The 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1936 as part of the 1936 United States presidential election . Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania County Results
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Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt , over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon . Roosevelt was the first Democrat to win Pennsylvania since native son James Buchanan in 1856 . Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 16.04%. His victory began the state's shift from a Republican stronghold to a swing state. Pennsylvania would thereafter back the winning candidate in all but four presidential elections (1948 , 1968 , 2000 , and 2004 ).
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this was the only election since 1856 in which Lebanon County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Armstrong County and the first since 1856 to win Blair County , Dauphin County , and Philadelphia County . Mifflin County voted Democratic for the first time since 1884.[2] [3]
Results Edit 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[4] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)2,353,987 56.88% 36 Republican Alf Landon 1,690,200 40.84% 0 Royal Oak William Lemke 67,468 1.63% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 14,599 0.35% 0 Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 6,687 0.16% 0 Communist Earl Browder 4,061 0.10% 0 Industrial Labor John Aiken 1,424 0.03% 0 Totals 4,138,426 100.00% 36
Results by county Edit County Franklin Delano Roosevelt Alfred Mossman Landon William Frederick Lemke[5] Various candidates Margin Total votes cast[6] # % # % # % # % # % Adams 8,336 47.88% 8,313 47.75% 712 4.09% 49 0.28% 23 0.13% 17,410 Allegheny 366,593 65.21% 176,224 31.35% 16,182 2.88% 3,177 0.57% 190,369 33.86% 562,176 Armstrong 15,955 52.42% 14,198 46.65% 103 0.34% 178 0.58% 1,757 5.77% 30,434 Beaver 37,205 63.80% 20,223 34.68% 511 0.88% 373 0.64% 16,982 29.12% 58,312 Bedford 8,937 49.15% 9,014 49.58% 110 0.60% 121 0.67% -77 -0.42% 18,182 Berks 56,907 64.43% 26,699 30.23% 1,879 2.13% 2,842 3.22% 30,208 34.20% 88,327 Blair 27,038 51.41% 24,711 46.98% 612 1.16% 236 0.45% 2,327 4.42% 52,597 Bradford 8,078 32.39% 16,643 66.74% 102 0.41% 113 0.45% -8,565 -34.35% 24,936 Bucks 24,159 49.41% 23,860 48.80% 551 1.13% 325 0.66% 299 0.61% 48,895 Butler 16,008 48.06% 16,772 50.35% 288 0.86% 241 0.72% -764 -2.29% 33,309 Cambria 46,687 64.57% 24,378 33.72% 958 1.32% 281 0.39% 22,309 30.85% 72,304 Cameron 1,538 45.44% 1,801 53.21% 26 0.77% 20 0.59% -263 -7.77% 3,385 Carbon 14,179 54.93% 11,298 43.77% 234 0.91% 100 0.39% 2,881 11.16% 25,811 Centre 11,734 53.79% 9,869 45.24% 65 0.30% 146 0.67% 1,865 8.55% 21,814 Chester 26,676 47.11% 29,340 51.81% 385 0.68% 228 0.40% -2,664 -4.70% 56,629 Clarion 8,412 48.94% 8,477 49.32% 184 1.07% 116 0.67% -65 -0.38% 17,189 Clearfield 20,799 57.69% 14,531 40.31% 345 0.96% 375 1.04% 6,268 17.39% 36,050 Clinton 8,351 55.79% 6,479 43.28% 59 0.39% 80 