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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.
The Great Depression-era President won the 1936 election, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon. Bettmann - Getty Images 1941: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Election day: November 3: Incumbent president: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) Next Congress: 75th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Democratic hold: Popular vote margin: Democratic +24.3%: Electoral vote: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 523: Alf Landon (R) 8: 1936 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Landon, blue denotes
The 1936 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 23 to 27, 1936. The convention resulted in the nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner for reelection.
Roosevelt took 58.85% of the vote versus Alf Landon's 38.97%, a margin of 19.88%. Despite being Roosevelt's home state, in the context of the 1936 nationwide Democratic landslide, New York weighed in for this election as 4% more Republican than the national average, [2] although FDR won the state by nearly 20 points.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the only election since 1856 in which Lebanon County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [1] Roosevelt became the first Democrat since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Armstrong County and the first since 1856 to win Blair County, Dauphin County, and Philadelphia County. Mifflin County ...
The 1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1936. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1936 United States presidential election . State voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College , which voted for President and Vice President .
Theodore Roosevelt carefully crafted his image of rugged manliness. But that image is not complete, according to “The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President,” a new ...