Louisiana 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Louisiana 1940 presidential election with 319,751 votes (85.9%), a margin of D+71.8. Louisiana's 8 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

85.9%

319,751

Democratic Candidate (85.9%)

52,446

Republican Candidate (14.1%)

Total Votes: 372,305|Margin: D+71.8

County Results

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County Results (64 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Avoyelles Parish	D+92.8	R+6.5	R+15.6	5,066	D+11.4%
Cameron Parish	D+92.2	D+20.3	R+16.8	1,223	R+4.9%
Washington Parish	D+90.2	D+8.9	R+18.5	6,376	D+1.8%
Claiborne Parish	D+88.4	R+1.3	R+21.6	3,236	R+0.7%
Evangeline Parish	D+88.4	R+4.8	R+10.7	3,789	D+5.7%
St. Bernard Parish	D+87.9	R+25.1	R+50.1	1,825	R+9.9%
De Soto Parish	D+86.3	D+14.6	R+12.5	3,083	R+6.0%
St. Helena Parish	D+85.3	D+34.0	D+10.9	1,087	D+1.0%
Livingston Parish	D+84.4	D+2.9	R+32.2	3,223	D+18.5%
St. Landry Parish	D+83.8	D+6.7	R+3.0	6,919	R+1.7%
Webster Parish	D+83.8	R+1.7	R+29.7	4,113	D+3.3%
Catahoula Parish	D+83.7	R+9.5	R+36.9	1,646	R+2.9%
Vernon Parish	D+83.4	D+9.9	R+37.1	3,750	D+32.9%
Grant Parish	D+83.2	R+4.5	R+33.9	2,766	D+26.6%
Morehouse Parish	D+83.2	R+19.3	R+27.4	2,639	R+4.0%
Franklin Parish	D+83.1	R+11.5	R+38.1	3,451	R+2.2%
Bossier Parish	D+82.9	R+27.1	R+52.5	3,340	D+0.8%
Rapides Parish	D+82.6	R+13.3	R+33.5	9,969	D+9.7%
St. Charles Parish	D+82.0	D+7.4	R+19.9	1,703	R+6.0%
Tensas Parish	D+81.9	D+10.6	R+9.0	1,052	R+12.6%
Concordia Parish	D+81.6	R+10.7	R+29.4	1,292	R+8.8%
Jackson Parish	D+81.4	R+4.1	R+31.8	3,014	R+1.5%
Plaquemines Parish	D+81.3	R+11.6	R+40.0	2,183	R+10.5%
Allen Parish	D+80.7	D+28.5	D+3.9	2,869	D+6.3%
Jefferson Parish	D+78.9	R+31.3	R+49.9	9,316	R+6.6%
West Baton Rouge Parish	D+78.7	D+24.6	D+5.0	1,326	R+4.3%
Red River Parish	D+78.2	D+12.6	R+21.7	2,123	R+6.9%
Bienville Parish	D+77.7	D+7.9	R+12.8	3,246	R+7.1%
Richland Parish	D+77.3	R+11.7	R+33.7	2,727	R+9.9%
LaSalle Parish	D+77.2	R+17.0	R+59.4	2,307	D+4.2%
Union Parish	D+76.9	R+14.0	R+37.7	3,213	D+3.4%
Pointe Coupee Parish	D+76.7	D+26.6	D+10.2	2,124	R+8.1%
East Baton Rouge Parish	D+76.6	R+10.2	R+25.5	15,065	R+3.9%
Acadia Parish	D+75.1	R+7.2	R+22.9	5,779	R+7.1%
St. Tammany Parish	D+74.0	R+30.6	R+53.1	5,143	D+3.2%
Winn Parish	D+74.0	R+7.1	R+29.8	2,934	R+6.8%
Lincoln Parish	D+73.7	R+14.2	R+24.9	3,418	R+9.2%
East Feliciana Parish	D+73.2	D+20.1	R+0.5	1,223	R+9.2%
Ascension Parish	D+72.8	D+25.5	R+3.9	2,836	R+1.3%
Orleans Parish	D+71.3	D+17.3	D+16.0	114,364	R+11.4%
Ouachita Parish	D+69.9	R+28.5	R+40.6	10,015	R+4.7%
Natchitoches Parish	D+69.7	D+3.1	R+20.2	4,508	R+5.1%
Madison Parish	D+69.6	D+12.4	D+1.0	1,199	R+18.1%
Caddo Parish	D+69.1	R+16.6	R+27.8	20,345	R+6.3%
St. Martin Parish	D+68.8	D+7.0	R+6.0	3,854	R+23.9%
Terrebonne Parish	D+68.5	R+20.4	R+41.2	3,818	D+12.0%
Caldwell Parish	D+68.0	R+18.9	R+41.4	1,986	R+2.8%
West Carroll Parish	D+67.7	R+23.0	R+43.9	2,238	R+4.6%
Sabine Parish	D+67.5	D+8.7	R+34.9	3,614	R+3.4%
Beauregard Parish	D+67.1	D+2.8	R+27.1	3,205	D+7.3%
Iberville Parish	D+66.9	D+34.7	D+14.1	3,001	R+9.3%
St. Mary Parish	D+66.6	D+0.6	R+23.5	4,425	D+6.7%
West Feliciana Parish	D+66.6	D+29.7	D+4.5	760	R+9.7%
Calcasieu Parish	D+66.1	D+12.1	R+3.4	8,429	R+5.4%
Tangipahoa Parish	D+64.2	D+0.3	R+20.8	7,187	D+10.1%
St. John the Baptist Parish	D+61.4	D+13.2	R+8.6	1,477	R+12.4%
East Carroll Parish	D+58.3	D+9.8	D+2.8	1,295	R+20.7%
Lafayette Parish	D+54.7	R+21.9	R+38.9	8,173	R+32.7%
Lafourche Parish	D+53.7	R+2.4	R+33.6	4,596	D+38.9%
St. James Parish	D+48.6	D+28.3	D+12.7	1,969	R+23.2%
Assumption Parish	D+41.8	D+7.5	R+7.5	2,481	D+63.7%
Jefferson Davis Parish	D+41.2	D+3.9	R+16.1	3,585	R+20.5%
Iberia Parish	D+41.1	R+18.3	R+26.5	5,797	D+5.6%
Vermilion Parish	D+30.9	R+3.4	R+16.5	7,590	R+47.4%

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