1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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All 8 West Virginia 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 8 0
Popular vote 502,582 325,358
Percentage 60.56% 39.20%
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The 1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

West Virginia was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 60.56 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.20 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] Owing to powerful support for Roosevelt in labor-conscious coal-mining areas of the south and industrial areas of the Northern Panhandle, Roosevelt more than doubled his 1932 margin despite losing Jackson, Mason and Roane Counties.[5] In McDowell County, which had not voted Democratic since 1884,[6] FDR improved from 43.36 percent to 71.79 percent, and he made double-digit gains in adjacent Mingo, Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh and Fayette Counties.[7]

Despite Roosevelt's appeal to coal miners and other industrial workers, West Virginia still voted 2.90 points more Republican than the nation at-large, helped by Landon gains in the central regions of the state. This would be the last presidential election where West Virginia voted more Republican than the nation until 1972.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 502,582 60.56%
Republican Alf Landon 325,358 39.20%
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,173 0.14%
Prohibition William David Upshaw 832 0.10%
Total votes 829,945 100%

Results by county

1936 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[7]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		William David Upshaw
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Barbour 5,284 57.45% 3,875 42.13% 19 0.21% 20 0.22% 1,409 15.32% 9,198
Berkeley 8,336 55.72% 6,585 44.02% 26 0.17% 13 0.09% 1,751 11.70% 14,960
Boone 7,697 68.88% 3,477 31.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,220 37.77% 11,174
Braxton 5,667 60.34% 3,709 39.49% 8 0.09% 8 0.09% 1,958 20.85% 9,392
Brooke 5,955 62.72% 3,485 36.70% 26 0.27% 29 0.31% 2,470 26.01% 9,495
Cabell 27,319 58.87% 19,003 40.95% 50 0.11% 37 0.08% 8,316 17.92% 46,409
Calhoun 3,369 65.87% 1,733 33.88% 10 0.20% 3 0.06% 1,636 31.98% 5,115
Clay 3,387 57.36% 2,513 42.56% 4 0.07% 1 0.02% 874 14.80% 5,905
Doddridge 1,716 36.17% 3,023 63.72% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% -1,307 -27.55% 4,744
Fayette 23,864 72.57% 8,942 27.19% 53 0.16% 27 0.08% 14,922 45.37% 32,886
Gilmer 3,433 64.88% 1,858 35.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,575 29.77% 5,291
Grant 995 25.36% 2,923 74.51% 2 0.05% 3 0.08% -1,928 -49.15% 3,923
Greenbrier 10,738 64.41% 5,881 35.27% 40 0.24% 13 0.08% 4,857 29.13% 16,672
Hampshire 3,792 71.21% 1,512 28.39% 17 0.32% 4 0.08% 2,280 42.82% 5,325
Hancock 7,756 65.89% 3,957 33.62% 40 0.34% 18 0.15% 3,799 32.27% 11,771
Hardy 2,956 65.08% 1,581 34.81% 4 0.09% 1 0.02% 1,375 30.27% 4,542
Harrison 24,361 62.98% 14,180 36.66% 84 0.22% 53 0.14% 10,181 26.32% 38,678
