1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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.

Main article: 1976 United States presidential election
1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Jimmy Carter Gerald Ford
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Georgia Michigan
Running mate Walter Mondale Bob Dole
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 661,365 587,446
Percentage 51.7% 45.9%
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Gerald Ford
Republican

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Jimmy Carter
Democratic

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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
1976 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
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
Totals661,36551.73%587,44645.95%10,0580.79%7,4170.58%6,5880.52%5,5650.44%73,9195.78%1,278,439

References
  1. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. "LA US President Race, November 02, 1976". Our Campaigns.
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