Presidential election · 1936
1936 electoral map
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1936 presidential election with 523 electoral votes to Alf Landon's 8. Roosevelt carried 46 of the 48 states that took part.
Winner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
523
Republican
Alf Landon
8
266 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticRepublicanNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt· Democratic
46 statesNew York 47Pennsylvania 36Illinois 29Ohio 26Texas 23California 22Michigan 19Massachusetts 17New Jersey 16Missouri 15Indiana 14North Carolina 13Georgia 12Wisconsin 12Alabama 11Iowa 11Kentucky 11Minnesota 11Oklahoma 11Tennessee 11Virginia 11Louisiana 10Arkansas 9Kansas 9Mississippi 9Connecticut 8Maryland 8South Carolina 8Washington 8West Virginia 8Florida 7Nebraska 7Colorado 6Oregon 5Idaho 4Montana 4New Hampshire 4North Dakota 4Rhode Island 4South Dakota 4Utah 4Arizona 3Delaware 3Nevada 3New Mexico 3Wyoming 3
Electoral College in 1936
48 states held 531 electoral votes in 1936; a majority was 266. The largest prize was New York with 47 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1936 election article.