1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Louisiana was won by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a large margin of 61.20%.[2]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Bossier Parish has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[3] Plaquemines Parish and Lincoln Parish have both voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate only once since – for Bill Clinton in 1996 – whilst Caddo Parish and Claiborne Parish would never vote Democratic again until Clinton in 1992.[3]
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 281,564 | 80.59% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 67,750 | 19.39% | |
| Write-ins | — | 69 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 349,383 | 100% | ||
Results by parish[]
| Parish | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Acadia | 4,439 | 81.27% | 1,023 | 18.73% | 3,416 | 62.54% | 5,462 | ||
| Allen | 2,205 | 86.78% | 336 | 13.22% | 1,869 | 73.55% | 2,541 | ||
| Ascension | 2,291 | 86.29% | 364 | 13.71% | 1,927 | 72.58% | 2,655 | ||
| Assumption | 1,419 | 76.91% | 426 | 23.09% | 993 | 53.82% | 1,845 | ||
| Avoyelles | 3,789 | 92.53% | 306 | 7.47% | 3,483 | 85.05% | 4,095 | ||
| Beauregard | 2,226 | 74.57% | 759 | 25.43% | 1,467 | 49.15% | 2,985 | ||
| Bienville | 1,801 | 71.87% | 705 | 28.13% | 1,096 | 43.74% | 2,506 | ||
| Bossier | 2,430 | 79.59% | 622 | 20.37% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,808 | 59.22% | 3,053 |
| Caddo | 12,896 | 68.56% | 5,885 | 31.29% | 29 | 0.15% | 7,011 | 37.27% | 18,810 |
| Calcasieu | 7,861 | 80.81% | 1,867 | 19.19% | 5,994 | 61.62% | 9,728 | ||
| Caldwell | 1,142 | 69.34% | 505 | 30.66% | 637 | 38.68% | 1,647 | ||
| Cameron | 1,025 | 92.26% | 86 | 7.74% | 939 | 84.52% | 1,111 | ||
| Catahoula | 1,208 | 80.59% | 291 | 19.41% | 917 | 61.17% | 1,499 | ||
| Claiborne | 2,266 | 79.68% | 578 | 20.32% | 1,688 | 59.35% | 2,844 | ||
| Concordia | 974 | 82.89% | 201 | 17.11% | 773 | 65.79% | 1,175 | ||
| De Soto | 1,858 | 77.55% | 538 | 22.45% | 1,320 | 55.09% | 2,396 | ||
| East Baton Rouge | 14,757 | 82.99% | 3,025 | 17.01% | 11,732 | 65.98% | 17,782 | ||
| East Carroll | 925 | 72.15% | 357 | 27.85% | 568 | 44.31% | 1,282 | ||
| East Feliciana | 869 | 79.80% | 220 | 20.20% | 649 | 59.60% | 1,089 | ||
| Evangeline | 3,029 | 91.68% | 275 | 8.32% | 2,754 | 83.35% | 3,304 | ||
| Franklin | 2,476 | 80.57% | 597 | 19.43% | 1,879 | 61.15% | 3,073 | ||
| Grant | 1,939 | 77.72% | 556 | 22.28% | 1,383 | 55.43% | 2,495 | ||
| Iberia | 3,661 | 76.24% | 1,141 | 23.76% | 2,520 | 52.48% | 4,802 | ||
| Iberville | 2,265 | 83.98% | 432 | 16.02% | 1,833 | 67.96% | 2,697 | ||
| Jackson | 1,840 | 81.52% | 414 | 18.34% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,426 | 63.18% | 2,257 |
| Jefferson | 10,268 | 85.21% | 1,782 | 14.79% | 8,486 | 70.42% | 12,050 | ||
| Jefferson Davis | 2,329 | 66.83% | 1,156 | 33.17% | 1,173 | 33.66% | 3,485 | ||
| Lafayette | 4,801 | 86.61% | 742 | 13.39% | 4,059 | 73.23% | 5,543 | ||
| Lafourche | 4,980 | 85.06% | 875 | 14.94% | 4,105 | 70.11% | 5,855 | ||
