1936 United States presidential election in Georgia explained

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Election Name:	1936 United States presidential election in Georgia
Country:	Georgia (U.S. state)
Flag Year:	1920
Type:	presidential
Vote Type:	Popular
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1932 United States presidential election in Georgia
Previous Year:	1932
Next Election:	1940 United States presidential election in Georgia
Next Year:	1940
Image1:	FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Franklin Roosevelt
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	John N. Garner
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	255,364
Percentage1:	87.10%
Nominee2:	Alf Landon
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Kansas
Running Mate2:	Frank Knox
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	36,942
Percentage2:	12.60%
Map Size:	290px
President
Before Election:	Franklin Roosevelt
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Posttitle:	Elected President
After Election:	Franklin Roosevelt
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1936 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,^[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.^[2]

On election day, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vice President John N. Garner carried the state of Georgia in a landslide, defeating Republican Alf Landon by a margin of nearly 75 percentage points and sweeping all but one county in the state. Even amidst a national Democratic landslide, Roosevelt's margin in Georgia exceeded his margin nationwide by more than 50 percentage points.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Georgia^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin Roosevelt (incumbent)	255,364	87.10%	12
	Republican	Alf Landon	36,942	12.60%	0
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	663	0.23%	0
	Union	William Lemke	141	0.05%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	68	0.02%	0

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon Republican		David Leigh Colvin Prohibition		William Frederick Lemke Union		Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Appling		1,309		89.84%		140		9.61%		3		0.21%		5		0.34%		0		0.00%		1,169		80.23%		1,457
	Atkinson		958		97.06%		29		2.94%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		929		94.12%		987
	Bacon		929		93.74%		62		6.26%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		867		87.49%		991
	Baker		599		97.72%		13		2.12%		1		0.16%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		586		95.60%		613
	Baldwin		811		87.58%		113		12.20%		2		0.22%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		698		75.38%		926
	Banks		641		77.98%		181		22.02%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		460		55.96%		822
	Barrow		1,181		87.16%		172		12.69%		2		0.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,009		74.46%		1,355
	Bartow		2,228		83.13%		444		16.57%		6		0.22%		2		0.07%		0		0.00%		1,784		66.57%		2,680
	Ben Hill		1,147		88.64%		146		11.28%		1		0.08%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,001		77.36%		1,294
	Berrien		1,700		96.98%		53		3.02%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,647		93.95%		1,753
	Bibb		5,722		92.34%		452		7.29%		22		0.36%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		5,270		85.04%		6,197
	Bleckley		649		90.14%		69		9.58%		2		0.28%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		580		80.56%		720
	Brantley		527		92.13%		40		6.99%		5		0.87%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		487		85.14%		572
	Brooks		1,277		92.74%		94		6.83%		6		0.44%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,183		85.91%		1,377
	Bryan		632		90.41%		63		9.01%		4		0.57%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		569		81.40%		699
	Bulloch		1,978		96.53%		66		3.22%		5		0.24%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,912		93.31%		2,049
	Burke		1,040		95.06%		51		4.66%		3		0.27%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		989		90.40%		1,094
	Butts		820		96.13%		28		3.28%		5		0.59%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		792		92.85%		853
	Calhoun		777		97.98%		14		1.77%		2		0.25%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		763		96.22%		793
	Camden		515		90.19%		53		9.28%		2		0.35%		1		0.18%		0		0.00%		462		80.91%		571
	Candler		992		92.28%		80		7.44%		3		0.28%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		912		84.84%		1,075
	Carroll		3,717		84.98%		653		14.93%		4		0.09%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,064		70.05%		4,374
	Catoosa		1,018		82.16%		218		17.59%		1		0.08%		1		0.08%		1		0.08%		800		64.57%		1,239
	Charlton		468		94.16%		28		5.63%		1		0.20%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		440		88.53%		497
	Chatham		10,019		88.90%		1,227		10.89%		14		0.12%		4		0.04%		6		0.05%		8,792		78.01%		11,270
	Chattahoochee		206		91.15%		20		8.85%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		186		82.30%		226
