Louisiana — 1968 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1968 presidential electionLouisiana · PresidentWallace48.3%
How it voted
Share of the 1968 vote
| George Wallace + others ✓American Independent | 48.3% | 530,300 |
|---|---|---|
| Hubert HumphreyDemocratic | 28.2% | 309,615 |
| Richard NixonRepublican | 23.5% | 257,535 |
1968presidential margin
D+60R+60
64 counties, each filled by 1968 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (64 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+5.4 |
| Allen Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+14.1 |
| Ascension Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+17.7 |
| Assumption Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+13.9 |
| Avoyelles Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+4.2 |
| Beauregard Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+0.6 |
| Bienville Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+13.4 |
| Bossier Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+6.1 |
| Caddo Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+5.3 |
| Calcasieu Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+11.4 |
| Caldwell Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+13.0 |
| Cameron Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+4.9 |
| Catahoula Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+0.3 |
| Claiborne Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+7.2 |
| Concordia Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+13.5 |
| De Soto Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+28.3 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+0.1 |
| East Carroll Parish, LA | Democratic | D+31.8 |
| East Feliciana Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+23.3 |
| Evangeline Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+9.5 |
| Franklin Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+5.2 |
| Grant Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+3.3 |
| Iberia Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+0.3 |
| Iberville Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+27.3 |
| Jackson Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+6.4 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+4.4 |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+10.1 |
| Lafayette Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+8.8 |
| Lafourche Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+3.4 |
| LaSalle Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+9.4 |
| Lincoln Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+7.1 |
| Livingston Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+3.7 |
| Madison Parish, LA | Democratic | D+35.3 |
| Morehouse Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+0.2 |
| Natchitoches Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+13.5 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | Democratic | D+13.8 |
| Ouachita Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+11.4 |
| Plaquemines Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+2.1 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+30.5 |
| Rapides Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+4.0 |
| Red River Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+14.2 |
| Richland Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+0.2 |
| Sabine Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+0.5 |
| St. Bernard Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+5.3 |
| St. Charles Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+15.3 |
| St. Helena Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+33.6 |
| St. James Parish, LA | Democratic | D+33.8 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+31.0 |
| St. Landry Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+22.1 |
| St. Martin Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+17.5 |
| St. Mary Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+4.4 |
| St. Tammany Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+1.9 |
| Tangipahoa Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+9.9 |
