Who won Alabama in the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Alabama in 1936, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 1936?

Alabama cast 11 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 1936?

Yes. Alabama backed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

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1936

Alabama: Roosevelt carries 11 EV.

Alabama cast its 11 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Alabama voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1936 result in Alabama

Alabama backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1936 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Alabama ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Alabama backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Alabama did not move alone — neighboring Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida broke the same way in 1936. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Franklin D. Roosevelt took 523 of the 531 electoral votes, against Alf Landon's 8. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 60.8% of the ballots cast.

The 1936 national map

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