	Chattooga		2,999		92.79%		231		7.15%		2		0.06%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,768		85.64%		3,232
	Cherokee		1,211		58.79%		842		40.87%		6		0.29%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		369		17.91%		2,060
	Clarke		2,632		94.13%		160		5.72%		3		0.11%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		2,472		88.41%		2,796
	Clay		484		96.99%		13		2.61%		2		0.40%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		471		94.39%		499
	Clayton		1,352		88.37%		175		11.44%		3		0.20%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,177		76.93%		1,530
	Clinch		1,002		93.21%		71		6.60%		2		0.19%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		931		86.60%		1,075
	Cobb		2,802		79.72%		707		20.11%		6		0.17%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,095		59.60%		3,515
	Coffee		1,702		93.57%		116		6.38%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,586		87.19%		1,819
	Colquitt		2,449		84.42%		448		15.44%		3		0.10%		1		0.03%		0		0.00%		2,001		68.98%		2,901
	Columbia		659		94.14%		34		4.86%		7		1.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		625		89.29%		700
	Cook		1,697		93.45%		117		6.44%		1		0.06%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		1,580		87.00%		1,816
	Coweta		2,260		96.79%		73		3.13%		2		0.09%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,187		93.66%		2,335
	Crawford		413		94.51%		22		5.03%		2		0.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		391		89.47%		437
	Crisp		1,029		92.70%		79		7.12%		2		0.18%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		950		85.59%		1,110
	Dade		857		87.01%		127		12.89%		1		0.10%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		730		74.11%		985
	Dawson		377		53.93%		322		46.07%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		55		7.87%		699
	Decatur		1,965		95.71%		79		3.85%		4		0.19%		1		0.05%		4		0.19%		1,886		91.86%		2,053
	DeKalb		7,391		86.34%		1,137		13.28%		17		0.20%		4		0.05%		11		0.13%		6,254		73.06%		8,560
	Dodge		1,259		94.24%		71		5.31%		2		0.15%		4		0.30%		0		0.00%		1,188		88.92%		1,336
	Dooly		1,339		97.03%		41		2.97%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,298		94.06%		1,380
	Dougherty		2,591		95.40%		122		4.49%		1		0.04%		2		0.07%		0		0.00%		2,469		90.91%		2,716
	Douglas		1,015		80.88%		237		18.88%		1		0.08%		2		0.16%		0		0.00%		778		61.99%		1,255
	Early		1,107		95.68%		46		3.98%		1		0.09%		2		0.17%		1		0.09%		1,061		91.70%		1,157
	Echols		300		90.63%		30		9.06%		1		0.30%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		270		81.57%		331
	Effingham		612		81.06%		142		18.81%		1		0.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		470		62.25%		755
	Elbert		1,772		79.39%		438		19.62%		21		0.94%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		1,334		59.77%		2,232
	Emanuel		1,943		93.37%		125		6.01%		6		0.29%		7		0.34%		0		0.00%		1,818		87.36%		2,081
	Evans		733		95.07%		35		4.54%		3		0.39%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		698		90.53%		771
	Fannin		1,540		44.90%		1,890		55.10%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-350		-10.20%		3,430
	Fayette		748		91.33%		70		8.55%		1		0.12%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		678		82.78%		819
	Floyd		5,499		89.87%		612		10.00%		6		0.10%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		4,887		79.87%		6,119
	Forsyth		780		58.60%		551		41.40%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		229		17.21%		1,331
	Franklin		1,621		86.73%		238		12.73%		8		0.43%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		1,383		74.00%		1,869
	Fulton		27,183		88.17%		3,552		11.52%		54		0.18%		20		0.06%		20		0.06%		23,631		76.65%		30,829
	Gilmer		1,128		51.86%		1,047		48.14%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		81		3.72%		2,175
	Glascock		369		83.86%		68		15.45%		3		0.68%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		301		68.41%		440
	Glynn		1,925		87.98%		260		11.88%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		1,665		76.10%		2,188
	Gordon		2,026		79.86%		504		19.87%		7		0.28%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,522		59.99%		2,537
	Grady		1,659		90.71%		163		8.91%		6		0.33%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,496		81.79%		1,829
	Greene		1,348		93.35%		86		5.96%		10		0.69%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,262		87.40%		1,444
	Gwinnett		2,382		81.41%		541		18.49%		3		0.10%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,841		62.92%		2,926
	Habersham		1,884		80.93%		424		18.21%		16		0.69%		4		0.17%		0		0.00%		1,460		62.71%		2,328
	Hall		2,731		85.85%		444		13.96%		6		0.19%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,287		71.90%		3,181
	Hancock		504		88.42%		57		10.00%		9		1.58%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		447		78.42%		570
	Haralson		1,643		67.39%		787		32.28%		6		0.25%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		856		35.11%		2,438
