1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Election in Louisiana
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The 1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 5.45 percentage points.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Livingston Parish and Beauregard Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Campaign
63% of white voters supported Reagan while 33% supported Carter.[3][4]
Results
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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Ronald Reagan of California | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 10 | 792,853 | 51.20% |
Jimmy Carter | Walter Mondale | Democratic | 0 | 708,453 | 45.75% |
John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | Independent | 0 | 26,345 | 1.70% |
John Rarick | Eileen Shearer | American Independent | 0 | 10,333 | 0.67% |
Ed Clark | David Koch | Libertarian | 0 | 8,240 | 0.53% |
Barry Commoner | LaDonna Harris | Citizens | 0 | 1,584 | 0.10% |
Clifton DeBerry | Matilde Zimmermann | Socialist Workers | 0 | 783 | 0.05% |
Results by parish
Parish | Ronald Reagan Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | John B. Anderson Independent | John Rarick American Independent | Ed Clark Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total[5] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Acadia | 11,533 | 52.19% | 9,948 | 45.01% | 416 | 1.88% | 58 | 0.26% | 125 | 0.57% | 20 | 0.09% | 1,585 | 7.18% | 22,100 |
Allen | 3,328 | 34.80% | 6,057 | 63.33% | 110 | 1.15% | 19 | 0.20% | 34 | 0.36% | 16 | 0.17% | -2,729 | -28.53% | 9,564 |
Ascension | 7,238 | 35.83% | 12,381 | 61.29% | 286 | 1.42% | 139 | 0.69% | 128 | 0.63% | 28 | 0.14% | -5,143 | -25.46% | 20,200 |
Assumption | 4,001 | 44.10% | 4,679 | 51.57% | 153 | 1.69% | 164 | 1.81% | 47 | 0.52% | 29 | 0.32% | -678 | -7.47% | 9,073 |
Avoyelles | 8,216 | 51.12% | 7,174 | 44.64% | 190 | 1.18% | 352 | 2.19% | 95 | 0.59% | 44 | 0.27% | 1,042 | 6.48% | 16,071 |
Beauregard | 5,250 | 47.47% | 5,556 | 50.24% | 163 | 1.47% | 21 | 0.19% | 62 | 0.56% | 7 | 0.06% | -306 | -2.77% | 11,059 |
Bienville | 3,508 | 45.15% | 4,123 | 53.06% | 51 | 0.66% | 46 | 0.59% | 24 | 0.31% | 18 | 0.23% | -615 | -7.91% | 7,770 |
Bossier | 16,515 | 62.70% | 9,377 | 35.60% | 327 | 1.24% | 18 | 0.07% | 78 | 0.30% | 24 | 0.09% | 7,138 | 27.10% | 26,339 |
Caddo | 51,202 | 57.41% | 36,422 | 40.84% | 1,128 | 1.26% | 82 | 0.09% | 272 | 0.30% | 78 | 0.09% | 14,780 | 16.57% | 89,184 |
Calcasieu | 27,600 | 42.55% | 35,446 | 54.65% | 1,259 | 1.94% | 111 | 0.17% | 387 | 0.60% | 56 | 0.09% | -7,846 | -12.10% | 64,859 |
Caldwell | 2,653 | 57.91% | 1,786 | 38.99% | 43 | 0.94% | 68 | 1.48% | 25 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.13% | 867 | 18.92% | 4,581 |
Cameron | 1,449 | 38.15% | 2,221 | 58.48% | 82 | 2.16% | 7 | 0.18% | 35 | 0.92% | 4 | 0.11% | -772 | -20.33% | 3,798 |
Catahoula | 2,942 | 53.19% | 2,414 | 43.64% | 38 | 0.69% | 98 | 1.77% | 31 | 0.56% | 8 | 0.14% | 528 | 9.55% | 5,531 |
Claiborne | 3,538 | 50.01% | 3,443 | 48.67% | 53 | 0.75% | 8 | 0.11% | 23 | 0.33% | 9 | 0.13% | 95 | 1.34% | 7,074 |
Concordia | 4,933 | 54.20% | 3,956 | 43.46% | 52 | 0.57% | 110 | 1.21% | 35 | 0.38% | 16 | 0.18% | 977 | 10.74% | 9,102 |
DeSoto | 4,349 | 42.11% | 5,861 | 56.75% | 49 | 0.47% | 18 | 0.17% | 37 | 0.36% | 13 | 0.13% | -1,512 | -14.64% | 10,327 |
East Baton Rouge | 71,063 | 53.36% | 57,442 | 43.13% | 3,312 | 2.49% | 380 | 0.29% | 845 | 0.63% | 126 | 0.09% | 13,621 | 10.23% | 133,168 |
