The 1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.42% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 28.59% of the popular vote. There was also a failed effort in Louisiana to influence electors to vote for Nixon instead of Kennedy.

Louisiana has a higher Roman Catholic population than the rest of Southern United States, which benefitted Kennedy, the second Roman Catholic to head a major party ticket. This Catholic base was concentrated in the southern half of the state, especially Acadiana. Nixon and a slate of unpledged electors aligned with the National States' Rights Party split the northern Protestant parishes, with Nixon winning the less fertile poor white parishes and the unpledged slate the northern Black Belt.

, this is the last election in which Jefferson and St. Tammany Parishes in the New Orleans suburbs have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

Results

Results by parish ParishJohn F. KennedyDemocraticRichard NixonRepublicanUnpledged electorsStates’ RightsMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#% Acadia 11,440 75.84% 2,616 17.34% 1,028 6.82% 8,824 58.50% 15,084 Allen 3,719 59.84% 1,676 26.97% 820 13.19% 2,043 32.87% 6,215 Ascension 5,689 74.76% 1,012 13.30% 909 11.94% 4,677 61.46% 7,610 Assumption 3,019 71.69% 766 18.19% 426 10.12% 2,253 53.50% 4,211 Avoyelles 7,625 75.98% 1,270 12.66% 1,140 11.36% 6,355 63.32% 10,035 Beauregard 2,903 48.67% 2,432 40.77% 630 10.56% 471 7.90% 5,965 Bienville 625 17.62% 1,230 34.67% 1,693 47.72% -463 -13.05% 3,548 Bossier 2,198 25.21% 3,429 39.32% 3,093 35.47% 336 3.85% 8,720 Caddo 11,481 24.80% 25,139 54.29% 9,681 20.91% -13,658 -29.49% 46,301 Calcasieu 24,233 64.40% 10,243 27.22% 3,151 8.37% 13,990 37.18% 37,627 Caldwell 694 34.00% 716 35.08% 631 30.92% -22 -1.08% 2,041 Cameron 1,944 83.08% 322 13.76% 74 3.16% 1,622 69.32% 2,340 Catahoula 558 26.17% 971 45.54% 603 28.28% 368 17.26% 2,132 Claiborne 489 12.69% 1,336 34.67% 2,029 52.65% -693 -17.98% 3,854 Concordia 768 23.06% 1,009 30.29% 1,554 46.65% -545 -16.36% 3,331 DeSoto 1,183 26.65% 1,603 36.11% 1,653 37.24% -50 -1.13% 4,439 East Baton Rouge 26,326 46.65% 17,749 31.45% 12,360 21.90% 8,577 15.20% 56,435 East Carroll 364 23.88% 448 29.40% 712 46.72% -264 -17.32% 1,524 East Feliciana 475 24.65% 313 16.24% 1,139 59.11% -664 -34.46% 1,927 Evangeline 7,865 80.55% 1,105 11.32% 794 8.13% 6,760 69.23% 9,764 Franklin 1,213 30.03% 1,336 33.08% 1,490 36.89% -154 -3.81% 4,039 Grant 1,219 31.40% 1,254 32.30% 1,409 36.30% -155 -4.00% 3,882 Iberia 9,235 59.70% 3,551 22.95% 2,684 17.35% 5,684 36.75% 15,470 Iberville 4,558 72.25% 1,000 15.85% 751 11.90% 3,558 56.40% 6,309 Jackson 1,398 34.10% 1,799 43.88% 903 22.02% -401 -9.78% 4,100 Jefferson 32,119 51.28% 17,215 27.48% 13,304 21.24% 14,904 23.80% 62,638 Jefferson Davis 5,904 67.77% 2,251 25.84% 557 6.39% 3,653 41.93% 8,712 Lafayette 14,132 62.30% 6,047 26.66% 2,505 11.04% 8,085 35.64% 22,684 Lafourche 12,244 76.26% 2,930 18.25% 881 5.49% 9,314 58.01% 16,055 LaSalle 843 21.94% 2,123 55.26% 876 22.80% 1,247 32.46% 3,842 