Who won Arkansas in the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Arkansas in 1936, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 1936?

Arkansas cast 9 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 1936?

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

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1936

Arkansas: Roosevelt carries 9 EV.

Arkansas cast its 9 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Arkansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1936 result in Arkansas

Arkansas backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1936 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Arkansas ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 16th consecutive election in which Arkansas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. Arkansas did not move alone — neighboring Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma broke the same way in 1936. Across the 47 presidential elections Arkansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 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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