1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.73% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 45.95% of the popular vote. No third-party candidate amounted to 1% of the vote; American Party candidate Lester Maddox came the closest with 0.79%.
Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Grant Parish and West Carroll Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jimmy Carter | 661,365 | 51.73% | |
Republican | Gerald Ford (inc.) | 587,446 | 45.95% | |
American | Lester Maddox | 10,058 | 0.79% | |
Communist | Gus Hall | 7,417 | 0.58% | |
Nomination | Eugene McCarthy | 6,588 | 0.52% | |
Libertarian | Roger MacBride | 3,325 | 0.26% | |
Socialist Workers | Peter Camejo | 2,240 | 0.18% | |
Total votes | 1,278,439 | 100% |
Results by parish[]
Parish | James Earl Carter Democratic |
Gerald Rudolph Ford Republican |
Lester Garfield Maddox American |
Gus Hall Communist |
Eugene Joseph McCarthy Nominated |
Various cadidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 10,814 | 61.28% | 6,296 | 35.68% | 105 | 0.59% | 206 | 1.17% | 96 | 0.54% | 131 | 0.74% | 4,518 | 25.60% | 17,648 |
Allen | 5,373 | 70.02% | 2,080 | 27.11% | 80 | 1.04% | 68 | 0.89% | 29 | 0.38% | 43 | 0.56% | 3,293 | 42.92% | 7,673 |
Ascension | 9,100 | 65.10% | 4,435 | 31.73% | 205 | 1.47% | 86 | 0.62% | 75 | 0.54% | 77 | 0.55% | 4,665 | 33.37% | 13,978 |
Assumption | 4,401 | 57.07% | 3,117 | 40.42% | 62 | 0.80% | 58 | 0.75% | 28 | 0.36% | 45 | 0.58% | 1,284 | 16.65% | 7,711 |
Avoyelles | 8,104 | 60.86% | 4,574 | 34.35% | 396 | 2.97% | 123 | 0.92% | 46 | 0.35% | 72 | 0.54% | 3,530 | 26.51% | 13,315 |
Beauregard | 5,322 | 60.57% | 3,196 | 36.38% | 79 | 0.90% | 77 | 0.88% | 54 | 0.61% | 58 | 0.66% | 2,126 | 24.20% | 8,786 |
Bienville | 3,402 | 56.60% | 2,499 | 41.57% | 40 | 0.67% | 37 | 0.62% | 20 | 0.33% | 13 | 0.22% | 903 | 15.02% | 6,011 |
Bossier | 8,062 | 39.35% | 12,132 | 59.22% | 99 | 0.48% | 74 | 0.36% | 52 | 0.25% | 68 | 0.33% | -4,070 | -19.87% | 20,487 |
Caddo | 30,593 | 41.15% | 42,627 | 57.34% | 342 | 0.46% | 219 | 0.29% | 349 | 0.47% | 210 | 0.28% | -12,034 | -16.19% | 74,340 |
Calcasieu | 33,980 | 64.61% | 17,485 | 33.24% | 326 | 0.62% | 284 | 0.54% | 267 | 0.51% | 253 | 0.48% | 16,495 | 31.36% | 52,595 |
Caldwell | 1,830 | 48.08% | 1,890 | 49.66% | 46 | 1.21% | 25 | 0.66% | 7 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.21% | -60 | -1.58% | 3,806 |
Cameron | 2,432 | 72.86% | 819 | 24.54% | 16 | 0.48% | 34 | 1.02% | 10 | 0.30% | 27 | 0.81% | 1,613 | 48.32% | 3,338 |
Catahoula | 2,547 | 53.43% | 2,086 | 43.76% | 64 | 1.34% | 33 | 0.69% | 14 | 0.29% | 23 | 0.48% | 461 | 9.67% | 4,767 |
Claiborne | 2,891 | 46.58% | 3,216 | 51.81% | 46 | 0.74% | 17 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.21% | 24 | 0.39% | -325 | -5.24% | 6,207 |
Concordia | 3,892 | 49.19% | 3,849 | 48.65% | 84 | 1.06% | 37 | 0.47% | 15 | 0.19% | 35 | 0.44% | 43 | 0.54% | 7,912 |
De Soto | 4,630 | 55.46% | 3,601 | 43.14% | 53 | 0.63% | 31 | 0.37% | 22 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,029 | 12.33% | 8,348 |
East Baton Rouge | 49,956 | 48.11% | 51,655 | 49.75% | 577 | 0.56% | 529 | 0.51% | 563 | 0.54% | 547 | 0.53% | -1,699 | -1.64% | 103,827 |