East Carroll | 1,867 | 44.13% | 2,283 | 53.96% | 24 | 0.57% | 46 | 1.09% | 5 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.14% | -416 | -9.83% | 4,231 |
East Feliciana | 2,650 | 38.56% | 4,033 | 58.68% | 53 | 0.77% | 72 | 1.05% | 44 | 0.64% | 21 | 0.31% | -1,383 | -20.12% | 6,873 |
Evangeline | 7,412 | 51.26% | 6,722 | 46.48% | 160 | 1.11% | 52 | 0.36% | 88 | 0.61% | 27 | 0.19% | 690 | 4.78% | 14,461 |
Franklin | 5,301 | 54.38% | 4,177 | 42.85% | 65 | 0.67% | 155 | 1.59% | 29 | 0.30% | 21 | 0.22% | 1,124 | 11.53% | 9,748 |
Grant | 3,611 | 50.52% | 3,290 | 46.03% | 77 | 1.08% | 136 | 1.90% | 32 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.03% | 321 | 4.49% | 7,148 |
Iberia | 14,273 | 57.03% | 9,681 | 38.68% | 410 | 1.64% | 471 | 1.88% | 149 | 0.60% | 44 | 0.18% | 4,592 | 18.35% | 25,028 |
Iberville | 4,463 | 31.57% | 9,361 | 66.23% | 172 | 1.22% | 54 | 0.38% | 65 | 0.46% | 20 | 0.14% | -4,898 | -34.66% | 14,135 |
Jackson | 3,923 | 50.75% | 3,609 | 46.69% | 56 | 0.72% | 110 | 1.42% | 20 | 0.26% | 12 | 0.16% | 314 | 4.06% | 7,730 |
Jefferson | 99,403 | 64.09% | 50,870 | 32.80% | 3,578 | 2.31% | 220 | 0.14% | 920 | 0.59% | 120 | 0.08% | 48,533 | 31.29% | 155,111 |
Jefferson Davis | 5,667 | 46.73% | 6,140 | 50.63% | 201 | 1.66% | 32 | 0.26% | 67 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.16% | -473 | -3.90% | 12,127 |
Lafayette | 31,429 | 58.72% | 19,694 | 36.79% | 1,263 | 2.36% | 638 | 1.19% | 407 | 0.76% | 95 | 0.18% | 11,735 | 21.93% | 53,526 |
Lafourche | 14,951 | 48.51% | 14,222 | 46.15% | 675 | 2.19% | 574 | 1.86% | 326 | 1.06% | 70 | 0.23% | 729 | 2.36% | 30,818 |
LaSalle | 3,792 | 57.16% | 2,665 | 40.17% | 61 | 0.92% | 90 | 1.36% | 23 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,127 | 16.99% | 6,634 |
Lincoln | 7,515 | 55.79% | 5,598 | 41.56% | 177 | 1.31% | 98 | 0.73% | 59 | 0.44% | 23 | 0.17% | 1,917 | 14.23% | 13,470 |
Livingston | 10,666 | 47.18% | 11,319 | 50.06% | 287 | 1.27% | 192 | 0.85% | 120 | 0.53% | 25 | 0.11% | -653 | -2.88% | 22,609 |
Madison | 2,531 | 42.70% | 3,264 | 55.06% | 16 | 0.27% | 86 | 1.45% | 10 | 0.17% | 21 | 0.35% | -733 | -12.36% | 5,928 |
Morehouse | 7,254 | 58.51% | 4,856 | 39.17% | 65 | 0.52% | 181 | 1.46% | 27 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.11% | 2,398 | 19.34% | 12,397 |
Natchitoches | 6,668 | 46.99% | 7,102 | 50.05% | 158 | 1.11% | 190 | 1.34% | 44 | 0.31% | 27 | 0.19% | -434 | -3.06% | 14,189 |
Orleans | 74,302 | 39.54% | 106,858 | 56.87% | 4,246 | 2.26% | 941 | 0.50% | 1,015 | 0.54% | 542 | 0.29% | -32,556 | -17.33% | 187,904 |
Ouachita | 29,799 | 62.98% | 16,306 | 34.46% | 495 | 1.05% | 502 | 1.06% | 166 | 0.35% | 46 | 0.10% | 13,493 | 28.52% | 47,314 |
Plaquemines | 5,489 | 54.46% | 4,318 | 42.84% | 154 | 1.53% | 36 | 0.36% | 57 | 0.57% | 25 | 0.25% | 1,171 | 11.62% | 10,079 |
Pointe Coupee | 3,667 | 35.73% | 6,395 | 62.31% | 105 | 1.02% | 39 | 0.38% | 41 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.16% | -2,728 | -26.58% | 10,263 |
Rapides | 25,576 | 55.24% | 19,436 | 41.98% | 530 | 1.14% | 517 | 1.12% | 197 | 0.43% | 46 | 0.10% | 6,140 | 13.26% | 46,302 |
Red River | 2,147 | 43.06% | 2,776 | 55.68% | 29 | 0.58% | 14 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.12% | -629 | -12.62% | 4,986 |
Richland | 4,772 | 54.57% | 3,745 | 42.83% | 48 | 0.55% | 125 | 1.43% | 29 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.29% | 1,027 | 11.74% | 8,744 |