0.53% 1,872 12.51% 14,969 Columbia 14,141 58.66% 9,674 40.13% 87 0.36% 206 0.85% 4,467 18.53% 24,108 Crawford 12,788 45.37% 14,463 51.31% 700 2.48% 238 0.84% -1,675 -5.94% 28,189 Cumberland 18,850 55.41% 14,912 43.83% 67 0.20% 192 0.56% 3,938 11.58% 34,021 Dauphin 43,256 51.80% 39,598 47.42% 281 0.34% 365 0.44% 3,658 4.38% 83,500 Delaware 65,117 45.53% 74,899 52.37% 2,140 1.50% 857 0.60% -9,782 -6.84% 143,013 Elk 9,035 57.80% 5,489 35.12% 1,039 6.65% 68 0.44% 3,546 22.69% 15,631 Erie 33,042 50.57% 25,607 39.19% 6,144 9.40% 552 0.84% 7,435 11.38% 65,345 Fayette 48,291 67.88% 21,984 30.90% 376 0.53% 493 0.69% 26,307 36.98% 71,144 Forest 1,157 39.18% 1,757 59.50% 23 0.78% 16 0.54% -600 -20.32% 2,953 Franklin 15,632 53.15% 13,616 46.29% 61 0.21% 104 0.35% 2,016 6.85% 29,413 Fulton 2,431 53.65% 2,085 46.02% 0 0.00% 15 0.33% 346 7.64% 4,531 Greene 12,006 64.99% 6,359 34.42% 43 0.23% 66 0.36% 5,647 30.57% 18,474 Huntingdon 7,429 42.72% 9,815 56.43% 46 0.26% 102 0.59% -2,386 -13.72% 17,392 Indiana 15,353 47.71% 16,530 51.37% 75 0.23% 219 0.68% -1,177 -3.66% 32,177 Jefferson 11,080 47.54% 11,943 51.24% 102 0.44% 181 0.78% -863 -3.70% 23,306 Juniata 3,782 51.06% 3,576 48.28% 7 0.09% 42 0.57% 206 2.78% 7,407 Lackawanna 80,585 60.23% 51,186 38.26% 1,358 1.01% 672 0.50% 29,399 21.97% 133,801 Lancaster 38,454 46.74% 42,272 51.38% 1,054 1.28% 493 0.60% -3,818 -4.64% 82,273 Lawrence 21,994 57.74% 15,458 40.58% 310 0.81% 328 0.86% 6,536 17.16% 38,090 Lebanon 13,800 50.23% 13,213 48.09% 160 0.58% 303 1.10% 587 2.14% 27,476 Lehigh 35,325 56.41% 25,841 41.27% 931 1.49% 524 0.84% 9,484 15.15% 62,621 Luzerne 104,809 55.61% 81,672 43.33% 1,136 0.60% 862 0.46% 23,137 12.28% 188,479 Lycoming 19,376 50.62% 18,315 47.84% 246 0.64% 343 0.90% 1,061 2.77% 38,280 McKean 9,733 43.88% 11,837 53.37% 445 2.01% 166 0.75% -2,104 -9.49% 22,181 Mercer 20,879 51.79% 18,493 45.88% 552 1.37% 387 0.96% 2,386 5.92% 40,311 Mifflin 9,581 57.98% 6,867 41.56% 26 0.16% 51 0.31% 2,714 16.42% 16,525 Monroe 8,212 58.33% 5,778 41.04% 47 0.33% 42 0.30% 2,434 17.29% 14,079 Montgomery 57,870 45.74% 66,442 52.52% 1,565 1.24% 629 0.50% -8,572 -6.78% 126,506 Montour 3,534 59.76% 2,350 39.74% 20 0.34% 10 0.17% 1,184 20.02% 5,914 Northampton 36,871 60.31% 22,827 37.34% 1,020 1.67% 418 0.68% 14,044 22.97% 61,136 Northumberland 31,849 58.63% 21,758 40.06% 459 0.85% 252 0.46% 10,091 18.58% 54,318 Perry 5,780 49.83% 5,759 49.65% 9 0.08% 52 0.45% 21 0.18% 11,600 Philadelphia 539,757 60.46% 329,881 36.95% 18,266 2.05% 4,846 0.54% 209,876 23.51% 892,750 Pike 2,396 50.54% 2,304 48.60% 17 0.36% 24 0.51% 92 1.94% 4,741 Potter 3,553 39.81% 5,172 57.94% 106 1.19% 95 1.06% -1,619 -18.14% 8,926 Schuylkill 55,183 54.68% 44,353 43.95% 999 0.99% 386 0.38% 10,830 10.73% 100,921 Snyder 2,999 34.88% 5,550 64.55% 21 0.24% 28 0.33% -2,551 -29.67% 8,598 Somerset 16,184 47.97% 17,375 51.50% 72 0.21% 110 0.33% -1,191 -3.53% 33,741 Sullivan 1,740 44.37% 2,121 54.08% 28 0.71% 33 0.84% -381 -9.71% 3,922 Susquehanna 6,520 39.43% 9,745 58.94% 196 1.19% 73 0.44% -3,225 -19.51% 