1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Roosevelt 40-50% 50-60%	Landon 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

Election in Rhode Island

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.

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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.

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"1936 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

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"RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.

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1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	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%

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) ^[2]
County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Alf Landon Republican		Other candidates Various parties		Total
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	#
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

1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

Results

By county

See also

References

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