1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana explained

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Election Name:1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Country:Louisiana
Flag Year:1912
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Previous Year:1932
Next Election:1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Next Year:1940
Votes For Election:All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:November 3, 1936[1]
Image1:FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:John Nance Garner
Electoral Vote1:10
Popular Vote1:292,894
Percentage1:88.82%
Nominee2:Alf Landon
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Kansas
Running Mate2:Frank Knox
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:36,791
Percentage2:11.16%
Map Size:350px
President
Before Election:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Franklin D. Roosevelt
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ever since the passage of a new constitution in 1898, Louisiana had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. The Republican Party became moribund due to the disenfranchisement of blacks and the complete absence of other support bases as Louisiana completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession.[3] 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.[4]

Until the rise of Huey P. Long, post-disenfranchisement Louisiana politics was dominated by the New Orleans-based “Choctaw Club”,[5] which overcame Socialist, Wobbly, and Progressive challenges from the outlying upcountry, Imperial Calcasieu and Acadiana regions between the late 1900s and early 1920s.[6] The three presidential elections between 1916 and 1924 saw a rebellion in Acadiana over sugar tariffs and Woodrow Wilson’s foreign and domestic policies; however, the nomination of Catholic Al Smith in 1928 rapidly restored their Democratic loyalty without causing significant upheaval in the remainder of the state, which was too focused on control of black labour to worry about Smith’s Catholicism.[7]

Following the 1928 gubernatorial primary, Louisiana politics until Brown v. Board of Education would be governed by a system of coherent “Long” and “anti-Long” Democratic factionalism,[8] as the administration of Huey Long introduced significant economic reforms, which were strongly opposed by the remnants of the old Choctaws. During the first term of Roosevelt, Long sought to capture the Presidency for himself under a “Share-Our-Wealth” program involving the confiscation of wealthy fortunes, family allowances, and government storage of agricultural surpluses.[9] However, in the ensuing years Long’s fortunes dwindled as a result of 1934 losses in the Sixth Congressional District and the New Orleans city council,[10] before Senator Long launched a siege on New Orleans and the Choctaws, combined with abolition of the state’s poll tax, in effort to regain his control over the state.[11]

However, Long’s assassination in 1935 meant he could not launch any presidential campaign. Although the sugar parishes did oppose incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s tariff policy strongly,[7] with the result that frequently rebellious Assumption and Lafourche Parishes showed a strong swing to Republican nominees Governor Alf Landon and veteran Illinois operative Frank Knox, Louisiana was won by Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner, with 88.82 percent of the popular vote, against Landon’s 11.16 percent.[12] [13] By percentage of the popular vote won, Louisiana was Roosevelt's third-best state, behind only South Carolina (98.57 percent) and Mississippi (97.06 percent).

Results

Results by parish

1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish[14] ! rowspan="2"
Parish
Democratic

