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Specialty Definition: U.S. presidential election, 1936

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Presidential Candidate	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Pct	Party	Running Mate (Electoral Votes)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (W)	523	27,751,597	60.8%	Democratic	John N. Garner (523)
Alfred M. Landon	8	16,679,583	36.6%	Republican	Frank Knox (8)
William Lemke	0	892,267	2.0%	Union Party
Norman Thomas	0	187,833	0.4%	Socialist Party
Earl Browder	0	80,171	0.2%	Communist Party
D. Leigh Colvin	0	37,677	0.1%	Prohibition Party
Other	0	3,034	0.0%
Total	531	45,632,162	100.0%
Other elections: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register

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The Democratic Party Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and overwhelmingly nominated incumbant President F.D. Roosevelt.

The Republican Party Convention in Cleveland, Ohio nominated Alf Landon from Kansas.

The election was held on November 3, 1936.

Roosevelt won reelection by a wide margin; while the country was still suffering from the Great Depression, most voters thought Roosevelt's active programs were more likely to improve the situation than a return to a Republican administration.

See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1936

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "U.S. presidential election, 1936."

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