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The1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the1968 United States presidential election. Along with four other contiguous southern states, former and futureAlabama GovernorGeorge Wallace won the state forthe American Party by a large margin againstDemocratHubert Humphrey andRepublicanRichard Nixon.[1] As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichJefferson Parish,St. Tammany Parish,Lafayette Parish,Ouachita Parish,Bossier Parish,Union Parish, andLaSalle 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 afterAlabama andMississippi.[3] This is the most recent election cycle in which a Republican would win the presidency without carrying Louisiana. This was also the last election until2008 in which Louisiana voted for a losing presidential candidate.
Among white voters, 60% supported Wallace, 28% supported Nixon, and 12% supported Humphrey.[4][5][6]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wallace ofAlabama | Curtis LeMay | American | 10 | 530,300 | 48.32% |
| Hubert Humphrey | Edmund Muskie | Democratic | 0 | 309,615 | 28.21% |
| Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 0 | 257,535 | 23.47% |
| Parish | George Wallace American Independent | Hubert Humphrey Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 9,715 | 57.18% | 4,098 | 24.12% | 3,178 | 18.70% | 5,617 | 33.06% | 16,991 |
| Allen | 4,229 | 58.26% | 2,026 | 27.91% | 1,004 | 13.83% | 2,203 | 30.35% | 7,259 |
| Ascension | 6,004 | 56.94% | 3,203 | 30.37% | 1,338 | 12.69% | 2,801 | 26.57% | 10,545 |
| Assumption | 2,898 | 46.70% | 2,085 | 33.60% | 1,222 | 19.69% | 813 | 13.10% | 6,205 |
| Avoyelles | 6,760 | 55.45% | 2,973 | 24.38% | 2,459 | 20.17% | 3,787 | 31.07% | 12,192 |
| Beauregard | 4,048 | 55.97% | 1,569 | 21.70% | 1,615 | 22.33% | 2,433[b] | 33.64% | 7,232 |
| Bienville | 3,466 | 56.13% | 1,768 | 28.63% | 941 | 15.24% | 1,698 | 27.50% | 6,175 |
| Bossier | 9,249 | 58.63% | 2,782 | 17.63% | 3,745 | 23.74% | 5,504[b] | 34.89% | 15,776 |
| Caddo | 28,463 | 42.25% | 17,675 | 26.24% | 21,224 | 31.51% | 7,239[b] | 10.74% | 67,362 |
| Calcasieu | 20,250 | 45.65% | 14,593 | 32.89% | 9,520 | 21.46% | 5,657 | 12.76% | 44,363 |
| Caldwell | 2,252 | 60.62% | 973 | 26.19% | 490 | 13.19% | 1,279 | 34.43% | 3,715 |
| Cameron | 1,655 | 63.83% | 533 | 20.56% | 405 | 15.62% | 1,122 | 43.27% | 2,593 |
| Catahoula | 2,677 | 63.72% | 769 | 18.31% | 755 | 17.97% | 1,908 | 45.41% | 4,201 |
| Claiborne | 3,311 | 55.43% | 1,545 | 25.87% | 1,117 | 18.70% | 1,766 | 29.56% | 5,973 |
| Concordia | 4,542 | 60.57% | 1,983 | 26.44% | 974 | 12.99% | 2,559 | 34.13% | 7,499 |
| DeSoto | 4,190 | 48.93% | 3,400 | 39.70% | 974 | 11.37% | 790 | 9.23% | 8,564 |
| East Baton Rouge | 35,250 | 44.80% | 21,770 | 27.67% | 21,661 | 27.53% | 13,480 | 17.13% | 78,681 |
| East Carroll | 1,706 | 40.45% | 1,926 | 45.66% | 586 | 13.89% | -220 | -5.21% | 4,218 |
| East Feliciana | 2,225 | 54.39% | 1,409 | 34.44% | 457 | 11.17% | 816 | 19.95% | 4,091 |
| Evangeline | 7,362 | 63.70% | 2,647 | 22.90% | 1,549 | 13.40% | 4,715 | 40.80% | 11,558 |
| Franklin | 5,394 | 75.68% | 681 | 9.56% | 1,052 | 14.76% | 4,342[b] | 60.92% | 7,127 |
| Grant | 3,470 | 62.92% | 932 | 16.90% | 1,113 | 20.18% | 2,357[b] | 42.74% | 5,515 |
| Iberia | 8,071 | 42.41% | 5,510 | 28.96% | 5,448 | 28.63% | 2,561 | 13.45% | 19,029 |
| Iberville | 4,290 | 43.83% | 4,084 | 41.73% | 1,413 | 14.44% | 206 | 2.10% | 9,787 |
| Jackson | 3,941 | 59.98% | 1,525 | 23.21% | 1,104 | 16.80% | 2,416 | 36.77% | 6,570 |
| Jefferson | 41,902 | 45.76% | 20,193 | 22.05% | 29,478 | 32.19% | 12,424[b] | 13.57% | 91,573 |
