Who won Louisiana in the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Louisiana in 1936, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Louisiana have in 1936?

Louisiana cast 10 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Louisiana vote for the national winner in 1936?

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

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1936

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.

Reading the 1936 result in Louisiana

Louisiana backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1936 presidential election, casting 10 electoral votes for the ticket. Louisiana ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 15th 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 1936. 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 523 of the 531 electoral votes, against Alf Landon's 8. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 60.8% of the ballots cast.

The 1936 national map

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