16,534 Tioga 5,442 30.05% 12,567 69.40% 34 0.19% 65 0.36% -7,125 -39.35% 18,108 Union 2,946 34.25% 5,589 64.97% 17 0.20% 50 0.58% -2,643 -30.73% 8,602 Venango 9,212 33.42% 17,676 64.13% 233 0.85% 442 1.60% -8,464 -30.71% 27,563 Warren 8,495 45.27% 9,440 50.30% 564 3.01% 268 1.43% -945 -5.04% 18,767 Washington 52,878 68.52% 23,342 30.25% 603 0.78% 345 0.45% 29,536 38.27% 77,168 Wayne 4,864 33.82% 9,347 65.00% 100 0.70% 69 0.48% -4,483 -31.18% 14,380 Westmoreland 73,574 65.73% 36,079 32.23% 1,436 1.28% 848 0.76% 37,495 33.50% 111,937 Wyoming 3,269 37.63% 5,321 61.25% 36 0.41% 61 0.70% -2,052 -23.62% 8,687 York 45,142 59.53% 29,233 38.55% 915 1.21% 547 0.72% 15,909 20.98% 75,837 Totals 2,353,788 56.88% 1,690,300 40.85% 67,478 1.63% 26,539 0.64% 663,488 16.03% 4,138,105
See also Edit References Edit ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , pp. 287-290 ISBN 0786422173 ^ Murphy, Paul (1974). Political Parties In American History, Volume 3, 1890-present . G. P. Putnam's Sons . ^ David Leip. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-23 . ^ Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15) ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964 ; pp. 381-382 ISBN 0405077114
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Main article 1936 United States presidential election The 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3 1936 as part of the 1936 United States presidential election Voters chose 36 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1932 November 3 1936 1940 Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Alf LandonParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York KansasRunning mate John Nance Garner Frank KnoxElectoral vote 36 0Popular vote 2 353 987 1 690 200Percentage 56 88 40 84 County Results Roosevelt 40 50 50 60 60 70 Landon 40 50 50 60 60 70 President before electionFranklin D RooseveltDemocratic Elected President Franklin D RooseveltDemocraticPennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee President Franklin D Roosevelt over the Republican nominee Kansas Governor Alf Landon Roosevelt was the first Democrat to win Pennsylvania since native son James Buchanan in 1856 Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 16 04 His victory began the state s shift from a Republican stronghold to a swing state Pennsylvania would thereafter back the winning candidate in all but four presidential elections 1948 1968 2000 and 2004 As of the 2020 presidential election update this was the only election since 1856 in which Lebanon County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate 1 Roosevelt became the first Democrat since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Armstrong County and the first since 1856 to win Blair County Dauphin County and Philadelphia County Mifflin County voted Democratic for the first time since 1884 2 3 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults Edit1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 4 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Franklin