1936 United States presidential election in Delaware
The 1936 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose 3 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Delaware voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who defeated Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 9.77%.
While Landon lost the state, the 44.85% of the popular vote made Delaware his fifth strongest state in the 1936 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Kansas.[1]
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York | John Nance Garner of Texas | 69,702 | 54.62% | 3 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Alf Landon of Kansas | Frank Knox of Illinois | 57,236 | 44.85% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Union | William Lemke of North Dakota | Thomas C. O'Brien of Massachusetts | 442 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas of New York | George A. Nelson of Wisconsin | 172 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Communist | Earl Russell Browder of Kansas | James W. Ford of New York | 51 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 127,603 | 100.00% | 3 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Dem | Rep | Oth |
| Kent | 9,588 | 6,936 | 481 |
| New Castle | 47,315 | 36,859 | 1,592 |
| Sussex | 12,799 | 10,219 | 1,814 |
| STATEWIDE | 69,702 | 54,014 | 3,887 |
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References
- "1936 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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