1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana The 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Louisiana was won by incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a large margin of 61.20 percentage points. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Bossier Parish has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate. Plaquemines Parish and Lincoln Parish have both
1944 United States presidential election in Florida 1944 United States presidential election in Florida The 1944 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 7, 1944. Voters chose eight electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt won by a large margin of 40.64 percentage points or 196,162 votes and received Florida's electoral votes. This constitutes the last time a Democratic Presidential nominee won over sixty percent of the vote in Florida. This election effectively became Florida's last as a member of the Democratic "Solid South". A combination of mass immigration, especially of retirees, from