1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon William Lemke Party Democratic Republican Union Home state New York Kansas North Dakota Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox Thomas C. O'Brien Electoral vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 165,238 125,031 19,569 Percentage 53.10% 40.18% 6.29%

County Results Municipality Results Roosevelt   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Landon   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rhode Island voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the state by a margin of 12.92%. Roosevelt was the first Democrat to ever win Newport County.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	John Nance Garner of Texas	165,238	53.10%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Alf Landon of Kansas	Frank Knox of Illinois	125,031	40.18%	0	0.00%
	Union	William Lemke of North Dakota	Thomas C. O'Brien of Massachusetts	19,569	6.29%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	John W. Aiken of Connecticut	Emil F. Teichert of New York	929	0.30%	0	0.00%
	Communist	Earl Russell Browder of Kansas	James W. Ford of New York	411	0.13%	0	0.00%
Total				311,178	100.00%	4	100.00%

By county

1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Alf Landon Republican		Other candidates Various parties		Total
	%	#	%	#	%	#	#
Bristol	49.96%	5,327	45.6%	4,867	4.4%	468	10,662
Kent	47.2%	13,238	48.4%	13,550	4.4%	1,231	28,019
Newport	49.1%	9,499	48.3%	9,358	2.6%	504	19,361
Providence	55.1%	131,218	37.2%	88,492	7.7%	18,370	238,080
Washington	39.6%	5,956	58.2%	8,764	2.2%	336	15,056

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Newport

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island

References

1. "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
2. "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.