1936 United States presidential election in Iowa

1936 United States presidential election in Iowa
	November 3, 1936[1]
	November 3, 1936[1]
All 11 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
Roosevelt 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%	Landon 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose eleven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 54.41% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 42.70% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Sioux County, Lyon County and O'Brien County have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5][6]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	621,756	54.41%
	Republican	Alf Landon	487,977	42.70%
	Union	William Lemke	29,687	2.60%
	Write-in		3,313	0.29%
Total votes			1,142,733	100%

gollark: Which is silly for a variety of reasons - even if you agree with the concept of randomly reweighting votes based on area, at least do it honestly and directly and not in such a bizarre, convoluted and arbitrary way?

gollark: People are somewhat apiological sometimes and say "oh, but it's good because it balances out power in rural areas".

gollark: Well, Event 128-κ is probably *not* going to be repeated.

gollark: I heard they have very insecure voting machines.

gollark: The solution is simple: go to Russia, and hack into the US electoral system.

References

"United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
"1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
"1936 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
"The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 196-199 ISBN 0786422173
Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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[1] "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[2] "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[3] "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 31, 2018.

[5] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 196-199 ISBN 0786422173

[How-6] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016