1936 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1936 United States presidential election in Maryland

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All 8 Maryland votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Kansas Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 389,612 231,435 Percentage 62.35% 37.04%
County Results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70% Landon   40–50%   50–60%
President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight ^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 62.35% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 37.04% of the popular vote. ^{[3] [4]}

Maryland weighed in for this election as Roosevelt's strongest performance in any of the border states. In this election, Maryland voted 1.06% to the left of the nation at-large. ^[5]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Maryland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	389,612	62.35%
	Republican	Alf Landon	231,435	37.04%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	1,629	0.26%
	Socialist Labor	John Aiken	1,305	0.21%
	Communist	Earl Browder	915	0.15%
Total votes			624,896	100%

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast [6]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	19,721	63.20%	11,191	35.87%	291	0.93%	8,530	27.34%	31,203
Anne Arundel	11,413	56.97%	8,478	42.32%	142	0.71%	2,935	14.65%	20,033
Baltimore	28,367	59.62%	18,893	39.71%	316	0.66%	9,474	19.91%	47,576
Baltimore City	210,668	67.89%	97,667	31.48%	1,959	0.63%	113,001	36.42%	310,294
Calvert	1,872	47.05%	2,082	52.32%	25	0.63%	-210	-5.28%	3,979
Caroline	3,579	57.67%	2,611	42.07%	16	0.26%	968	15.60%	6,206
Carroll	6,496	46.54%	7,383	52.90%	78	0.56%	-887	-6.36%	13,957
Cecil	4,914	57.26%	3,617	42.15%	51	0.59%	1,297	15.11%	8,582
Charles	2,597	49.15%	2,623	49.64%	64	1.21%	-26	-0.49%	5,284
Dorchester	5,293	58.56%	3,735	41.32%	11	0.12%	1,558	17.24%	9,039
Frederick	10,722	52.85%	9,500	46.83%	64	0.32%	1,222	6.02%	20,286
Garrett	3,252	44.11%	4,057	55.03%	64	0.87%	-805	-10.92%	7,373
Harford	6,165	53.46%	5,327	46.20%	39	0.34%	838	7.27%	11,531
Howard	4,138	60.63%	2,638	38.65%	49	0.72%	1,500	21.98%	6,825
Kent	2,931	53.22%	2,543	46.18%	33	0.60%	388	7.05%	5,507
Montgomery	13,246	56.29%	10,133	43.06%	153	0.65%	3,113	13.23%	23,532
Prince George's	15,087	64.76%	8,107	34.80%	101	0.43%	6,980	29.96%	23,295
Queen Anne's	3,548	64.47%	1,946	35.36%	9	0.16%	1,602	29.11%	5,503
Somerset	4,116	45.95%	4,770	53.25%	72	0.80%	-654	-7.30%	8,958
St. Mary's	2,829	54.00%	2,286	43.63%	124	2.37%	543	10.36%	5,239
Talbot	3,768	51.16%	3,578	48.58%	19	0.26%	190	2.58%	7,365
Washington	14,050	56.84%	10,619	42.96%	49	0.20%	3,431	13.88%	24,718
Wicomico	7,273	61.05%	4,545	38.15%	95	0.80%	2,728	22.90%	11,913
Worcester	3,567	53.25%	3,106	46.37%	25	0.37%	461	6.88%	6,698
Totals	389,612	62.35%	231,435	37.04%	3,849	0.62%	158,177	25.31%	624,896

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Carroll
• Charles
• Somerset

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maryland
• 1936 United States presidential election
• 1936 United States elections

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
2. "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
3. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
5. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
6. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 208 ISBN   0405077114