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1936 United States presidential election in Delaware

The 1936 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

The 1936 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who defeated Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 9.77%, marking the first time since 1912 that the state voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the first time since 1888 that a Democrat carried the state with an outright majority.

While Landon lost the state, the 44.85% of the popular vote made Delaware his fifth strongest state in the 1936 election in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and Kansas.

This election marked Delaware's transition into a bellwether state: for the rest of the 20th century, it would vote for a losing candidate only once (in 1948). Once the century rolled around, it came to be regarded as a solidly blue state.

Pledged to	Elector	Votes
Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry T. Graham	69,702
Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Charles M. Wharton	69,172
Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wilson M. Vinyard	69,128
Republican Party	Alf Landon	Julia H. Tallman	54,014
Republican Party	Alf Landon	George E. Walls	53,836
Republican Party	Alf Landon	William P. Richardson	53,834
Independent Republican Party	Alf Landon	John Wirt Willis	3,222
Independent Republican Party	Alf Landon	Joseph Morris Harrington	3,204
Independent Republican Party	Alf Landon	Frank S. Carter	3,190
Union Party	William Lemke	Mary A. de Fanti	442
Union Party	William Lemke	Mary A. Miller	432
Union Party	William Lemke	Thomas Ryan	429
Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	Walter B. Pollard	172
Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	Ernest Mills	170
Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	Edmund Smith	169
Communist Party	Earl Browder	John D. Haman	51
Communist Party	Earl Browder	Athanasais T. Hadges	48
Communist Party	Earl Browder	Sadie Tomkin	45

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