1936 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1936 United States presidential election 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia 1931 presidential no 1932 United States presidential election in Virginia 1932 1940 United States presidential election in Virginia 1940 November 3, 1936 x200px Franklin D. Roosevelt 1936 june (3x4 cropped) (B&W).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York John N. Garner 11 234,980 70.23% LandonPortr (cropped).jpg Alf Landon Republican Party (United States) Kansas Frank Knox 0 98,336 29.39% 435px 435px County and independent city results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Landon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1936. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 60.80% of the vote. Roosevelt carried Virginia with the largest percentage since 1832, and no candidate since has been able to match his performance in the state.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 1936 United States presidential election in VirginiaStatistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1936election.pdf Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives 38PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 234,980 70.23% 11 Republican Alf Landon 98,336 29.39% 0 Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 594 0.18% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 313 0.09% 0 Union William Lemke 233 0.07% 0 Communist Earl Browder 98 0.03% 0 Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 36 0.01% 0 Totals 334,590 100.00% 11 Voter turnout (voting age) 25.7%Williamson, Hugh P.; ‘Evolution of the Franchise in England and the United States’; The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. 6, no. 3 (April 1947), pp. 403-419 Results by county County orindependent city1936 President General Election https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/79343/ July 8, 2024 Virginia Department of Elections: Historical Elections Database Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Alf LandonRepublican Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescastScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 474-476 0405077114 # % # % # % # % Accomack County 1,583 70.08% 670 29.66% 6 0.27% 913 40.42% 2,259 Albemarle County 1,825 73.98% 635 25.74% 7 0.28% 1,190 48.24% 2,467 Alleghany County 2,013 60.18% 1,319 39.43% 13 0.39% 694 20.75% 3,345 Amelia County 753 75.53% 239 23.97% 5 0.50% 514 51.55% 997 Amherst County 1,734 87.75% 236 11.94% 6 0.30% 1,498 75.81% 1,976 Appomattox County 1,375 86.64% 204 12.85% 8 0.50% 1,171 73.79% 1,587 Arlington County 4,971 63.45% 2,825 36.06% 39 0.50% 2,146 27.39% 7,835 Augusta County 2,872 62.83% 1,668 36.49% 31 0.68% 1,204 26.34% 4,571 Bath County 614 54.34% 514 45.49% 2 0.18% 100 8.85% 1,130 Bedford County 2,276 78.32% 619 21.30% 11 0.38% 1,657 57.02% 2,906 Bland County 778 54.60% 642 45.05% 5 0.35% 136 9.54% 1,425 Botetourt County 1,544 53.22% 1,343 46.29% 14 0.48% 201 6.93% 2,901 Brunswick County 1,303 95.46% 60 4.40% 2 0.15% 1,243 91.06% 1,365 Buchanan County 1,886 69.88% 808 29.94% 5 0.19% 1,078 39.94% 2,699 Buckingham County 945 77.46% 273 22.38% 2 0.16% 672 55.08% 1,220 Campbell County 1,987 84.09% 370 15.66% 6 0.25% 1,617 68.43% 2,363 Caroline County 1,104 80.76% 258 18.87% 5 0.37% 846 61.89% 1,367 Carroll County 2,122 39.53% 3,245 60.45% 1 0.02% -1,123 -20.92% 5,368 Charles City County 233 74.68% 79 25.32% 0 0.00% 154 49.36% 312 Charlotte County 1,727 89.85% 190 9.89% 5 0.26% 1,537 79.97% 