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1980 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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Nominee Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Georgia
Running mate George H. W. Bush Walter Mondale
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 792,853 708,453
Percentage 51.20% 45.75%
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Jimmy Carter
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Ronald Reagan
Republican

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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 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Livingston Parish and Beauregard Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

Campaign

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63% of white voters supported Reagan while 33% supported Carter.[3][4]

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Ronald Reagan of California George H. W. Bush Republican 10 792,853 51.20%
Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) 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

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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]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Louisiana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
  4. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
  5. ^ "LA US President Race, November 04, 1980". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

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