| Jefferson Davis | 4,897 | 50.22% | 2,641 | 27.08% | 2,213 | 22.70% | 2,256 | 23.14% | 9,751 |
| Lafayette | 11,723 | 38.59% | 7,983 | 26.28% | 10,669 | 35.12% | 1,054[b] | 3.47% | 30,375 |
| Lafourche | 10,910 | 51.41% | 5,516 | 25.99% | 4,797 | 22.60% | 5,394 | 25.42% | 21,223 |
| LaSalle | 3,878 | 66.34% | 710 | 12.15% | 1,258 | 21.52% | 2,620[b] | 44.82% | 5,846 |
| Lincoln | 4,225 | 47.59% | 2,009 | 22.63% | 2,643 | 29.77% | 1,582[b] | 17.82% | 8,877 |
| Livingston | 9,907 | 80.85% | 1,400 | 11.42% | 947 | 7.73% | 8,507 | 69.43% | 12,254 |
| Madison | 2,380 | 41.84% | 2,659 | 46.75% | 649 | 11.41% | -279 | -4.91% | 5,688 |
| Morehouse | 5,377 | 60.13% | 1,793 | 20.05% | 1,772 | 19.82% | 3,584 | 40.08% | 8,942 |
| Natchitoches | 5,505 | 46.64% | 3,945 | 33.43% | 2,352 | 19.93% | 1,560 | 13.21% | 11,802 |
| Orleans | 58,489 | 32.74% | 72,451 | 40.55% | 47,728 | 26.71% | -13,962 | -7.81% | 178,668 |
| Ouachita | 15,145 | 47.77% | 6,470 | 20.41% | 10,089 | 31.82% | 5,056[b] | 15.95% | 31,704 |
| Plaquemines | 6,430 | 75.28% | 1,144 | 13.39% | 968 | 11.33% | 5,286 | 61.89% | 8,542 |
| Pointe Coupee | 3,508 | 46.79% | 3,139 | 41.87% | 850 | 11.34% | 369 | 4.92% | 7,497 |
| Rapides | 16,239 | 46.09% | 8,793 | 24.96% | 10,199 | 28.95% | 6,040[b] | 17.14% | 35,231 |
| Red River | 2,477 | 65.69% | 914 | 24.24% | 380 | 10.08% | 1,563 | 41.45% | 3,771 |
| Richland | 4,415 | 68.31% | 1,017 | 15.74% | 1,031 | 15.95% | 3,384[b] | 52.36% | 6,463 |
| Sabine | 4,526 | 66.46% | 1,159 | 17.02% | 1,125 | 16.52% | 3,367 | 49.44% | 6,810 |
| St. Bernard | 13,056 | 68.62% | 2,485 | 13.06% | 3,486 | 18.32% | 9,570[b] | 50.30% | 19,027 |
| St. Charles | 4,383 | 48.02% | 3,070 | 33.63% | 1,675 | 18.35% | 1,313 | 14.39% | 9,128 |
| St. Helena | 1,800 | 53.41% | 1,351 | 40.09% | 219 | 6.50% | 449 | 13.32% | 3,370 |
| St. James | 2,765 | 42.34% | 2,987 | 45.74% | 778 | 11.91% | -222 | -3.40% | 6,530 |
| St. John the Baptist | 3,246 | 43.68% | 3,245 | 43.67% | 940 | 12.65% | 1 | 0.01% | 7,431 |
| St. Landry | 12,659 | 50.15% | 9,075 | 35.95% | 3,508 | 13.90% | 3,584 | 14.20% | 25,242 |
| St. Martin | 4,759 | 49.04% | 3,321 | 34.22% | 1,625 | 16.74% | 1,438 | 14.82% | 9,705 |
| St. Mary | 6,761 | 40.58% | 5,312 | 31.89% | 4,586 | 27.53% | 1,449 | 8.69% | 16,659 |
| St. Tammany | 11,470 | 55.25% | 4,445 | 21.41% | 4,846 | 23.34% | 6,624[b] | 31.91% | 20,761 |
| Tangipahoa | 13,088 | 62.39% | 4,983 | 23.75% | 2,907 | 13.86% | 8,105 | 38.64% | 20,978 |
| Tensas | 1,290 | 48.90% | 845 | 32.03% | 503 | 19.07% | 445 | 16.87% | 2,638 |
| Terrebonne | 8,836 | 47.31% | 4,627 | 24.77% | 5,214 | 27.92% | 3,622[b] | 19.39% | 18,677 |
| Union | 4,297 | 63.70% | 1,336 | 19.80% | 1,113 | 16.50% | 2,961 | 43.90% | 6,746 |
| Vermilion | 8,124 | 53.42% | 3,806 | 25.03% | 3,278 | 21.55% | 4,318 | 28.39% | 15,208 |
| Vernon | 5,536 | 64.33% | 1,496 | 17.38% | 1,574 | 18.29% | 3,962[b] | 46.04% | 8,606 |
| Washington | 11,002 | 70.00% | 3,021 | 19.22% | 1,695 | 10.78% | 7,981 | 50.78% | 15,718 |
| Webster | 8,646 | 61.70% | 2,871 | 20.49% | 2,496 | 17.81% | 5,775 | 41.21% | 14,013 |
| West Baton Rouge | 2,569 | 48.90% | 2,016 | 38.37% | 669 | 12.73% | 553 | 10.53% | 5,254 |
| West Carroll | 3,574 | 78.48% | 395 | 8.67% | 585 | 12.85% | 2,989[b] | 65.63% | 4,554 |
| West Feliciana | 1,073 | 40.16% | 1,303 | 48.76% | 296 | 11.08% | -230 | -8.60% | 2,672 |
| Winn | 4,015 | 63.78% | 1,230 | 19.54% | 1,050 | 16.68% | 2,785 | 44.24% | 6,295 |
| Totals | 530,300 | 48.32% | 309,615 | 28.21% | 257,535 | 23.47% | 220,685 | 20.11% | 1,097,450 |
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