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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Louisiana

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Louisiana in 1940, 85.9% to 14.1%, a margin of 71.8 points and 267,305 votes.

Louisiana voted 61.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+10.0.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 114,364 votes and went to the Democrat by 71.3 points. The closest was West Feliciana, where 506 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin D. Roosevelt won Democratic 319,751 85.9%
Wendell Willkie Republican 52,446 14.1%
All other candidates 108 0.0%
Total372,305

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 97,930 85.6% 16,406 14.3% 28 114,364 D+71.3
Caddo 17,192 84.5% 3,124 15.4% 29 20,345 D+69.1
East Baton Rouge 13,303 88.3% 1,762 11.7% 15,065 D+76.6
Ouachita 8,506 84.9% 1,509 15.1% 10,015 D+69.9
Rapides 9,100 91.3% 869 8.7% 9,969 D+82.6
Jefferson 8,334 89.5% 982 10.5% 9,316 D+78.9
Calcasieu 6,993 83.0% 1,425 16.9% 11 8,429 D+66.1
Lafayette 6,323 77.4% 1,850 22.6% 8,173 D+54.7
Vermilion 4,969 65.5% 2,621 34.5% 7,590 D+30.9
Tangipahoa 5,900 82.1% 1,284 17.9% 3 7,187 D+64.2
St. Landry 6,358 91.9% 561 8.1% 6,919 D+83.8
Washington 6,062 95.1% 314 4.9% 6,376 D+90.2
Iberia 4,091 70.6% 1,706 29.4% 5,797 D+41.1
Acadia 5,058 87.5% 719 12.4% 2 5,779 D+75.1
St. Tammany 4,475 87.0% 668 13.0% 5,143 D+74.0
Avoyelles 4,883 96.4% 183 3.6% 5,066 D+92.8
Lafourche 3,531 76.8% 1,065 23.2% 4,596 D+53.7
Natchitoches 3,824 84.8% 684 15.2% 4,508 D+69.7
St. Mary 3,686 83.3% 739 16.7% 4,425 D+66.6
Webster 3,777 91.8% 332 8.1% 4 4,113 D+83.8
St. Martin 3,252 84.4% 602 15.6% 3,854 D+68.8
Terrebonne 3,217 84.3% 601 15.7% 3,818 D+68.5
Evangeline 3,569 94.2% 220 5.8% 3,789 D+88.4
Vernon 3,439 91.7% 311 8.3% 3,750 D+83.4
Sabine 3,026 83.7% 588 16.3% 3,614 D+67.5
Jefferson Davis 2,531 70.6% 1,054 29.4% 3,585 D+41.2
Franklin 3,159 91.5% 292 8.5% 3,451 D+83.1
Lincoln 2,969 86.9% 449 13.1% 3,418 D+73.7
Bossier 3,045 91.2% 275 8.2% 20 3,340 D+82.9
Bienville 2,883 88.8% 362 11.2% 1 3,246 D+77.7
Claiborne 3,049 94.2% 187 5.8% 3,236 D+88.4
Livingston 2,971 92.2% 252 7.8% 3,223 D+84.4
Union 2,842 88.5% 371 11.5% 3,213 D+76.9
Beauregard 2,677 83.5% 528 16.5% 3,205 D+67.1
Desoto 2,872 93.2% 211 6.8% 3,083 D+86.3
Jackson 2,734 90.7% 280 9.3% 3,014 D+81.4
Iberville 2,505 83.5% 496 16.5% 3,001 D+66.9
Winn 2,552 87.0% 382 13.0% 2,934 D+74.0
Allen 2,592 90.3% 277 9.7% 2,869 D+80.7
Ascension 2,451 86.4% 385 13.6% 2,836 D+72.8
Grant 2,534 91.6% 232 8.4% 2,766 D+83.2
Richland 2,417 88.6% 310 11.4% 2,727 D+77.3
Morehouse 2,417 91.6% 222 8.4% 2,639 D+83.2
Assumption 1,759 70.9% 722 29.1% 2,481 D+41.8
La Salle 2,039 88.4% 258 11.2% 10 2,307 D+77.2
West Carroll 1,876 83.8% 362 16.2% 2,238 D+67.6
Plaquemines 1,979 90.7% 204 9.3% 2,183 D+81.3
Pointe Coupee 1,877 88.4% 247 11.6% 2,124 D+76.7
Red River 1,892 89.1% 231 10.9% 2,123 D+78.2
Caldwell 1,668 84.0% 318 16.0% 1,986 D+68.0
St. James 1,463 74.3% 506 25.7% 1,969 D+48.6
St. Bernard 1,715 94.0% 110 6.0% 1,825 D+87.9
St. Charles 1,550 91.0% 153 9.0% 1,703 D+82.0
Catahoula 1,512 91.9% 134 8.1% 1,646 D+83.7
St. John The Baptist 1,192 80.7% 285 19.3% 1,477 D+61.4
West Baton Rouge 1,185 89.4% 141 10.6% 1,326 D+78.7
East Carroll 1,025 79.2% 270 20.8% 1,295 D+58.3
Concordia 1,173 90.8% 119 9.2% 1,292 D+81.6
Cameron 1,175 96.1% 48 3.9% 1,223 D+92.2
East Feliciana 1,059 86.6% 164 13.4% 1,223 D+73.2
Madison 1,017 84.8% 182 15.2% 1,199 D+69.6
St. Helena 1,007 92.6% 80 7.4% 1,087 D+85.3
Tensas 957 91.0% 95 9.0% 1,052 D+81.9
West Feliciana 633 83.3% 127 16.7% 760 D+66.6

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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