United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1936

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United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1936

November 3, 1936

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 382,129 278,685 Percentage 55.32% 40.35%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Connecticut voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the state by a margin of 14.97 percent.

Results

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1936
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	John Nance Garner of Texas	382,129	55.32%	8	100.00%
	Republican	Alf Landon of Kansas	Frank Knox of Texas	278,685	40.35%	0	0.00%
	Union	William Lemke of North Dakota	Thomas C. O'Brien of Massachusetts	21,805	3.16%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	George A. Nelson of Wisconsin	5,683	0.82%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	John W. Aiken of Connecticut	Emil F. Teichert of New York	1,228	0.18%	0	0.00%
	Communist	Earl Russell Browder of Kansas	James W. Ford of New York	1,193	0.17%	0	0.00%
Total				690,723	100.00%	8	100.00%