1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana

| country = Louisiana

| flag_year = 1912

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1940 United States presidential election in Louisiana

| previous_year = 1940

| election_date = November 7, 1944

| next_election = 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana

| next_year = 1948

| image_size = x200px

| image1 = 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg

| nominee1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state1 = New York

| running_mate1 = Harry Truman

| electoral_vote1 = 10

| popular_vote1 = 281,564

| percentage1 = 80.59%

| title = President

| before_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| after_party = Democratic

| nominee2 = Thomas E. Dewey

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| running_mate2 = John Bricker

| electoral_vote2 = 0

| percentage2 = 19.39%

| popular_vote2 = 67,750

| home_state2 = New York

| image2 = Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg

| map_image = Louisiana Presidential Election Results 1944.svg

| map_size = 350px

| map_caption = Parish Results

Roosevelt

}}

The 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1944|title=1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-1949)|access-date=2018-04-03}} 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.{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Kevin P.|title=The Emerging Republican Majority|date=November 23, 2014 |pages=208, 210|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9780691163246}} 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.{{cite journal|last=Schott|first=Matthew J.|title=Progressives against Democracy: Electoral Reform in Louisiana, 1894-1921|journal=Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association|volume=20|issue=3|date=Summer 1979|pages=247–260}}

Until the rise of Huey P. Long, post-disenfranchisement Louisiana politics was dominated by the New Orleans–based “Choctaw Club”,{{cite book|last1=Wall|first1=Bennett H.|last2=Rodriguez|first2=John C.|title=Louisiana: A History|pages=274–275|isbn=1118619293}} which overcame Socialist, Wobbly, and Progressive challenges from the outlying upcountry, Imperial Calcasieu and Acadiana regions between the late 1900s and early 1920s.{{cite journal|last=Collin|first=Richard H.|title=Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to New Orleans and the Progressive Campaign of 1914|journal=Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association|volume=12|issue=1|date=Winter 1971|pages=5–19}} 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.{{cite journal|first=Barbara C.|last=Wingo|title=The 1928 Presidential Election in Louisiana|journal=Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association|volume=18|issue=4|date=Autumn 1977|pages=405–435|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association}}

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,{{cite book|last1=Hansen|first1=John Mark|last2=Shigeo|first2=Hirano|last3=Snyder Jr.|first3=James M.|chapter=Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980|editor-last1=Gerber|editor-first1=Alan S.|editor-last2=Schickler|editor-first2=Eric|title=Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America|date=February 27, 2017 |pages=165–168|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-09509-0}} 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.{{cite book|last=Sindler|first=Allan P.|title=Huey Long's Louisiana: State politics, 1920-1952|year=1956|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|location=Baltimore|pages=84–85}} The Long and anti-Long factions would compete intensely in subsequent primaries, with many controversies, most critically involving New Orleans election officer Patrick Classic’s attempt to count ninety-seven ballots for anti-Long Hale Boggs in a House of Representatives primary in September 1940,{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Liva|year=1996|title=The second battle of New Orleans: the hundred-year struggle to integrate the schools|location=New York City|publisher=HarperCollinsPublishers|pages=97–99|isbn=0060168080}} which reached the Supreme Court and established the right to regulate primary elections. Three years later, Louisiana’s lily-white one-party politics was shaken by Smith v. Allwright, which ruled white-only primaries as unconstitutional, and to which Governor Sam Jones responded saying {{cquote|We’ve always handled that question [black disenfranchisement]—and always will{{cite book|last=Garson|first=Robert A.|title=The Democratic Party and the politics of sectionalism, 1941-1948|year=1974|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana|isbn=0807100706|pages=90–91}}

}}

Results

{{Election box begin no change

| title = 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 281,564

| percentage = 80.59%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Thomas Dewey

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 67,750

| percentage = 19.39%

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| color = #FFFFFF

| candidate = —

| party = Write-ins

| votes = 69

| percentage = 0.02%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 349,383

| percentage= 100%

}}

=Results by parish=

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|+class="nowrap"|1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish

! rowspan="2" |Parish

! colspan="2" |{{nowrap|Franklin Delano Roosevelt}}
Democratic

! colspan="2" |{{nowrap|Thomas Edmund Dewey}}
Republican

! colspan="2" |{{nowrap|Various candidates}}
{{nowrap|Write-ins}}

! colspan="2" |Margin

! rowspan="2" |{{nowrap|Total votes cast}}

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! data-sort-type="number" |#

! data-sort-type="number" |%

! data-sort-type="number" |#

! data-sort-type="number" |%

! data-sort-type="number" width="8%"|#

! data-sort-type="number" width="8%"|%

! data-sort-type="number" |#

! data-sort-type="number" |%

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Acadia

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,439

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |81.27%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,023

| {{party shading/Republican}} |18.73%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,416

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |62.54%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,462

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Allen

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,205

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |86.78%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |336

| {{party shading/Republican}} |13.22%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,869

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |73.55%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,541

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Ascension

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,291

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |86.29%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |364

| {{party shading/Republican}} |13.71%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,927

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |72.58%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,655

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Assumption

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,419

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |76.91%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |426

| {{party shading/Republican}} |23.09%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |993

