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
edit1936 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
edit1936 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.