1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1936 United States presidential election 1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia West Virginia presidential no 1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia 1932 1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia 1940 All 8 West Virginia votes to the Electoral College November 3, 1936https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1936 United States Presidential election of 1936 — Encyclopædia Britannica December 23, 2018 x200px Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 june (3x4 cropped) (B&W).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York John Nance Garner 8 502,582 60.56% LandonPortr (cropped).jpg Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) Kansas Frank Knox 0 325,358 39.20% 1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia results map by county.svg 300px County results Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Landon #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 West Virginia took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eighthttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1929_1941.html#1936 1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41) December 23, 2018 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. West Virginia was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 60.56 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.20 percent of the popular vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1936&fips=54&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1936 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia December 23, 2018https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1936 The American Presidency Project — Election of 1936 December 23, 2018 Owing to powerful support for Roosevelt in labor-conscious coal-mining areas of the south and industrial areas of the Northern Panhandle, Roosevelt more than doubled his 1932 margin despite losing Jackson, Mason and Roane Counties.Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 978-0-691-16324-6 288 In McDowell County, which had not voted Democratic since 1884,Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 334–336 0786422173 FDR improved from 43.36 percent to 71.79 percent, and he made double-digit gains in adjacent Mingo, Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh and Fayette Counties.Our Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2898 WV US President — November 03, 1936 Despite Roosevelt's appeal to coal miners and other industrial workers, West Virginia still voted 2.90 points more Republican than the nation at-large, helped by Landon's gains in the central regions of the state. This would be the last presidential election where West Virginia voted more Republican than the nation until 1972. Results Source:https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1936&fips=54&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 502,582 60.56% Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) 325,358 39.20% D. Leigh Colvin Prohibition Party (United States) 1,173 0.14% Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 832 0.10% 829,945 100% Results by county 1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia by countyCounty Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Alf LandonRepublican Norman ThomasSocialist William D. UpshawProhibition Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Barbour 5,284 57.45% 3,875 42.13% 19 0.21% 20 0.22% 1,409 15.32% 9,198 Berkeley 8,336 55.72% 6,585 44.02% 26 0.17% 13 0.09% 1,751 11.70% 14,960 Boone 7,697 68.88% 3,477 31.