Who won Indiana in the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Indiana in 1936, winning its 14 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1936?

Indiana cast 14 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1936?

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

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1936

Indiana: Roosevelt carries 14 EV.

Indiana cast its 14 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Indiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Indiana, 1936

In 1936, Indiana awarded its 14 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Indiana ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Indiana backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Indiana did not move alone — neighboring Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan broke the same way in 1936. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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