1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi

1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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All 9 Mississippi 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 9 0
Popular vote 157,333 4,467
Percentage 97.03% 2.75%

County Results
Roosevelt
  80-90%
  90-100%


President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 97.03% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 2.75% of the popular vote.[3][4]

By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was Roosevelt's second-best state. The only state in which he won more of the popular vote than in Mississippi was in South Carolina, where he won 98.57%.

The Roosevelt/Garner ticket easily carried Mississippi on election day, carrying every single county with greater than 85% of the vote, all but two with greater than 90%, and one (Issaquena) unanimously.

  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 - Mississippi". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.