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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide victory.
Democratic hold: Popular vote margin: Democratic +24.3%: Electoral vote: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 523: Alf Landon (R) 8: 1936 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Landon, blue denotes states won by Roosevelt. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold ...
At the 1936 Democratic Convention, the rule requiring candidates for president and vice president to have a majority of two-thirds of the delegates votes to win nomination, which had existed since 1832, was abolished.
Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1936 Democratic National Convention for the purpose of selecting the party's for president in the 1936 United States presidential election . [ 1 ]
New Jersey in the early decades of the 20th century had been a reliably Republican state; prior to FDR's 1936 victory, the state had not given a majority of the vote to a Democratic presidential candidate since 1892, with FDR only winning the state with a bare plurality in 1932.
The 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1936. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon ...
The 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1936 as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
The 1936 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who defeated Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon.