1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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All 11 Oklahoma 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 11 0
Popular vote 501,069 245,122
Percentage 66.83% 32.69%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 66.83 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 32.69 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

To date, the 1936 election is the last in which the following counties voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Alfalfa, Blaine, Ellis, Garfield, Kingfisher, Tulsa, Washington and Woodward.[5]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 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