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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Louisiana

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Louisiana in 1976, 51.8% to 46.0%, a margin of 5.8 points and 73,919 votes.

Louisiana voted 3.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

Louisiana changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Richard Nixon.

Democrats led in 45 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 19. The largest, Orleans, cast 168,304 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.2 points. The closest was Concordia, where 43 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jimmy Carter won Democratic 661,365 51.8%
Gerald Ford Republican 587,446 46.0%
All other candidates 28,572 2.2%
Total1,277,383

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 93,130 55.3% 70,925 42.1% 4,249 168,304 D+13.2
Jefferson 53,257 41.8% 71,787 56.3% 2,516 127,560 R+14.5
East Baton Rouge 49,956 48.1% 51,655 49.8% 2,196 103,807 R+1.6
Caddo 30,593 41.2% 42,627 57.3% 1,120 74,340 R+16.2
Calcasieu 33,980 64.6% 17,485 33.2% 1,130 52,595 D+31.4
Lafayette 19,918 45.6% 22,805 52.2% 976 43,699 R+6.6
Ouachita 15,738 38.9% 24,082 59.5% 631 40,451 R+20.6
Rapides 20,851 53.1% 17,766 45.2% 647 39,264 D+7.9
St. Tammany 14,691 46.8% 15,822 50.4% 886 31,399 R+3.6
St. Bernard 12,969 48.9% 12,707 47.9% 832 26,508 D+1.0
Lafourche 14,131 53.8% 11,434 43.5% 701 26,266 D+10.3
St. Landry 15,613 59.5% 9,956 37.9% 674 26,243 D+21.6
Tangipahoa 14,432 59.4% 9,242 38.0% 637 24,311 D+21.3
Terrebonne 10,627 43.8% 12,895 53.1% 760 24,282 R+9.3
Iberia 9,984 48.1% 10,392 50.1% 377 20,753 R+2.0
Bossier 8,062 39.4% 12,132 59.2% 293 20,487 R+19.9
St. Mary 9,401 50.3% 8,919 47.7% 388 18,708 D+2.6
Vermilion 11,246 63.0% 6,133 34.4% 471 17,850 D+28.6
Acadia 10,814 61.3% 6,296 35.7% 538 17,648 D+25.6
Washington 10,000 62.2% 5,677 35.3% 396 16,073 D+26.9
Livingston 9,875 62.1% 5,555 34.9% 465 15,895 D+27.2
Webster 7,286 48.5% 7,550 50.3% 181 15,017 R+1.8
Ascension 9,100 65.1% 4,435 31.7% 443 13,978 D+33.4
Avoyelles 8,104 60.9% 4,574 34.4% 637 13,315 D+26.5
St. Martin 7,992 64.3% 4,112 33.1% 329 12,433 D+31.2
Natchitoches 6,692 53.9% 5,248 42.3% 477 12,417 D+11.6
Lincoln 4,971 41.5% 6,828 57.0% 170 11,969 R+15.5
Evangeline 7,578 65.6% 3,715 32.1% 265 11,558 D+33.4
St. Charles 6,872 59.7% 4,270 37.1% 363 11,505 D+22.6
Iberville 7,254 63.7% 3,822 33.6% 313 11,389 D+30.1
Vernon 6,202 59.3% 3,970 37.9% 293 10,465 D+21.3
Jefferson Davis 6,376 62.0% 3,603 35.1% 299 10,278 D+27.0
Morehouse 4,017 41.4% 5,418 55.9% 257 9,692 R+14.5
St. John The Baptist 5,700 59.3% 3,597 37.4% 312 9,609 D+21.9
Plaquemines 2,614 29.5% 6,052 68.3% 189 8,855 R+38.8
Beauregard 5,322 60.6% 3,196 36.4% 268 8,786 D+24.2
Sabine 4,555 54.5% 3,531 42.3% 265 8,351 D+12.3
Desoto 4,630 55.5% 3,601 43.1% 117 8,348 D+12.3
Franklin 3,824 47.9% 3,947 49.4% 220 7,991 R+1.5
Concordia 3,892 49.2% 3,849 48.6% 171 7,912 D+0.5
Union 3,600 45.5% 4,139 52.4% 166 7,905 R+6.8
Pointe Coupee 5,147 65.4% 2,567 32.6% 162 7,876 D+32.8
Assumption 4,401 57.1% 3,117 40.4% 193 7,711 D+16.7
Allen 5,373 70.0% 2,080 27.1% 220 7,673 D+42.9
St. James 4,531 60.7% 2,751 36.8% 184 7,466 D+23.8
Richland 3,495 48.1% 3,630 49.9% 145 7,270 R+1.9
Madison 4,933 69.2% 2,096 29.4% 99 7,128 D+39.8
Jackson 3,605 51.1% 3,310 46.9% 145 7,060 D+4.2
Winn 3,543 51.4% 3,209 46.6% 137 6,889 D+4.8
La Salle 2,961 46.9% 3,161 50.1% 188 6,310 R+3.2
Claiborne 2,891 46.6% 3,216 51.8% 100 6,207 R+5.2
Grant 3,670 59.8% 2,280 37.2% 186 6,136 D+22.7
Bienville 3,402 56.6% 2,499 41.6% 110 6,011 D+15.0
West Baton Rouge 3,809 64.7% 1,913 32.5% 162 5,884 D+32.2
East Feliciana 3,485 65.5% 1,668 31.3% 170 5,323 D+34.1
West Carroll 2,595 50.8% 2,407 47.1% 110 5,112 D+3.7
Catahoula 2,547 53.4% 2,086 43.8% 134 4,767 D+9.7
East Carroll 2,367 56.9% 1,681 40.4% 110 4,158 D+16.5
Caldwell 1,830 48.1% 1,890 49.7% 86 3,806 R+1.6
St. Helena 2,622 69.2% 1,046 27.6% 120 3,788 D+41.6
Red River 1,906 51.4% 1,728 46.6% 73 3,707 D+4.8
Tensas 2,081 56.6% 1,553 42.2% 43 3,677 D+14.4
Cameron 2,432 72.9% 819 24.5% 87 3,338 D+48.3
West Feliciana 1,890 64.6% 990 33.8% 46 2,926 D+30.8

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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