1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana
The 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Louisiana was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.42% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 28.59% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Louisiana has a higher Roman Catholic population than the rest of Southern United States, greatly benefiting Kennedy, the second Roman Catholic to head a major party ticket and the first elected to the presidency. This Catholic base was concentrated in the southern half of the state, while Nixon and an unpledged States’ Rights slate split the northern Protestant parishes, with Nixon winning the less fertile poor white parishes and the unpledged slate the northern Black Belt. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Jefferson Parish and St. Tammany Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 407,339 | 50.42% | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 230,980 | 28.59% | |
| States' Rights | Unpledged electors | 169,572 | 20.99% | |
| Total votes | 807,891 | 100% | ||
Results by parish
| Parish | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Unpledged electors States’ Rights |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 11,440 | 75.84% | 2,616 | 17.34% | 1,028 | 6.82% | 8,824 | 58.50% | 15,084 |
| Allen | 3,719 | 59.84% | 1,676 | 26.97% | 820 | 13.19% | 2,043 | 32.87% | 6,215 |
| Ascension | 5,689 | 74.76% | 1,012 | 13.30% | 909 | 11.94% | 4,677 | 61.46% | 7,610 |
| Assumption | 3,019 | 71.69% | 766 | 18.19% | 426 | 10.12% | 2,253 | 53.50% | 4,211 |
| Avoyelles | 7,625 | 75.98% | 1,270 | 12.66% | 1,140 | 11.36% | 6,355 | 63.33% | 10,035 |
| Beauregard | 2,903 | 48.67% | 2,432 | 40.77% | 630 | 10.56% | 471 | 7.90% | 5,965 |
| Bienville | 625 | 17.62% | 1,230 | 34.67% | 1,693 | 47.72% | -463[lower-alpha 1] | -13.05% | 3,548 |
| Bossier | 2,198 | 25.21% | 3,429 | 39.32% | 3,093 | 35.47% | 336[lower-alpha 1] | 3.85% | 8,720 |
| Caddo | 11,481 | 24.80% | 25,139 | 54.29% | 9,681 | 20.91% | -13,658 | -29.50% | 46,301 |
| Calcasieu | 24,233 | 64.40% | 10,243 | 27.22% | 3,151 | 8.37% | 13,990 | 37.18% | 37,627 |
| Caldwell | 694 | 34.00% | 716 | 35.08% | 631 | 30.92% | -22 | -1.08% | 2,041 |
| Cameron | 1,944 | 83.08% | 322 | 13.76% | 74 | 3.16% | 1,622 | 69.32% | 2,340 |
| Catahoula | 558 | 26.17% | 971 | 45.54% | 603 | 28.28% | 368[lower-alpha 1] | 17.26% | 2,132 |
| Claiborne | 489 | 12.69% | 1,336 | 34.67% | 2,029 | 52.65% | -693[lower-alpha 1] | -17.98% | 3,854 |
| Concordia | 768 | 23.06% | 1,009 | 30.29% | 1,554 | 46.65% | -545[lower-alpha 1] | -16.36% | 3,331 |
| DeSoto | 1,183 | 26.65% | 1,603 | 36.11% | 1,653 | 37.24% | -50[lower-alpha 1] | -1.13% | 4,439 |
| East Baton Rouge | 26,326 | 46.65% | 17,749 | 31.45% | 12,360 | 21.90% | 8,577 | 15.20% | 56,435 |
| East Carroll | 364 | 23.88% | 448 | 29.40% | 712 | 46.72% | -264[lower-alpha 1] | -17.32% | 1,524 |
| East Feliciana | 475 | 24.65% | 313 | 16.24% | 1,139 | 59.11% | -664[lower-alpha 2] | -34.46% | 1,927 |
| Evangeline | 7,865 | 80.55% | 1,105 | 11.32% | 794 | 8.13% | 6,760 | 69.23% | 9,764 |
| Franklin | 1,213 | 30.03% | 1,336 | 33.08% | 1,490 | 36.89% | -154[lower-alpha 1] | -3.81% | 4,039 |
| Grant | 1,219 | 31.40% | 1,254 | 32.30% | 1,409 | 36.30% | -155[lower-alpha 1] | -3.99% | 3,882 |
| Iberia | 9,235 | 59.70% | 3,551 | 22.95% | 2,684 | 17.35% | 5,684 | 36.74% | 15,470 |
| Iberville | 4,558 | 72.25% | 1,000 | 15.85% | 751 | 11.90% | 3,558 | 56.40% | 6,309 |
| Jackson | 1,398 | 34.10% | 1,799 | 43.88% | 903 | 22.02% | -401 | -9.78% | 4,100 |
| Jefferson | 32,119 | 51.28% | 17,215 | 27.48% | 13,304 | 21.24% | 14,904 | 23.79% | 62,638 |
| Jefferson Davis | 5,904 | 67.77% | 2,251 | 25.84% | 557 | 6.39% | 3,653 | 41.93% | 8,712 |
| Lafayette | 14,132 | 62.30% | 6,047 | 26.66% | 2,505 | 11.04% | 8,085 | 35.64% | 22,684 |
| Lafourche | 12,244 | 76.26% | 2,930 | 18.25% | 881 | 5.49% | 9,314 | 58.01% | 16,055 |
| LaSalle | 843 | 21.94% | 2,123 | 55.26% | 876 | 22.80% | 1,247[lower-alpha 1] | 32.46% | 3,842 |
