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1936 United States presidential election in Maryland 
Summary
The 1936 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Maryland was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 62.35% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 37.04% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Maryland weighed in for this election as Roosevelt’s strongest performance in any of the border states. In this election, Maryland voted 1.06% to the left of the nation at-large.[5]
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 389,612 | 62.35% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 231,435 | 37.04% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,629 | 0.26% | |
| Socialist Labor | John Aiken | 1,305 | 0.21% | |
| Communist | Earl Browder | 915 | 0.15% | |
| Total votes | 624,896 | 100% | ||
Results by county edit
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 19,721 | 63.20% | 11,191 | 35.87% | 291 | 0.93% | 8,530 | 27.34% | 31,203 |
| Anne Arundel | 11,413 | 56.97% | 8,478 | 42.32% | 142 | 0.71% | 2,935 | 14.65% | 20,033 |
| Baltimore | 28,367 | 59.62% | 18,893 | 39.71% | 316 | 0.66% | 9,474 | 19.91% | 47,576 |
| Baltimore City | 210,668 | 67.89% | 97,667 | 31.48% | 1,959 | 0.63% | 113,001 | 36.42% | 310,294 |
| Calvert | 1,872 | 47.05% | 2,082 | 52.32% | 25 | 0.63% | -210 | -5.28% | 3,979 |
| Caroline | 3,579 | 57.67% | 2,611 | 42.07% | 16 | 0.26% | 968 | 15.60% | 6,206 |
| Carroll | 6,496 | 46.54% | 7,383 | 52.90% | 78 | 0.56% | -887 | -6.36% | 13,957 |
| Cecil | 4,914 | 57.26% | 3,617 | 42.15% | 51 | 0.59% | 1,297 | 15.11% | 8,582 |
| Charles | 2,597 | 49.15% | 2,623 | 49.64% | 64 | 1.21% | -26 | -0.49% | 5,284 |
| Dorchester | 5,293 | 58.56% | 3,735 | 41.32% | 11 | 0.12% | 1,558 | 17.24% | 9,039 |
| Frederick | 10,722 | 52.85% | 9,500 | 46.83% | 64 | 0.32% | 1,222 | 6.02% | 20,286 |
| Garrett | 3,252 | 44.11% | 4,057 | 55.03% | 64 | 0.87% | -805 | -10.92% | 7,373 |
| Harford | 6,165 | 53.46% | 5,327 | 46.20% | 39 | 0.34% | 838 | 7.27% | 11,531 |
| Howard | 4,138 | 60.63% | 2,638 | 38.65% | 49 | 0.72% | 1,500 | 21.98% | 6,825 |
| Kent | 2,931 | 53.22% | 2,543 | 46.18% | 33 | 0.60% | 388 | 7.05% | 5,507 |
| Montgomery | 13,246 | 56.29% | 10,133 | 43.06% | 153 | 0.65% | 3,113 | 13.23% | 23,532 |
| Prince George's | 15,087 | 64.76% | 8,107 | 34.80% | 101 | 0.43% | 6,980 | 29.96% | 23,295 |
| Queen Anne's | 3,548 | 64.47% | 1,946 | 35.36% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,602 | 29.11% | 5,503 |
| Somerset | 4,116 | 45.95% | 4,770 | 53.25% | 72 | 0.80% | -654 | -7.30% | 8,958 |
| St. Mary's | 2,829 | 54.00% | 2,286 | 43.63% | 124 | 2.37% | 543 | 10.36% | 5,239 |
| Talbot | 3,768 | 51.16% | 3,578 | 48.58% | 19 | 0.26% | 190 | 2.58% | 7,365 |
| Washington | 14,050 | 56.84% | 10,619 | 42.96% | 49 | 0.20% | 3,431 | 13.88% | 24,718 |
| Wicomico | 7,273 | 61.05% | 4,545 | 38.15% | 95 | 0.80% | 2,728 | 22.90% | 11,913 |
| Worcester | 3,567 | 53.25% | 3,106 | 46.37% | 25 | 0.37% | 461 | 6.88% | 6,698 |
| Totals | 389,612 | 62.35% | 231,435 | 37.04% | 3,849 | 0.62% | 158,177 | 25.31% | 624,896 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 208 ISBN 0405077114