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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Louisiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1812, Louisiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War. At that time, Louisiana was controlled by the Union and held elections, but electors were ...
The 1968 United States presidential election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election.Along with four other contiguous southern states, former and future Alabama Governor George Wallace won the state for the American Party by a large margin against Democrat Hubert Humphrey and Republican Richard Nixon. [1]
Caesar Carpentier Antoine (c. 1836–1921) was a soldier, businessman, editor, and African-American Republican politician in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era. [1] He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a member of the Louisiana Senate before serving as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.
Despite this absolute single-party dominance, non-partisan tendencies remained strong among wealthy sugar planters in Acadiana and within the business elite of New Orleans. [2] Following disfranchisement, the state’s politics became dominated by the Choctaw Club of Louisiana, generally called the “Old Regulars”.
WalletHub listed the 10 worst US states to live in based on five key metrics.. It assessed each state's affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life, and safety. Louisiana was ...
Crime, climate drive Louisiana's ranking as most dangerous state in America.
Among the most alarming statistics: ∎ Residents suffer 629 violent crimes per 100,000 people, 65% higher than the national average. ∎ Louisiana has a net migration of negative 0.6%, while the ...
The politics of Louisiana involve political parties, laws and the state constitution, and the many other groups that influence the governance of the state. The state was a one-party Deep South state dominated by the Democratic Party from the end of Reconstruction to the 1960s, forming the backbone of the "Solid South."