1,922 Chesterfield County 2,522 79.48% 621 19.57% 30 0.95% 1,901 59.91% 3,173 Clarke County 940 82.38% 198 17.35% 3 0.26% 742 65.03% 1,141 Craig County 653 62.25% 395 37.65% 1 0.10% 258 24.59% 1,049 Culpeper County 1,266 69.41% 551 30.21% 7 0.38% 715 39.20% 1,824 Cumberland County 476 77.27% 136 22.08% 4 0.65% 340 55.19% 616 Dickenson County 2,683 70.05% 1,146 29.92% 1 0.03% 1,537 40.13% 3,830 Dinwiddie County 1,343 91.05% 127 8.61% 5 0.34% 1,216 82.44% 1,475 Elizabeth City County 1,925 75.79% 597 23.50% 18 0.71% 1,328 52.28% 2,540 Essex County 527 81.71% 116 17.98% 2 0.31% 411 63.72% 645 Fairfax County 2,913 64.35% 1,584 34.99% 30 0.66% 1,329 29.36% 4,527 Fauquier County 2,037 76.24% 629 23.54% 6 0.22% 1,408 52.69% 2,672 Floyd County 699 30.75% 1,566 68.90% 8 0.35% -867 -38.14% 2,273 Fluvanna County 586 72.52% 217 26.86% 5 0.62% 369 45.67% 808 Franklin County 2,285 69.83% 975 29.80% 12 0.37% 1,310 40.04% 3,272 Frederick County 1,386 67.35% 665 32.31% 7 0.34% 721 35.03% 2,058 Giles County 1,547 59.59% 1,047 40.33% 2 0.08% 500 19.26% 2,596 Gloucester County 1,012 78.03% 281 21.67% 4 0.31% 731 56.36% 1,297 Goochland County 638 73.33% 228 26.21% 4 0.46% 410 47.13% 870 Grayson County 3,005 47.31% 3,343 52.63% 4 0.06% -338 -5.32% 6,352 Greene County 341 51.43% 321 48.42% 1 0.15% 20 3.02% 663 Greensville County 884 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 884 100.00% 884 Halifax County 4,331 93.30% 302 6.51% 9 0.19% 4,029 86.79% 4,642 Hanover County 1,397 80.47% 327 18.84% 12 0.69% 1,070 61.64% 1,736 Henrico County 3,610 73.39% 1,285 26.12% 24 0.49% 2,325 47.27% 4,919 Henry County 1,790 79.48% 458 20.34% 4 0.18% 1,332 59.15% 2,252 Highland County 515 49.52% 522 50.19% 3 0.29% -7 -0.67% 1,040 Isle of Wight County 1,025 83.00% 207 16.76% 3 0.24% 818 66.23% 1,235 James City County 302 81.18% 70 18.82% 0 0.00% 232 62.37% 372 King and Queen County 372 74.85% 124 24.95% 1 0.20% 248 49.90% 497 King George County 469 61.23% 295 38.51% 2 0.26% 174 22.72% 766 King William County 696 76.48% 211 23.19% 3 0.33% 485 53.30% 910 Lancaster County 689 67.95% 322 31.76% 3 0.30% 367 36.19% 1,014 Lee County 4,120 66.46% 2,066 33.33% 13 0.21% 2,054 33.13% 6,199 Loudoun County 2,287 72.33% 867 27.42% 8 0.25% 1,420 44.91% 3,162 Louisa County 1,100 68.84% 486 30.41% 12 0.75% 614 38.42% 1,598 Lunenburg County 1,291 94.23% 77 5.62% 2 0.15% 1,214 88.61% 1,370 Madison County 804 54.81% 662 45.13% 1 0.07% 142 9.68% 1,467 Mathews County 622 57.65% 452 41.89% 5 0.46% 170 15.76% 1,079 Mecklenburg County 2,730 93.05% 202 6.88% 2 0.07% 2,528 86.16% 2,934 Middlesex County 653 83.61% 123 15.75% 5 0.64% 530 67.86% 781 Montgomery County 1,832 49.34% 1,852 49.88% 29 0.78% -20 -0.54% 3,713 Nansemond County 1,478 89.36% 175 10.58% 1 0.06% 1,303 78.78% 1,654 Nelson County 1,204 76.35% 370 23.46% 3 0.19% 834 52.89% 1,577 New Kent County 307 71.90% 120 28.10% 0 0.00% 187 43.79% 427 Norfolk County 3,734 84.75% 652 14.80% 20 0.45% 3,082 69.95% 4,406 Northampton County 975 77.69% 277 22.07% 3 0.24% 698 55.62% 1,255 Northumberland County 618 70.39% 260 29.61% 0 0.00% 358 40.77% 878 Nottoway County 1,297 82.72% 260 16.58% 11 0.70% 1,037 66.14% 1,568 Orange County 1,227 75.00% 402 24.57% 7 0.43% 825 50.43% 1,636 Page County 1,888 54.77% 1,551 45.00% 8 0.23% 337 9.78% 3,447 Patrick County 1,588 68.45% 726 31.29% 6 0.26% 862 37.16% 2,320 Pittsylvania County 3,694 86.82% 556 13.07% 5 0.12% 3,138 73.75% 4,255 Powhatan County 438 73.49% 158 26.51% 0 0.00% 280 46.98% 596 Prince Edward County 1,153 81.77% 253 17.94% 4 0.28% 900 