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On election day, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner carried the state of Georgia in a landslide, defeating Republican Alf Landon by a margin of nearly 75 percentage points and sweeping all but one county in the state. Even amidst a national Democratic landslide, Roosevelt's ...
Polls made during 1934 and 1935 suggested Long could have won between six [6] and seven million [7] votes, or approximately fifteen percent of the actual number cast in the 1936 election. Popular support for Long's Share Our Wealth program raised the possibility of a 1936 presidential bid against incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt trounced Governor Alf Landon of Kansas in a landslide and the Democrats built on their majorities in both chambers of Congress. [3] [4] [5] In the presidential election, incumbent Democratic president Franklin D. Roosevelt won re-election, defeating Republican governor Alf Landon of Kansas.
In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 8 of Georgia's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.
From March 10 to May 19, 1936, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1936 United States presidential election.The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1936 Republican National Convention held from June 9 to June 12, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks with members of the media as Georgia state authorities hold an election administration training session for state and local officials in ...
Georgia was the only Deep South state to reject Harry Truman, the national Democratic nominee, as its candidate. Thurmond ran as a third-party candidate in the state. [8] During the 1960s and 1970s, Georgia made significant changes in civil rights, governance, and economic growth focused on Atlanta. It was a bedrock of the emerging "New South".
PRESIDENT CALLS GEORGIA'S ELECTION A 'TOTAL FRAUD' When Georgian Dream was declared the winner of parliamentary elections seven weeks ago with results that two U.S. polling organisations said were ...