United States presidential election in Michigan, 1936

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1936
November 3, 1936
All 19 Michigan 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 19 0
Popular vote 1,016,794 699,733
Percentage 56.33% 38.76%
President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

 Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose nineteen[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Democratic incumbents president Franklin D. Roosevelt and vice president John Nance Garner, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon and his running mate Frank Knox by 317,061 votes, or a margin of 17.57%.[2][3]

Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1936
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 1,016,794 56.33%
Republican Alf Landon 699,733 38.76%
Union William Lemke 75,795 4.20%
Socialist Norman Thomas 8,208 0.45%
Communist Earl Browder 3,384 0.19%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 600 0.03%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 579 0.03%
Write-in 5 0.00%
Total votes 1,805,098 100%

References

  1. ↑ "1936 Election for the Thirty-Eighth Term (1937-1941)". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ↑ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
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