1936 Presidential Election

November 3, 1936 · The New Deal Order · 531 electoral votes, 266 to win

The most crushing Electoral College verdict of the two-party era, 523 to 8: Roosevelt lost only Maine and Vermont. The Literary Digest's confident Landon prediction killed the straw poll and made modern survey research.

Elected

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Electoral vote

523 of 531

Popular vote

60.8%

27,752,648 votes

Turnout

61.0%

VAP 57.0%

The result

EV share
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocraticJohn Nance Garner523
27,752,64860.80%46
Alf LandonRepublicanFrank Knox8
16,681,86236.50%2
William LemkeUnionThomas C. O'Brien—892,3781.95%—
Norman ThomasSocialistGeorge A. Nelson—187,9100.41%—
Earl BrowderCommunistJames W. Ford—79,3150.17%—
D. Leigh ColvinProhibitionClaude A. Watson—37,6460.08%—

45,631,759 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaFranklin D. Roosevelt86.4%11Alf Landon · 12.8%
ArizonaFranklin D. Roosevelt69.9%3Alf Landon · 26.9%
ArkansasFranklin D. Roosevelt81.8%9Alf Landon · 17.9%
CaliforniaFranklin D. Roosevelt67.0%22Alf Landon · 31.7%
ColoradoFranklin D. Roosevelt60.3%6Alf Landon · 37.1%
ConnecticutFranklin D. Roosevelt55.3%8Alf Landon · 40.4%
DelawareFranklin D. Roosevelt54.6%3Alf Landon · 42.3%
FloridaFranklin D. Roosevelt76.1%7Alf Landon · 23.9%
GeorgiaFranklin D. Roosevelt87.1%12Alf Landon · 12.6%
IdahoFranklin D. Roosevelt63.0%4Alf Landon · 33.2%
IllinoisFranklin D. Roosevelt57.7%29Alf Landon · 39.7%
IndianaFranklin D. Roosevelt56.6%14Alf Landon · 41.9%
IowaFranklin D. Roosevelt54.4%11Alf Landon · 42.7%
KansasFranklin D. Roosevelt53.7%9Alf Landon · 46.0%
KentuckyFranklin D. Roosevelt58.5%11Alf Landon · 39.9%
LouisianaFranklin D. Roosevelt88.8%10Alf Landon · 11.1%
MaineAlf Landon55.6%5Franklin D. Roosevelt · 41.6%
MarylandFranklin D. Roosevelt62.4%8Alf Landon · 37.0%
MassachusettsFranklin D. Roosevelt51.2%17Alf Landon · 41.8%
MichiganFranklin D. Roosevelt56.3%19Alf Landon · 38.8%
MinnesotaFranklin D. Roosevelt61.8%11Alf Landon · 31.0%
MississippiFranklin D. Roosevelt97.0%9Alf Landon · 2.8%
MissouriFranklin D. Roosevelt60.8%15Alf Landon · 38.2%
MontanaFranklin D. Roosevelt69.3%4Alf Landon · 38.2%
NebraskaFranklin D. Roosevelt57.1%7Alf Landon · 40.7%
NevadaFranklin D. Roosevelt72.8%3Alf Landon · 27.2%
New HampshireFranklin D. Roosevelt49.7%4Alf Landon · 48.0%
New JerseyFranklin D. Roosevelt59.6%16Alf Landon · 39.6%
New MexicoFranklin D. Roosevelt62.7%3Alf Landon · 36.5%
New YorkFranklin D. Roosevelt58.8%47Alf Landon · 39.0%
North CarolinaFranklin D. Roosevelt73.4%13Alf Landon · 26.6%
North DakotaFranklin D. Roosevelt59.6%4Alf Landon · 26.6%
OhioFranklin D. Roosevelt58.0%26Alf Landon · 37.4%
OklahomaFranklin D. Roosevelt66.8%11Alf Landon · 32.7%
OregonFranklin D. Roosevelt64.4%5Alf Landon · 29.6%
PennsylvaniaFranklin D. Roosevelt56.9%36Alf Landon · 40.8%
Rhode IslandFranklin D. Roosevelt53.0%4Alf Landon · 40.3%
South CarolinaFranklin D. Roosevelt98.6%8Alf Landon · 1.4%
South DakotaFranklin D. Roosevelt54.0%4Alf Landon · 42.5%
TennesseeFranklin D. Roosevelt68.9%11Alf Landon · 30.8%
TexasFranklin D. Roosevelt86.9%23Alf Landon · 12.5%
UtahFranklin D. Roosevelt69.3%4Alf Landon · 29.8%
VermontAlf Landon56.4%3Franklin D. Roosevelt · 43.2%
VirginiaFranklin D. Roosevelt70.2%11Alf Landon · 29.4%
WashingtonFranklin D. Roosevelt66.4%8Alf Landon · 29.9%
West VirginiaFranklin D. Roosevelt60.6%8Alf Landon · 39.2%
WisconsinFranklin D. Roosevelt63.8%12Alf Landon · 30.3%
WyomingFranklin D. Roosevelt60.6%3Alf Landon · 37.5%

The Congress it seated

75th Congress

1937–1939

Unified government

Senate

76–16

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House

333–89

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