| Lincoln | 1,051 | 20.57% | 2,766 | 54.14% | 1,292 | 25.29% | 1,474[lower-alpha 1] | 28.85% | 5,109 |
| Livingston | 2,881 | 43.47% | 954 | 14.39% | 2,793 | 42.14% | 88[lower-alpha 2] | 1.33% | 6,628 |
| Madison | 235 | 12.45% | 629 | 33.32% | 1,024 | 54.24% | -395[lower-alpha 1] | -20.92% | 1,888 |
| Morehouse | 1,085 | 22.70% | 2,551 | 53.37% | 1,144 | 23.93% | 1,407[lower-alpha 1] | 29.44% | 4,780 |
| Natchitoches | 2,781 | 39.39% | 2,562 | 36.29% | 1,717 | 24.32% | 219 | 3.10% | 7,060 |
| Orleans | 87,242 | 49.64% | 47,111 | 26.80% | 41,414 | 23.56% | 40,131 | 22.83% | 175,767 |
| Ouachita | 5,202 | 26.97% | 10,525 | 54.56% | 3,564 | 18.47% | -5,323 | -27.59% | 19,291 |
| Plaquemines | 1,087 | 21.12% | 712 | 13.84% | 3,347 | 65.04% | -2,260[lower-alpha 2] | -43.92% | 5,146 |
| Pointe Coupee | 2,953 | 71.81% | 674 | 16.39% | 485 | 11.79% | 2,279 | 55.42% | 4,112 |
| Rapides | 9,651 | 40.58% | 8,155 | 34.29% | 5,976 | 25.13% | 1,496 | 6.29% | 23,782 |
| Red River | 377 | 19.67% | 406 | 21.18% | 1,134 | 59.15% | -728[lower-alpha 1] | -37.98% | 1,917 |
| Richland | 996 | 25.74% | 1,378 | 35.62% | 1,495 | 38.64% | -117[lower-alpha 1] | -3.02% | 3,869 |
| Sabine | 2,412 | 40.96% | 2,419 | 41.08% | 1,058 | 17.97% | -7 | -0.12% | 5,889 |
| Saint Bernard | 4,660 | 42.56% | 1,431 | 13.07% | 4,858 | 44.37% | -198[lower-alpha 2] | -1.81% | 10,949 |
| Saint Charles | 4,708 | 71.31% | 1,377 | 20.86% | 517 | 7.83% | 3,331 | 50.45% | 6,602 |
| Saint Helena | 678 | 37.48% | 296 | 16.36% | 835 | 46.16% | -157[lower-alpha 2] | -8.68% | 1,809 |
| Saint James | 4,362 | 82.09% | 620 | 11.67% | 332 | 6.25% | 3,742 | 70.42% | 5,314 |
| Saint John the Baptist | 3,782 | 80.13% | 488 | 10.34% | 450 | 9.53% | 3,294 | 69.79% | 4,720 |
| Saint Landry | 14,625 | 72.18% | 3,083 | 15.22% | 2,554 | 12.60% | 11,542 | 56.96% | 20,262 |
| Saint Martin | 5,506 | 77.96% | 858 | 12.15% | 699 | 9.90% | 4,648 | 65.81% | 7,063 |
| Saint Mary | 6,671 | 61.59% | 2,992 | 27.62% | 1,169 | 10.79% | 3,679 | 33.96% | 10,832 |
| Saint Tammany | 5,179 | 46.81% | 2,850 | 25.76% | 3,034 | 27.42% | 2,145[lower-alpha 2] | 19.39% | 11,063 |
| Tangipahoa | 6,648 | 46.32% | 3,285 | 22.89% | 4,418 | 30.79% | 2,230[lower-alpha 2] | 15.54% | 14,351 |
| Tensas | 247 | 20.45% | 510 | 42.22% | 451 | 37.33% | 59[lower-alpha 1] | 4.88% | 1,208 |
| Terrebonne | 8,992 | 68.07% | 3,126 | 23.66% | 1,092 | 8.27% | 5,866 | 44.41% | 13,210 |
| Union | 1,034 | 25.45% | 2,017 | 49.64% | 1,012 | 24.91% | -983 | -24.19% | 4,063 |
| Vermilion | 11,257 | 77.13% | 2,170 | 14.87% | 1,168 | 8.00% | 9,087 | 62.26% | 14,595 |
| Vernon | 3,145 | 51.06% | 1,991 | 32.32% | 1,024 | 16.62% | 1,154 | 18.73% | 6,160 |
| Washington | 5,678 | 49.81% | 1,847 | 16.20% | 3,875 | 33.99% | 1,803[lower-alpha 2] | 15.82% | 11,400 |
| Webster | 1,273 | 16.60% | 3,139 | 40.94% | 3,255 | 42.45% | -116[lower-alpha 1] | -1.51% | 7,667 |
| West Baton Rouge | 2,315 | 73.70% | 390 | 12.42% | 436 | 13.88% | 1,879[lower-alpha 2] | 59.82% | 3,141 |
| West Carroll | 784 | 32.36% | 742 | 30.62% | 897 | 37.02% | -113[lower-alpha 2] | -4.66% | 2,423 |
| West Feliciana | 271 | 30.42% | 196 | 22.00% | 424 | 47.59% | -153[lower-alpha 2] | -17.17% | 891 |
| Winn | 1,108 | 27.05% | 1,839 | 44.90% | 1,149 | 28.05% | 690[lower-alpha 1] | 16.85% | 4,096 |
| Totals | 407,339 | 50.42% | 230,980 | 28.59% | 169,572 | 20.99% | 176,359 | 21.83% | 807,891 |
Notes
- In this parish where Kennedy ran third behind both Nixon and the unpledged slate, margin given is Nixon vote minus unpledged vote and percentage margin Nixon percentage minus unpledged percentage.
- In this parish where Nixon ran third behind both Kennedy and the unpledged slate, margin given is Kennedy vote minus unpledged vote and percentage margin Kennedy percentage minus unpledged percentage.
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- 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 08, 1960". Our Campaigns.
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