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1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1932
next_election	1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1940
election_date	November 3, 1936
image_size	x200px
image1	FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Franklin D. Roosevelt
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	New York
running_mate1	John Nance Garner
electoral_vote1	36
popular_vote1	2,353,987
percentage1	56.88%
image2	LandonPortr (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Alf Landon
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Kansas
running_mate2	Frank Knox
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	1,690,200
percentage2	40.84%
map_image	Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1936.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	Franklin D. Roosevelt
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Franklin D. Roosevelt
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1936 United States presidential election

Roosevelt Landon The 1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon, by a large margin of 16.04%. After the state voted to re-elect incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in 1932, Roosevelt became the first Democrat to win Pennsylvania since native son James Buchanan in 1856.

Roosevelt's victory marked the beginning of the state's shift from a Republican stronghold to a key swing state, and began a Democratic winning streak in the city of Philadelphia which has yet to be broken. Pennsylvania has backed the winning candidate in all but four presidential elections since (1948, 1968, 2000, and 2004).

, this is the only election since 1856 in which Lebanon County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Roosevelt became the first ever Democrat to win Blair County, the first since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Armstrong County, and the first since James Buchanan in 1856 to win Dauphin County and Philadelphia County. Mifflin County voted Democratic for the first time since 1884.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	2,353,987	56.88%	36
Republican	Alf Landon	1,690,200	40.84%	0
Royal Oak	William Lemke	67,468	1.63%	0
Socialist	Norman Thomas	14,599	0.35%	0
Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	6,687	0.16%	0
Communist	Earl Browder	4,061	0.10%	0
Industrial Labor	John Aiken	1,424	0.03%	0
Totals	4,138,426	100.00%	36