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |53.82%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,845

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Avoyelles

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,789

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |92.53%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |306

| {{party shading/Republican}} |7.47%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,483

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |85.05%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,095

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Beauregard

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,226

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |74.57%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |759

| {{party shading/Republican}} |25.43%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,467

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |49.15%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,985

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Bienville

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,801

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |71.87%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |705

| {{party shading/Republican}} |28.13%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,096

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |43.74%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,506

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Bossier

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,430

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |79.59%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |622

| {{party shading/Republican}} |20.37%

| {{party shading/Others}}| 1

| {{party shading/Others}}| 0.03%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,808

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.22%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,053

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Caddo

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |12,896

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |68.56%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |5,885

| {{party shading/Republican}} |31.29%

| {{party shading/Others}}| 29

| {{party shading/Others}}| 0.15%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |7,011

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |37.27%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |18,810

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Calcasieu

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |7,861

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |80.81%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,867

| {{party shading/Republican}} |19.19%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,994

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |61.62%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |9,728

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Caldwell

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,142

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |69.34%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |505

| {{party shading/Republican}} |30.66%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |637

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |38.68%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,647

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Cameron

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,025

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |92.26%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |86

| {{party shading/Republican}} |7.74%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |939

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |84.52%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,111

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Catahoula

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,208

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |80.59%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |291

| {{party shading/Republican}} |19.41%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |917

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |61.17%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,499

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Claiborne

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,266

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |79.68%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |578

| {{party shading/Republican}} |20.32%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,688

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.35%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,844

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Concordia

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |974

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |82.89%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |201

| {{party shading/Republican}} |17.11%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |773

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |65.79%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,175

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |DeSoto

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,858

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |77.55%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |538

| {{party shading/Republican}} |22.45%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,320

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |55.09%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,396

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|East Baton Rouge}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |14,757

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |82.99%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |3,025

| {{party shading/Republican}} |17.01%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |11,732

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |65.98%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |17,782

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|East Carroll}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |925

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |72.15%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |357

| {{party shading/Republican}} |27.85%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |568

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |44.31%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,282

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|East Feliciana}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |869

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |79.80%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |220

| {{party shading/Republican}} |20.20%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |649

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.60%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,089

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Evangeline

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,029

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |91.68%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |275

| {{party shading/Republican}} |8.32%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,754

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |83.35%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,304

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Franklin

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,476

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |80.57%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |597

| {{party shading/Republican}} |19.43%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,879

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |61.15%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,073

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Grant

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,939

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |77.72%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |556

| {{party shading/Republican}} |22.28%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,383

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |55.43%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,495

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Iberia

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,661

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |76.24%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,141

| {{party shading/Republican}} |23.76%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,520

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |52.48%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,802

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Iberville

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,265

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |83.98%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |432

| {{party shading/Republican}} |16.02%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,833

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |67.96%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,697

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Jackson

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,840

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |81.52%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |414

| {{party shading/Republican}} |18.34%

| {{party shading/Others}}| 3

| {{party shading/Others}}| 0.13%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,426

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |63.18%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,257

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Jefferson

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |10,268

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |85.21%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,782

| {{party shading/Republican}} |14.79%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |8,486

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70.42%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |12,050

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Jefferson Davis}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,329

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |66.83%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,156

| {{party shading/Republican}} |33.17%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,173

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |33.66%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,485

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Lafayette

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,801

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |86.61%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |742

| {{party shading/Republican}} |13.39%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,059

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |73.23%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,543

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Lafourche

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,980

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |85.06%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |875

| {{party shading/Republican}} |14.94%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,105

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70.11%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,855

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |LaSalle

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,018

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |79.20%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |504

| {{party shading/Republican}} |19.78%

| {{party shading/Others}}| 26

| {{party shading/Others}}| 1.02%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,514

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.42%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,548

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Lincoln

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,705

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |62.29%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,032

| {{party shading/Republican}} |37.71%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |673

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |24.59%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,737

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Livingston

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,460

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |87.76%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |343

| {{party shading/Republican}} |12.24%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,117

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |75.53%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,803

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Madison

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |764

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |69.33%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |338

| {{party shading/Republican}} |30.67%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |426

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |38.66%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,102

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Morehouse

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,859

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |79.55%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |478

| {{party shading/Republican}} |20.45%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,381

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.09%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,337

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Natchitoches

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,536

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |69.59%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,105

| {{party shading/Republican}} |30.32%

| {{party shading/Others}}| 3

| {{party shading/Others}}| 0.08%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,431

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |39.27%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,644

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Orleans

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |90,411

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |81.74%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |20,190

| {{party shading/Republican}} |18.25%

| {{party shading/Others}}| 7

| {{party shading/Others}}| 0.01%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70,221

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |63.49%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |110,608

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Ouachita

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |6,329

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70.67%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |2,627

| {{party shading/Republican}} |29.33%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,702

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.34%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |8,956

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Plaquemines

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,755

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |83.97%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |335

| {{party shading/Republican}} |16.03%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,420

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |67.94%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,090

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Pointe Coupee}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,436

