United States presidential election in Virginia, 1936

Main article: United States presidential election, 1936

November 3, 1936



Nominee	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Alf Landon
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	New York	Kansas
Running mate	John N. Garner	Frank Knox
Electoral vote	11	0
Popular vote	234,980	98,336
Percentage	70.23%	29.39%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1936 throughout the 48 contiguous states. 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. Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 60.80% of the vote. Roosevelt carried Virginia with the largest percentage since 1832, and no candidate has been in able to match his performance in the state after this election.

Elections in Virginia

Federal government

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Special elections
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Ballot measures

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1936^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	234,980	70.23%	11
	Republican	Alf Landon	98,336	29.39%	0
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	594	0.18%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	313	0.09%	0
	Union	William Lemke	233	0.07%	0
	Communist	Earl Browder	98	0.03%	0
	Socialist Labor	John W. Aiken	36	0.01%	0
Totals			334,590	100.00%	11

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1936election.pdf

State Results of the 1936 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon William Lemke Norman Thomas Full list

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