Who won Louisiana in the 1932 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Louisiana in 1932, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1932?

Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes in the 1932 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1932?

Yes. Louisiana backed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

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Louisiana: Roosevelt carries 10 EV.

Louisiana cast its 10 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Louisiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Louisiana, 1932

In 1932, Louisiana awarded its 10 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 14th consecutive election in which Louisiana backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Louisiana did not move alone — neighboring Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi broke the same way in 1932. Across the 53 presidential elections Louisiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (29 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Franklin D. Roosevelt took 472 of the 531 electoral votes, against Herbert Hoover's 59. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 57.41% of the ballots cast.

The 1932 national map

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