Sabine | 4,265 | 44.50% | 5,100 | 53.21% | 74 | 0.77% | 110 | 1.15% | 25 | 0.26% | 11 | 0.11% | -835 | -8.71% | 9,585 |
St. Bernard | 19,410 | 60.53% | 11,367 | 35.45% | 616 | 1.92% | 374 | 1.17% | 208 | 0.65% | 90 | 0.28% | 8,043 | 25.08% | 32,065 |
St. Charles | 6,779 | 44.83% | 7,898 | 52.23% | 283 | 1.87% | 22 | 0.15% | 112 | 0.74% | 29 | 0.19% | -1,119 | -7.40% | 15,123 |
St. Helena | 1,531 | 31.55% | 3,183 | 65.60% | 42 | 0.87% | 51 | 1.05% | 29 | 0.60% | 16 | 0.33% | -1,652 | -34.05% | 4,852 |
St. James | 3,429 | 34.90% | 6,206 | 63.17% | 113 | 1.15% | 21 | 0.21% | 39 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.16% | -2,777 | -28.27% | 9,824 |
St. John the Baptist | 5,819 | 41.98% | 7,647 | 55.17% | 261 | 1.88% | 26 | 0.19% | 89 | 0.64% | 19 | 0.14% | -1,828 | -13.19% | 13,861 |
St. Landry | 14,940 | 45.72% | 17,125 | 52.41% | 332 | 1.02% | 88 | 0.27% | 129 | 0.39% | 64 | 0.20% | -2,185 | -6.69% | 32,678 |
St. Martin | 6,701 | 44.55% | 7,760 | 51.60% | 281 | 1.87% | 146 | 0.97% | 97 | 0.64% | 55 | 0.37% | -1,059 | -7.05% | 15,040 |
St. Mary | 10,378 | 48.03% | 10,506 | 48.63% | 339 | 1.57% | 209 | 0.97% | 152 | 0.70% | 22 | 0.10% | -128 | -0.60% | 21,606 |
St. Tammany | 27,214 | 63.74% | 14,161 | 33.17% | 872 | 2.04% | 139 | 0.33% | 260 | 0.61% | 52 | 0.12% | 13,053 | 30.57% | 42,698 |
Tangipahoa | 15,187 | 48.46% | 15,272 | 48.73% | 491 | 1.57% | 173 | 0.55% | 176 | 0.56% | 43 | 0.14% | -85 | -0.27% | 31,342 |
Tensas | 1,645 | 43.46% | 2,046 | 54.06% | 25 | 0.66% | 52 | 1.37% | 9 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.21% | -401 | -10.60% | 3,785 |
Terrebonne | 16,644 | 58.03% | 10,804 | 37.67% | 559 | 1.95% | 424 | 1.48% | 214 | 0.75% | 36 | 0.13% | 5,840 | 20.36% | 28,681 |
Union | 5,130 | 55.77% | 3,841 | 41.76% | 60 | 0.65% | 125 | 1.36% | 30 | 0.33% | 12 | 0.13% | 1,289 | 14.01% | 9,198 |
Vermilion | 10,481 | 48.96% | 9,743 | 45.51% | 473 | 2.21% | 510 | 2.38% | 174 | 0.81% | 28 | 0.13% | 738 | 3.45% | 21,409 |
Vernon | 5,869 | 43.68% | 7,198 | 53.57% | 167 | 1.24% | 138 | 1.03% | 50 | 0.37% | 14 | 0.10% | -1,329 | -9.89% | 13,436 |
Washington | 8,681 | 44.58% | 10,413 | 53.48% | 170 | 0.87% | 113 | 0.58% | 69 | 0.35% | 26 | 0.13% | -1,732 | -8.90% | 19,472 |
Webster | 8,865 | 50.24% | 8,568 | 48.55% | 118 | 0.67% | 20 | 0.11% | 54 | 0.31% | 22 | 0.12% | 297 | 1.69% | 17,647 |
West Baton Rouge | 2,828 | 36.48% | 4,739 | 61.12% | 117 | 1.51% | 38 | 0.49% | 25 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.08% | -1,911 | -24.64% | 7,753 |
West Carroll | 3,430 | 60.05% | 2,118 | 37.08% | 38 | 0.67% | 100 | 1.75% | 23 | 0.40% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,312 | 22.97% | 5,712 |
West Feliciana | 1,237 | 33.23% | 2,341 | 62.90% | 40 | 1.07% | 78 | 2.10% | 20 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.16% | -1,104 | -29.67% | 3,722 |
Winn | 3,944 | 52.26% | 3,411 | 45.20% | 57 | 0.76% | 106 | 1.40% | 19 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.13% | 533 | 7.06% | 7,547 |
Totals | 792,853 | 51.20% | 708,453 | 45.75% | 26,345 | 1.70% | 10,333 | 0.67% | 8,240 | 0.53% | 2,367 | 0.15% | 84,400 | 5.45% | 1,548,591 |
Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Avoyelles
- Acadia
- Catahoula
- Concordia
- Evangeline
- Iberia
- Jackson
- Lafourche
- Rapides
- St. Bernard
- Vermillion
- West Carroll
- Winn
See also
References
- ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.