1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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All 9 Mississippi 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 9 0 Popular vote 157,333 4,467 Percentage 97.03% 2.75%
County Results Roosevelt   80–90%   90–100% The 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 97.03% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 2.75% of the popular vote. [3] [4] By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was Roosevelt's second-best state. The only state in which he won more of the popular vote than in Mississippi was in South Carolina, where he won 98.57%. The Roosevelt/Garner ticket easily carried Mississippi on election day, carrying every single county with greater than 85% of the vote, all but two with greater than 90%, and one (Issaquena) unanimously. Results 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 157,333 97.03% Republican Alf Landon 4,467 2.75% Socialist Norman Thomas 342 0.21% Total votes 162,142 100% Results by county 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi [5] County Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Alfred Mossman Landon Republican Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist Margin Total votes cast #  % #  % # % #  % Adams 1,732 93.12% 124 6.67% 4 0.22% 1,608 86.45% 1,860 Alcorn 2,396 97.52% 53 2.16% 8 0.33% 2,343 95.36% 2,457 Amite 1,421 95.24% 56 3.75% 15 1.01% 1,365 91.49% 1,492 Attala 1,855 97.79% 36 1.90% 6 0.32% 1,819 95.89% 1,897 Benton 1,717 99.42% 10 0.58% 0 0.00% 1,707 98.84% 1,727 Bolivar 2,296 95.79% 101 4.21% 0 0.00% 2,195 91.57% 2,397 Calhoun 1,691 97.58% 40 2.31% 2 0.12% 1,651 95.27% 1,733 Carroll 1,030 98.10% 19 1.81% 1 0.10% 1,011 96.29% 1,050 Chickasaw 1,559 98.80% 18 1.14% 1 0.06% 1,541 97.66% 1,578 Choctaw 1,342 96.83% 41 2.96% 3 0.22% 1,301 93.87% 1,386 Claiborne 774 96.03% 31 3.85% 1 0.12% 743 92.18% 806 Clarke 2,089 98.40% 31 1.46% 3 0.14% 2,058 96.94% 2,123 Clay 1,271 97.54% 32 2.46% 0 0.00% 1,239 95.09% 1,303 Coahoma 2,059 97.68% 49 2.32% 0 0.00% 2,010 95.35% 2,108 Copiah 2,397 98.12% 45 1.84% 1 0.04% 2,352 96.28% 2,443 Covington 1,589 96.65% 52 3.16% 3 0.18% 1,537 93.49% 1,644 DeSoto 1,343 99.04% 13 0.96% 0 0.00% 1,330 98.08% 1,356 Forrest 3,596 93.62% 234 6.09% 11 0.29% 3,362 87.53% 3,841 Franklin 1,098 96.83% 33 2.91% 3 0.26% 1,065 93.92% 1,134 George 892 97.17% 24 2.61% 2 0.22% 868 94.55% 918 Greene 830 94.43% 46 5.23% 3 0.34% 784 89.19% 879 Grenada 1,245 98.97% 13 1.03% 0 0.00% 1,232 97.93% 1,258 Hancock 1,284 87.70% 164 11.20% 14 0.96% 1,120 76.50% 1,464 Harrison 4,208 88.78% 495 10.44% 37 0.78% 3,713 78.33% 4,740 Hinds 8,647 96.33% 313 3.49% 16 0.18% 8,334 92.85% 8,976 Holmes 1,885 99.37% 12 0.63% 0 0.00% 1,873 98.73% 1,897 Humphreys 1,164 99.40% 7 0.60% 0 0.00% 1,157 98.80% 1,171 Issaquena 214 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 214 100.00% 214 Itawamba 1,465 96.89% 47 3.11% 0 0.00% 1,418 93.78% 1,512 Jackson 1,704 93.06% 120 6.55% 7 0.38% 1,584 86.51% 1,831 Jasper 2,004 98.87% 21 1.04% 2 0.10% 1,983 97.83% 2,027 