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.
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 Parish Results
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Louisiana was won by former California Governor Ronald Reagan (R) by 5.45 percentage points.[1] As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Livingston Parish and Beauregard Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Campaign
edit63% of white voters supported Reagan while 33% supported Carter.[3][4]
Results
edit| 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
edit| 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.