | 60.03% | 2,919 | 31.72% | 597 | 6.49% | 162 | 1.76% | 2,604 | 28.30% | 9,201 |
Franklin | 4,967 | 73.76% | 1,272 | 18.89% | 368 | 5.46% | 127 | 1.89% | 3,695 | 54.87% | 6,734 |
Grant | 3,626 | 76.51% | 859 | 18.13% | 175 | 3.69% | 79 | 1.67% | 2,767 | 58.39% | 4,739 |
Iberia | 11,812 | 65.84% | 5,143 | 28.67% | 692 | 3.86% | 293 | 1.63% | 6,669 | 37.17% | 17,940 |
Iberville | 3,972 | 46.92% | 3,650 | 43.11% | 721 | 8.52% | 123 | 1.45% | 322 | 3.80% | 8,466 |
Jackson | 4,152 | 69.96% | 1,477 | 24.89% | 208 | 3.50% | 98 | 1.65% | 2,675 | 45.07% | 5,935 |
Jefferson | 75,348 | 73.99% | 20,981 | 20.60% | 4,320 | 4.24% | 1,192 | 1.17% | 54,367 | 53.38% | 101,841 |
Jefferson Davis | 5,903 | 65.96% | 2,551 | 28.51% | 392 | 4.38% | 103 | 1.15% | 3,352 | 37.46% | 8,949 |
Lafayette | 22,939 | 69.10% | 8,740 | 26.33% | 1,106 | 3.33% | 413 | 1.24% | 14,199 | 42.77% | 33,198 |
Lafourche | 13,936 | 67.20% | 5,713 | 27.55% | 724 | 3.49% | 364 | 1.76% | 8,223 | 39.65% | 20,737 |
LaSalle | 3,858 | 81.51% | 651 | 13.75% | 129 | 2.73% | 95 | 2.01% | 3,207 | 67.76% | 4,733 |
Lincoln | 6,736 | 69.15% | 2,589 | 26.58% | 325 | 3.34% | 91 | 0.93% | 4,147 | 42.57% | 9,741 |
Livingston | 7,481 | 72.96% | 1,898 | 18.51% | 672 | 6.55% | 202 | 1.97% | 5,583 | 54.45% | 10,253 |
Madison | 2,420 | 49.22% | 2,249 | 45.74% | 188 | 3.82% | 60 | 1.22% | 171 | 3.48% | 4,917 |
Morehouse | 5,770 | 66.94% | 2,355 | 27.32% | 397 | 4.61% | 98 | 1.14% | 3,415 | 39.62% | 8,620 |
Natchitoches | 6,994 | 64.74% | 3,180 | 29.44% | 471 | 4.36% | 158 | 1.46% | 3,814 | 35.31% | 10,803 |
Orleans | 88,075 | 54.55% | 60,790 | 37.65% | 9,811 | 6.08% | 2,770 | 1.72% | 27,285 | 16.90% | 161,446 |
Ouachita | 24,860 | 74.74% | 6,920 | 20.80% | 1,037 | 3.12% | 446 | 1.34% | 17,940 | 53.93% | 33,263 |
Plaquemines | 6,595 | 83.05% | 990 | 12.47% | 263 | 3.31% | 93 | 1.17% | 5,605 | 70.58% | 7,941 |
Pointe Coupee | 3,192 | 46.58% | 3,133 | 45.72% | 440 | 6.42% | 88 | 1.28% | 59 | 0.86% | 6,853 |
Rapides | 22,306 | 69.68% | 8,422 | 26.31% | 1,115 | 3.48% | 168 | 0.52% | 13,884 | 43.37% | 32,011 |
Red River | 2,245 | 65.95% | 957 | 28.11% | 176 | 5.17% | 26 | 0.76% | 1,288 | 37.84% | 3,404 |
Richland | 4,304 | 70.80% | 1,335 | 21.96% | 309 | 5.08% | 131 | 2.15% | 2,969 | 48.84% | 6,079 |
Sabine | 4,935 | 73.88% | 1,332 | 19.94% | 272 | 4.07% | 141 | 2.11% | 3,603 | 53.94% | 6,680 |
Saint Bernard | 15,198 | 77.69% | 3,189 | 16.30% | 845 | 4.32% | 331 | 1.69% | 12,009 | 61.39% | 19,563 |
