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The United States presidential election of 1936 was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936. In terms of electoral votes, it was the most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States. In terms of the popular vote, it was the second-biggest victory for the winner since the election of 1820, which was not seriously contested.
1936 US Presidential Election Result
Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral | Running mate | |||
Count | Pct | vote | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Elect. vote | |||
Franklin D. Roosevelt(Incumbent) | Democratic | New York | 2,77,52,648 | 60.80% | 523 | John Nance Garner(Incumbent) | Texas | 523 |
Alf Landon | Republican | Kansas | 1,66,81,862 | 36.54% | 8 | Frank Knox | Illinois | 8 |
William Lemke | Union | North Dakota | 8,92,378 | 1.95% | 0 | Thomas C. O'Brien | Massachusetts | 0 |
Norman Thomas | Socialist | New York | 1,87,910 | 0.41% | 0 | George A. Nelson | Wisconsin | 0 |
Earl Browder | Communist | Kansas | 79,315 | 0.17% | 0 | James W. Ford | New York | 0 |
D. Leigh Colvin | Prohibition | New York | 37,646 | 0.08% | 0 | Claude A. Watson | California | 0 |
John W. Aiken | Socialist Labor | Connecticut | 12,799 | 0.03% | 0 | Emil F. Teichert | New York | 0 |
Other | 3,141 | 0.00% | — | Other | — | |||
Total | 4,56,47,699 | 100% | 531 | 531 | ||||
Needed to win | 266 | 266 |
Source: Wikipedia