1936 United States presidential election in Delaware
Election in Delaware
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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%, marking the first time since 1912 that the state voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the first time since 1888 that a Democrat carried the state with an outright majority.
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]
This election marked Delaware's transition into a bellwether state: for the rest of the 20th century, it would vote for a losing candidate only once (in 1948). Once the century rolled around, it came to be regarded as a solidly blue state.
Results
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
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| 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% | ||||
Results by county
| 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 |
See also
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