1936
The 1936 U.S. presidential election was won by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) with 523 of 531 electoral votes, defeating Alf Landon (Republican). Electoral vote margin: 515 EV, popular-vote margin +24.3%; turnout 61.0%. The cycle falls in the New Deal Coalition era of American electoral history.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 1936 map
Roosevelt won the greatest Electoral College landslide of the 20th century, carrying 46 of 48 states against Kansas Governor Alf Landon. FDR's New Deal coalition was at its peak, with massive support from labor, ethnic communities, and the poor. The Literary Digest's infamous poll had wrongly predicted a Landon victory, based on a biased sample of telephone and automobile owners (the affluent), leading to the poll's demise and the rise of scientific polling. Only Maine and Vermont voted for Landon.
New Deal defense; Supreme Court battles; economic recovery
Greatest 20th-century EC landslide; only Maine and Vermont voted Republican; Literary Digest poll famously wrong
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