1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia

1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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All 8 West Virginia 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 8 0
Popular vote 502,582 325,358
Percentage 60.56% 39.20%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

West Virginia was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 60.56 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.20 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] Owing to powerful support for Roosevelt in labor-conscious coal-mining areas of the south and industrial areas of the Northern Panhandle, Roosevelt more than doubled his 1932 margin despite losing Jackson, Mason and Roane Counties.[5] In McDowell County, which had not voted Democratic since 1884,[6] FDR improved from 43.36 percent to 71.79 percent, and he made double-digit gains in adjacent Mingo, Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh and Fayette Counties.[7]

Despite Roosevelt's appeal to coal miners and other industrial workers, West Virginia still voted 2.90 points more Republican than the nation at-large, helped by Landon gains in the central regions of the state. This would be the last presidential election where West Virginia voted more Republican than the nation until 1972.

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