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,220 37.77% 11,174 Braxton 5,667 60.34% 3,709 39.49% 8 0.09% 8 0.09% 1,958 20.85% 9,392 Brooke 5,955 62.72% 3,485 36.70% 26 0.27% 29 0.31% 2,470 26.01% 9,495 Cabell 27,319 58.87% 19,003 40.95% 50 0.11% 37 0.08% 8,316 17.92% 46,409 Calhoun 3,369 65.87% 1,733 33.88% 10 0.20% 3 0.06% 1,636 31.98% 5,115 Clay 3,387 57.36% 2,513 42.56% 4 0.07% 1 0.02% 874 14.80% 5,905 Doddridge 1,716 36.17% 3,023 63.72% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% -1,307 -27.55% 4,744 Fayette 23,864 72.57% 8,942 27.19% 53 0.16% 27 0.08% 14,922 45.37% 32,886 Gilmer 3,433 64.88% 1,858 35.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,575 29.77% 5,291 Grant 995 25.36% 2,923 74.51% 2 0.05% 3 0.08% -1,928 -49.15% 3,923 Greenbrier 10,738 64.41% 5,881 35.27% 40 0.24% 13 0.08% 4,857 29.13% 16,672 Hampshire 3,792 71.21% 1,512 28.39% 17 0.32% 4 0.08% 2,280 42.82% 5,325 Hancock 7,756 65.89% 3,957 33.62% 40 0.34% 18 0.15% 3,799 32.27% 11,771 Hardy 2,956 65.08% 1,581 34.81% 4 0.09% 1 0.02% 1,375 30.27% 4,542 Harrison 24,361 62.98% 14,180 36.66% 84 0.22% 53 0.14% 10,181 26.32% 38,678 Jackson 3,453 42.25% 4,711 57.65% 3 0.04% 5 0.06% -1,258 -15.39% 8,172 Jefferson 5,443 72.56% 2,040 27.20% 10 0.13% 8 0.11% 3,403 45.37% 7,501 Kanawha 50,801 58.86% 35,387 41.00% 55 0.06% 58 0.07% 15,414 17.86% 86,301 Lewis 5,531 49.90% 5,499 49.61% 40 0.36% 14 0.13% 32 0.29% 11,084 Lincoln 5,370 55.07% 4,382 44.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 988 10.13% 9,752 Logan 18,424 72.13% 7,069 27.68% 28 0.11% 21 0.08% 11,355 44.46% 25,542 Marion 20,859 64.29% 11,403 35.15% 92 0.28% 89 0.27% 9,456 29.15% 32,443 Marshall 9,198 53.35% 7,967 46.21% 49 0.28% 27 0.16% 1,231 7.14% 17,241 Mason 4,852 45.00% 5,894 54.67% 24 0.22% 12 0.11% -1,042 -9.66% 10,782 McDowell 25,471 71.79% 9,975 28.11% 21 0.06% 14 0.04% 15,496 43.67% 35,481 Mercer 18,391 63.02% 10,762 36.88% 18 0.06% 12 0.04% 7,629 26.14% 29,183 Mineral 5,333 54.09% 4,486 45.50% 12 0.12% 28 0.28% 847 8.59% 9,859 Mingo 11,278 66.09% 5,771 33.82% 5 0.03% 10 0.06% 5,507 32.27% 17,064 Monongalia 13,677 60.57% 8,811 39.02% 33 0.15% 61 0.27% 4,866 21.55% 22,582 Monroe 3,413 50.98% 3,268 48.81% 9 0.13% 5 0.07% 145 2.17% 6,695 Morgan 1,620 38.72% 2,555 61.07% 8 0.19% 1 0.02% -935 -22.35% 4,184 Nicholas 5,872 59.28% 3,964 40.02% 58 0.59% 12 0.12% 1,908 19.26% 9,906 Ohio 22,899 62.30% 13,743 37.39% 29 0.08% 87 0.24% 9,156 24.91% 36,758 Pendleton 2,637 59.26% 1,800 40.45% 12 0.27% 1 0.02% 837 18.81% 4,450 Pleasants 1,907 51.06% 1,820 48.73% 5 0.13% 3 0.08% 87 2.33% 3,735 Pocahontas 4,118 59.01% 2,850 40.84% 6 0.09% 4 0.06% 1,268 18.17% 6,978 Preston 5,410 41.62% 7,553 58.11% 19 0.15% 15 0.12% -2,143 -16.49% 12,997 Putnam 4,756 54.54% 3,938 45.16% 9 0.10% 17 0.19% 818 9.38% 8,720 Raleigh 22,840 71.63% 9,001 28.23% 29 0.09% 15 0.05% 13,839 43.40% 31,885 Randolph 8,109 68.48% 3,711 31.34% 13 0.11% 9 0.08% 4,398 37.14% 11,842 Ritchie 2,825 37.74% 4,639 61.97% 16 0.21% 6 0.08% -1,814 -24.23% 7,486 Roane 5,047 48.81% 5,282 51.08% 10 0.10% 2 0.02% -235 -2.27% 10,341 Summers 5,779 62.07% 3,521 37.82% 9 0.10% 2 0.02% 2,258 24.25% 9,311 Taylor 5,795 58.55% 4,061 41.03% 30 0.30% 12 0.12% 1,734 17.52% 9,898 Tucker 3,801 61.61% 2,335 37.85% 23 0.37% 10 0.16% 1,466 23.76% 6,169 Tyler 2,509 38.25% 4,031 61.46% 15 0.23% 4 0.06% -1,522 -23.20% 6,559 Upshur 3,163 35.40% 5,745 64.30% 16 0.18% 10 0.11% -2,582 -28.90% 8,934 Wayne 8,954 61.38% 5,603 38.41% 23 0.16% 8 0.05% 3,351 22.97% 14,588 Webster 4,613 69.70% 1,987 30.02% 10 0.15% 8 0.12% 2,626 39.68% 6,618 Wetzel 6,463 62.98% 3,770 36.74% 20 0.19% 9 0.09% 2,693 26.24% 10,262 Wirt 1,783 52.24% 1,612 47.23% 18 0.53% 0 0.00% 171 5.01% 3,413 Wood 16,829 57.21% 12,574 42.75% 9 0.03% 2 0.01% 4,255 14.47% 29,414 Wyoming 6,734 65.16% 3,601 34.84% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,133 30.31% 10,335Totals502,58260.56%325,35839.20%1,1730.14%8320.10%177,22421.35%829,945 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Jackson Mason Roane Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic McDowell Mineral References West Virginia 1936 Category:1936 West Virginia elections