1936 United States presidential election in Maine
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{{Main article|1936 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1936 United States presidential election in Maine
| country = Maine
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1932 United States presidential election in Maine
| previous_year = 1932
| next_election = 1940 United States presidential election in Maine
| next_year = 1940
| votes_for_election =
| needed_votes =
| election_date = November 3, 1936
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = LandonPortr (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = Alf Landon
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = Kansas
| running_mate1 = Frank Knox
| electoral_vote1 = 5
| popular_vote1 = 168,823
| percentage1 = 55.49%
| image2 = FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = New York
| running_mate2 = John Nance Garner
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 126,333
| percentage2 = 41.52%
|map_image=Maine Presidential Election Results 1936.svg
|map_size=350px
|map_caption=County Results
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Landon
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}}
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Roosevelt
{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
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| title=President
| before_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in Maine sidebar}}
The 1936 United States presidential election in Maine was held on November 3, 1936 as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. The state voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maine voted for Republican Party candidate Alf Landon of Kansas, over Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Landon won Maine by a margin of 13.97%, making it his best state in the Union, and with 55.49% of the popular vote, made it his second strongest state after nearby Vermont.{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1936&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1936 Presidential Election Statistics|publisher=Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|access-date=2018-03-05}} Landon achieved this despite losing two counties (Washington and York) that had voted for Herbert Hoover in 1932, as he made gains of up to ten percent in the rock-ribbed Yankee counties of Hancock, Lincoln and Waldo.
Maine had been one of only 6 states to vote to re-elect Hoover, the embattled incumbent Republican president, over FDR in the latter's 1932 landslide, and in 1936, it was one of only two states in the entire nation (along with nearby Vermont) to vote for Alf Landon over the wildly popular Roosevelt. Maine and Vermont ultimately would be the only states to reject FDR in all four of his presidential campaigns.
Results
{{Election box runningmate begin | title=1936 United States presidential election in Maine{{cite web|title=1936 Presidential General Election Results - Maine|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1936&fips=23&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=23 December 2013}}}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Alf Landon
|homestate = Kansas
|vp_name = Frank Knox
|vp_state = Illinois
|votes = 168,823
|percentage = 55.49%
|ev = 5
|evprct = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|homestate = New York
|vp_name = John Nance Garner
|vp_state = Texas
|votes = 126,333
|percentage = 41.52%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Union Party (United States)
|candidate = William Lemke
|homestate = North Dakota
|vp_name = Thomas C. O'Brien
|vp_state = Massachusetts
|votes = 7,581
|percentage = 2.49%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = Norman Thomas
|homestate = New York
|vp_name = George A. Nelson
|vp_state = Wisconsin
|votes = 783
|percentage = 0.26%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party
|candidate = David Leigh Colvin
|homestate = New York
|vp_name = Claude A. Watson
|vp_state = California
|votes = 334
|percentage = 0.11%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party USA
|candidate = Earl Russell Browder
|homestate = Kansas
|vp_name = James W. Ford
|vp_state = New York
|votes = 257
|percentage = 0.08%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labor Party of America
|candidate = John W. Aiken
|homestate = Connecticut
|vp_name = Emil F. Teichert
|vp_state = New York
|votes = 129
|percentage = 0.18%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election runningmate box total|
|votes = 304,240
|percentage = 100.00%
|ev = 5
|evprct = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Results by county=
| width="70%" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Alfred Mossman Landon ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Franklin Delano Roosevelt ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| William Frederick LemkeGéoelections; [http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1936.htm 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote] (.xlsx file for €15 on request) ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Various candidates ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Total votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 203 {{ISBN|0405077114}} |
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! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Androscoggin | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,480 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 38.14% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 16,657 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 60.62% | {{party shading/Union}}| 250 | {{party shading/Union}}| 0.91% | {{party shading/Others}}| 90 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.33% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -6,177 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -22.48% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27,477 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Aroostook | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14,708 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 64.69% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,704 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 33.88% | {{party shading/Union}}| 218 | {{party shading/Union}}| 0.96% | {{party shading/Others}}| 106 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.47% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,004 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 30.81% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 22,736 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Cumberland | {{party shading/Republican}}| 30,021 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.56% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 22,895 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.37% | {{party shading/Union}}| 904 | {{party shading/Union}}| 1.67% | {{party shading/Others}}| 210 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.39% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,126 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13.19% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 54,030 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Franklin | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,957 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 62.53% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,859 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.06% | {{party shading/Union}}| 82 | {{party shading/Union}}| 1.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 30 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,098 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.47% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,928 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Hancock | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,151 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 72.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,315 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 26.10% | {{party shading/Union}}| 187 | {{party shading/Union}}| 1.47% | {{party shading/Others}}| 47 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.37% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,836 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.96% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12,700 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Kennebec | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14,987 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.34% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11,268 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 41.61% | {{party shading/Union}}| 706 | {{party shading/Union}}| 2.61% | {{party shading/Others}}| 120 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.44% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,719 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13.73% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27,081 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Knox | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,567 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.36% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,991 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.69% | {{party shading/Union}}| 252 | {{party shading/Union}}| 2.32% | {{party shading/Others}}| 69 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.63% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,576 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 23.67% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,879 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lincoln | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,252 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 72.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,850 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 25.58% | {{party shading/Union}}| 87 | {{party shading/Union}}| 1.20% | {{party shading/Others}}| 43 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.59% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,402 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.04% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,232 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Oxford | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,778 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,836 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 37.98% | {{party shading/Union}}| 619 | {{party shading/Union}}| 4.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 133 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.87% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,942 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 19.15% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 15,366 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Penobscot | {{party shading/Republican}}| 19,077 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.82% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,732 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 31.03% | {{party shading/Union}}| 2,318 | {{party shading/Union}}| 7.39% | {{party shading/Others}}| 241 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,345 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 29.79% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 31,368 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Piscataquis | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,057 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,051 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 41.82% | {{party shading/Union}}| 151 | {{party shading/Union}}| 2.07% | {{party shading/Others}}| 36 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.49% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,006 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13.79% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,295 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Sagadahoc | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,707 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 51.99% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,273 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 45.90% | {{party shading/Union}}| 125 | {{party shading/Union}}| 1.75% | {{party shading/Others}}| 25 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.35% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 434 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6.09% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,130 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Somerset | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,558 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.91% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,282 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 39.77% | {{party shading/Union}}| 334 | {{party shading/Union}}| 2.51% | {{party shading/Others}}| 107 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.81% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,276 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 17.14% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,281 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Waldo | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,309 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 64.97% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,678 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 32.77% | {{party shading/Union}}| 159 | {{party shading/Union}}| 1.95% | {{party shading/Others}}| 26 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.32% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,631 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 32.20% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,172 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Washington | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,387 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,925 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 54.67% | {{party shading/Union}}| 129 | {{party shading/Union}}| 0.89% | {{party shading/Others}}| 54 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.37% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1,538 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -10.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14,495 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| York | {{party shading/Republican}}| 17,827 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.09% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 18,017 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 48.60% | {{party shading/Union}}| 1,060 | {{party shading/Union}}| 2.86% | {{party shading/Others}}| 166 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.45% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -190 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -0.51% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 37,070 |
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!Totals!!168,823!!55.49%!!126,333!!41.52%!!7,581!!2.49%!!1,503!!0.49%!!42,490!!13.97%!!304,240 |
== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic==
See also
- United States presidential elections in Maine
- 1936 United States presidential election in Vermont - Alf Landon's other sole win in 1936
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Maine elections}}
{{State Results of the 1936 U.S. presidential election}}
{{United States elections}}