Jackson 3,453 42.25% 4,711 57.65% 3 0.04% 5 0.06% -1,258 -15.39% 8,172
Jefferson 5,443 72.56% 2,040 27.20% 10 0.13% 8 0.11% 3,403 45.37% 7,501
Kanawha 50,801 58.86% 35,387 41.00% 55 0.06% 58 0.07% 15,414 17.86% 86,301
Lewis 5,531 49.90% 5,499 49.61% 40 0.36% 14 0.13% 32 0.29% 11,084
Lincoln 5,370 55.07% 4,382 44.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 988 10.13% 9,752
Logan 18,424 72.13% 7,069 27.68% 28 0.11% 21 0.08% 11,355 44.46% 25,542
Marion 20,859 64.29% 11,403 35.15% 92 0.28% 89 0.27% 9,456 29.15% 32,443
Marshall 9,198 53.35% 7,967 46.21% 49 0.28% 27 0.16% 1,231 7.14% 17,241
Mason 4,852 45.00% 5,894 54.67% 24 0.22% 12 0.11% -1,042 -9.66% 10,782
McDowell 25,471 71.79% 9,975 28.11% 21 0.06% 14 0.04% 15,496 43.67% 35,481
Mercer 18,391 63.02% 10,762 36.88% 18 0.06% 12 0.04% 7,629 26.14% 29,183
Mineral 5,333 54.09% 4,486 45.50% 12 0.12% 28 0.28% 847 8.59% 9,859
Mingo 11,278 66.09% 5,771 33.82% 5 0.03% 10 0.06% 5,507 32.27% 17,064
Monongalia 13,677 60.57% 8,811 39.02% 33 0.15% 61 0.27% 4,866 21.55% 22,582
Monroe 3,413 50.98% 3,268 48.81% 9 0.13% 5 0.07% 145 2.17% 6,695
Morgan 1,620 38.72% 2,555 61.07% 8 0.19% 1 0.02% -935 -22.35% 4,184
Nicholas 5,872 59.28% 3,964 40.02% 58 0.59% 12 0.12% 1,908 19.26% 9,906
Ohio 22,899 62.30% 13,743 37.39% 29 0.08% 87 0.24% 9,156 24.91% 36,758
Pendleton 2,637 59.26% 1,800 40.45% 12 0.27% 1 0.02% 837 18.81% 4,450
Pleasants 1,907 51.06% 1,820 48.73% 5 0.13% 3 0.08% 87 2.33% 3,735
Pocahontas 4,118 59.01% 2,850 40.84% 6 0.09% 4 0.06% 1,268 18.17% 6,978
Preston 5,410 41.62% 7,553 58.11% 19 0.15% 15 0.12% -2,143 -16.49% 12,997
Putnam 4,756 54.54% 3,938 45.16% 9 0.10% 17 0.19% 818 9.38% 8,720
Raleigh 22,840 71.63% 9,001 28.23% 29 0.09% 15 0.05% 13,839 43.40% 31,885
Randolph 8,109 68.48% 3,711 31.34% 13 0.11% 9 0.08% 4,398 37.14% 11,842
Ritchie 2,825 37.74% 4,639 61.97% 16 0.21% 6 0.08% -1,814 -24.23% 7,486
Roane 5,047 48.81% 5,282 51.08% 10 0.10% 2 0.02% -235 -2.27% 10,341
Summers 5,779 62.07% 3,521 37.82% 9 0.10% 2 0.02% 2,258 24.25% 9,311
Taylor 5,795 58.55% 4,061 41.03% 30 0.30% 12 0.12% 1,734 17.52% 9,898
Tucker 3,801 61.61% 2,335 37.85% 23 0.37% 10 0.16% 1,466 23.76% 6,169
Tyler 2,509 38.25% 4,031 61.46% 15 0.23% 4 0.06% -1,522 -23.20% 6,559
Upshur 3,163 35.40% 5,745 64.30% 16 0.18% 10 0.11% -2,582 -28.90% 8,934
Wayne 8,954 61.38% 5,603 38.41% 23 0.16% 8 0.05% 3,351 22.97% 14,588
Webster 4,613 69.70% 1,987 30.02% 10 0.15% 8 0.12% 2,626 39.68% 6,618
Wetzel 6,463 62.98% 3,770 36.74% 20 0.19% 9 0.09% 2,693 26.24% 10,262
Wirt 1,783 52.24% 1,612 47.23% 18 0.53% 0 0.00% 171 5.01% 3,413
Wood 16,829 57.21% 12,574 42.75% 9 0.03% 2 0.01% 4,255 14.47% 29,414
Wyoming 6,734 65.16% 3,601 34.84% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,133 30.31% 10,335
Totals 502,582 60.56% 325,358 39.20% 1,173 0.14% 832 0.10% 177,224 21.35% 829,945

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1936". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6.
  6. ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 334–336. ISBN 0786422173.
  7. ^ a b "WV US President — November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.