D Roosevelt incumbent 2 353 987 56 88 36Republican Alf Landon 1 690 200 40 84 0Royal Oak William Lemke 67 468 1 63 0Socialist Norman Thomas 14 599 0 35 0Prohibition D Leigh Colvin 6 687 0 16 0Communist Earl Browder 4 061 0 10 0Industrial Labor John Aiken 1 424 0 03 0Totals 4 138 426 100 00 36Results by county Edit County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Alfred Mossman LandonRepublican William Frederick Lemke 5 Royal Oak Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast 6 Adams 8 336 47 88 8 313 47 75 712 4 09 49 0 28 23 0 13 17 410Allegheny 366 593 65 21 176 224 31 35 16 182 2 88 3 177 0 57 190 369 33 86 562 176Armstrong 15 955 52 42 14 198 46 65 103 0 34 178 0 58 1 757 5 77 30 434Beaver 37 205 63 80 20 223 34 68 511 0 88 373 0 64 16 982 29 12 58 312Bedford 8 937 49 15 9 014 49 58 110 0 60 121 0 67 77 0 42 18 182Berks 56 907 64 43 26 699 30 23 1 879 2 13 2 842 3 22 30 208 34 20 88 327Blair 27 038 51 41 24 711 46 98 612 1 16 236 0 45 2 327 4 42 52 597Bradford 8 078 32 39 16 643 66 74 102 0 41 113 0 45 8 565 34 35 24 936Bucks 24 159 49 41 23 860 48 80 551 1 13 325 0 66 299 0 61 48 895Butler 16 008 48 06 16 772 50 35 288 0 86 241 0 72 764 2 29 33 309Cambria 46 687 64 57 24 378 33 72 958 1 32 281 0 39 22 309 30 85 72 304Cameron 1 538 45 44 1 801 53 21 26 0 77 20 0 59 263 7 77 3 385Carbon 14 179 54 93 11 298 43 77 234 0 91 100 0 39 2 881 11 16 25 811Centre 11 734 53 79 9 869 45 24 65 0 30 146 0 67 1 865 8 55 21 814Chester 26 676 47 11 29 340 51 81 385 0 68 228 0 40 2 664 4 70 56 629Clarion 8 412 48 94 8 477 49 32 184 1 07 116 0 67 65 0 38 17 189Clearfield 20 799 57 69 14 531 40 31 345 0 96 375 1 04 6 268 17 39 36 050Clinton 8 351 55 79 6 479 43 28 59 0 39 80 0 53 1 872 12 51 14 969Columbia 14 141 58 66 9 674 40 13 87 0 36 206 0 85 4 467 18 53 24 108Crawford 12 788 45 37 14 463 51 31 700 2 48 238 0 84 1 675 5 94 28 189Cumberland 18 850 55 41 14 912 43 83 67 0 20 192 0 56 3 938 11 58 34 021Dauphin 43 256 51 80 39 598 47 42 281 0 34 365 0 44 3 658 4 38 83 500Delaware 65 117 45 53 74 899 52 37 2 140 1 50 857 0 60 9 782 6 84 143 013Elk 9 035 57 80 5 489 35 12 1 039 6 65 68 0 44 3 546 22 69 15 631Erie 33 042 50 57 25 607 39 19 6 144 9 40 552 0 84 7 435 11 38 65 345Fayette 48 291 67 88 21 984 30 90 376 0 53 493 0 69 26 307 36 98 71 144Forest 1 157 39 18 1 757 59 50 23 0 78 16 0 54 600 20 32 2 953Franklin 15 632 53 15 13 616 46 29 61 0 21 104 0 35 2 016 6 85 29 413Fulton 2 431 53 65 2 085 46 02 0 0 00 15 0 33 346 7 64 4 531Greene 12 006 64 99 6 359 34 42 43 0 23 66 0 36 5 647 30 57 18 474Huntingdon 7 429 42 72 9 815 56 43 46 0 26 102 0 59 2 386 13 72 17 392Indiana 15 353 47 71 16 530 51 37 75 0 23 219 0 68 1 177 3 66 32 177Jefferson 11 080 47 54 11 943 51 24 102 0 44 181 0 78 863 3 70 23 306Juniata 3 782 51 06 3 576 48 28 7 0 09 42 0 57 206 2 78 7 407Lackawanna 80 585 60 23 51 186 38 26 1 358 1 01 672 0 50 29 399 21 97 133 801Lancaster 38 454 46 74 42 272 51 38 1 054 1 28 493 0 60 3 818 4 64 82 273Lawrence 21 994 57 74 15 458 40 58 310 0 81 328 0 