East Carroll | 2,367 | 56.93% | 1,681 | 40.43% | 44 | 1.06% | 34 | 0.82% | 18 | 0.43% | 14 | 0.34% | 686 | 16.50% | 4,158 |
East Feliciana | 3,485 | 65.47% | 1,668 | 31.34% | 58 | 1.09% | 42 | 0.79% | 29 | 0.54% | 41 | 0.77% | 1,817 | 34.13% | 5,323 |
Evangeline | 7,578 | 65.56% | 3,715 | 32.14% | 103 | 0.89% | 79 | 0.68% | 39 | 0.34% | 44 | 0.38% | 3,863 | 33.42% | 11,558 |
Franklin | 3,824 | 47.85% | 3,947 | 49.39% | 96 | 1.20% | 63 | 0.79% | 21 | 0.26% | 40 | 0.50% | -123 | -1.54% | 7,991 |
Grant | 3,670 | 59.81% | 2,280 | 37.16% | 80 | 1.30% | 47 | 0.77% | 26 | 0.42% | 33 | 0.54% | 1,390 | 22.65% | 6,136 |
Iberia | 9,984 | 48.11% | 10,392 | 50.07% | 167 | 0.80% | 73 | 0.35% | 75 | 0.36% | 62 | 0.30% | -408 | -1.97% | 20,753 |
Iberville | 7,254 | 63.69% | 3,822 | 33.56% | 87 | 0.76% | 113 | 0.99% | 54 | 0.47% | 59 | 0.52% | 3,432 | 30.13% | 11,389 |
Jackson | 3,605 | 51.06% | 3,310 | 46.88% | 71 | 1.01% | 30 | 0.42% | 17 | 0.24% | 27 | 0.38% | 295 | 4.18% | 7,060 |
Jefferson | 53,257 | 41.75% | 71,787 | 56.28% | 786 | 0.62% | 517 | 0.41% | 685 | 0.54% | 528 | 0.41% | -18,530 | -14.53% | 127,560 |
Jefferson Davis | 6,376 | 62.04% | 3,603 | 35.06% | 76 | 0.74% | 102 | 0.99% | 55 | 0.54% | 66 | 0.64% | 2,773 | 26.98% | 10,278 |
Lafayette | 19,918 | 45.58% | 22,805 | 52.19% | 343 | 0.78% | 219 | 0.50% | 225 | 0.51% | 189 | 0.43% | -2,887 | -6.61% | 43,699 |
Lafourche | 14,131 | 53.80% | 11,434 | 43.53% | 267 | 1.02% | 185 | 0.70% | 111 | 0.42% | 138 | 0.53% | 2,697 | 10.27% | 26,266 |
LaSalle | 2,961 | 46.93% | 3,161 | 50.10% | 88 | 1.39% | 51 | 0.81% | 19 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.48% | -200 | -3.17% | 6,310 |
Lincoln | 4,971 | 41.53% | 6,828 | 57.05% | 84 | 0.70% | 30 | 0.25% | 20 | 0.17% | 36 | 0.30% | -1,857 | -15.52% | 11,969 |
Livingston | 9,875 | 62.13% | 5,555 | 34.95% | 156 | 0.98% | 131 | 0.82% | 79 | 0.50% | 99 | 0.62% | 4,320 | 27.18% | 15,895 |
Madison | 4,933 | 69.21% | 2,096 | 29.41% | 58 | 0.81% | 21 | 0.29% | 11 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.13% | 2,837 | 39.80% | 7,128 |
Morehouse | 4,017 | 41.45% | 5,418 | 55.90% | 157 | 1.62% | 48 | 0.50% | 19 | 0.20% | 33 | 0.34% | -1,401 | -14.46% | 9,692 |
Natchitoches | 6,692 | 53.89% | 5,248 | 42.26% | 308 | 2.48% | 73 | 0.59% | 40 | 0.32% | 56 | 0.45% | 1,444 | 11.63% | 12,417 |
Orleans | 93,130 | 55.33% | 70,925 | 42.14% | 789 | 0.47% | 1,234 | 0.73% | 1,407 | 0.84% | 819 | 0.49% | 22,205 | 13.19% | 168,304 |
Ouachita | 15,738 | 38.91% | 24,082 | 59.53% | 342 | 0.85% | 110 | 0.27% | 106 | 0.26% | 73 | 0.18% | -8,344 | -20.63% | 40,451 |
Plaquemines | 2,614 | 29.52% | 6,052 | 68.35% | 33 | 0.37% | 38 | 0.43% | 81 | 0.91% | 37 | 0.42% | -3,438 | -38.83% | 8,855 |
Pointe Coupee | 5,147 | 65.35% | 2,567 | 32.59% | 68 | 0.86% | 43 | 0.55% | 22 | 0.28% | 29 | 0.37% | 2,580 | 32.76% | 7,876 |
Rapides | 20,851 | 53.10% | 17,766 | 45.25% | 343 | 0.87% | 102 | 0.26% | 121 | 0.31% | 81 | 0.21% | 3,085 | 7.86% | 39,264 |
Red River | 1,906 | 51.42% | 1,728 | 46.61% | 40 | 1.08% | 11 | 0.30% | 8 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.38% | 178 | 4.80% | 3,707 |
Richland | 3,495 | 48.07% | 3,630 | 49.93% | 73 | 1.00% | 37 | 0.51% | 18 | 0.25% | 17 | 0.23% | -135 | -1.86% | 7,270 |
