1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana explained

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Election Name:1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Country:Louisiana
Flag Year:1912
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1936 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Previous Year:1936
Next Election:1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Next Year:1944
Votes For Election:All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:November 5, 1940[1]
Image1:FDRoosevelt1938.png
Nominee1:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:Henry A. Wallace
Electoral Vote1:10
Popular Vote1:319,751
Percentage1:85.88%
Nominee2:Wendell Willkie
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Charles L. McNary
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:52,446
Percentage2:14.09%
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 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Until the rise of Huey P. Long, post-disenfranchisement Louisiana politics was dominated by the New Orleans-based “Choctaw Club”,[3] which overcame Socialist, Wobbly, and Progressive challenges from the outlying upcountry, Imperial Calcasieu and Acadiana regions between the late 1900s and early 1920s.[4] 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.[5]

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,[6] 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.[7] 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,[8] 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.[9]

Long’s assassination in 1935 meant he could not launch his planned presidential campaign against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The 1936 election had seen sugar-dependent Assumption and Lafourche parishes defect to the GOP at a presidential level due to disagreements with Democratic tariff policy.[5] However, as in 1928, this rebellion would be reversed, this time by Roosevelt’s strong support for aid to distressed France in World War II by those parishes’ Creole and Cajun populations who were strongly tied to France.[10] Roosevelt and Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace thus won Louisiana with 85.88 percent of the popular vote, against Republican nominees Wendell Willkie and Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 14.09 percent.[11] [12]

By percentage of the vote carried, Louisiana was the third-most lopsided contest in the nation, only behind South Carolina and Mississippi, whose margins both exceeded 90% in favor of Roosevelt.

Results

Results by parish

1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish[13] ! 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" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %
Acadia5,05887.52%71912.44%20.03%4,33975.08%5,779
Allen2,59290.35%2779.65%2,31580.69%2,869
Ascension2,45186.42%38513.58%2,06672.85%2,836
Assumption1,75970.90%72229.10%1,03741.80%2,481
Avoyelles4,88396.39%1833.61%4,70092.78%5,066
Beauregard2,67783.53%52816.47%2,14967.05%3,205
Bienville2,88388.82%36211.15%10.03%2,52177.66%3,246
Bossier3,04591.17%2758.23%200.60%2,77082.93%3,340
Caddo17,19284.50%3,12415.36%290.14%14,06869.15%20,345
Calcasieu6,99382.96%1,42516.91%110.13%5,56866.06%8,429
Caldwell1,66883.99%31816.01%1,35067.98%1,986
Cameron1,17596.08%483.92%1,12792.15%1,223
Catahoula1,51291.86%1348.14%1,37883.72%1,646
Claiborne3,04994.22%1875.78%2,86288.44%3,236
Concordia1,17390.79%1199.21%1,05481.58%1,292
2,87293.16%2116.84%2,66186.31%3,083
13,30388.30%1,76211.70%11,54176.61%15,065
1,02579.15%27020.85%75558.30%1,295
1,05986.59%16413.41%89573.18%1,223
Evangeline3,56994.19%2205.81%3,34988.39%3,789
Franklin3,15991.54%2928.46%2,86783.08%3,451
Grant2,53491.61%2328.39%2,30283.22%2,766
Iberia4,09170.57%1,70629.43%2,38541.14%5,797
Iberville2,50583.47%49616.53%2,00966.94%3,001
Jackson2,73490.71%2809.29%2,45481.42%3,014
Jefferson8,33489.46%98210.54%7,35278.92%9,316
2,53170.60%1,05429.40%1,47741.20%3,585
Lafayette6,32377.36%1,85022.64%4,47354.73%8,173
Lafourche3,53176.83%1,06523.17%2,46653.66%4,596
LaSalle2,03988.38%25811.18%100.43%1,78177.20%2,307
Lincoln2,96986.86%44913.14%2,52073.73%3,418
Livingston2,97192.18%2527.82%2,71984.36%3,223
Madison1,01784.82%18215.18%83569.64%1,199
Morehouse2,41791.59%2228.41%2,19583.18%2,639
Natchitoches3,82484.83%68415.17%3,14069.65%4,508
Orleans97,93085.63%16,40614.35%280.02%81,52471.28%114,364
Ouachita8,50684.93%1,50915.07%6,99769.87%10,015
Plaquemines1,97990.66%2049.34%1,77581.31%2,183
1,87788.37%24711.63%1,63076.74%2,124
Rapides9,10091.28%8698.72%8,23182.57%9,969
Red River1,89289.12%23110.88%1,66178.24%2,123
Richland2,41788.63%31011.37%2,10777.26%2,727
Sabine3,02683.73%58816.27%2,43867.46%3,614
1,71593.97%1106.03%1,60587.95%1,825
1,55091.02%1538.98%1,39782.03%1,703
1,00792.64%807.36%92785.28%1,087
1,46374.30%50625.70%95748.60%1,969
1,19280.70%28519.30%90761.41%1,477
6,35891.89%5618.11%5,79783.78%6,919
3,25284.38%60215.62%2,65068.76%3,854
3,68683.30%73916.70%2,94766.60%4,425
4,47587.01%66812.99%3,80774.02%5,143
Tangipahoa5,90082.09%1,28417.87%30.04%4,61664.23%7,187
Tensas95790.97%959.03%86281.94%1,052
Terrebonne3,21784.26%60115.74%2,61668.52%3,818
Union2,84288.45%37111.55%2,47176.91%3,213
Vermilion4,96965.47%2,62134.53%2,34830.94%7,590
Vernon3,43991.71%3118.29%3,12883.41%3,750
Washington6,06295.08%3144.92%5,74890.15%6,376
Webster3,77791.83%3328.07%40.10%3,44583.76%4,113
1,18589.37%14110.63%1,04478.73%1,326
1,87683.82%36216.18%1,51467.65%2,238
63383.29%12716.71%50666.58%760
Winn2,55286.98%38213.02%2,17073.96%2,934
Totals319,75185.88%52,44614.09%1080.03%267,30571.80%372,305

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1940 — Encyclopædia Britannica. August 21, 2018.
  2. Web site: 1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45). August 21, 2018.
  3. Book: Wall. Bennett H.. Rodriguez. John C.. Louisiana: A History. 274–275. 1118619293.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Book: Sindler, Allan P.. Huey Long’s Louisiana: State politics, 1920-1952. 1956. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 84–85.
  8. Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 87-88
  9. Sindler. Huey Long’s Louisiana, pp. 90-95
  10. Book: Menendez, Albert J.. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. 2005. McFarland & Company. Jefferson, North Carolina. 0786422173. 67.
  11. Web site: 1940 Presidential General Election Results ± Louisiana. August 21, 2018.
  12. Web site: The American Presidency Project — Election of 1940. August 21, 2018.
  13. Web site: LA US President Race, November 05, 1940. Our Campaigns.

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