Who won Louisiana in the 1976 presidential election?

Carter (Democratic) carried Louisiana in 1976, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1976?

Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1976?

Yes. Louisiana backed Jimmy Carter, who won the presidency that year.

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1976

Louisiana: Carter carries 10 EV.

Louisiana cast its 10 electoral votes for Carter (Democratic). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — Louisiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

Louisiana in 1976

The 1976 contest saw Louisiana line up behind Carter, delivering 10 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — Jimmy Carter captured the White House that year.

The result flipped Louisiana away from the Republican it had supported in 1972. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 1976. 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, Jimmy Carter took 297 of the 538 electoral votes, against Gerald Ford's 240. Jimmy Carter led the national popular vote with 50.08% of the ballots cast.

The 1976 national map

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