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1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

← 1932 November 3, 1936 1940 →
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon William Lemke
Party Democratic Republican Union
Home state New York Kansas North Dakota
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox Thomas C. O'Brien
Electoral vote 4 0 0
Popular vote 165,238 125,031 19,569
Percentage 53.10% 40.18% 6.29%


President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rhode Island voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the state by a margin of 12.92%. Roosevelt was the first Democrat to ever win Newport County.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 165,238 53.10% 4 100.00%
Republican Alf Landon of Kansas Frank Knox of Illinois 125,031 40.18% 0 0.00%
Union William Lemke of North Dakota Thomas C. O'Brien of Massachusetts 19,569 6.29% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken of Connecticut Emil F. Teichert of New York 929 0.30% 0 0.00%
Communist Earl Russell Browder of Kansas James W. Ford of New York 411 0.13% 0 0.00%
Total 311,178 100.00% 4 100.00%

By county

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
County Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Alf Landon

Republican

Other candidates

Various parties

Total
% # % # % # #
Bristol 49.96% 5,327 45.6% 4,867 4.4% 468 10,662
Kent 47.2% 13,238 48.4% 13,550 4.4% 1,231 28,019
Newport 49.1% 9,499 48.3% 9,358 2.6% 504 19,361
Providence 55.1% 131,218 37.2% 88,492 7.7% 18,370 238,080
Washington 39.6% 5,956 58.2% 8,764 2.2% 336 15,056

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.


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