Lincoln 1,051 20.57% 2,766 54.14% 1,292 25.29% 1,474 28.85% 5,109 Livingston 2,881 43.47% 954 14.39% 2,793 42.14% 88 1.33% 6,628 Madison 235 12.45% 629 33.32% 1,024 54.24% -395 -20.92% 1,888 Morehouse 1,085 22.70% 2,551 53.37% 1,144 23.93% 1,407 29.44% 4,780 Natchitoches 2,781 39.39% 2,562 36.29% 1,717 24.32% 219 3.10% 7,060 Orleans 87,242 49.64% 47,111 26.80% 41,414 23.56% 40,131 22.84% 175,767 Ouachita 5,202 26.97% 10,525 54.56% 3,564 18.47% -5,323 -27.59% 19,291 Plaquemines 1,087 21.12% 712 13.84% 3,347 65.04% -2,260 -43.92% 5,146 Pointe Coupee 2,953 71.81% 674 16.39% 485 11.79% 2,279 55.42% 4,112 Rapides 9,651 40.58% 8,155 34.29% 5,976 25.13% 1,496 6.29% 23,782 Red River 377 19.67% 406 21.18% 1,134 59.15% -728 -37.97% 1,917 Richland 996 25.74% 1,378 35.62% 1,495 38.64% -117 -3.02% 3,869 Sabine 2,412 40.96% 2,419 41.08% 1,058 17.97% -7 -0.12% 5,889 St. Bernard 4,660 42.56% 1,431 13.07% 4,858 44.37% -198 -1.81% 10,949 St. Charles 4,708 71.31% 1,377 20.86% 517 7.83% 3,331 50.45% 6,602 St. Helena 678 37.48% 296 16.36% 835 46.16% -157 -8.68% 1,809 St. James 4,362 82.09% 620 11.67% 332 6.25% 3,742 70.42% 5,314 St. John the Baptist 3,782 80.13% 488 10.34% 450 9.53% 3,294 69.79% 4,720 St. Landry 14,625 72.18% 3,083 15.22% 2,554 12.60% 11,542 56.96% 20,262 St. Martin 5,506 77.96% 858 12.15% 699 9.90% 4,648 65.81% 7,063 St. Mary 6,671 61.59% 2,992 27.62% 1,169 10.79% 3,679 33.97% 10,832 St. Tammany 5,179 46.81% 2,850 25.76% 3,034 27.42% 2,145 19.39% 11,063 Tangipahoa 6,648 46.32% 3,285 22.89% 4,418 30.79% 2,230 15.53% 14,351 Tensas 247 20.45% 510 42.22% 451 37.33% 59 4.89% 1,208 Terrebonne 8,992 68.07% 3,126 23.66% 1,092 8.27% 5,866 44.41% 13,210 Union 1,034 25.45% 2,017 49.64% 1,012 24.91% -983 -24.19% 4,063 Vermilion 11,257 77.13% 2,170 14.87% 1,168 8.00% 9,087 62.26% 14,595 Vernon 3,145 51.06% 1,991 32.32% 1,024 16.62% 1,154 18.74% 6,160 Washington 5,678 49.81% 1,847 16.20% 3,875 33.99% 1,803 15.82% 11,400 Webster 1,273 16.60% 3,139 40.94% 3,255 42.45% -116 -1.51% 7,667 West Baton Rouge 2,315 73.70% 390 12.42% 436 13.88% 1,879 59.82% 3,141 West Carroll 784 32.36% 742 30.62% 897 37.02% -113 -4.66% 2,423 West Feliciana 271 30.42% 196 22.00% 424 47.59% -153 -17.17% 891 Winn 1,108 27.05% 1,839 44.90% 1,149 28.05% 690 16.85% 4,096Totals407,33950.42%230,98028.59%169,57220.99%176,35921.83%807,891

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Allen Beauregard Assumption Calcasieu East Baton Rouge Iberia Jefferson Davis Jefferson Lafourche Lafayette Natchitoches Orleans Rapides Saint Charles St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa Terrebonne Vernon

Parishes that flipped from Republican to Unpledged

Bienville Claiborne Concordia DeSoto Grant Plaquemines Saint Bernard West Feliciana Webster

Parishes that flipped from Unpledged to Republican Caldwell

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Unpledged

East Carroll East Feliciana Franklin Red River St. Helena

See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana

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