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |84.12%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |271

| {{party shading/Republican}} |15.88%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,165

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |68.25%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,707

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Rapides

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |9,132

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |84.21%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,712

| {{party shading/Republican}} |15.79%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |7,420

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |68.42%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |10,844

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Red River}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |975

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70.45%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |409

| {{party shading/Republican}} |29.55%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |566

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |40.90%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,384

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Richland

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,087

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |81.05%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |488

| {{party shading/Republican}} |18.95%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,599

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |62.10%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,575

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Sabine

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,048

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |66.34%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,039

| {{party shading/Republican}} |33.66%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,009

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |32.69%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,087

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Bernard}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,044

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |96.23%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |80

| {{party shading/Republican}} |3.77%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,964

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |92.47%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,124

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Charles}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,945

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |91.79%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |174

| {{party shading/Republican}} |8.21%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,771

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |83.58%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,119

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Helena}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |683

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |86.35%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |108

| {{party shading/Republican}} |13.65%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |575

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |72.69%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |791

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint James}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,387

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |83.96%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |265

| {{party shading/Republican}} |16.04%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,122

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |67.92%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,652

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint John the Baptist}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,324

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |87.16%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |195

| {{party shading/Republican}} |12.84%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,129

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |74.33%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,519

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Landry}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,423

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |84.94%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |784

| {{party shading/Republican}} |15.06%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,639

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |69.89%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,207

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Martin}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,384

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |93.97%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |153

| {{party shading/Republican}} |6.03%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,231

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |87.94%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,537

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Mary}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,591

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |86.97%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |538

| {{party shading/Republican}} |13.03%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,053

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |73.94%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,129

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Saint Tammany}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,450

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |83.07%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |703

| {{party shading/Republican}} |16.93%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,747

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |66.14%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,153

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Tangipahoa

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,419

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |73.76%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,572

| {{party shading/Republican}} |26.24%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,847

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |47.52%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,991

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Tensas

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |638

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |79.95%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |160

| {{party shading/Republican}} |20.05%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |478

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.90%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |798

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Terrebonne

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,539

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |86.55%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |550

| {{party shading/Republican}} |13.45%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,989

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |73.10%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,089

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Union

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,765

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |68.73%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |803

| {{party shading/Republican}} |31.27%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |962

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |37.46%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,568

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Vermilion

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,684

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |87.39%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |676

| {{party shading/Republican}} |12.61%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,008

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |74.78%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,360

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Vernon

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,075

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |75.05%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |1,022

| {{party shading/Republican}} |24.95%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,053

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |50.11%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,097

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Washington

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,810

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |92.22%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |406

| {{party shading/Republican}} |7.78%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,404

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |84.43%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |5,216

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Webster

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,655

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |80.26%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |899

| {{party shading/Republican}} |19.74%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,756

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |60.52%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |4,554

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|West Baton Rouge}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,045

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |92.31%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |87

| {{party shading/Republican}} |7.69%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |958

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |84.63%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,132

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|West Carroll}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,390

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70.52%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |581

| {{party shading/Republican}} |29.48%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |809

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.05%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,971

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|West Feliciana}}

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |426

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |70.53%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |178

| {{party shading/Republican}} |29.47%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |248

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.06%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |604

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| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Winn

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,403

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |61.43%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |881

| {{party shading/Republican}} |38.57%

| {{party shading/Others}}|

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |522

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |22.85%

| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,284

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!Totals!!281,564!!80.59%!!67,750!!19.39%!!69!!0.02%!!213,814!!61.20%!!349,383

Analysis

Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Louisiana in a landslide, defeating Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 61.20 points,{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944|title=The American Presidency Project — Election of 1944|access-date=2018-04-03}} and sweeping every parish in the state. Nevertheless, indications of protest against Roosevelt’s policies were seen in the rural hill parishes where the Long dynasty had been strongest in the preceding fifteen years{{cite thesis|last=Howard|first=Perry H.|year=1956|title=Political Tendencies in Louisiana, 1812-1952; An Ecological Analysis of Voting Behavior|chapter=Longism: An Appraisal|series=LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses|publisher=Louisiana State University|pages=194–198}}—for instance in Long’s ancestral home of Winn Parish, Dewey won almost two-fifths of the vote, and in Winn and nearby Lincoln Parish, the Democratic vote share fell by almost one quarter from the 1940 election.{{cite web|title=LA US President Race, November 07, 1944|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2768|publisher=Our Campaigns}}

As of 2024, this election marks the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has carried Bossier Parish.{{cite book|last=Menendez|first=Albert J.|year=2005|title=The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004|pages=215–218|publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786422173}} Plaquemines Parish and Lincoln Parish have both voted for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since—for Bill Clinton in 1996—whilst Caddo Parish and Claiborne Parish would not vote Democratic again until Clinton in 1992. It also marked the end of a 64-year Democratic voting streak; four years later, the state would back Dixiecrat candidate Strom Thurmond instead of Democratic nominee Harry S. Truman. As such, this marks the last time that any presidential candidate would carry every parish in the state.

References

Louisiana

1944

Category:1944 Louisiana elections

1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana

Results

=Results by parish=

Analysis

See also

References