	Harris		953		94.54%		54		5.36%		1		0.10%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		899		89.19%		1,008
	Hart		1,514		86.96%		222		12.75%		5		0.29%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,292		74.21%		1,741
	Heard		725		82.11%		155		17.55%		3		0.34%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		570		64.55%		883
	Henry		1,362		91.90%		116		7.83%		3		0.20%		1		0.07%		0		0.00%		1,246		84.08%		1,482
	Houston		796		95.56%		37		4.44%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		759		91.12%		833
	Irwin		1,025		89.83%		110		9.64%		5		0.44%		1		0.09%		0		0.00%		915		80.19%		1,141
	Jackson		2,447		92.76%		187		7.09%		4		0.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,260		85.67%		2,638
	Jasper		923		96.55%		33		3.45%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		890		93.10%		956
	Jeff Davis		631		87.15%		93		12.85%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		538		74.31%		724
	Jefferson		1,238		87.31%		168		11.85%		10		0.71%		1		0.07%		1		0.07%		1,070		75.46%		1,418
	Jenkins		880		96.49%		32		3.51%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		848		92.98%		912
	Johnson		1,861		84.40%		334		15.15%		10		0.45%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,527		69.25%		2,205
	Jones		508		95.67%		23		4.33%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		485		91.34%		531
	Lamar		839		92.30%		69		7.59%		1		0.11%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		770		84.71%		909
	Lanier		800		95.81%		30		3.59%		5		0.60%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		770		92.22%		835
	Laurens		2,620		89.39%		304		10.37%		7		0.24%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,316		79.02%		2,931
	Lee		490		99.59%		1		0.20%		1		0.20%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		489		99.39%		492
	Liberty		369		87.65%		49		11.64%		2		0.48%		1		0.24%		0		0.00%		320		76.01%		421
	Lincoln		561		84.23%		88		13.21%		17		2.55%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		473		71.02%		666
	Long		305		84.96%		51		14.21%		2		0.56%		1		0.28%		0		0.00%		254		70.75%		359
	Lowndes		3,099		94.89%		130		3.98%		8		0.24%		27		0.83%		2		0.06%		2,969		90.91%		3,266
	Lumpkin		617		79.41%		160		20.59%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		457		58.82%		777
	Macon		958		90.98%		92		8.74%		2		0.19%		1		0.09%		0		0.00%		866		82.24%		1,053
	Madison		1,697		80.89%		393		18.73%		8		0.38%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,304		62.15%		2,098
	Marion		420		86.96%		62		12.84%		1		0.21%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		358		74.12%		483
	McDuffie		705		87.14%		98		12.11%		6		0.74%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		607		75.03%		809
	McIntosh		308		85.32%		53		14.68%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		255		70.64%		361
	Meriwether		2,438		94.61%		138		5.36%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,300		89.25%		2,577
	Miller		653		94.64%		36		5.22%		1		0.14%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		617		89.42%		690
	Mitchell		2,297		96.47%		79		3.32%		3		0.13%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		2,218		93.15%		2,381
	Monroe		1,277		89.24%		147		10.27%		7		0.49%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,130		78.97%		1,431
	Montgomery		945		91.39%		81		7.83%		5		0.48%		3		0.29%		0		0.00%		864		83.56%		1,034
	Morgan		1,130		96.66%		37		3.17%		2		0.17%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,093		93.50%		1,169
	Murray		1,597		66.43%		806		33.53%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		791		32.90%		2,404
	Muscogee		5,009		91.56%		455		8.32%		7		0.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		4,554		83.24%		5,471
	Newton		1,994		93.79%		123		5.79%		8		0.38%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,871		88.01%		2,126
	Oconee		483		73.29%		173		26.25%		3		0.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		310		47.04%		659
	Oglethorpe		845		87.66%		115		11.93%		4		0.41%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		730		75.73%		964
	Paulding		1,386		68.14%		645		31.71%		3		0.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		741		36.43%		2,034
	Peach		767		92.52%		49		5.91%		12		1.45%		1		0.12%		0		0.00%		718		86.61%		829
	Pickens		1,223		53.73%		1,053		46.27%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		170		7.47%		2,276
	Pierce		1,494		96.45%		45		2.91%		7		0.45%		3		0.19%		0		0.00%		1,449		93.54%		1,549
	Pike		910		85.69%		149		14.03%		1		0.09%		2		0.19%		0		0.00%		761		71.66%		1,062
	Polk		2,754		87.51%		389		12.36%		4		0.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,365		75.15%		3,147
	Pulaski		808		94.61%		38		4.45%		7		0.82%		1		0.12%		0		0.00%		770		90.16%		854
	Putnam		703		93.11%		51		6.75%		1		0.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		652		86.36%		755
	Quitman		355		94.92%		19		5.08%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		336		89.84%		374
