1936 United States presidential election in Georgia

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1936
	November 3, 1936
	November 3, 1936
Roosevelt 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% >90%	Landon 50-60%
President before election; Franklin Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the wider United States Presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Background

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a 1-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties, and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[1]

Vote

The Roosevelt/Garner ticket easily carried the state of Georgia on election day.

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1936 [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin Roosevelt	255,364	87.10%	12
	Republican	Alf Landon	36,942	12.60%	0
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	663	0.23%	0
	Union	William Lemke	141	0.05%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	68	0.02%	0

References

Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia

Notes

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[1] Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X

[2] Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia