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Election 1964 Results

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1964 presidential election in Louisiana

Barry Goldwater (Republican) beat Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) in Louisiana in 1964, 56.8% to 43.2%, a margin of 13.6 points and 122,162 votes.

Louisiana voted 36.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+22.6.

Louisiana changed party: in 1960 it went Democratic, for John F. Kennedy.

Republicans led in 42 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 22. The largest, Orleans, cast 163,094 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.6 points. The closest was Iberia, where 55 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
Barry Goldwater won	Republican	509,230	56.8%
Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	387,068	43.2%
Total		896,298

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Orleans	82,045 50.3%	81,049 49.7%	163,094	D+0.6
Jefferson	31,804 46.1%	37,161 53.9%	68,965	R+7.8
East Baton Rouge	26,152 41.4%	36,964 58.6%	63,116	R+17.1
Caddo	10,158 19.4%	42,197 80.6%	52,355	R+61.2
Calcasieu	23,285 57.7%	17,046 42.3%	40,331	D+15.5
Rapides	9,992 35.5%	18,122 64.5%	28,114	R+28.9
Lafayette	14,487 53.9%	12,398 46.1%	26,885	D+7.8
Ouachita	4,174 16.6%	21,024 83.4%	25,198	R+66.9
St. Landry	11,807 52.0%	10,920 48.0%	22,727	D+3.9
Lafourche	12,045 66.1%	6,164 33.9%	18,209	D+32.3
Tangipahoa	7,109 42.2%	9,732 57.8%	16,841	R+15.6
Iberia	8,141 49.8%	8,196 50.2%	16,337	R+0.3
Acadia	9,463 58.5%	6,706 41.5%	16,169	D+17.1
Terrebonne	8,577 56.0%	6,729 44.0%	15,306	D+12.1
St. Tammany	6,694 45.9%	7,888 54.1%	14,582	R+8.2
St. Bernard	6,175 43.4%	8,055 56.6%	14,230	R+13.2
Vermilion	9,204 64.9%	4,984 35.1%	14,188	D+29.7
St. Mary	7,327 57.0%	5,530 43.0%	12,857	D+14.0
Washington	4,825 39.3%	7,438 60.7%	12,263	R+21.3
Bossier	1,937 16.5%	9,822 83.5%	11,759	R+67.1
Evangeline	6,163 60.8%	3,975 39.2%	10,138	D+21.6
Avoyelles	5,102 51.1%	4,874 48.9%	9,976	D+2.3
Webster	1,755 17.7%	8,177 82.3%	9,932	R+64.7
Livingston	3,509 38.9%	5,508 61.1%	9,017	R+22.2
Jefferson Davis	4,966 57.5%	3,673 42.5%	8,639	D+15.0
Natchitoches	2,975 35.0%	5,525 65.0%	8,500	R+30.0
Ascension	4,879 60.4%	3,197 39.6%	8,076	D+20.8
Iberville	4,445 56.4%	3,432 43.6%	7,877	D+12.9
St. Charles	5,085 65.2%	2,715 34.8%	7,800	D+30.4
Lincoln	1,714 22.9%	5,766 77.1%	7,480	R+54.2
St. Martin	4,675 62.6%	2,793 37.4%	7,468	D+25.2
Vernon	3,564 49.1%	3,696 50.9%	7,260	R+1.8
Morehouse	891 12.5%	6,222 87.5%	7,113	R+74.9
Allen	3,787 58.3%	2,704 41.7%	6,491	D+16.7
Beauregard	3,049 47.7%	3,349 52.3%	6,398	R+4.7
Sabine	2,081 33.3%	4,165 66.7%	6,246	R+33.4
Franklin	759 12.2%	5,470 87.8%	6,229	R+75.6
Jackson	1,552 25.6%	4,521 74.4%	6,073	R+48.9
Union	1,155 20.3%	4,534 79.7%	5,689	R+59.4
St. James	4,214 74.2%	1,467 25.8%	5,681	D+48.4
Plaquemines	775 13.6%	4,904 86.4%	5,679	R+72.7
St. John The Baptist	3,958 70.0%	1,694 30.0%	5,652	D+40.1
Winn	1,193 21.5%	4,366 78.5%	5,559	R+57.1
Richland	747 14.2%	4,498 85.8%	5,245	R+71.5
Desoto	1,254 24.1%	3,954 75.9%	5,208	R+51.8
La Salle	864 16.7%	4,319 83.3%	5,183	R+66.7
Assumption	3,056 59.1%	2,112 40.9%	5,168	D+18.3
Concordia	809 16.7%	4,022 83.3%	4,831	R+66.5
Grant	1,454 30.6%	3,292 69.4%	4,746	R+38.7
Bienville	855 18.6%	3,740 81.4%	4,595	R+62.8
Pointe Coupee	2,247 49.1%	2,327 50.9%	4,574	R+1.7
Claiborne	482 11.0%	3,917 89.0%	4,399	R+78.1
West Baton Rouge	1,892 50.8%	1,835 49.2%	3,727	D+1.5
West Carroll	395 11.6%	3,017 88.4%	3,412	R+76.8
Caldwell	609 19.4%	2,534 80.6%	3,143	R+61.2
Catahoula	560 19.0%	2,387 81.0%	2,947	R+62.0
Red River	334 13.0%	2,235 87.0%	2,569	R+74.0
Madison	417 16.8%	2,061 83.2%	2,478	R+66.3
Cameron	1,576 64.4%	871 35.6%	2,447	D+28.8
East Feliciana	486 20.4%	1,900 79.6%	2,386	R+59.3
St. Helena	706 34.9%	1,319 65.1%	2,025	R+30.3
Tensas	192 10.4%	1,655 89.6%	1,847	R+79.2
East Carroll	263 15.0%	1,486 85.0%	1,749	R+69.9
West Feliciana	223 19.9%	897 80.1%	1,120	R+60.2

Counties as they stood in 1964; 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

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