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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Louisiana

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Louisiana in 1936, 88.8% to 11.2%, a margin of 77.7 points and 256,103 votes.

Louisiana voted 53.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+24.3.

The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.

Democrats led in 63 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Orleans, cast 118,282 votes and went to the Democrat by 82.6 points. The closest was Assumption, where 391 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Franklin D. Roosevelt won	Democratic	292,894	88.8%
Alf Landon	Republican	36,791	11.2%
All other candidates		93	0.0%
Total		329,778

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	108,012 91.3%	10,254 8.7%	16	118,282	D+82.6
Caddo	12,156 87.7%	1,697 12.2%	4	13,857	D+75.5
East Baton Rouge	9,911 90.3%	1,069 9.7%		10,980	D+80.5
Jefferson	9,056 92.7%	705 7.2%	6	9,767	D+85.5
Rapides	8,017 86.4%	1,257 13.6%		9,274	D+72.9
Ouachita	7,639 87.3%	1,113 12.7%		8,752	D+74.6
Calcasieu	6,194 85.5%	1,038 14.3%	13	7,245	D+71.2
St. Landry	5,640 92.7%	441 7.3%		6,081	D+85.5
Tangipahoa	4,628 77.1%	1,375 22.9%	2	6,005	D+54.2
Washington	5,628 94.2%	349 5.8%		5,977	D+88.3
Acadia	4,504 91.1%	441 8.9%		4,945	D+82.2
Lafayette	4,572 93.7%	306 6.3%		4,878	D+87.5
Avoyelles	4,405 90.7%	452 9.3%		4,857	D+81.4
Vermilion	4,046 88.8%	496 10.9%	15	4,557	D+77.9
St. Tammany	3,475 85.4%	593 14.6%		4,068	D+70.8
Natchitoches	3,339 86.9%	502 13.1%		3,841	D+73.9
Iberia	2,596 67.9%	1,230 32.1%		3,826	D+35.7
Evangeline	3,484 91.3%	331 8.7%		3,815	D+82.6
Vernon	2,837 75.3%	928 24.6%	5	3,770	D+50.6
Lafourche	2,185 58.6%	1,544 41.4%	2	3,731	D+17.2
Franklin	2,948 92.5%	231 7.2%	8	3,187	D+85.3
Jefferson Davis	2,567 80.9%	608 19.1%		3,175	D+61.7
Webster	2,794 90.1%	302 9.7%	6	3,102	D+80.3
Livingston	2,414 83.0%	496 17.0%		2,910	D+65.9
Sabine	2,450 85.4%	417 14.5%	1	2,868	D+70.9
Bienville	2,593 92.4%	213 7.6%	1	2,807	D+84.8
St. Martin	2,638 96.3%	100 3.7%		2,738	D+92.7
Beauregard	2,181 79.9%	549 20.1%		2,730	D+59.8
Claiborne	2,572 94.6%	146 5.4%	2	2,720	D+89.2
Ascension	2,359 87.0%	350 12.9%	1	2,710	D+74.1
Morehouse	2,512 93.5%	172 6.4%	2	2,686	D+87.1
Winn	2,386 90.6%	249 9.4%		2,635	D+81.1
Richland	2,426 93.5%	165 6.4%	4	2,595	D+87.1
Allen	2,207 87.2%	324 12.8%		2,531	D+74.4
Terrebonne	1,964 78.9%	525 21.1%		2,489	D+57.8
Grant	1,935 79.1%	511 20.9%		2,446	D+58.2
Desoto	2,338 96.1%	95 3.9%		2,433	D+92.2
St. Mary	1,940 80.0%	486 20.0%		2,426	D+59.9
Lincoln	2,152 91.5%	200 8.5%	1	2,353	D+83.0
Plaquemines	2,209 96.0%	93 4.0%		2,302	D+91.9
St. Bernard	2,269 98.9%	25 1.1%		2,294	D+97.8
Iberville	1,955 88.1%	263 11.9%		2,218	D+76.3
Bossier	1,975 91.0%	193 8.9%	2	2,170	D+82.1
Union	1,778 86.7%	272 13.3%		2,050	D+73.5
Jackson	1,850 91.6%	170 8.4%		2,020	D+83.2
St. John The Baptist	1,742 86.9%	262 13.1%		2,004	D+73.9
La Salle	1,643 86.5%	256 13.5%		1,899	D+73.0
St. James	1,575 85.9%	258 14.1%		1,833	D+71.8
Assumption	720 39.3%	1,111 60.7%		1,831	R+21.4
Red River	1,641 92.6%	132 7.4%		1,773	D+85.1
West Carroll	1,436 86.1%	232 13.9%		1,668	D+72.2
Caldwell	1,403 85.6%	236 14.4%		1,639	D+71.2
St. Charles	1,503 94.0%	96 6.0%		1,599	D+88.0
Pointe Coupee	1,422 92.4%	117 7.6%		1,539	D+84.8
Catahoula	1,364 93.3%	98 6.7%		1,462	D+86.6
St. Helena	1,200 92.2%	102 7.8%		1,302	D+84.3
Concordia	1,152 95.1%	58 4.8%	1	1,211	D+90.3
East Feliciana	1,059 91.2%	102 8.8%		1,161	D+82.4
Madison	1,085 93.9%	71 6.1%		1,156	D+87.7
Cameron	1,066 98.5%	16 1.5%		1,082	D+97.0
West Baton Rouge	867 91.5%	80 8.4%	1	948	D+83.0
East Carroll	811 89.5%	95 10.5%		906	D+79.0
Tensas	811 97.2%	23 2.8%		834	D+94.5
West Feliciana	566 88.2%	76 11.8%		642	D+76.3

Counties as they stood in 1936; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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