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1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
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1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1932 1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1940 November 3, 1936 x160px Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 june (3x4 cropped) (B&W).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York John Nance Garner 4 165,238 53.10% LandonPortr (cropped).jpg Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) Kansas Frank Knox 0 125,031 40.18% Representative William Lemke (3x4 crop, black and white).jpg William Lemke Union Party (United States) North Dakota Thomas C. O'Brien 0 19,569 6.29% 250px County results 250px Municipality results
Roosevelt
#b9d7ff 40–50%
#86b6f2 50–60%
#4389e3 60–70%
#1666cb 70–80%
Landon
#f2b3be 40–50%
#e27f90 50–60%
#cc2f4a 60–70%
#d40000 70–80% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States)
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.
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.
Results
1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1936 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=44&year=1936&f=0&off=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Democratic Party (United States)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New York
John Nance Garner
Texas
165,238
53.10%
4
100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Alf Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
Illinois
125,031
40.18%
0
0.00%
Union Party (United States)
William Lemke
North Dakota
Thomas C. O'Brien
Massachusetts
19,569
6.29%
0
0.00%
Socialist Labor Party of America
John W. Aiken
Connecticut
Emil F. Teichert
New York
929
0.30%
0
0.00%
Communist Party USA
Earl Russell Browder
Kansas
James W. Ford
New York
411
0.13%
0
0.00%
311,178
100.00%
4
100.00%
By county
1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county)https://www.ri.gov/election/results/ RI.gov: Election Results www.ri.gov February 11, 2024CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticAlf LandonRepublicanOther candidatesVarious partiesMargin Total % # % # % # % ##Bristol 49.96% 5,327 45.65% 4,867 4.4% 468 4.31% 460 10,662Kent 47.2% 13,238 48.4% 13,550 4.4% 1,231 -1.2% -312 28,019Newport 49.1% 9,499 48.3% 9,358 2.6% 504 0.8% 141 19,361Providence 55.1% 131,218 37.2% 88,492 7.7% 18,370 17.9% 42,726 238,080Washington 39.6% 5,956 58.2% 8,764 2.2% 336 -18.6% -2,808 15,056
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Newport
See also
United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
References
Rhode Island
1936
Category:1936 Rhode Island elections