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1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Roosevelt 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Landon 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
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, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. 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%.

As of 2020, this remains the last election in which Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Rhode Island or to the right of Nebraska. Roosevelt was the first Democrat to carry the state since 1912, the first to carry it with a majority of the popular vote since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the first to carry Tolland County since 1852.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	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 Illinois	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%

By county

1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) ^[2]
County	Roosevelt %	Roosevelt #	Landon %	Landon #	Others %	Others #	Total #
Fairfield	54.7%	87,329	42.5%	67,846	2.8%	4,446	159,621
Hartford	59.1%	103,450	37.5%	65,652	3.3%	5,812	174,914
Litchfield	47.2%	17,468	50.9%	18,850	1.9%	688	37,006
Middlesex	52.4%	12,294	46.6%	10,925	1.0%	236	23,455
New Haven	57.9%	117,308	37.8%	76,614	4.2%	8,524	202,446
New London	52.8%	24,999	45.1%	21,367	2.1%	992	47,358
Tolland	51.2%	6,676	45.8%	5,965	3.0%	390	13,031
Windham	50.9%	12,605	46.3%	11,466	2.9%	717	24,788

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
^ "1936 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

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[results-1] "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

[2] "1936 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

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1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References