	Rabun		948		85.33%		162		14.58%		1		0.09%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		786		70.75%		1,111
	Randolph		1,208		93.86%		74		5.75%		5		0.39%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,134		88.11%		1,287
	Richmond		7,239		92.69%		551		7.06%		16		0.20%		1		0.01%		3		0.04%		6,688		85.63%		7,810
	Rockdale		837		91.88%		73		8.01%		1		0.11%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		764		83.86%		911
	Schley		419		90.69%		43		9.31%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		376		81.39%		462
	Screven		933		92.47%		61		6.05%		15		1.49%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		872		86.42%		1,009
	Seminole		761		90.27%		82		9.73%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		679		80.55%		843
	Spalding		2,457		98.28%		36		1.44%		3		0.12%		3		0.12%		1		0.04%		2,421		96.84%		2,500
	Stephens		1,142		94.22%		68		5.61%		2		0.17%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,074		88.61%		1,212
	Stewart		628		92.22%		49		7.20%		2		0.29%		2		0.29%		0		0.00%		579		85.02%		681
	Sumter		1,870		96.69%		58		3.00%		6		0.31%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,812		93.69%		1,934
	Talbot		796		94.42%		41		4.86%		6		0.71%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		755		89.56%		843
	Taliaferro		552		96.34%		14		2.44%		7		1.22%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		538		93.89%		573
	Tattnall		1,047		82.31%		214		16.82%		11		0.86%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		833		65.49%		1,272
	Taylor		771		83.71%		147		15.96%		3		0.33%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		624		67.75%		921
	Telfair		1,158		90.54%		121		9.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,037		81.08%		1,279
	Terrell		1,336		95.50%		61		4.36%		2		0.14%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,275		91.14%		1,399
	Thomas		2,409		91.08%		222		8.39%		13		0.49%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		2,187		82.68%		2,645
	Tift		1,627		90.49%		161		8.95%		10		0.56%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,466		81.54%		1,798
	Toombs		1,001		92.43%		78		7.20%		4		0.37%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		923		85.23%		1,083
	Towns		763		51.04%		732		48.96%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		31		2.07%		1,495
	Treutlen		912		97.44%		23		2.46%		1		0.11%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		889		94.98%		936
	Troup		2,728		94.13%		167		5.76%		3		0.10%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,561		88.37%		2,898
	Turner		860		82.06%		188		17.94%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		672		64.12%		1,048
	Twiggs		491		89.44%		57		10.38%		1		0.18%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		434		79.05%		549
	Union		1,148		59.45%		783		40.55%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		365		18.90%		1,931
	Upson		1,471		91.37%		138		8.57%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,333		82.80%		1,610
	Walker		2,313		83.32%		458		16.50%		4		0.14%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		1,855		66.82%		2,776
	Walton		1,952		93.58%		132		6.33%		2		0.10%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,820		87.25%		2,086
	Ware		2,566		90.77%		256		9.06%		5		0.18%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,310		81.71%		2,827
	Warren		545		79.91%		129		18.91%		8		1.17%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		416		61.00%		682
	Washington		1,286		89.24%		149		10.34%		6		0.42%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,137		78.90%		1,441
	Wayne		788		87.65%		105		11.68%		6		0.67%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		683		75.97%		899
	Webster		310		88.32%		40		11.40%		1		0.28%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		270		76.92%		351
	Wheeler		594		86.21%		94		13.64%		1		0.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		500		72.57%		689
	White		599		78.82%		161		21.18%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		438		57.63%		760
	Whitfield		2,481		73.69%		877		26.05%		7		0.21%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		1,604		47.64%		3,367
	Wilcox		1,066		84.40%		195		15.44%		2		0.16%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		871		68.96%		1,263
	Wilkes		1,031		91.89%		78		6.95%		13		1.16%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		953		84.94%		1,122
	Wilkinson		695		84.96%		118		14.43%		5		0.61%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		577		70.54%		818
	Worth		1,124		89.42%		132		10.50%		1		0.08%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		992		78.92%		1,257
Totals	255,363	87.10%	36,943	12.60%	660	0.23%	141	0.05%	68	0.02%	218,420	74.50%	293,175

Notes and References

1. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
2. Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155
3. Web site: Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia.
4. Web site: GA US President Race, November 03, 1936. Our Campaigns.