86 6 536 17 16 38 090Lebanon 13 800 50 23 13 213 48 09 160 0 58 303 1 10 587 2 14 27 476Lehigh 35 325 56 41 25 841 41 27 931 1 49 524 0 84 9 484 15 15 62 621Luzerne 104 809 55 61 81 672 43 33 1 136 0 60 862 0 46 23 137 12 28 188 479Lycoming 19 376 50 62 18 315 47 84 246 0 64 343 0 90 1 061 2 77 38 280McKean 9 733 43 88 11 837 53 37 445 2 01 166 0 75 2 104 9 49 22 181Mercer 20 879 51 79 18 493 45 88 552 1 37 387 0 96 2 386 5 92 40 311Mifflin 9 581 57 98 6 867 41 56 26 0 16 51 0 31 2 714 16 42 16 525Monroe 8 212 58 33 5 778 41 04 47 0 33 42 0 30 2 434 17 29 14 079Montgomery 57 870 45 74 66 442 52 52 1 565 1 24 629 0 50 8 572 6 78 126 506Montour 3 534 59 76 2 350 39 74 20 0 34 10 0 17 1 184 20 02 5 914Northampton 36 871 60 31 22 827 37 34 1 020 1 67 418 0 68 14 044 22 97 61 136Northumberland 31 849 58 63 21 758 40 06 459 0 85 252 0 46 10 091 18 58 54 318Perry 5 780 49 83 5 759 49 65 9 0 08 52 0 45 21 0 18 11 600Philadelphia 539 757 60 46 329 881 36 95 18 266 2 05 4 846 0 54 209 876 23 51 892 750Pike 2 396 50 54 2 304 48 60 17 0 36 24 0 51 92 1 94 4 741Potter 3 553 39 81 5 172 57 94 106 1 19 95 1 06 1 619 18 14 8 926Schuylkill 55 183 54 68 44 353 43 95 999 0 99 386 0 38 10 830 10 73 100 921Snyder 2 999 34 88 5 550 64 55 21 0 24 28 0 33 2 551 29 67 8 598Somerset 16 184 47 97 17 375 51 50 72 0 21 110 0 33 1 191 3 53 33 741Sullivan 1 740 44 37 2 121 54 08 28 0 71 33 0 84 381 9 71 3 922Susquehanna 6 520 39 43 9 745 58 94 196 1 19 73 0 44 3 225 19 51 16 534Tioga 5 442 30 05 12 567 69 40 34 0 19 65 0 36 7 125 39 35 18 108Union 2 946 34 25 5 589 64 97 17 0 20 50 0 58 2 643 30 73 8 602Venango 9 212 33 42 17 676 64 13 233 0 85 442 1 60 8 464 30 71 27 563Warren 8 495 45 27 9 440 50 30 564 3 01 268 1 43 945 5 04 18 767Washington 52 878 68 52 23 342 30 25 603 0 78 345 0 45 29 536 38 27 77 168Wayne 4 864 33 82 9 347 65 00 100 0 70 69 0 48 4 483 31 18 14 380Westmoreland 73 574 65 73 36 079 32 23 1 436 1 28 848 0 76 37 495 33 50 111 937Wyoming 3 269 37 63 5 321 61 25 36 0 41 61 0 70 2 052 23 62 8 687York 45 142 59 53 29 233 38 55 915 1 21 547 0 72 15 909 20 98 75 837Totals 2 353 788 56 88 1 690 300 40 85 67 478 1 63 26 539 0 64 663 488 16 03 4 138 105See also EditList of United States presidential elections in PennsylvaniaReferences Edit Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 Menendez Albert J The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 pp 287 290 ISBN 0786422173 Murphy Paul 1974 Political Parties In American History Volume 3 1890 present G P Putnam s Sons David Leip 1936 Presidential General Election Results Pennsylvania Dave Leip s U S Election Atlas Retrieved 2018 03 23 Geoelections 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote xlsx file for 15 Scammon Richard M compiler America at the Polls A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920 1964 pp 381 382 ISBN 0405077114 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania amp oldid 1169078515, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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