Louisiana 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Louisiana 1956 presidential election with 329,047 votes (53.3%), a margin of R+13.8. Louisiana's 8 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

39.5%

53.3%

243,977

Democratic Candidate (39.5%)

329,047

Republican Candidate (53.3%)

Total Votes: 617,544|Margin: R+13.8

County Results

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County Results (64 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
St. Helena Parish	D+26.8	D+34.0	D+10.9	1,689	D+5.9%
Livingston Parish	D+21.6	D+2.9	R+32.2	4,372	R+21.2%
Evangeline Parish	D+20.5	R+4.8	R+10.7	5,680	D+4.2%
Washington Parish	D+19.6	D+8.9	R+18.5	8,047	R+31.0%
Acadia Parish	D+18.2	R+7.2	R+22.9	10,517	D+1.3%
Cameron Parish	D+18.2	D+20.3	R+16.8	1,360	R+0.8%
Ascension Parish	D+16.6	D+25.5	R+3.9	4,535	R+17.0%
East Feliciana Parish	D+16.1	D+20.1	R+0.5	2,435	D+8.6%
St. Martin Parish	D+12.0	D+7.0	R+6.0	3,780	R+0.8%
East Carroll Parish	D+9.7	D+9.8	D+2.8	1,347	D+0.0%
West Carroll Parish	D+8.3	R+23.0	R+43.9	2,622	R+10.4%
Red River Parish	D+7.9	D+12.6	R+21.7	1,788	R+32.4%
Vermilion Parish	D+7.9	R+3.4	R+16.5	8,695	R+7.4%
West Baton Rouge Parish	D+7.5	D+24.6	D+5.0	2,314	R+21.6%
Pointe Coupee Parish	D+7.1	D+26.6	D+10.2	2,958	R+1.1%
Franklin Parish	D+6.4	R+11.5	R+38.1	3,457	R+21.0%
Avoyelles Parish	D+5.1	R+6.5	R+15.6	7,319	R+22.9%
Iberville Parish	D+4.5	D+34.7	D+14.1	3,924	R+29.9%
Richland Parish	D+0.9	R+11.7	R+33.7	3,557	R+19.7%
St. James Parish	R+0.5	D+28.3	D+12.7	3,759	R+23.5%
Grant Parish	R+2.5	R+4.5	R+33.9	3,539	R+31.9%
Tensas Parish	R+3.4	D+10.6	R+9.0	1,026	R+2.3%
St. John the Baptist Parish	R+3.5	D+13.2	R+8.6	2,714	R+56.5%
Allen Parish	R+3.8	D+28.5	D+3.9	4,893	R+47.8%
Vernon Parish	R+4.5	D+9.9	R+37.1	4,762	R+33.0%
St. Bernard Parish	R+5.1	R+25.1	R+50.1	7,217	R+1.6%
Calcasieu Parish	R+5.6	D+12.1	R+3.4	26,733	R+23.1%
Morehouse Parish	R+6.5	R+19.3	R+27.4	5,182	R+14.4%
Concordia Parish	R+6.7	R+10.7	R+29.4	2,116	R+12.7%
Sabine Parish	R+6.9	D+8.7	R+34.9	4,134	R+30.3%
St. Landry Parish	R+7.1	D+6.7	R+3.0	9,970	R+1.7%
Caldwell Parish	R+7.1	R+18.9	R+41.4	1,669	R+16.6%
Catahoula Parish	R+7.7	R+9.5	R+36.9	1,802	R+28.0%
St. Tammany Parish	R+7.8	R+30.6	R+53.1	7,639	R+18.5%
Beauregard Parish	R+8.5	D+2.8	R+27.1	5,146	R+20.1%
Tangipahoa Parish	R+8.6	D+0.3	R+20.8	11,185	R+14.8%
Madison Parish	R+10.9	D+12.4	D+1.0	1,692	D+17.7%
Assumption Parish	R+13.8	D+7.5	R+7.5	3,096	R+29.1%
Webster Parish	R+13.8	R+1.7	R+29.7	6,733	R+27.6%
Winn Parish	R+14.6	R+7.1	R+29.8	3,503	R+21.6%
Union Parish	R+14.8	R+14.0	R+37.7	3,418	R+18.9%
East Baton Rouge Parish	R+16.4	R+10.2	R+25.5	42,331	R+24.4%
Orleans Parish	R+17.1	D+17.3	D+16.0	164,634	R+19.6%
Lafayette Parish	R+17.2	R+21.9	R+38.9	11,753	R+16.9%
St. Charles Parish	R+17.9	D+7.4	R+19.9	4,177	R+60.2%
Ouachita Parish	R+18.0	R+28.5	R+40.6	15,158	R+23.0%
Bossier Parish	R+18.2	R+27.1	R+52.5	6,345	R+2.5%
Jefferson Parish	R+18.2	R+31.3	R+49.9	42,499	R+24.5%
Rapides Parish	R+18.6	R+13.3	R+33.5	16,911	R+35.0%
West Feliciana Parish	R+18.6	D+29.7	D+4.5	784	D+10.0%
Natchitoches Parish	R+20.4	D+3.1	R+20.2	5,770	R+31.4%
De Soto Parish	R+21.3	D+14.6	R+12.5	3,771	R+5.6%
Jackson Parish	R+22.3	R+4.1	R+31.8	2,862	R+49.4%
Bienville Parish	R+22.6	D+7.9	R+12.8	3,100	R+16.4%
Lafourche Parish	R+23.9	R+2.4	R+33.6	9,528	R+42.0%
St. Mary Parish	R+25.5	D+0.6	R+23.5	6,663	R+23.6%
Jefferson Davis Parish	R+27.5	D+3.9	R+16.1	6,626	R+29.5%
Iberia Parish	R+30.0	R+18.3	R+26.5	10,615	R+13.3%
LaSalle Parish	R+30.5	R+17.0	R+59.4	3,062	R+38.9%
Caddo Parish	R+32.6	R+16.6	R+27.8	38,849	R+1.2%
Claiborne Parish	R+32.8	R+1.3	R+21.6	3,886	R+3.5%
Terrebonne Parish	R+32.8	R+20.4	R+41.2	7,684	R+37.8%
Lincoln Parish	R+36.8	R+14.2	R+24.9	4,520	R+15.8%
Plaquemines Parish	R+66.7	R+11.6	R+40.0	3,692	D+19.2%

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