1936 United States presidential election

The **1936 United States presidential election** was the 38th United States presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936. The candidates were Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his running mate John Nance Garner, and Republican Alf Landon of Kansas and his running mate, Frank Knox.

## The results

Roosevelt, the incumbent president, was very popular. Many people liked his New Deal system. He won 46 states, 523 electoral votes and 27,476,000 votes. Landon, on the other hand, did not do well at all. He did not even win his home state of Kansas. He only won two states (Vermont and Maine), 8 electoral votes, and 16,679,000 votes.

### Close states

New Hampshire, which is next to both Maine and Vermont, came within 2% of voting for Landon. That is, less than 2% more people voted for Roosevelt than Landon.

Landon's home state, Kansas, came within 7.72% of supporting him. Other close states were Massachusetts (which came within 9.46% of supporting Landon) and Delaware (which came within 9.77% of supporting Landon).

### Democratic Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|Franklin D. Roosevelt|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#34AAE0; width:200px;"|John Nance Garner|
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|colspan="29" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**1936 Democratic Party Ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; font-size:100%; color:#000; background:#C8EBFF; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|32nd President of the United States <small>(1933-1945)</small>|32nd Vice President of the United States <small>(1933-19</small><small>41)</small>|||

### Republican Party

|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Alf Landon|style="width:3em; font-size:135%; background:#E81B23; width:200px;"|Frank Knox|
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|colspan="30" style="background-color:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**19**</big><big>**36 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|26th Governor of Kansas <small>(1933–1937)</small>|Publisher of the Chicago Daily News <small>(1931–1940)</small>|||

## The Republican primaries

Three men ran for the Republican nomination for president in 1936. They were:

1. William Borah, a senator from Idaho
1. Frank Knox, a publisher from Illinois
1. Alf Landon, the governor of Kansas

Ultimately, Landon easily won. He chose Knox as his running mate.

## Fun facts

- This was the last presidential election till 1964 in which North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Indiana and Nebraska supported the Democratic candidate.
- This was the only presidential election where Indiana voted Democrat for the second time in a row.
- This was the only presidential election where South Dakota voted Democrat for the second time in a row.
- The state of Vermont came the closest to voting Democrat than any presidential election before.
- This is the last time for 80 years Orange County, California, would vote for the Democrat in a presidential election.

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 1936 United States presidential election
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 1932 United States presidential election
- **previous year**: 1932
- **next election**: 1940 United States presidential election
- **next year**: 1940
- **votes for election**: 531 electoral votes of the Electoral College (United States), Electoral College
- **needed votes**: 266 electoral
- **election date**: November 3, 1936
- **image1**: FDR_in_1933_(cropped).jpg
- **nominee1**: **Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt**
- **image1 size**: 166px
- **party1**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **home state1**: New York (state), New York
- **running mate1**: **John Nance Garner**
- **electoral vote1**: **523**
- **states carried1**: **46**
- **popular vote1**: **27,747,636**
- **percentage1**: **60.8%**
- **image2**: LandonPortr_(cropped).jpg
- **nominee2**: Alf Landon
- **image2 size**: 166px
- **party2**: Republican Party (United States)
- **home state2**: Kansas
- **running mate2**: Frank Knox
- **electoral vote2**: 8
- **states carried2**: 2
- **popular vote2**: 16,679,543
- **percentage2**: 36.5
- **map size**: 349px
- **map caption**: Presidential election results map. <span style="color:blue;">Blue</span> denotes those won by Roosevelt/Truman, <span style="color:red;">red</span> denotes states won by Dewey/Bricker. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- **before party**: Democratic Party (United States)
- **after election**: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- **after party**: Democratic Party (United States)