| Tensas Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+13.0 |
| Terrebonne Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+3.1 |
| Union Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+3.3 |
| Vermilion Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+3.5 |
| Vernon Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+0.9 |
| Washington Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+8.4 |
| Webster Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+2.7 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+25.6 |
| West Carroll Parish, LA | Other / independent | R+4.2 |
| West Feliciana Parish, LA | Democratic | D+37.7 |
| Winn Parish, LA | Other / independent | D+2.9 |
Louisiana results by county
64 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish | George Wallace + others+5,617 | 9,71557.2% | 4,09824.1% | 3,17818.7% | 16,991 |
| Allen Parish | George Wallace + others+2,203 | 4,22958.3% | 2,02627.9% | 1,00413.8% | 7,259 |
| Ascension Parish | George Wallace + others+2,801 | 6,00456.9% | 3,20330.4% | 1,33812.7% | 10,545 |
| Assumption Parish | George Wallace + others+813 | 2,89846.7% | 2,08533.6% | 1,22219.7% | 6,205 |
| Avoyelles Parish | George Wallace + others+3,787 | 6,76055.4% | 2,97324.4% | 2,45920.2% | 12,192 |
| Beauregard Parish | George Wallace + others+2,433 | 4,04856.0% | 1,56921.7% | 1,61522.3% | 7,232 |
| Bienville Parish | George Wallace + others+1,698 | 3,46656.1% | 1,76828.6% | 94115.2% | 6,175 |
| Bossier Parish | George Wallace + others+5,504 | 9,24958.6% | 2,78217.6% | 3,74523.7% | 15,776 |
| Caddo Parish | George Wallace + others+7,239 | 28,46342.3% | 17,67526.2% | 21,22431.5% | 67,362 |
| Calcasieu Parish | George Wallace + others+5,657 | 20,25045.6% | 14,59332.9% | 9,52021.5% | 44,363 |
| Caldwell Parish | George Wallace + others+1,279 | 2,25260.6% | 97326.2% | 49013.2% | 3,715 |
| Cameron Parish | George Wallace + others+1,122 | 1,65563.8% | 53320.6% | 40515.6% | 2,593 |
| Catahoula Parish | George Wallace + others+1,908 | 2,67763.7% | 76918.3% | 75518.0% | 4,201 |
| Claiborne Parish | George Wallace + others+1,766 | 3,31155.4% | 1,54525.9% | 1,11718.7% | 5,973 |
| Concordia Parish | George Wallace + others+2,559 | 4,54260.6% | 1,98326.4% | 97413.0% | 7,499 |
| De Soto Parish | George Wallace + others+790 | 4,19048.9% | 3,40039.7% | 97411.4% | 8,564 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | George Wallace + others+13,480 | 35,25044.8% | 21,77027.7% | 21,66127.5% | 78,681 |
| East Carroll Parish | Hubert Humphrey+220 | 1,70640.4% | 1,92645.7% | 58613.9% | 4,218 |
| East Feliciana Parish | George Wallace + others+816 | 2,22554.4% | 1,40934.4% | 45711.2% | 4,091 |
| Evangeline Parish | George Wallace + others+4,715 | 7,36263.7% | 2,64722.9% | 1,54913.4% | 11,558 |
| Franklin Parish | George Wallace + others+4,342 | 5,39475.7% | 6819.6% | 1,05214.8% | 7,127 |
| Grant Parish | George Wallace + others+2,357 | 3,47062.9% | 93216.9% | 1,11320.2% | 5,515 |
| Iberia Parish | George Wallace + others+2,561 | 8,07142.4% | 5,51029.0% | 5,44828.6% | 19,029 |
| Iberville Parish | George Wallace + others+206 | 4,29043.8% | 4,08441.7% | 1,41314.4% | 9,787 |
| Jackson Parish | George Wallace + others+2,416 | 3,94160.0% | 1,52523.2% | 1,10416.8% | 6,570 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | George Wallace + others+2,256 | 4,89750.2% | 2,64127.1% | 2,21322.7% | 9,751 |
| Jefferson Parish | George Wallace + others+12,424 | 41,90245.8% | 20,19322.1% | 29,47832.2% | 91,573 |
| Lafayette Parish | George Wallace + others+1,054 | 11,72338.6% | 7,98326.3% | 10,66935.1% | 30,375 |
| Lafourche Parish | George Wallace + others+5,394 | 10,91051.4% | 5,51626.0% | 4,79722.6% | 21,223 |
| LaSalle Parish | George Wallace + others+2,620 | 3,87866.3% | 71012.1% | 1,25821.5% | 5,846 |
| Lincoln Parish | George Wallace + others+1,582 | 4,22547.6% | 2,00922.6% | 2,64329.8% | 8,877 |
| Livingston Parish | George Wallace + others+8,507 | 9,90780.8% | 1,40011.4% | 9477.7% | 12,254 |
| Madison Parish | Hubert Humphrey+279 | 2,38041.8% | 2,65946.7% | 64911.4% | 5,688 |
