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1936 United States presidential election in Utah

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United States presidential election in Utah, 1936

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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John N. Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 116,750 64,555
Percentage 69.34% 29.79%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 3, 1932. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and Utah voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Utah, like every other state west of the Appalachian Mountains, voted for Franklin Roosevelt over Alf Landon by a substantial margin. This was the first time any Democratic won the state more than once. Roosevelt landslided Utah with 69.34% of the vote. The second best Democratic result from the state. The best being from United States presidential election in Utah, 1896. He won 23 counties out of 24. The only country that did was Kane. Kane has only voted Democratic in 1916 for Woodrow Wilson. Alf Landon won only 29.79% of the vote. The second worst Republican result from the state.The worst ever being from United States presidential election in Utah, 1896.

Results

United States presidential election in Utah, 1932[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 150,246 69.34% 4
Republican Alf Landon 64,555 29.79% 0
Union William Lemke 1,121 0.52% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 432 0.20% 0

United States presidential election in Utah, 1936

  1. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2017-02-13.