Saint Charles | 5,469 | 60.42% | 2,788 | 30.80% | 591 | 6.53% | 204 | 2.25% | 2,681 | 29.62% | 9,052 |
Saint Helena | 1,446 | 52.00% | 943 | 33.91% | 324 | 11.65% | 68 | 2.45% | 503 | 18.09% | 2,781 |
Saint James | 3,112 | 49.47% | 2,633 | 41.85% | 451 | 7.17% | 95 | 1.51% | 479 | 7.61% | 6,291 |
Saint John the Baptist | 3,525 | 49.75% | 2,815 | 39.73% | 609 | 8.59% | 137 | 1.93% | 710 | 10.02% | 7,086 |
Saint Landry | 12,510 | 57.01% | 7,421 | 33.82% | 1,712 | 7.80% | 302 | 1.38% | 5,089 | 23.19% | 21,945 |
Saint Martin | 6,337 | 62.00% | 3,202 | 31.33% | 492 | 4.81% | 190 | 1.86% | 3,135 | 30.67% | 10,221 |
Saint Mary | 11,117 | 68.44% | 4,435 | 27.30% | 509 | 3.13% | 182 | 1.12% | 6,682 | 41.14% | 16,243 |
Saint Tammany | 15,438 | 74.13% | 3,949 | 18.96% | 1,157 | 5.56% | 281 | 1.35% | 11,489 | 55.17% | 20,825 |
Tangipahoa | 11,607 | 62.89% | 5,227 | 28.32% | 1,307 | 7.08% | 316 | 1.71% | 6,380 | 34.57% | 18,457 |
Tensas | 1,729 | 50.47% | 1,568 | 45.77% | 101 | 2.95% | 28 | 0.82% | 161 | 4.70% | 3,426 |
Terrebonne | 13,753 | 71.70% | 4,415 | 23.02% | 716 | 3.73% | 298 | 1.55% | 9,338 | 48.68% | 19,182 |
Union | 4,322 | 70.20% | 1,465 | 23.79% | 248 | 4.03% | 122 | 1.98% | 2,857 | 46.40% | 6,157 |
Vermilion | 8,909 | 66.39% | 3,876 | 28.88% | 445 | 3.32% | 190 | 1.42% | 5,033 | 37.50% | 13,420 |
Vernon | 6,225 | 77.62% | 1,345 | 16.77% | 305 | 3.80% | 145 | 1.81% | 4,880 | 60.85% | 8,020 |
Washington | 8,162 | 66.92% | 2,947 | 24.16% | 895 | 7.34% | 192 | 1.57% | 5,215 | 42.76% | 12,196 |
Webster | 8,829 | 71.50% | 2,859 | 23.15% | 555 | 4.49% | 106 | 0.86% | 5,970 | 48.34% | 12,349 |
West Baton Rouge | 2,626 | 53.14% | 1,849 | 37.41% | 392 | 7.93% | 75 | 1.52% | 777 | 15.72% | 4,942 |
West Carroll | 2,997 | 77.24% | 571 | 14.72% | 214 | 5.52% | 98 | 2.53% | 2,426 | 62.53% | 3,880 |
West Feliciana | 1,001 | 42.13% | 1,079 | 45.41% | 258 | 10.86% | 38 | 1.60% | -78 | -3.28% | 2,376 |
Winn | 4,235 | 70.40% | 1,490 | 24.77% | 205 | 3.41% | 86 | 1.43% | 2,745 | 45.63% | 6,016 |
Totals | 686,852 | 65.32% | 298,142 | 28.35% | 52,099 | 4.95% | 14,398 | 1.37% | 388,710 | 36.97% | 1,051,491 |
References[]
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1972 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ Dave Leip. "1972 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 07, 1972". Our Campaigns.
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