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.
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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] Johnson managed to hold onto the region of Acadiana (Cajun country). Louisiana was one of five states that swung more Republican in 1964, alongside Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Campaign
editGoldwater received 65% of the white vote.[4]
As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last in which Lafayette Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
editParty | 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
editParish[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
editSee also
editReferences
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.