1936 United States presidential election in Illinois

1936 United States presidential election in Illinois

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All 29 Illinois 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 29 0
Popular vote 2,282,999 1,570,393
Percentage 57.70% 39.69%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 57.70% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.69% of the popular vote.[3][4] In this election, Cook County became the first county in American history to give over a million votes to a presidential candidate. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Iroquois County and Woodford County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][6]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 181-186 ISBN 0786422173