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Election 1972 Results

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1972 presidential election in Louisiana

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat George McGovern (Democrat) in Louisiana in 1972, 65.3% to 28.4%, a margin of 37.0 points and 388,710 votes.

Louisiana voted 13.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+23.1.

Louisiana changed party: in 1968 it went third-party, for George Wallace.

Republicans led in 63 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Orleans, cast 161,446 votes and went to the Republican by 16.9 points. The closest was Pointe Coupee, where 59 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
Richard Nixon won	Republican	686,852	65.3%
George McGovern	Democratic	298,142	28.4%
All other candidates		66,497	6.3%
Total		1,051,491

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	60,790 37.7%	88,075 54.6%	12,581	161,446	R+16.9
Jefferson	20,981 20.6%	75,348 74.0%	5,512	101,841	R+53.4
East Baton Rouge	23,617 29.3%	52,648 65.4%	4,277	80,542	R+36.0
Caddo	15,649 23.8%	47,215 71.7%	3,003	65,867	R+47.9
Calcasieu	15,330 35.7%	24,778 57.7%	2,817	42,925	R+22.0
Ouachita	6,920 20.8%	24,860 74.7%	1,483	33,263	R+53.9
Lafayette	8,740 26.3%	22,939 69.1%	1,519	33,198	R+42.8
Rapides	8,422 26.3%	22,306 69.7%	1,283	32,011	R+43.4
St. Landry	7,421 33.8%	12,510 57.0%	2,014	21,945	R+23.2
St. Tammany	3,949 19.0%	15,438 74.1%	1,438	20,825	R+55.2
Lafourche	5,713 27.5%	13,936 67.2%	1,088	20,737	R+39.7
St. Bernard	3,189 16.3%	15,198 77.7%	1,176	19,563	R+61.4
Terrebonne	4,415 23.0%	13,753 71.7%	1,014	19,182	R+48.7
Tangipahoa	5,227 28.3%	11,607 62.9%	1,623	18,457	R+34.6
Iberia	5,143 28.7%	11,812 65.8%	985	17,940	R+37.2
Bossier	2,914 17.8%	12,856 78.6%	580	16,350	R+60.8
St. Mary	4,435 27.3%	11,117 68.4%	691	16,243	R+41.1
Acadia	4,406 29.0%	9,698 63.8%	1,090	15,194	R+34.8
Vermilion	3,876 28.9%	8,909 66.4%	635	13,420	R+37.5
Webster	2,859 23.2%	8,829 71.5%	661	12,349	R+48.3
Washington	2,947 24.2%	8,162 66.9%	1,087	12,196	R+42.8
Natchitoches	3,180 29.4%	6,994 64.7%	629	10,803	R+35.3
Avoyelles	3,395 31.5%	6,225 57.8%	1,158	10,778	R+26.3
Livingston	1,898 18.5%	7,481 73.0%	874	10,253	R+54.5
St. Martin	3,202 31.3%	6,337 62.0%	682	10,221	R+30.7
Lincoln	2,589 26.6%	6,736 69.2%	416	9,741	R+42.6
Ascension	3,324 34.9%	5,187 54.5%	1,010	9,521	R+19.6
Evangeline	2,919 31.7%	5,523 60.0%	759	9,201	R+28.3
St. Charles	2,788 30.8%	5,469 60.4%	795	9,052	R+29.6
Jefferson Davis	2,551 28.5%	5,903 66.0%	495	8,949	R+37.5
Morehouse	2,355 27.3%	5,770 66.9%	495	8,620	R+39.6
Iberville	3,650 43.1%	3,972 46.9%	844	8,466	R+3.8
Vernon	1,345 16.8%	6,225 77.6%	450	8,020	R+60.8
Plaquemines	990 12.5%	6,595 83.0%	356	7,941	R+70.6
Desoto	2,596 36.3%	4,017 56.2%	540	7,153	R+19.9
Beauregard	1,728 24.2%	4,955 69.4%	456	7,139	R+45.2
St. John The Baptist	2,815 39.7%	3,525 49.7%	746	7,086	R+10.0
Concordia	2,142 30.5%	4,521 64.4%	360	7,023	R+33.9
Pointe Coupee	3,133 45.7%	3,192 46.6%	528	6,853	R+0.9
Franklin	1,272 18.9%	4,967 73.8%	495	6,734	R+54.9
Sabine	1,332 19.9%	4,935 73.9%	413	6,680	R+53.9
Assumption	2,065 32.4%	3,751 58.9%	549	6,365	R+26.5
St. James	2,633 41.9%	3,112 49.5%	546	6,291	R+7.6
Union	1,465 23.8%	4,322 70.2%	370	6,157	R+46.4
Richland	1,335 22.0%	4,304 70.8%	440	6,079	R+48.8
Allen	2,029 33.7%	3,581 59.4%	418	6,028	R+25.7
Winn	1,490 24.8%	4,235 70.4%	291	6,016	R+45.6
Jackson	1,477 24.9%	4,152 70.0%	306	5,935	R+45.1
Bienville	1,890 32.9%	3,384 59.0%	463	5,737	R+26.0
Claiborne	1,551 29.0%	3,432 64.1%	373	5,356	R+35.1
West Baton Rouge	1,849 37.4%	2,626 53.1%	467	4,942	R+15.7
Madison	2,249 45.7%	2,420 49.2%	248	4,917	R+3.5
Grant	859 18.1%	3,626 76.5%	254	4,739	R+58.4
La Salle	651 13.8%	3,858 81.5%	224	4,733	R+67.8
East Feliciana	1,603 39.4%	1,992 49.0%	472	4,067	R+9.6
West Carroll	571 14.7%	2,997 77.2%	312	3,880	R+62.5
Catahoula	823 22.4%	2,683 73.1%	162	3,668	R+50.7
East Carroll	1,661 46.3%	1,736 48.4%	190	3,587	R+2.1
Tensas	1,568 45.8%	1,729 50.5%	129	3,426	R+4.7
Red River	957 28.1%	2,245 66.0%	202	3,404	R+37.8
Caldwell	508 17.0%	2,306 77.0%	181	2,995	R+60.0
St. Helena	943 33.9%	1,446 52.0%	392	2,781	R+18.1
West Feliciana	1,079 45.4%	1,001 42.1%	296	2,376	D+3.3
Cameron	739 32.4%	1,391 60.9%	154	2,284	R+28.5

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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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