1936 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1936 United States presidential election 1936 United States presidential election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1932 United States presidential election in New York 1932 1940 United States presidential election in New York 1940 72.6%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 6.5 pp November 3, 1936 x200px Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 june (3x4 cropped) (B&W).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) American Labor New York John Nance Garner 47 3,293,222 58.85% LandonPortr (cropped).jpg Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) Kansas Frank Knox 0 2,180,670 38.97% 400px 440px County 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 New York took place on November 3, 1936. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 47 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican Governor of Kansas Alf Landon. Roosevelt ran with incumbent Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, and Landon ran with newspaper publisher Frank Knox of Illinois. A former Governor of New York who had easily carried the state four years earlier, Franklin Roosevelt won New York State in 1936 by an even more decisive margin. 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,Counting the Votes; New York although FDR won the state by nearly 20 points. Roosevelt won his home state by means of a dominance of the massively populated New York City area, performing even more strongly than he had in 1932. Roosevelt took over 70% of the vote in the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, and took over 60% of the vote in Queens and Staten Island. For the era, this was an historically overwhelming victory for a Democratic presidential candidate in the five boroughs of New York City, and enough to easily secure a statewide win for Roosevelt. The emergence of the New Deal Coalition was at its peak in 1936,Davin, Eric Leif; Crucible of Freedom: Workers' Democracy in the Industrial Heartland, 1914–1960, p. 268 0739122398 and made American cities with their powerful political machines core bases of support for the Democratic Party.Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives (1979), p. 114 The Great Depression had accelerated the process of urbanization of the Democratic Party which had begun with the election of 1928. Roosevelt's landslide win in New York City was a fruit born by this process, and over the whole nation, he achieved majorities in the largest cities totaling twice what Harding had achieved in 1920.Heale, Michael; The United States in the Long Twentieth Century: Politics and Society since 1900, p. 77 1472511565 FDR's 1936 victory in New York State would also be the strongest statewide Democratic performance ever in terms of both margin and vote share until 1964. Results 1936 United States presidential election in New YorkPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 3,018,298 53.93% American Labor Franklin D. Roosevelt 274,924 4.91% Total Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 3,293,222 58.85% 47 Republican Alf Landon 2,180,670 38.97% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 86,897 1.55% 0 Communist Earl Browder 35,609 0.64% 0 Totals 5,596,398 100.00% 47 New York City results 1936 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-American LaborFranklin D. Roosevelt517,134419,625738,306320,05346,2292,041,34773.49%72.71%79.35%75.78%64.92%65.68% RepublicanAlf Landon174,29993,151212,852162,79722,852665,95123.97%24.51%17.61%21.85%33.02%32.47% SocialistNorman Thomas10,5296,89211,6478,3141,13838,5201.39%1.48%1.30%1.20%1.69%1.62% CommunistEarl Browder9,2919,15011,4961,84517031,9521.15%1.31%1.73%1.18%0.37%0.24%TOTAL711,253528,818974,301493,00970,3892,777,770100.00% Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic/American