Who won Idaho in the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Idaho in 1936, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1936?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1936?

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

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1936

Idaho: Roosevelt carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Idaho voted with the national winner this cycle.

Idaho in 1936

The 1936 contest saw Idaho line up behind Roosevelt, delivering 4 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Idaho ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Idaho did not move alone — neighboring Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana broke the same way in 1936. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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