63.83% 1,410 Prince George County 713 84.48% 128 15.17% 3 0.36% 585 69.31% 844 Prince William County 1,512 76.29% 457 23.06% 13 0.66% 1,055 53.23% 1,982 Princess Anne County 1,925 81.29% 436 18.41% 7 0.30% 1,489 62.88% 2,368 Pulaski County 2,337 66.37% 1,180 33.51% 4 0.11% 1,157 32.86% 3,521 Rappahannock County 686 73.92% 241 25.97% 1 0.11% 445 47.95% 928 Richmond County 451 67.51% 217 32.49% 0 0.00% 234 35.03% 668 Roanoke County 3,422 61.57% 2,105 37.87% 31 0.56% 1,317 23.70% 5,558 Rockbridge County 1,635 64.98% 868 34.50% 13 0.52% 767 30.48% 2,516 Rockingham County 2,916 50.33% 2,834 48.91% 44 0.76% 82 1.42% 5,794 Russell County 3,143 66.03% 1,599 33.59% 18 0.38% 1,544 32.44% 4,760 Scott County 2,122 50.91% 2,046 49.09% 0 0.00% 76 1.82% 4,168 Shenandoah County 2,861 47.46% 3,152 52.29% 15 0.25% -291 -4.83% 6,028 Smyth County 2,337 52.86% 2,067 46.75% 17 0.38% 270 6.11% 4,421 Southampton County 1,673 91.62% 148 8.11% 5 0.27% 1,525 83.52% 1,826 Spotsylvania County 836 64.61% 453 35.01% 5 0.39% 383 29.60% 1,294 Stafford County 651 52.08% 596 47.68% 3 0.24% 55 4.40% 1,250 Surry County 715 88.93% 87 10.82% 2 0.25% 628 78.11% 804 Sussex County 880 87.48% 126 12.52% 0 0.00% 754 74.95% 1,006 Tazewell County 2,992 59.90% 1,981 39.66% 22 0.44% 1,011 20.24% 4,995 Warren County 1,174 73.19% 426 26.56% 4 0.25% 748 46.63% 1,604 Warwick County 870 80.93% 200 18.60% 5 0.47% 670 62.33% 1,075 Washington County 2,595 55.76% 2,047 43.98% 12 0.26% 548 11.77% 4,654 Westmoreland County 871 74.64% 296 25.36% 0 0.00% 575 49.27% 1,167 Wise County 5,399 72.28% 2,057 27.54% 14 0.19% 3,342 44.74% 7,470 Wythe County 2,089 42.82% 2,781 57.01% 8 0.16% -692 -14.19% 4,878 York County 729 73.79% 228 23.08% 31 3.14% 501 50.71% 988 Alexandria City 3,381 72.71% 1,225 26.34% 44 0.95% 2,156 46.37% 4,650 Bristol City 1,364 81.09% 311 18.49% 7 0.42% 1,053 62.60% 1,682 Buena Vista City 363 67.22% 177 32.78% 0 0.00% 186 34.44% 540 Charlottesville City 1,393 79.97% 335 19.23% 14 0.80% 1,058 60.73% 1,742 Clifton Forge City 1,199 77.35% 343 22.13% 8 0.52% 856 55.23% 1,550 Danville City 3,266 84.94% 549 14.28% 30 0.78% 2,717 70.66% 3,845 Fredericksburg City 944 69.57% 411 30.29% 2 0.15% 533 39.28% 1,357 Hampton City 971 83.56% 190 16.35% 1 0.09% 781 67.21% 1,162 Harrisonburg City 1,390 60.51% 894 38.92% 13 0.57% 496 21.59% 2,297 Hopewell City 1,309 79.29% 332 20.11% 10 0.61% 977 59.18% 1,651 Lynchburg City 3,697 72.60% 1,373 26.96% 22 0.43% 2,324 45.64% 5,092 Martinsville City 949 78.56% 255 21.11% 4 0.33% 694 57.45% 1,208 Newport News City 4,021 81.04% 919 18.52% 22 0.44% 3,102 62.52% 4,962 Norfolk City 10,561 76.26% 3,229 23.32% 59 0.43% 7,332 52.94% 13,849 Petersburg City 2,192 82.69% 444 16.75% 15 0.57% 1,748 65.94% 2,651 Portsmouth City 5,617 86.30% 861 13.23% 31 0.48% 4,756 73.07% 6,509 Radford City 650 60.30% 421 39.05% 7 0.65% 229 21.24% 1,078 Richmond City 18,784 80.45% 4,478 19.18% 86 0.37% 14,306 61.27% 23,348 Roanoke City 7,087 67.47% 3,363 32.02% 54 0.51% 3,724 35.45% 10,504 South Norfolk City 823 82.14% 172 17.17% 7 0.70% 651 64.97% 1,002 Staunton City 1,091 65.41% 568 34.05% 9 0.54% 523 31.35% 1,668 Suffolk City 1,360 82.88% 281 17.12% 0 0.00% 1,079 65.75% 1,641 Williamsburg City 389 79.55% 96 19.63% 4 0.82% 293 59.92% 489 Winchester City 1,096 59.21% 743 40.14% 12 0.65% 353 19.07% 1,851Totals234,98070.23%98,33629.39%1,2740.38%136,64440.84%334,590 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carroll Grayson Highland Montgomery Shenandoah Wythe References Virginia 1936 Category:1936 Virginia elections