Jefferson 884 98.88% 9 1.01% 1 0.11% 875 97.87% 894 Jefferson Davis 1,325 95.05% 67 4.81% 1 0.07% 1,258 90.24% 1,394 Jones 4,461 95.02% 185 3.94% 49 1.04% 4,276 91.08% 4,695 Kemper 1,477 99.46% 8 0.54% 0 0.00% 1,469 98.92% 1,485 Lafayette 1,652 98.16% 26 1.54% 5 0.30% 1,626 96.61% 1,683 Lamar 1,210 92.65% 91 6.97% 5 0.38% 1,119 85.68% 1,306 Lauderdale 6,075 98.72% 67 1.09% 12 0.19% 6,008 97.63% 6,154 Lawrence 1,286 97.35% 34 2.57% 1 0.08% 1,252 94.78% 1,321 Leake 2,566 99.30% 8 0.31% 7 0.27% 2,558 98.99% 2,584 Lee 3,585 98.84% 42 1.16% 0 0.00% 3,543 97.68% 3,627 Leflore 2,137 98.34% 35 1.61% 1 0.05% 2,102 96.73% 2,173 Lincoln 2,465 96.70% 74 2.90% 10 0.39% 2,391 93.80% 2,549 Lowndes 2,328 97.24% 56 2.34% 10 0.42% 2,272 94.90% 2,394 Madison 1,838 98.24% 32 1.71% 1 0.05% 1,806 96.53% 1,871 Marion 1,932 98.07% 37 1.88% 1 0.05% 1,895 96.19% 1,970 Marshall 1,111 97.97% 22 1.94% 1 0.09% 1,089 96.03% 1,134 Monroe 3,199 98.22% 55 1.69% 3 0.09% 3,144 96.53% 3,257 Montgomery 1,383 99.64% 5 0.36% 0 0.00% 1,378 99.28% 1,388 Neshoba 3,495 98.04% 67 1.88% 3 0.08% 3,428 96.16% 3,565 Newton 2,624 98.42% 39 1.46% 3 0.11% 2,585 96.96% 2,666 Noxubee 1,332 97.94% 27 1.99% 1 0.07% 1,305 95.96% 1,360 Oktibbeha 1,714 98.73% 19 1.09% 3 0.17% 1,695 97.64% 1,736 Panola 1,481 99.80% 3 0.20% 0 0.00% 1,478 99.60% 1,484 Pearl River 1,156 93.23% 81 6.53% 3 0.24% 1,075 86.69% 1,240 Perry 737 97.88% 16 2.12% 0 0.00% 721 95.75% 753 Pike 3,170 97.21% 86 2.64% 5 0.15% 3,084 94.57% 3,261 Pontotoc 2,286 95.73% 93 3.89% 9 0.38% 2,193 91.83% 2,388 Prentiss 1,809 97.10% 50 2.68% 4 0.21% 1,759 94.42% 1,863 Quitman 1,025 99.03% 9 0.87% 1 0.10% 1,016 98.16% 1,035 Rankin 1,884 97.06% 54 2.78% 3 0.15% 1,830 94.28% 1,941 Scott 2,097 98.40% 33 1.55% 1 0.05% 2,064 96.86% 2,131 Sharkey 567 98.78% 7 1.22% 0 0.00% 560 97.56% 574 Simpson 2,445 98.04% 48 1.92% 1 0.04% 2,397 96.11% 2,494 Smith 1,676 98.94% 17 1.00% 1 0.06% 1,659 97.93% 1,694 Stone 675 96.43% 23 3.29% 2 0.29% 652 93.14% 700 Sunflower 2,508 99.17% 21 0.83% 0 0.00% 2,487 98.34% 2,529 Tallahatchie 1,567 99.68% 4 0.25% 1 0.06% 1,563 99.43% 1,572 Tate 1,088 99.36% 7 0.64% 0 0.00% 1,081 98.72% 1,095 Tippah 1,625 98.84% 19 1.16% 0 0.00% 1,606 97.69% 1,644 Tishomingo 1,619 92.83% 115 6.59% 10 0.57% 1,504 86.24% 1,744 Tunica 701 99.29% 5 0.71% 0 0.00% 696 98.58% 706 Union 2,249 97.11% 63 2.72% 4 0.17% 2,186 94.39% 2,316 Walthall 1,234 97.70% 28 2.22% 1 0.08% 1,206 95.49% 1,263 Warren 3,233 96.19% 122 3.63% 6 0.18% 3,111 92.56% 3,361 Washington 2,143 95.63% 94 4.19% 4 0.18% 2,049 91.43% 2,241 Wayne 1,367 96.81% 44 3.12% 1 0.07% 1,323 93.70% 1,412 Webster 1,439 95.49% 56 3.72% 12 0.80% 1,383 91.77% 1,507 Wilkinson 767 97.09% 21 2.66% 2 0.25% 746 94.43% 790 Winston 2,418 99.34% 15 0.62% 1 0.04% 2,403 98.73% 2,434 Yalobusha 1,350 98.04% 25 1.82% 2 0.15% 1,325 96.22% 1,377 Yazoo 2,141 99.07% 17 0.79% 3 0.14% 2,124 98.29% 2,161 Total 157,333 97.03% 4,467 2.75% 342 0.21% 152,866 94.48% 162,142 References "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . 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