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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Louisiana

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Louisiana in 1944, 80.6% to 19.4%, a margin of 61.2 points and 213,814 votes.

Louisiana voted 53.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 110,608 votes and went to the Democrat by 63.5 points. The closest was West Feliciana, where 248 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	281,564	80.6%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	67,750	19.4%
All other candidates		69	0.0%
Total		349,383

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	90,411 81.7%	20,190 18.3%	7	110,608	D+63.5
Caddo	12,896 68.6%	5,885 31.3%	29	18,810	D+37.3
East Baton Rouge	14,757 83.0%	3,025 17.0%		17,782	D+66.0
Jefferson	10,268 85.2%	1,782 14.8%		12,050	D+70.4
Rapides	9,132 84.2%	1,712 15.8%		10,844	D+68.4
Calcasieu	7,861 80.8%	1,867 19.2%		9,728	D+61.6
Ouachita	6,329 70.7%	2,627 29.3%		8,956	D+41.3
Tangipahoa	4,419 73.8%	1,572 26.2%		5,991	D+47.5
Lafourche	4,980 85.1%	875 14.9%		5,855	D+70.1
Lafayette	4,801 86.6%	742 13.4%		5,543	D+73.2
Acadia	4,439 81.3%	1,023 18.7%		5,462	D+62.5
Vermilion	4,684 87.4%	676 12.6%		5,360	D+74.8
Washington	4,810 92.2%	406 7.8%		5,216	D+84.4
St. Landry	4,423 84.9%	784 15.1%		5,207	D+69.9
Iberia	3,661 76.2%	1,141 23.8%		4,802	D+52.5
Webster	3,655 80.3%	899 19.7%		4,554	D+60.5
St. Tammany	3,450 83.1%	703 16.9%		4,153	D+66.1
St. Mary	3,591 87.0%	538 13.0%		4,129	D+73.9
Vernon	3,075 75.1%	1,022 24.9%		4,097	D+50.1
Avoyelles	3,789 92.5%	306 7.5%		4,095	D+85.1
Terrebonne	3,539 86.5%	550 13.5%		4,089	D+73.1
Natchitoches	2,536 69.6%	1,105 30.3%	3	3,644	D+39.3
Jefferson Davis	2,329 66.9%	1,150 33.1%		3,479	D+33.9
Evangeline	3,029 91.7%	275 8.3%		3,304	D+83.4
Sabine	2,048 66.3%	1,039 33.7%		3,087	D+32.7
Franklin	2,476 80.6%	597 19.4%		3,073	D+61.1
Bossier	2,430 79.6%	622 20.4%	1	3,053	D+59.2
Beauregard	2,226 74.6%	759 25.4%		2,985	D+49.1
Claiborne	2,266 79.7%	578 20.3%		2,844	D+59.4
Livingston	2,460 87.8%	343 12.2%		2,803	D+75.5
Lincoln	1,705 62.3%	1,032 37.7%		2,737	D+24.6
Iberville	2,265 84.0%	432 16.0%		2,697	D+68.0
Ascension	2,291 86.3%	364 13.7%		2,655	D+72.6
Richland	2,087 81.0%	488 19.0%		2,575	D+62.1
Union	1,765 68.7%	803 31.3%		2,568	D+37.5
La Salle	2,018 79.2%	504 19.8%	26	2,548	D+59.4
Allen	2,205 86.8%	336 13.2%		2,541	D+73.6
St. Martin	2,384 94.0%	153 6.0%		2,537	D+87.9
Bienville	1,801 71.9%	705 28.1%		2,506	D+43.7
Grant	1,939 77.7%	556 22.3%		2,495	D+55.4
Desoto	1,858 77.5%	538 22.5%		2,396	D+55.1
Morehouse	1,859 79.5%	478 20.5%		2,337	D+59.1
Winn	1,403 61.4%	881 38.6%		2,284	D+22.9
Jackson	1,840 81.5%	414 18.3%	3	2,257	D+63.2
St. Bernard	2,044 96.2%	80 3.8%		2,124	D+92.5
St. Charles	1,945 91.8%	174 8.2%		2,119	D+83.6
Plaquemines	1,755 84.0%	335 16.0%		2,090	D+67.9
West Carroll	1,390 70.5%	581 29.5%		1,971	D+41.0
Assumption	1,419 76.9%	426 23.1%		1,845	D+53.8
Pointe Coupee	1,436 84.1%	271 15.9%		1,707	D+68.2
St. James	1,387 84.0%	265 16.0%		1,652	D+67.9
Caldwell	1,142 69.3%	505 30.7%		1,647	D+38.7
St. John The Baptist	1,324 87.2%	195 12.8%		1,519	D+74.3
Catahoula	1,208 80.6%	291 19.4%		1,499	D+61.2
Red River	975 70.4%	409 29.6%		1,384	D+40.9
East Carroll	925 72.2%	357 27.8%		1,282	D+44.3
Concordia	974 82.9%	201 17.1%		1,175	D+65.8
West Baton Rouge	1,045 92.3%	87 7.7%		1,132	D+84.6
Cameron	1,025 92.3%	86 7.7%		1,111	D+84.5
Madison	764 69.3%	338 30.7%		1,102	D+38.7
East Feliciana	869 79.8%	220 20.2%		1,089	D+59.6
Tensas	638 79.9%	160 20.1%		798	D+59.9
St. Helena	683 86.3%	108 13.7%		791	D+72.7
West Feliciana	426 70.5%	178 29.5%		604	D+41.1

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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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