1936 United States presidential election in Indiana

1936 United States presidential election in Indiana

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All 14 Indiana 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 14 0
Popular vote 934,974 691,570
Percentage 56.63% 41.89%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, with 56.63% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with businessman Frank Knox of Illinois, with 41.89% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Boone County, Rush County, Union County and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] Indiana has only voted for the Democratic candidate twice since this election, in 1964 and in 2008. This marks the only time since 1856 that Indiana has voted Democratic in consecutive presidential elections.

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  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