| LaSalle | 2,018 | 79.20% | 504 | 19.78% | 26 | 1.02% | 1,514 | 59.42% | 2,548 |
| Lincoln | 1,705 | 62.29% | 1,032 | 37.71% | 673 | 24.59% | 2,737 | ||
| Livingston | 2,460 | 87.76% | 343 | 12.24% | 2,117 | 75.53% | 2,803 | ||
| Madison | 764 | 69.33% | 338 | 30.67% | 426 | 38.66% | 1,102 | ||
| Morehouse | 1,859 | 79.55% | 478 | 20.45% | 1,381 | 59.09% | 2,337 | ||
| Natchitoches | 2,536 | 69.59% | 1,105 | 30.32% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,431 | 39.27% | 3,644 |
| Orleans | 90,411 | 81.74% | 20,190 | 18.25% | 7 | 0.01% | 70,221 | 63.49% | 110,608 |
| Ouachita | 6,329 | 70.67% | 2,627 | 29.33% | 3,702 | 41.34% | 8,956 | ||
| Plaquemines | 1,755 | 83.97% | 335 | 16.03% | 1,420 | 67.94% | 2,090 | ||
| Pointe Coupee | 1,436 | 84.12% | 271 | 15.88% | 1,165 | 68.25% | 1,707 | ||
| Rapides | 9,132 | 84.21% | 1,712 | 15.79% | 7,420 | 68.42% | 10,844 | ||
| Red River | 975 | 70.45% | 409 | 29.55% | 566 | 40.90% | 1,384 | ||
| Richland | 2,087 | 81.05% | 488 | 18.95% | 1,599 | 62.10% | 2,575 | ||
| Sabine | 2,048 | 66.34% | 1,039 | 33.66% | 1,009 | 32.69% | 3,087 | ||
| Saint Bernard | 2,044 | 96.23% | 80 | 3.77% | 1,964 | 92.47% | 2,124 | ||
| Saint Charles | 1,945 | 91.79% | 174 | 8.21% | 1,771 | 83.58% | 2,119 | ||
| Saint Helena | 683 | 86.35% | 108 | 13.65% | 575 | 72.69% | 791 | ||
| Saint James | 1,387 | 83.96% | 265 | 16.04% | 1,122 | 67.92% | 1,652 | ||
| Saint John the Baptist | 1,324 | 87.16% | 195 | 12.84% | 1,129 | 74.33% | 1,519 | ||
| Saint Landry | 4,423 | 84.94% | 784 | 15.06% | 3,639 | 69.89% | 5,207 | ||
| Saint Martin | 2,384 | 93.97% | 153 | 6.03% | 2,231 | 87.94% | 2,537 | ||
| Saint Mary | 3,591 | 86.97% | 538 | 13.03% | 3,053 | 73.94% | 4,129 | ||
| Saint Tammany | 3,450 | 83.07% | 703 | 16.93% | 2,747 | 66.14% | 4,153 | ||
| Tangipahoa | 4,419 | 73.76% | 1,572 | 26.24% | 2,847 | 47.52% | 5,991 | ||
| Tensas | 638 | 79.95% | 160 | 20.05% | 478 | 59.90% | 798 | ||
| Terrebonne | 3,539 | 86.55% | 550 | 13.45% | 2,989 | 73.10% | 4,089 | ||
| Union | 1,765 | 68.73% | 803 | 31.27% | 962 | 37.46% | 2,568 | ||
| Vermilion | 4,684 | 87.39% | 676 | 12.61% | 4,008 | 74.78% | 5,360 | ||
| Vernon | 3,075 | 75.05% | 1,022 | 24.95% | 2,053 | 50.11% | 4,097 | ||
| Washington | 4,810 | 92.22% | 406 | 7.78% | 4,404 | 84.43% | 5,216 | ||
| Webster | 3,655 | 80.26% | 899 | 19.74% | 2,756 | 60.52% | 4,554 | ||
| West Baton Rouge | 1,045 | 92.31% | 87 | 7.69% | 958 | 84.63% | 1,132 | ||
| West Carroll | 1,390 | 70.52% | 581 | 29.48% | 809 | 41.05% | 1,971 | ||
| West Feliciana | 426 | 70.53% | 178 | 29.47% | 248 | 41.06% | 604 | ||
| Winn | 1,403 | 61.43% | 881 | 38.57% | 522 | 22.85% | 2,284 | ||
| Totals | 281,564 | 80.59% | 67,750 | 19.39% | 69 | 0.02% | 213,814 | 61.20% | 349,383 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Louisiana
References[]
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-1949)". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 215-218 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "LA US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
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