Louisiana 1948 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Louisiana 1948 presidential election with 136,344 votes (32.7%), a margin of D+15.3. Louisiana's 8 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

32.7%

17.5%

136,344

Democratic Candidate (32.7%)

72,657

Republican Candidate (17.5%)

Total Votes: 416,336|Margin: D+15.3

County Results

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County Results (64 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Cameron Parish	D+58.3	D+20.3	R+16.8	1,123	R+26.2%
Allen Parish	D+54.5	D+28.5	D+3.9	3,219	R+19.0%
Livingston Parish	D+45.4	D+2.9	R+32.2	3,471	R+30.1%
Franklin Parish	D+44.0	R+11.5	R+38.1	3,885	R+17.2%
Calcasieu Parish	D+41.3	D+12.1	R+3.4	12,438	R+20.3%
Iberville Parish	D+38.8	D+34.7	D+14.1	3,067	R+29.1%
Washington Parish	D+37.1	D+8.9	R+18.5	7,801	R+47.3%
Vernon Parish	D+35.9	D+9.9	R+37.1	4,582	R+14.3%
Caldwell Parish	D+35.8	R+18.9	R+41.4	1,748	R+2.9%
West Baton Rouge Parish	D+35.6	D+24.6	D+5.0	1,167	R+49.0%
Beauregard Parish	D+34.7	D+2.8	R+27.1	3,473	R+14.5%
St. Helena Parish	D+34.4	D+34.0	D+10.9	1,191	R+38.3%
West Carroll Parish	D+33.5	R+23.0	R+43.9	2,297	R+7.5%
Morehouse Parish	D+33.2	R+19.3	R+27.4	2,814	R+25.9%
Richland Parish	D+33.2	R+11.7	R+33.7	2,535	R+28.9%
Grant Parish	D+29.8	R+4.5	R+33.9	2,840	R+25.6%
Webster Parish	D+27.9	R+1.7	R+29.7	5,291	R+32.6%
St. Charles Parish	D+26.1	D+7.4	R+19.9	2,410	R+57.5%
Catahoula Parish	D+25.8	R+9.5	R+36.9	1,666	R+35.4%
Jefferson Davis Parish	D+25.4	D+3.9	R+16.1	3,641	R+8.3%
Acadia Parish	D+23.9	R+7.2	R+22.9	6,678	R+38.6%
Jackson Parish	D+23.8	R+4.1	R+31.8	2,289	R+39.4%
Ascension Parish	D+23.2	D+25.5	R+3.9	2,983	R+49.3%
Rapides Parish	D+23.1	R+13.3	R+33.5	13,060	R+45.3%
Ouachita Parish	D+23.0	R+28.5	R+40.6	10,802	R+18.3%
Sabine Parish	D+22.7	D+8.7	R+34.9	4,126	R+10.0%
St. John the Baptist Parish	D+22.3	D+13.2	R+8.6	1,880	R+52.0%
Bossier Parish	D+20.9	R+27.1	R+52.5	3,876	R+38.3%
Winn Parish	D+20.7	R+7.1	R+29.8	2,930	R+2.1%
St. James Parish	D+19.2	D+28.3	D+12.7	2,117	R+48.7%
East Carroll Parish	D+18.8	D+9.8	D+2.8	1,104	R+25.6%
East Baton Rouge Parish	D+18.5	R+10.2	R+25.5	21,464	R+47.5%
Natchitoches Parish	D+17.4	D+3.1	R+20.2	5,352	R+21.9%
LaSalle Parish	D+16.4	R+17.0	R+59.4	2,751	R+43.1%
Evangeline Parish	D+16.3	R+4.8	R+10.7	5,773	R+67.0%
Union Parish	D+16.3	R+14.0	R+37.7	2,856	R+21.2%
Red River Parish	D+16.1	D+12.6	R+21.7	2,106	R+24.8%
Tensas Parish	D+16.0	D+10.6	R+9.0	1,045	R+43.9%
Avoyelles Parish	D+15.1	R+6.5	R+15.6	7,105	R+70.0%
Concordia Parish	D+14.7	R+10.7	R+29.4	1,567	R+51.0%
Jefferson Parish	D+12.6	R+31.3	R+49.9	16,168	R+57.8%
De Soto Parish	D+12.5	D+14.6	R+12.5	2,778	R+42.6%
Tangipahoa Parish	D+12.1	D+0.3	R+20.8	7,408	R+35.4%
East Feliciana Parish	D+11.3	D+20.1	R+0.5	1,234	R+48.3%
Pointe Coupee Parish	D+10.3	D+26.6	D+10.2	1,979	R+57.9%
Orleans Parish	D+10.1	D+17.3	D+16.0	123,785	R+53.4%
Vermilion Parish	D+9.5	R+3.4	R+16.5	6,261	R+65.3%
Lincoln Parish	D+8.5	R+14.2	R+24.9	3,201	R+16.1%
Bienville Parish	D+7.7	D+7.9	R+12.8	2,977	R+36.0%
St. Tammany Parish	D+7.4	R+30.6	R+53.1	5,041	R+58.7%
Claiborne Parish	D+6.9	R+1.3	R+21.6	2,786	R+52.5%
Lafourche Parish	D+5.7	R+2.4	R+33.6	5,913	R+64.4%
Caddo Parish	D+5.5	R+16.6	R+27.8	22,117	R+31.8%
Madison Parish	D+5.1	D+12.4	D+1.0	1,366	R+33.5%
Terrebonne Parish	D+4.9	R+20.4	R+41.2	4,334	R+68.2%
St. Landry Parish	D+4.5	D+6.7	R+3.0	7,747	R+65.4%
St. Mary Parish	D+2.7	D+0.6	R+23.5	3,503	R+71.3%
West Feliciana Parish	R+0.2	D+29.7	D+4.5	582	R+41.2%
Plaquemines Parish	R+0.5	R+11.6	R+40.0	2,774	R+68.4%
St. Bernard Parish	R+0.7	R+25.1	R+50.1	2,445	R+93.1%
Lafayette Parish	R+3.7	R+21.9	R+38.9	7,599	R+76.9%
Assumption Parish	R+5.8	D+7.5	R+7.5	1,834	R+59.7%
St. Martin Parish	R+10.0	D+7.0	R+6.0	3,824	R+97.9%
Iberia Parish	R+30.8	R+18.3	R+26.5	6,157	R+83.3%

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County Results (64 counties)

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