Labor Alf LandonRepublican Normal ThomasSocialist Earl BrowderCommunist Margin Total votescastNew York, ‘Vote, New York State, By Counties, November 3, 1936 For Highest Elector for President and Vice President,’ The New York Red Book 1937 (Albany, 1937) # % # % # % # % # % Albany 71,631 56.18% 52,962 41.54% 2,834 2.22% 84 0.07% 18,669 14.64% 127,511 Allegany 5,288 27.11% 13,829 70.89% 375 1.92% 16 0.08% -8,541 -43.78% 19,508 Bronx 419,625 79.35% 93,151 17.61% 6,892 1.30% 9,150 1.73% 326,474 61.74% 528,818 Broome 29,708 43.94% 36,945 54.65% 850 1.26% 100 0.15% -7,237 -10.71% 67,603 Cattaraugus 11,901 36.08% 20,484 62.10% 577 1.75% 22 0.07% -8,583 -26.02% 32,984 Cayuga 12,158 36.62% 20,203 60.85% 822 2.48% 17 0.05% -8,045 -24.23% 33,200 Chautauqua 23,283 42.39% 30,435 55.41% 1,128 2.05% 81 0.15% -7,152 -13.02% 54,927 Chemung 15,542 42.94% 20,515 56.68% 122 0.34% 16 0.04% -4,973 -13.74% 36,195 Chenango 5,143 27.08% 13,772 72.50% 73 0.38% 7 0.04% -8,629 -45.43% 18,995 Clinton 10,898 50.60% 10,521 48.85% 110 0.51% 9 0.04% 377 1.75% 21,538 Columbia 8,375 38.64% 13,034 60.14% 236 1.09% 28 0.13% -4,659 -21.50% 21,673 Cortland 4,606 27.69% 11,718 70.43% 303 1.82% 10 0.06% -7,112 -42.75% 16,637 Delaware 6,142 28.75% 15,164 70.98% 58 0.27% 0 0.00% -9,022 -42.23% 21,364 Dutchess 24,467 45.02% 28,868 53.12% 922 1.70% 88 0.16% -4,401 -8.10% 54,345 Erie 183,555 53.64% 152,312 44.51% 5,750 1.68% 591 0.17% 31,243 9.13% 342,208 Essex 5,447 31.88% 11,599 67.88% 39 0.23% 3 0.02% -6,152 -36.00% 17,088 Franklin 8,799 42.97% 11,521 56.26% 147 0.72% 11 0.05% -2,722 -13.29% 20,478 Fulton 8,977 37.82% 14,253 60.05% 466 1.96% 41 0.17% -5,276 -22.23% 23,737 Genesee 6,177 30.78% 13,292 66.23% 583 2.90% 17 0.08% -7,115 -35.45% 20,069 Greene 6,744 41.99% 9,060 56.41% 247 1.54% 9 0.06% -2,316 -14.42% 16,060 Hamilton 934 35.53% 1,695 64.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -761 -28.95% 2,629 Herkimer 12,847 44.10% 15,941 54.73% 321 1.10% 20 0.07% -3,094 -10.62% 29,129 Jefferson 13,975 35.41% 24,925 63.16% 543 1.38% 23 0.06% -10,950 -27.75% 39,466 Kings 738,306 75.78% 212,852 21.85% 11,647 1.20% 11,496 1.18% 525,454 53.93% 974,301 Lewis 3,263 28.56% 8,048 70.44% 108 0.95% 7 0.06% -4,785 -41.88% 11,426 Livingston 6,088 32.12% 12,353 65.18% 503 2.65% 9 0.05% -6,265 -33.06% 18,953 Madison 5,867 28.49% 14,353 69.71% 353 1.71% 17 0.08% -8,486 -41.21% 20,590 Monroe 114,286 54.29% 93,055 44.20% 2,715 1.29% 467 0.22% 21,231 10.08% 210,523 Montgomery 14,698 50.44% 14,127 48.48% 286 0.98% 28 0.10% 571 1.96% 29,139 Nassau 74,232 42.96% 94,968 54.97% 3,301 1.91% 278 0.16% -20,736 -12.00% 172,779 New York 517,134 72.71% 174,299 24.51% 10,529 1.48% 9,291 1.31% 342,835 48.20% 711,253 Niagara 29,207 47.56% 30,144 49.08% 1,965 3.20% 99 0.16% -937 -1.53% 61,415 Oneida 43,439 47.68% 46,317 50.84% 1,244 1.37% 111 0.12% -2,878 -3.16% 91,111 Onondaga 62,945 43.03% 80,498 55.03% 2,639 1.80% 188 0.13% -17,553 -12.00% 146,270 Ontario 8,787 32.29% 17,812 65.45% 604 2.22% 12 0.04% -9,025 -33.16% 27,215 Orange 27,528 43.50% 34,428 54.41% 1,271 2.01% 49 0.08% -6,900 -10.90% 63,276 Orleans 4,016 26.78% 10,569 70.49% 398 2.65% 11 0.07% -6,553 -43.70% 14,994 Oswego 11,068 32.20% 22,803 66.33% 484 1.41% 21 0.06% -11,735 -34.14% 34,376 Otsego 7,807 31.52% 16,682 67.36% 266 1.07% 10 0.04% -8,875 -35.84% 24,765 Putnam 4,682 44.03% 5,761 54.18% 177 1.66% 13 0.12% -1,079 -10.15% 10,633 Queens 320,053 64.92% 162,797 33.02% 8,314 1.69% 1,845 0.37% 157,256 31.90% 493,009 Rensselaer 31,754 46.27% 34,772 50.67% 2,024 2.95% 71 0.10% -3,018 -4.40% 68,621 Richmond 46,229 65.68% 22,852 32.47% 1,138 1.62% 170 0.24% 23,377 33.21% 70,389 Rockland 15,876 49.47% 15,583 48.56% 574 1.79% 57 0.18% 293 0.91% 32,090 Saratoga 14,619 42.66% 19,153 55.90% 475 1.39% 19 0.06% -4,534 -13.23% 34,266 Schenectady 31,027 52.23% 26,914 45.30% 1,361 2.29% 105 0.18% 4,113 6.92% 59,407 Schoharie 4,229 36.99% 6,895 60.30% 301 2.63% 9 0.08% -2,666 -23.32% 11,434 Schuyler 2,551 34.22% 4,819 64.64% 75 1.01% 10 0.13% -2,268 -30.42% 7,455 Seneca 4,295 34.49% 7,919 63.59% 232 1.86% 8 0.06% -3,624 -29.10% 12,454 St. Lawrence 12,763 32.27% 26,031 65.81% 736 1.86% 26 0.07% -13,268 -33.54% 39,556 Steuben 14,978 36.70% 24,987 61.23% 821 2.01% 24 0.06% -10,009 -24.53% 40,810 Suffolk 33,078 39.22% 48,970 58.07% 2,187 2.59% 100 0.12% -15,892 -18.84% 84,335 Sullivan 9,908 49.58% 9,757 48.83% 256 1.28% 61 0.31% 151 0.76% 19,982 Tioga 4,305 31.56% 9,163 67.18% 150 1.10% 22 0.16% -4,858 -35.62% 13,640 Tompkins 7,007 33.78% 13,332 64.26% 374 1.80% 33 0.16% -6,325 -30.49% 20,746 Ulster 19,118 42.85% 24,678 55.32% 762 1.71% 53 0.12% -5,560 -12.46% 44,611 Warren 6,807 34.26% 12,873 64.78% 182 0.92% 9 0.05% -6,066 -30.53% 19,871 Washington 7,713 33.08% 15,186 65.13% 406 1.74% 12 0.05% -7,473 -32.05% 23,317 Wayne 7,099 27.80% 17,901 70.11% 516 2.02% 18 0.07% -10,802 -42.30% 25,534 Westchester 123,561 47.24% 133,670 51.10% 3,841 1.47% 497 0.19% -10,109 -3.86% 261,569 Wyoming 4,420 29.78% 10,253 69.09% 162 1.09% 6 0.04% -5,833 -39.30% 14,841 Yates 2,257 24.32% 6,897 74.32% 122 1.31% 4 0.04% -4,640 -50.00% 9,280Totals3,293,22258.85%2,180,67038.97%86,8971.55%35,6090.64%1,112,55219.88%5,596,398 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Franklin Rensselaer Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Montgomery Monroe Rockland Schenectady Erie Analysis In upstate New York, Roosevelt's support was mostly concentrated in the cities. Roosevelt again carried Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, which since 1928 had become a Democratic stronghold of a city. Nearby Schenectady and Montgomery counties went Democratic as well. Montgomery County had not voted Democratic since 1876. 1936 also saw FDR flip Erie County into the Democratic column, home to the city of Buffalo in western New York, which up to that point was a Republican county that had even held for Herbert Hoover in 1932. Finally flipping in 1936, Buffalo has largely remained a loyal Democratic bastion ever since. Monroe County, home to the city of Rochester, also swung from voting for Hoover in 1932 to Roosevelt in 1936. Roosevelt's other wins in the state were pluralities in Rockland County and Sullivan County. However, much of rural upstate New York remained one of the most loyally Republican regions in the nation throughout the FDR era, which many locals attributed to the fact that New Deal public works had barely affected these regions.Sheppard, Si; The buying of the presidency?: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the election of 1936 pp. 207, 216-217 1440831068 Going against the trend of both the state and the nation, FDR lost Franklin County to Landon in northern New York, a county which FDR had won in 1932 and which was even won by Al Smith in 1928, leaving Clinton County as the sole Democratic win in the North Country region of the state in 1936. Roosevelt also lost Rensselaer County to Landon in the Capital District, despite Roosevelt having won Rensselaer in 1932 and Smith winning there in 1928. The rural Midwest, rural upstate New York and Unionist parts of Appalachia have been the consistent bastions of the Republican Party since the Civil War. 1936 was the third and final election in a row in which Democrats had won all five boroughs of New York City. This was the last election in which Democrats won the boroughs of Queens until 1960, and Staten Island or simultaneously carried all five boroughs of New York City until 1964. See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt References 2 expanded New York 1936 Category:1936 New York (state) elections