Republican

Margin
data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%
Acadia4,50491.08%4418.92%4,06382.16%4,945
Allen2,20787.20%32412.80%1,88374.40%2,531
Ascension2,35987.05%35012.92%10.04%2,00974.13%2,710
Assumption71239.06%1,11160.94%-399-21.89%1,823
Avoyelles4,40890.70%4529.30%3,95681.40%4,860
Beauregard2,18179.89%54920.11%1,63259.78%2,730
Bienville2,59392.38%2137.59%10.04%2,38084.79%2,807
Bossier1,97591.01%1938.89%20.09%1,78282.12%2,170
Caddo12,15687.72%1,69712.25%40.03%10,45975.48%13,857
Calcasieu6,25985.63%1,03714.19%130.18%5,22271.45%7,309
Caldwell1,37185.37%23514.63%1,13670.73%1,606
Cameron1,06798.52%161.48%1,05197.05%1,083
Catahoula1,36393.29%986.71%1,26586.58%1,461
Claiborne2,56394.54%1465.39%20.07%2,41789.16%2,711
Concordia1,15295.13%584.79%10.08%1,09490.34%1,211
2,33796.17%933.83%2,24492.35%2,430
9,91190.26%1,0699.74%8,84280.53%10,980
81189.51%9510.49%71679.03%906
1,05791.20%1028.80%95582.40%1,159
Evangeline3,48491.32%3318.68%3,15382.65%3,815
Franklin2,94892.50%2317.25%80.25%2,71785.25%3,187
Grant1,84778.33%51121.67%1,33656.66%2,358
Iberia2,59567.77%1,23432.23%1,36135.54%3,829
Iberville1,95388.13%26311.87%1,69076.26%2,216
Jackson1,80791.45%1698.55%1,63882.89%1,976
Jefferson9,05692.72%7057.22%60.06%8,35185.50%9,767
Jefferson Davis2,56780.85%60819.15%1,95961.70%3,175
Lafayette4,57093.72%3066.28%4,26487.45%4,876
Lafourche2,19557.36%1,63042.59%20.05%56514.76%3,827
LaSalle1,64386.52%25613.48%1,38773.04%1,899
Lincoln2,15491.43%2018.53%10.04%1,95382.89%2,356
Livingston2,41482.96%49617.04%1,91865.91%2,910
Madison1,08593.86%716.14%1,01487.72%1,156
Morehouse2,51493.53%1726.40%20.07%2,34287.13%2,688
Natchitoches3,47687.38%50212.62%2,97474.76%3,978
Orleans108,01291.32%10,2548.67%160.01%97,75882.65%118,282
Ouachita7,63587.28%1,11312.72%6,52274.55%8,748
Plaquemines2,20995.92%944.08%2,11591.84%2,303
1,41992.44%1167.56%1,30384.89%1,535
Rapides8,01786.45%1,25713.55%6,76072.89%9,274
1,64192.55%1327.45%1,50985.11%1,773
Richland2,42593.48%1656.36%40.15%2,26087.12%2,594
Sabine2,44785.41%41714.55%10.03%2,03070.86%2,865
2,26998.91%251.09%2,24497.82%2,294
1,50394.00%966.00%1,40787.99%1,599
1,19992.16%1027.84%1,09784.32%1,301
1,57585.88%25914.12%1,31671.76%1,834
1,74286.93%26213.07%1,48073.85%2,004
5,63992.75%4417.25%5,19885.49%6,080
2,63896.35%1003.65%2,53892.70%2,738
1,94279.95%48720.05%1,45559.90%2,429
3,47785.41%59414.59%2,88370.82%4,071
Tangipahoa4,62477.07%1,37422.90%20.03%3,25054.17%6,000
Tensas81297.25%232.75%78994.49%835
Terrebonne1,89478.26%52621.74%1,36856.53%2,420
Union1,77886.73%27213.27%1,50673.46%2,050
Vermilion4,14189.02%49610.66%150.32%3,64578.35%4,652
Vernon2,83175.21%92824.65%50.13%1,90350.56%3,764
Washington5,66794.18%3505.82%5,31788.37%6,017
Webster2,79990.12%3019.69%60.19%2,49880.42%3,106
86891.46%808.43%10.11%78883.03%949
1,44086.12%23213.88%1,20872.25%1,672
56488.13%7611.88%48876.25%640
Winn2,39390.40%2549.60%2,13980.81%2,647
Totals292,89488.82%36,79111.16%930.03%256,10377.66%329,778

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41). January 15, 2019.
  3. Book: [[Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips]], Kevin P.. The Emerging Republican Majority. 208, 210. 9780691163246.
  4. Schott. Matthew J.. Progressives against Democracy: Electoral Reform in Louisiana, 1894-1921. Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 20. 3. Summer 1979. 247–260.
  5. Book: Wall. Bennett H.. Rodriguez. John C.. Louisiana: A History. 274–275. 1118619293.
  6. Collin. Richard H.. Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to New Orleans and the Progressive Campaign of 1914. Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 12. 1. Winter 1971. 5–19.
  7. Barbara C.. Wingo. The 1928 Presidential Election in Louisiana. Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 18. 4. Autumn 1977. 405–435. Louisiana Historical Association.
  8. Book: Hansen. John Mark. Shigeo. Hirano. Snyder Jr.. James M.. Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980. Gerber. Alan S.. Schickler. Eric. Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America. 165–168. 978-1-107-09509-0.
  9. Book: Sindler, Allan P.. Huey Long’s Louisiana: State politics, 1920-1952. 1956. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 84–85.
  10. Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 87-88
  11. Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 90-95
  12. Web site: 1936 Presidential General Election Results — Louisiana. January 15, 2019.
  13. Web site: The American Presidency Project — Election of 1936. January 15, 2019.
  14. Web site: LA US President Race, November 03, 1936. Our Campaigns.