| Morehouse Parish | George Wallace + others+3,584 | 5,37760.1% | 1,79320.1% | 1,77219.8% | 8,942 |
| Natchitoches Parish | George Wallace + others+1,560 | 5,50546.6% | 3,94533.4% | 2,35219.9% | 11,802 |
| Orleans Parish | Hubert Humphrey+13,962 | 58,48932.7% | 72,45140.6% | 47,72826.7% | 178,668 |
| Ouachita Parish | George Wallace + others+5,056 | 15,14547.8% | 6,47020.4% | 10,08931.8% | 31,704 |
| Plaquemines Parish | George Wallace + others+5,286 | 6,43075.3% | 1,14413.4% | 96811.3% | 8,542 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | George Wallace + others+369 | 3,50846.8% | 3,13941.9% | 85011.3% | 7,497 |
| Rapides Parish | George Wallace + others+6,040 | 16,23946.1% | 8,79325.0% | 10,19928.9% | 35,231 |
| Red River Parish | George Wallace + others+1,563 | 2,47765.7% | 91424.2% | 38010.1% | 3,771 |
| Richland Parish | George Wallace + others+3,384 | 4,41568.3% | 1,01715.7% | 1,03116.0% | 6,463 |
| Sabine Parish | George Wallace + others+3,367 | 4,52666.5% | 1,15917.0% | 1,12516.5% | 6,810 |
| St. Bernard Parish | George Wallace + others+9,570 | 13,05668.6% | 2,48513.1% | 3,48618.3% | 19,027 |
| St. Charles Parish | George Wallace + others+1,313 | 4,38348.0% | 3,07033.6% | 1,67518.4% | 9,128 |
| St. Helena Parish | George Wallace + others+449 | 1,80053.4% | 1,35140.1% | 2196.5% | 3,370 |
| St. James Parish | Hubert Humphrey+222 | 2,76542.3% | 2,98745.7% | 77811.9% | 6,530 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | George Wallace + others+1 | 3,24643.7% | 3,24543.7% | 94012.6% | 7,431 |
| St. Landry Parish | George Wallace + others+3,584 | 12,65950.2% | 9,07536.0% | 3,50813.9% | 25,242 |
| St. Martin Parish | George Wallace + others+1,438 | 4,75949.0% | 3,32134.2% | 1,62516.7% | 9,705 |
| St. Mary Parish | George Wallace + others+1,449 | 6,76140.6% | 5,31231.9% | 4,58627.5% | 16,659 |
| St. Tammany Parish | George Wallace + others+6,624 | 11,47055.2% | 4,44521.4% | 4,84623.3% | 20,761 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | George Wallace + others+8,105 | 13,08862.4% | 4,98323.8% | 2,90713.9% | 20,978 |
| Tensas Parish | George Wallace + others+445 | 1,29048.9% | 84532.0% | 50319.1% | 2,638 |
| Terrebonne Parish | George Wallace + others+3,622 | 8,83647.3% | 4,62724.8% | 5,21427.9% | 18,677 |
| Union Parish | George Wallace + others+2,961 | 4,29763.7% | 1,33619.8% | 1,11316.5% | 6,746 |
| Vermilion Parish | George Wallace + others+4,318 | 8,12453.4% | 3,80625.0% | 3,27821.6% | 15,208 |
| Vernon Parish | George Wallace + others+3,962 | 5,53664.3% | 1,49617.4% | 1,57418.3% | 8,606 |
| Washington Parish | George Wallace + others+7,981 | 11,00270.0% | 3,02119.2% | 1,69510.8% | 15,718 |
| Webster Parish | George Wallace + others+5,775 | 8,64661.7% | 2,87120.5% | 2,49617.8% | 14,013 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | George Wallace + others+553 | 2,56948.9% | 2,01638.4% | 66912.7% | 5,254 |
| West Carroll Parish | George Wallace + others+2,989 | 3,57478.5% | 3958.7% | 58512.8% | 4,554 |
| West Feliciana Parish | Hubert Humphrey+230 | 1,07340.2% | 1,30348.8% | 29611.1% | 2,672 |
| Winn Parish | George Wallace + others+2,785 | 4,01563.8% | 1,23019.5% | 1,05016.7% | 6,295 |
Nominees: Hubert Humphrey (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · George Wallace (American Independent)
Louisiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1968 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +53.1% |
| 1896 | +54.6% |
| 1900 | +58.1% |
| 1904 | +78.9% |
| 1908 | +72.7% |
| 1912 | +72.0% |
| 1916 | +78.9% |
| 1920 | +38.8% |
| 1924 | +56.2% |
| 1928 | +52.6% |
| 1932 | +85.8% |
| 1936 | +77.7% |
| 1940 | +71.8% |
| 1944 | +61.2% |
| 1948 | +15.3% |
| 1952 | +5.8% |
| 1956 | −13.8% |
| 1960 | +21.8% |
| 1964 | −13.6% |
| 1968 | +4.7% |
| 1972 | −37.0% |
| 1976 | +5.8% |
| 1980 | −5.5% |
| 1984 | −22.6% |
| 1988 | −10.2% |
| 1992 | +4.6% |
| 1996 | +12.1% |
| 2000 | −7.7% |
| 2004 | −14.5% |
| 2008 | −18.6% |
| 2012 | −17.2% |
| 2016 | −19.6% |
| 2020 | −18.6% |
| 2024 | −22.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1968 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.