1936 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1936 United States presidential election in Virginia
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  1932 November 3, 1936 1940  
  FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg LandonPortr (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John N. Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote110
Popular vote234,98098,336
Percentage70.23%29.39%

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County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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.

Contents

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. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Page County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [1]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Virginia [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)234,98070.23%11
Republican Alf Landon 98,33629.39%0
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 5940.18%0
Socialist Norman Thomas 3130.09%0
Union William Lemke 2330.07%0
Communist Earl Browder 980.03%0
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 360.01%0
Totals334,590100.00%11
Voter turnout (Voting age)25.7% [3]

Results by county

County or Independent City [4] Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [5]
# %# %# %# %
Accomack County 1,58370.08%67029.66%60.27%91340.42%2,259
Albemarle County 1,82573.98%63525.74%70.28%1,19048.24%2,467
Alleghany County 2,01360.18%1,31939.43%130.39%69420.75%3,345
Amelia County 75375.53%23923.97%50.50%51451.55%997
Amherst County 1,73487.75%23611.94%60.30%1,49875.81%1,976
Appomattox County 1,37586.64%20412.85%80.50%1,17173.79%1,587
Arlington County 4,97163.45%2,82536.06%390.50%2,14627.39%7,835
Augusta County 2,87262.83%1,66836.49%310.68%1,20426.34%4,571
Bath County 61454.34%51445.49%20.18%1008.85%1,130
Bedford County 2,27678.32%61921.30%110.38%1,65757.02%2,906
Bland County 77854.60%64245.05%50.35%1369.54%1,425
Botetourt County 1,54453.22%1,34346.29%140.48%2016.93%2,901
Brunswick County 1,30395.46%604.40%20.15%1,24391.06%1,365
Buchanan County 1,88669.88%80829.94%50.19%1,07839.94%2,699
Buckingham County 94577.46%27322.38%20.16%67255.08%1,220
Campbell County 1,98784.09%37015.66%60.25%1,61768.43%2,363
Caroline County 1,10480.76%25818.87%50.37%84661.89%1,367
Carroll County 2,12239.53%3,24560.45%10.02%-1,123-20.92%5,368
Charles City County 23374.68%7925.32%00.00%15449.36%312
Charlotte County 1,72789.85%1909.89%50.26%1,53779.97%1,922
Chesterfield County 2,52279.48%62119.57%300.95%1,90159.91%3,173
Clarke County 94082.38%19817.35%30.26%74265.03%1,141
Craig County 65362.25%39537.65%10.10%25824.59%1,049
Culpeper County 1,26669.41%55130.21%70.38%71539.20%1,824
Cumberland County 47677.27%13622.08%40.65%34055.19%616
Dickenson County 2,68370.05%1,14629.92%10.03%1,53740.13%3,830
Dinwiddie County 1,34391.05%1278.61%50.34%1,21682.44%1,475
Elizabeth City County 1,92575.79%59723.50%180.71%1,32852.28%2,540
Essex County 52781.71%11617.98%20.31%41163.72%645
Fairfax County 2,91364.35%1,58434.99%300.66%1,32929.36%4,527
Fauquier County 2,03776.24%62923.54%60.22%1,40852.69%2,672
Floyd County 69930.75%1,56668.90%80.35%-867-38.14%2,273
Fluvanna County 58672.52%21726.86%50.62%36945.67%808
Franklin County 2,28569.83%97529.80%120.37%1,31040.04%3,272
Frederick County 1,38667.35%66532.31%70.34%72135.03%2,058
Giles County 1,54759.59%1,04740.33%20.08%50019.26%2,596
Gloucester County 1,01278.03%28121.67%40.31%73156.36%1,297
Goochland County 63873.33%22826.21%40.46%41047.13%870
Grayson County 3,00547.31%3,34352.63%40.06%-338-5.32%6,352
Greene County 34151.43%32148.42%10.15%203.02%663
Greensville County 884100.00%00.00%00.00%884100.00%884
Halifax County 4,33193.30%3026.51%90.19%4,02986.79%4,642
Hanover County 1,39780.47%32718.84%120.69%1,07061.64%1,736
Henrico County 3,61073.39%1,28526.12%240.49%2,32547.27%4,919
Henry County 1,79079.48%45820.34%40.18%1,33259.15%2,252
Highland County 51549.52%52250.19%30.29%-7-0.67%1,040
Isle of Wight County 1,02583.00%20716.76%30.24%81866.23%1,235
James City County 30281.18%7018.82%00.00%23262.37%372
King and Queen County 37274.85%12424.95%10.20%24849.90%497
King George County 46961.23%29538.51%20.26%17422.72%766
King William County 69676.48%21123.19%30.33%48553.30%910
Lancaster County 68967.95%32231.76%30.30%36736.19%1,014