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic	Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican	William Frederick Lemke
Royal Oak	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	2,353,788	56.88%	1,690,300	40.85%	67,478	1.63%	26,539	0.64%	663,488	16.03%	4,138,105
	Adams		8,336		47.88%		8,313		47.75%		712		4.09%		49		0.28%		23		0.13%		17,410
	Allegheny		366,593		65.21%		176,224		31.35%		16,182		2.88%		3,177		0.57%		190,369		33.86%		562,176
	Armstrong		15,955		52.42%		14,198		46.65%		103		0.34%		178		0.58%		1,757		5.77%		30,434
	Beaver		37,205		63.80%		20,223		34.68%		511		0.88%		373		0.64%		16,982		29.12%		58,312
	Bedford		8,937		49.15%		9,014		49.58%		110		0.60%		121		0.67%		-77		-0.42%		18,182
	Berks		56,907		64.43%		26,699		30.23%		1,879		2.13%		2,842		3.22%		30,208		34.20%		88,327
	Blair		27,038		51.41%		24,711		46.98%		612		1.16%		236		0.45%		2,327		4.42%		52,597
	Bradford		8,078		32.39%		16,643		66.74%		102		0.41%		113		0.45%		-8,565		-34.35%		24,936
	Bucks		24,159		49.41%		23,860		48.80%		551		1.13%		325		0.66%		299		0.61%		48,895
	Butler		16,008		48.06%		16,772		50.35%		288		0.86%		241		0.72%		-764		-2.29%		33,309
	Cambria		46,687		64.57%		24,378		33.72%		958		1.32%		281		0.39%		22,309		30.85%		72,304
	Cameron		1,538		45.44%		1,801		53.21%		26		0.77%		20		0.59%		-263		-7.77%		3,385
	Carbon		14,179		54.93%		11,298		43.77%		234		0.91%		100		0.39%		2,881		11.16%		25,811
	Centre		11,734		53.79%		9,869		45.24%		65		0.30%		146		0.67%		1,865		8.55%		21,814
	Chester		26,676		47.11%		29,340		51.81%		385		0.68%		228		0.40%		-2,664		-4.70%		56,629
	Clarion		8,412		48.94%		8,477		49.32%		184		1.07%		116		0.67%		-65		-0.38%		17,189
	Clearfield		20,799		57.69%		14,531		40.31%		345		0.96%		375		1.04%		6,268		17.39%		36,050
	Clinton		8,351		55.79%		6,479		43.28%		59		0.39%		80		0.53%		1,872		12.51%		14,969
	Columbia		14,141		58.66%		9,674		40.13%		87		0.36%		206		0.85%		4,467		18.53%		24,108
	Crawford		12,788		45.37%		14,463		51.31%		700		2.48%		238		0.84%		-1,675		-5.94%		28,189
	Cumberland		18,850		55.41%		14,912		43.83%		67		0.20%		192		0.56%		3,938		11.58%		34,021
	Dauphin		43,256		51.80%		39,598		47.42%		281		0.34%		365		0.44%		3,658		4.38%		83,500
	Delaware		65,117		45.53%		74,899		52.37%		2,140		1.50%		857		0.60%		-9,782		-6.84%		143,013
	Elk		9,035		57.80%		5,489		35.12%		1,039		6.65%		68		0.44%		3,546		22.69%		15,631
	Erie		33,042		50.57%		25,607		39.19%		6,144		9.40%		552		0.84%		7,435		11.38%		65,345
	Fayette		48,291		67.88%		21,984		30.90%		376		0.53%		493		0.69%		26,307		36.98%		71,144
	Forest		1,157		39.18%		1,757		59.50%		23		0.78%		16		0.54%		-600		-20.32%		2,953
	Franklin		15,632		53.15%		13,616		46.29%		61		0.21%		104		0.35%		2,016		6.85%		29,413
	Fulton		2,431		53.65%		2,085		46.02%		0		0.00%		15		0.33%		346		7.64%		4,531
	Greene		12,006		64.99%		6,359		34.42%		43		0.23%		66		0.36%		5,647		30.57%		18,474
	Huntingdon		7,429		42.72%		9,815		56.43%		46		0.26%		102		0.59%		-2,386		-13.72%		17,392
	Indiana		15,353		47.71%		16,530		51.37%		75		0.23%		219		0.68%		-1,177		-3.66%		32,177
	Jefferson		11,080		47.54%		11,943		51.24%		102		0.44%		181		0.78%		-863		-3.70%		23,306
	Juniata		3,782		51.06%		3,576		48.28%		7		0.09%		42		0.57%		206		2.78%		7,407
	Lackawanna		80,585		60.23%		51,186		38.26%		1,358		1.01%		672		0.50%		29,399		21.97%		133,801
	Lancaster		38,454		46.74%		42,272		51.38%		1,054		1.28%		493		0.60%		-3,818		-4.64%		82,273
	Lawrence		21,994		57.74%		15,458		40.58%		310		0.81%		328		0.86%		6,536		17.16%		38,090
	Lebanon		13,800		50.23%		13,213		48.09%		160		0.58%		303		1.10%		587		2.14%		27,476
	Lehigh		35,325		56.41%		25,841		41.27%		931		1.49%		524		0.84%		9,484		15.15%		62,621
	Luzerne		104,809		55.61%		81,672		43.33%		1,136		0.60%		862		0.46%		23,137		12.28%		188,479
	Lycoming		19,376		50.62%		18,315		47.84%		246		0.64%		343		0.90%		1,061		2.77%		38,280
	McKean		9,733		43.88%		11,837		53.37%		445		2.01%		166		0.75%		-2,104		-9.49%		22,181
	Mercer		20,879		51.79%		18,493		45.88%		552		1.37%		387		0.96%		2,386		5.92%		40,311
	Mifflin		9,581		57.98%		6,867		41.56%		26		0.16%		51		0.31%		2,714		16.42%		16,525
	Monroe		8,212		58.33%		5,778		41.04%		47		0.33%		42		0.30%		2,434		17.29%		14,079
	Montgomery		57,870		45.74%		66,442		52.52%		1,565		1.24%		629		0.50%		-8,572		-6.78%		126,506
	Montour		3,534		59.76%		2,350		39.74%		20		0.34%		10		0.17%		1,184		20.02%		5,914
	Northampton		36,871		60.31%		22,827		37.34%		1,020		1.67%		418		0.68%		14,044		22.97%		61,136
	Northumberland		31,849		58.63%		21,758		40.06%		459		0.85%		252		0.46%		10,091		18.58%		54,318
	Perry		5,780		49.83%		5,759		49.65%		9		0.08%		52		0.45%		21		0.18%		11,600
	Philadelphia		539,757		60.46%		329,881		36.95%		18,266		2.05%		4,846		0.54%		209,876		23.51%		892,750
	Pike		2,396		50.54%		2,304		48.60%		17		0.36%		24		0.51%		92		1.94%		4,741
	Potter		3,553		39.81%		5,172		57.94%		106		1.19%		95		1.06%		-1,619		-18.14%		8,926
	Schuylkill		55,183		54.68%		44,353		43.95%		999		0.99%		386		0.38%		10,830		10.73%		100,921
	Snyder		2,999		34.88%		5,550		64.55%		21		0.24%		28		0.33%		-2,551		-29.67%		8,598
	Somerset		16,184		47.97%		17,375		51.50%		72		0.21%		110		0.33%		-1,191		-3.53%		33,741
	Sullivan		1,740		44.37%		2,121		54.08%		28		0.71%		33		0.84%		-381		-9.71%		3,922
	Susquehanna		6,520		39.43%		9,745		58.94%		196		1.19%		73		0.44%		-3,225		-19.51%		16,534
	Tioga		5,442		30.05%		12,567		69.40%		34		0.19%		65		0.36%		-7,125		-39.35%		18,108
	Union		2,946		34.25%		5,589		64.97%		17		0.20%		50		0.58%		-2,643		-30.73%		8,602
	Venango		9,212		33.42%		17,676		64.13%		233		0.85%		442		1.60%		-8,464		-30.71%		27,563
	Warren		8,495		45.27%		9,440		50.30%		564		3.01%		268		1.43%		-945		-5.04%		18,767
	Washington		52,878		68.52%		23,342		30.25%		603		0.78%		345		0.45%		29,536		38.27%		77,168
	Wayne		4,864		33.82%		9,347		65.00%		100		0.70%		69		0.48%		-4,483		-31.18%		14,380
	Westmoreland		73,574		65.73%		36,079		32.23%		1,436		1.28%		848		0.76%		37,495		33.50%		111,937
	Wyoming		3,269		37.63%		5,321		61.25%		36		0.41%		61		0.70%		-2,052		-23.62%		8,687
	York		45,142		59.53%		29,233		38.55%		915		1.21%		547		0.72%		15,909		20.98%		75,837

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Armstrong
Blair
Bucks
Carbon
Centre
Clinton
Cumberland
Dauphin
Franklin
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lycoming
Mercer
Mifflin
Perry
Philadelphia

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Clarion
Sullivan

References

Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 287-290 {{ISBN. 0786422173
Murphy, Paul. (1974). "Political Parties In American History, Volume 3, 1890-present". [[G. P. Putnam's Sons]].
David Leip. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S Election Atlas.
"1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote".
Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); ''America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964''; pp. 381-382 {{ISBN. 0405077114

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