1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Party Democratic Republican Home state New York California Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 249,418 18,853 Percentage 92.79% 7.01%
Parish Results Roosevelt   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% The 1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 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 labor to worry about Smith’s Catholicism. [7] The effects of the Great Depression were extremely severe in the South, [8] which had the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Many Southerners blamed this on the North and on Wall Street, rejecting Hoover’s claim that the Depression’s causes were exogenous, [9] and this ensured that the previous decades Acadiana revolts would not be repeated. Louisiana was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 92.79 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 7.01 percent of the popular vote. [10] [11] By percentage of the popular vote won, Louisiana was Roosevelt's third-best state, behind only South Carolina and Mississippi. Results 1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 249,418 92.79% Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 18,853 7.01% Write-ins — 533 0.20% Total votes 268,804 100% Results by parish 1932 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish [12] Parish Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Herbert Clark Hoover Republican Various candidates Write-ins Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Acadia 3,583 91.08% 351 8.92% 3,232 82.16% 3,934 Allen 2,075 93.93% 130 5.89% 4 0.18% 1,945 88.05% 2,209 Ascension 1,800 86.58% 279 13.42% 1,521 73.16% 2,079 Assumption 1,538 79.94% 386 20.06% 1,152 59.88% 1,924 Avoyelles 3,148 96.03% 130 3.97% 3,018 92.07% 3,278 Beauregard 2,319 94.08% 146 5.92% 2,173 88.15% 2,465 Bienville 2,671 98.45% 41 1.51% 1 0.04% 2,630 96.94% 2,713 Bossier 2,191 97.51% 56 2.49% 2,135 95.02% 2,247 Caddo 12,159 89.71% 1,309 9.66% 85 0.63% 10,850 80.06% 13,553 Calcasieu 6,105 89.71% 678 9.96% 22 0.32% 5,427 79.75% 6,805 Caldwell 1,448 93.96% 86 5.58% 7 0.45% 1,362 88.38% 1,541 Cameron 938 98.95% 10 1.05% 928 97.89% 948 Catahoula 1,340 97.88% 29 2.12% 1,311 95.76% 1,369 Claiborne 2,765 97.84% 61 2.16% 2,704 95.68% 2,826 Concordia 999 98.04% 20 1.96% 979 96.07% 1,019 De Soto 2,416 96.45% 87 3.47% 2 0.08% 2,329 92.97% 2,505 East Baton Rouge 6,363 85.51% 1,045 14.04% 33 0.44% 5,318 71.47% 7,441 East Carroll 751 96.90% 24 3.10% 727 93.81% 775 East Feliciana 1,178 94.77% 65 5.23% 1,113 89.54% 1,243 Evangeline 3,115 98.36% 52 1.64% 3,063 96.72% 3,167 Franklin 2,930 97.34% 78 2.59% 2 0.07% 2,852 94.75% 3,010 Grant 1,966 96.00% 81 3.96% 1 0.05% 1,885 92.04% 2,048 Iberia 2,412 75.14% 798 24.86% 1,614 50.28% 3,210 Iberville 1,308 75.26% 430 24.74% 878 50.52% 1,738 Jackson 1,748 98.09% 34 1.91% 1,714 96.18% 1,782 Jefferson 7,395 93.90% 466 5.92% 14 0.18% 6,929 87.99% 7,875 Jefferson Davis 2,308 81.73% 512 18.13% 4 0.14% 1,796 63.60% 2,824 Lafayette 4,019 93.21% 291 6.75% 2 0.05% 3,728 86.46% 4,312 Lafourche 2,623 87.78% 364 12.18% 1 0.03% 2,259 75.60% 2,988 LaSalle 1,738 93.64% 117 6.30% 1 0.05% 1,621 87.34% 1,856 Lincoln 1,908 92.13% 163 7.87% 1,745 84.26% 2,071 Livingston 1,953 95.64% 89 4.36% 1,864 91.28% 2,042 Madison 548 89.11% 67 10.89% 481 78.21% 615 Morehouse 2,014 96.04% 83 3.96% 1,931 92.08% 2,097 Natchitoches 3,458 95.18% 173 4.76% 2 0.06% 3,285 90.42% 3,633 Orleans 85,288 93.87% 5,407 5.95% 165 0.18% 79,881 87.92% 90,860 Ouachita 5,968 92.86% 423 6.58% 36 0.56% 5,545 86.28% 6,427 Plaquemines 1,918 98.06% 38 1.94% 1,880 96.11% 1,956 Pointe Coupee 1,027 94.05% 65 5.95% 962 88.10% 1,092 Rapides 7,578 91.77% 680 8.23% 6,898 83.53% 8,258 Red River 1,661 98.34% 24 1.42% 4 0.24% 1,637 96.92% 1,689 Richland 1,773 97.42% 46 2.53% 1 0.05% 1,727 94.89% 1,820 Sabine 3,008 96.16% 110 3.52% 10 0.32% 2,898 92.65% 3,128 Saint Bernard 1,525 93.50% 106 6.50% 1,419 87.00% 1,631 Saint Charles 1,429 94.08% 86 5.66% 4 0.26% 1,343 88.41% 1,519 Saint Helena 962 97.37% 26 2.63% 936 94.74% 988 Saint James 1,715 87.72% 240 12.28% 1,475 75.45% 1,955 Saint John the Baptist 799 79.58% 176 17.53% 29 2.89% 623 62.05% 1,004 Saint Landry 3,766 92.69% 297 7.31% 3,469 85.38% 4,063 Saint Martin 1,420 92.99% 107 7.01% 1,313 85.99% 1,527 Saint Mary 2,072 81.41% 473 18.59% 1,599 62.83% 2,545 Saint Tammany 3,206 94.60% 178 5.25% 5 0.15% 3,028 89.35% 3,389 Tangipahoa 4,404 90.58% 455 9.36% 3 0.06% 3,949 81.22% 4,862 Tensas 635 95.49% 29 4.36% 1 0.15% 606 91.13% 665 Terrebonne 2,126 90.82% 215 9.18% 1,911 81.63% 2,341 Union 2,285 97.52% 58 2.48% 2,227 95.05% 2,343 Vermilion 2,945 91.63% 269 8.37% 2,676 83.26% 3,214 Vernon 2,868 96.60% 46 1.55% 55 1.85% 2,822 95.05% 2,969 Washington 3,997 93.37% 283 6.61% 1 0.02% 3,714 86.76% 4,281 Webster 3,020 97.64% 73 2.36% 2,947 95.28% 3,093 West Baton Rouge 593 86.07% 96 13.93% 497 72.13% 689 West Carroll 1,471 97.94% 31 2.06% 1,440 95.87% 1,502 West Feliciana 557 91.91% 49 8.09% 508 83.83% 606 Winn 2,172 96.71% 36 1.60% 38 1.69% 2,136 95.10% 2,246 Totals 249,418 92.79% 18,853 7.01% 533 0.20% 230,565 85.77% 268,804 See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana References "United States Presidential election of 1932 — Encyclopædia Britannica" . 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