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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 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. 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. In McDowell County, which had not voted Democratic since 1884, 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.
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
| 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
| 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
- "United States Presidential election of 1936 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1936". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6.
- Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 334–336. ISBN 0786422173.
- ^ "WV US President — November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.
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