Sabine | 4,555 | 54.54% | 3,531 | 42.28% | 120 | 1.44% | 68 | 0.81% | 23 | 0.28% | 54 | 0.65% | 1,024 | 12.26% | 8,351 |
Saint Bernard | 12,969 | 48.92% | 12,707 | 47.94% | 171 | 0.65% | 178 | 0.67% | 373 | 1.41% | 110 | 0.41% | 262 | 0.99% | 26,508 |
Saint Charles | 6,872 | 59.73% | 4,270 | 37.11% | 92 | 0.80% | 127 | 1.10% | 60 | 0.52% | 84 | 0.73% | 2,602 | 22.62% | 11,505 |
Saint Helena | 2,622 | 69.22% | 1,046 | 27.61% | 39 | 1.03% | 31 | 0.82% | 22 | 0.58% | 28 | 0.74% | 1,576 | 41.61% | 3,788 |
Saint James | 4,531 | 60.69% | 2,751 | 36.85% | 47 | 0.63% | 67 | 0.90% | 34 | 0.46% | 36 | 0.48% | 1,780 | 23.84% | 7,466 |
Saint John the Baptist | 5,700 | 59.32% | 3,597 | 37.43% | 85 | 0.88% | 112 | 1.17% | 50 | 0.52% | 65 | 0.68% | 2,103 | 21.89% | 9,609 |
Saint Landry | 15,613 | 59.49% | 9,956 | 37.94% | 185 | 0.70% | 234 | 0.89% | 128 | 0.49% | 127 | 0.48% | 5,657 | 21.56% | 26,243 |
Saint Martin | 7,992 | 64.28% | 4,112 | 33.07% | 147 | 1.18% | 91 | 0.73% | 43 | 0.35% | 48 | 0.39% | 3,880 | 31.21% | 12,433 |
Saint Mary | 9,401 | 50.25% | 8,919 | 47.67% | 142 | 0.76% | 103 | 0.55% | 83 | 0.44% | 60 | 0.32% | 482 | 2.58% | 18,708 |
Saint Tammany | 14,691 | 46.79% | 15,822 | 50.39% | 319 | 1.02% | 158 | 0.50% | 256 | 0.82% | 153 | 0.49% | -1,131 | -3.60% | 31,399 |
Tangipahoa | 14,432 | 59.36% | 9,242 | 38.02% | 199 | 0.82% | 179 | 0.74% | 131 | 0.54% | 128 | 0.53% | 5,190 | 21.35% | 24,311 |
Tensas | 2,081 | 56.60% | 1,553 | 42.24% | 24 | 0.65% | 8 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.08% | 528 | 14.36% | 3,677 |
Terrebonne | 10,627 | 43.76% | 12,895 | 53.11% | 317 | 1.31% | 160 | 0.66% | 154 | 0.63% | 129 | 0.53% | -2,268 | -9.34% | 24,282 |
Union | 3,600 | 45.54% | 4,139 | 52.36% | 77 | 0.97% | 42 | 0.53% | 19 | 0.24% | 28 | 0.35% | -539 | -6.82% | 7,905 |
Vermilion | 11,246 | 63.00% | 6,133 | 34.36% | 162 | 0.91% | 162 | 0.91% | 66 | 0.37% | 81 | 0.45% | 5,113 | 28.64% | 17,850 |
Vernon | 6,202 | 59.26% | 3,970 | 37.94% | 156 | 1.49% | 76 | 0.73% | 29 | 0.28% | 32 | 0.31% | 2,232 | 21.33% | 10,465 |
Washington | 10,000 | 62.22% | 5,677 | 35.32% | 151 | 0.94% | 112 | 0.70% | 62 | 0.39% | 71 | 0.44% | 4,323 | 26.90% | 16,073 |
Webster | 7,286 | 48.52% | 7,550 | 50.28% | 82 | 0.55% | 35 | 0.23% | 27 | 0.18% | 37 | 0.25% | -264 | -1.76% | 15,017 |
West Baton Rouge | 3,809 | 64.73% | 1,913 | 32.51% | 54 | 0.92% | 49 | 0.83% | 25 | 0.42% | 34 | 0.58% | 1,896 | 32.22% | 5,884 |
West Carroll | 2,595 | 50.76% | 2,407 | 47.09% | 70 | 1.37% | 19 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.20% | 11 | 0.22% | 188 | 3.68% | 5,112 |
West Feliciana | 1,890 | 64.59% | 990 | 33.83% | 21 | 0.72% | 10 | 0.34% | 8 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.24% | 900 | 30.76% | 2,926 |
Winn | 3,543 | 51.43% | 3,209 | 46.58% | 81 | 1.18% | 25 | 0.36% | 11 | 0.16% | 20 | 0.29% | 334 | 4.85% | 6,889 |
Totals | 661,365 | 51.73% | 587,446 | 45.95% | 10,058 | 0.79% | 7,417 | 0.58% | 6,588 | 0.52% | 5,565 | 0.44% | 73,919 | 5.78% | 1,278,439 |
References[]
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ 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 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.
- 1976 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in Louisiana
- 1976 Louisiana elections
- Louisiana election stubs