Who won Utah in the 1936 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1936?

Utah cast 4 electoral votes in the 1936 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1936?

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

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1936

Utah: Roosevelt carries 4 EV.

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

What happened in Utah, 1936

In 1936, Utah awarded its 4 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Utah ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Utah backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Utah did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada broke the same way in 1936. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah 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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