Lee County 4,12066.46%2,06633.33%130.21%2,05433.13%6,199
Loudoun County 2,28772.33%86727.42%80.25%1,42044.91%3,162
Louisa County 1,10068.84%48630.41%120.75%61438.42%1,598
Lunenburg County 1,29194.23%775.62%20.15%1,21488.61%1,370
Madison County 80454.81%66245.13%10.07%1429.68%1,467
Mathews County 62257.65%45241.89%50.46%17015.76%1,079
Mecklenburg County 2,73093.05%2026.88%20.07%2,52886.16%2,934
Middlesex County 65383.61%12315.75%50.64%53067.86%781
Montgomery County 1,83249.34%1,85249.88%290.78%-20-0.54%3,713
Nansemond County 1,47889.36%17510.58%10.06%1,30378.78%1,654
Nelson County 1,20476.35%37023.46%30.19%83452.89%1,577
New Kent County 30771.90%12028.10%00.00%18743.79%427
Norfolk County 3,73484.75%65214.80%200.45%3,08269.95%4,406
Northampton County 97577.69%27722.07%30.24%69855.62%1,255
Northumberland County 61870.39%26029.61%00.00%35840.77%878
Nottoway County 1,29782.72%26016.58%110.70%1,03766.14%1,568
Orange County 1,22775.00%40224.57%70.43%82550.43%1,636
Page County 1,88854.77%1,55145.00%80.23%3379.78%3,447
Patrick County 1,58868.45%72631.29%60.26%86237.16%2,320
Pittsylvania County 3,69486.82%55613.07%50.12%3,13873.75%4,255
Powhatan County 43873.49%15826.51%00.00%28046.98%596
Prince Edward County 1,15381.77%25317.94%40.28%90063.83%1,410
Prince George County 71384.48%12815.17%30.36%58569.31%844
Prince William County 1,51276.29%45723.06%130.66%1,05553.23%1,982
Princess Anne County 1,92581.29%43618.41%70.30%1,48962.88%2,368
Pulaski County 2,33766.37%1,18033.51%40.11%1,15732.86%3,521
Rappahannock County 68673.92%24125.97%10.11%44547.95%928
Richmond County 45167.51%21732.49%00.00%23435.03%668
Roanoke County 3,42261.57%2,10537.87%310.56%1,31723.70%5,558
Rockbridge County 1,63564.98%86834.50%130.52%76730.48%2,516
Rockingham County 2,91650.33%2,83448.91%440.76%821.42%5,794
Russell County 3,14366.03%1,59933.59%180.38%1,54432.44%4,760
Scott County 2,12250.91%2,04649.09%00.00%761.82%4,168
Shenandoah County 2,86147.46%3,15252.29%150.25%-291-4.83%6,028
Smyth County 2,33752.86%2,06746.75%170.38%2706.11%4,421
Southampton County 1,67391.62%1488.11%50.27%1,52583.52%1,826
Spotsylvania County 83664.61%45335.01%50.39%38329.60%1,294
Stafford County 65152.08%59647.68%30.24%554.40%1,250
Surry County 71588.93%8710.82%20.25%62878.11%804
Sussex County 88087.48%12612.52%00.00%75474.95%1,006
Tazewell County 2,99259.90%1,98139.66%220.44%1,01120.24%4,995
Warren County 1,17473.19%42626.56%40.25%74846.63%1,604
Warwick County 87080.93%20018.60%50.47%67062.33%1,075
Washington County 2,59555.76%2,04743.98%120.26%54811.77%4,654
Westmoreland County 87174.64%29625.36%00.00%57549.27%1,167
Wise County 5,39972.28%2,05727.54%140.19%3,34244.74%7,470
Wythe County 2,08942.82%2,78157.01%80.16%-692-14.19%4,878
York County 72973.79%22823.08%313.14%50150.71%988
Alexandria City 3,38172.71%1,22526.34%440.95%2,15646.37%4,650
Bristol City 1,36481.09%31118.49%70.42%1,05362.60%1,682
Buena Vista City 36367.22%17732.78%00.00%18634.44%540
Charlottesville City 1,39379.97%33519.23%140.80%1,05860.73%1,742
Clifton Forge City 1,19977.35%34322.13%80.52%85655.23%1,550
Danville City 3,26684.94%54914.28%300.78%2,71770.66%3,845
Fredericksburg City 94469.57%41130.29%20.15%53339.28%1,357
Hampton City 97183.56%19016.35%10.09%78167.21%1,162
Harrisonburg City 1,39060.51%89438.92%130.57%49621.59%2,297
Hopewell City 1,30979.29%33220.11%100.61%97759.18%1,651
Lynchburg City 3,69772.60%1,37326.96%220.43%2,32445.64%5,092
Martinsville City 94978.56%25521.11%40.33%69457.45%1,208
Newport News City 4,02181.04%91918.52%220.44%3,10262.52%4,962
Norfolk City 10,56176.26%3,22923.32%590.43%7,33252.94%13,849
Petersburg City 2,19282.69%44416.75%150.57%1,74865.94%2,651
Portsmouth City 5,61786.30%86113.23%310.48%4,75673.07%6,509
Radford City 65060.30%42139.05%70.65%22921.24%1,078
Richmond City 18,78480.45%4,47819.18%860.37%14,30661.27%23,348
Roanoke City 7,08767.47%3,36332.02%540.51%3,72435.45%10,504
South Norfolk City 82382.14%17217.17%70.70%65164.97%1,002
Staunton City 1,09165.41%56834.05%90.54%52331.35%1,668
Suffolk City 1,36082.88%28117.12%00.00%1,07965.75%1,641
Williamsburg City 38979.55%9619.63%40.82%29359.92%489
Winchester City 1,09659.21%74340.14%120.65%35319.07%1,851
Totals234,98070.23%98,33629.39%1,2740.38%136,64440.84%334,590

Counties and Independent Cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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