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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Louisiana

Horatio Seymour (Democrat) beat Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) in Louisiana in 1868, 70.7% to 29.3%, a margin of 41.4 points and 46,962 votes.

Louisiana voted 46.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Democrats led in 32 of the 48 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16. The largest, Orleans, cast 25,846 votes and went to the Democrat by 90.9 points. The closest was Assumption, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Horatio Seymour won	Democratic	80,225	70.7%
Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	33,263	29.3%
Total		113,488

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Orleans	24,668 95.4%	1,178 4.6%	25,846	D+90.9
St. Landry	4,787 100.0%	0 0.0%	4,787	D+100.0
Rapides	1,623 42.7%	2,176 57.3%	3,799	R+14.6
Lafourche	1,796 52.6%	1,617 47.4%	3,413	D+5.2
Natchitoches	1,375 41.8%	1,915 58.2%	3,290	R+16.4
St. Mary	1,819 61.4%	1,142 38.6%	2,961	D+22.9
Claiborne	2,952 99.9%	2 0.1%	2,954	D+99.9
St. James	775 26.4%	2,161 73.6%	2,936	R+47.2
Caddo	2,895 100.0%	1 0.0%	2,896	D+99.9
Jefferson	2,222 76.8%	672 23.2%	2,894	D+53.6
Terrebonne	1,296 45.7%	1,541 54.3%	2,837	R+8.6
Iberville	704 25.2%	2,088 74.8%	2,792	R+49.6
Assumption	1,375 49.8%	1,387 50.2%	2,762	R+0.4
Ascension	1,125 43.0%	1,491 57.0%	2,616	R+14.0
East Baton Rouge	1,350 52.0%	1,247 48.0%	2,597	D+4.0
Pointe Coupee	896 36.6%	1,553 63.4%	2,449	R+26.8
Carroll (Ext)	786 36.1%	1,392 63.9%	2,178	R+27.8
East Feliciana	1,411 68.7%	644 31.3%	2,055	D+37.3
Ouachita	1,101 57.0%	832 43.0%	1,933	D+13.9
Avoyelles	1,345 72.1%	520 27.9%	1,865	D+44.2
West Feliciana	648 36.3%	1,136 63.7%	1,784	R+27.4
Concordia	201 11.5%	1,554 88.5%	1,755	R+77.1
Bossier	1,634 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,635	D+99.9
Madison	163 10.1%	1,453 89.9%	1,616	R+79.8
Plaquemines	273 17.0%	1,329 83.0%	1,602	R+65.9
St. Charles	264 16.5%	1,335 83.5%	1,599	R+67.0
Morehouse	1,525 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,526	D+99.9
St. Martin	1,456 98.1%	28 1.9%	1,484	D+96.2
Lafayette	1,422 100.0%	0 0.0%	1,422	D+100.0
Union	1,416 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,417	D+99.9
Tensas	383 27.3%	1,018 72.7%	1,401	R+45.3
Jackson	1,398 100.0%	0 0.0%	1,398	D+100.0
Bienville	1,385 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,386	D+99.9
Desoto	1,260 100.0%	0 0.0%	1,260	D+100.0
St. Helena	1,094 88.9%	136 11.1%	1,230	D+77.9
Franklin	1,213 100.0%	0 0.0%	1,213	D+100.0
St. Tammany	704 60.0%	470 40.0%	1,174	D+19.9
West Baton Rouge	433 42.5%	585 57.5%	1,018	R+14.9
Catahoula	809 84.4%	150 15.6%	959	D+68.7
Vermilion	958 100.0%	0 0.0%	958	D+100.0
Sabine	934 99.8%	2 0.2%	936	D+99.6
St. John The Baptist	556 67.0%	274 33.0%	830	D+34.0
Livingston	670 81.8%	149 18.2%	819	D+63.6
Calcasieu	782 98.9%	9 1.1%	791	D+97.7
Winn	711 94.3%	43 5.7%	754	D+88.6
Washington	656 100.0%	0 0.0%	656	D+100.0
Caldwell	503 94.7%	28 5.3%	531	D+89.5
St. Bernard	473 99.8%	1 0.2%	474	D+99.6

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

1868 presidential election in Louisiana

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