Who won Connecticut in the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 1936, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1936?

Connecticut cast 8 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1936?

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

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1936

Connecticut: Roosevelt carries 8 EV.

Connecticut cast its 8 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1936 result in Connecticut

Connecticut backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1936 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1936. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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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