Who won Louisiana in the 1860 presidential election?

Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) carried Louisiana in 1860, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1860?

Louisiana cast 6 electoral votes in the 1860 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1860?

No. Louisiana backed Breckinridge, while Abraham Lincoln won the presidency nationally.

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Louisiana: Breckinridge carries 6 EV.

Louisiana cast its 6 electoral votes for Breckinridge (Southern Democratic). National winner: Abraham Lincoln (Republican) — Louisiana voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Louisiana, 1860

In 1860, Louisiana awarded its 6 electoral votes to Breckinridge of the Southern Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Abraham Lincoln (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Louisiana among the states he did not carry.

Breckinridge's win closed out Louisiana's 2-election run of voting Democratic. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 1860. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 times). The vote fell within the Civil War — Lincoln, war, and Reconstruction begins.

In the national count, Abraham Lincoln took 180 of the 303 electoral votes, against John C. Breckinridge's 72. Abraham Lincoln led the national popular vote with 39.65% of the ballots cast.

The 1860 national map

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