Who won Louisiana in the 1972 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Louisiana in 1972, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1972?

Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes in the 1972 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1972?

Yes. Louisiana backed Richard Nixon, who won the presidency that year.

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1972

Louisiana: Nixon carries 10 EV.

Louisiana cast its 10 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: Richard Nixon (Republican) — Louisiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1972 result in Louisiana

Louisiana backed Nixon (Republican) in the 1972 presidential election, casting 10 electoral votes for the ticket. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — Richard Nixon captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Louisiana away from the American (Know-Nothing) it had supported in 1968. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 1972. 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 Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Richard Nixon took 520 of the 538 electoral votes, against George McGovern's 17. Richard Nixon led the national popular vote with 60.67% of the ballots cast.

The 1972 national map

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