1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina
The 1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina was held on November 3, 1936. The state voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Roosevelt 90-100%
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South Carolina voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over Republican Party candidate incumbent Governor of Kansas Alf Landon by a landslide margin of 97.14%.
Roosevelt carried all counties with over 90% of the vote, with Horry and Lancaster counties being carried unanimously, and his 98.57% of the popular vote is the highest for any presidential candidate in South Carolina since a popular vote was first used in 1868, or for any presidential candidate with an opponent.
Results
| United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1936[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York | John Nance Garner of Texas | 113,791 | 98.57% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Alf Landon of Kansas | Frank Knox of Illinois | 1,646[lower-alpha 1] | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 115,437 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican |
Total votes cast[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 1,265 | 98.21% | 23 | 1.79% | 1,288 |
| Aiken | 3,298 | 98.95% | 35 | 1.05% | 3,333 |
| Allendale | 1,236 | 99.76% | 3 | 0.24% | 1,239 |
| Anderson | 4,025 | 99.36% | 26 | 0.64% | 4,051 |
| Bamberg | 1,542 | 99.68% | 5 | 0.32% | 1,547 |
| Barnwell | 2,157 | 99.91% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,159 |
| Beaufort | 501 | 92.10% | 43 | 7.90% | 544 |
| Berkeley | 690 | 98.85% | 8 | 1.15% | 698 |
| Calhoun | 821 | 99.88% | 1 | 0.12% | 822 |
| Charleston | 8,015 | 95.05% | 417 | 4.95% | 8,432 |
| Cherokee | 2,280 | 99.00% | 23 | 1.00% | 2,303 |
| Chester | 2,155 | 99.49% | 11 | 0.51% | 2,166 |
| Chesterfield | 3,192 | 99.44% | 18 | 0.56% | 3,210 |
| Clarendon | 1,260 | 98.67% | 17 | 1.33% | 1,277 |
| Colleton | 1,463 | 99.46% | 8 | 0.54% | 1,471 |
| Darlington | 1,995 | 99.40% | 12 | 0.60% | 2,007 |
| Dillon | 1,104 | 99.55% | 5 | 0.45% | 1,109 |
| Dorchester | 889 | 96.95% | 28 | 3.05% | 917 |
| Edgefield | 1,304 | 99.92% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,305 |
| Fairfield | 1,005 | 98.72% | 13 | 1.28% | 1,018 |
| Florence | 4,194 | 99.41% | 25 | 0.59% | 4,219 |
| Georgetown | 1,273 | 95.43% | 61 | 4.57% | 1,334 |
| Greenville | 8,310 | 98.91% | 92 | 1.09% | 8,402 |
| Greenwood | 3,064 | 99.38% | 19 | 0.62% | 3,083 |
| Hampton | 1,253 | 99.37% | 8 | 0.63% | 1,261 |
| Horry | 2,927 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,927 |
| Jasper | 452 | 99.12% | 4 | 0.88% | 456 |
| Kershaw | 1,400 | 98.59% | 20 | 1.41% | 1,420 |
| Lancaster | 2,631 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,631 |
| Laurens | 3,069 | 99.58% | 13 | 0.42% | 3,082 |
| Lee | 1,045 | 99.52% | 5 | 0.48% | 1,050 |
| Lexington | 2,138 | 98.53% | 32 | 1.47% | 2,170 |
| Marion | 656 | 98.80% | 8 | 1.20% | 664 |
| Marlboro | 1,219 | 99.59% | 5 | 0.41% | 1,224 |
| McCormick | 988 | 99.30% | 7 | 0.70% | 995 |
| Newberry | 2,615 | 99.66% | 9 | 0.34% | 2,624 |
| Oconee | 2,057 | 97.49% | 53 | 2.51% | 2,110 |
| Orangeburg | 2,947 | 98.04% | 59 | 1.96% | 3,006 |
| Pickens | 2,678 | 98.17% | 50 | 1.83% | 2,728 |
| Richland | 6,728 | 97.79% | 152 | 2.21% | 6,880 |
| Saluda | 1,324 | 99.25% | 10 | 0.75% | 1,334 |
| Spartanburg | 10,739 | 98.41% | 173 | 1.59% | 10,912 |
| Sumter | 2,062 | 97.26% | 58 | 2.74% | 2,120 |
| Union | 3,458 | 99.74% | 9 | 0.26% | 3,467 |
| Williamsburg | 1,284 | 99.53% | 6 | 0.47% | 1,290 |
| York | 3,083 | 97.81% | 69 | 2.19% | 3,152 |
| Totals | 113,791 | 98.57% | 1,646 | 1.43% | 115,437 |
Notes
- Landon total is a fusion of 953 "Tolbert" and 693 "Hambright" ticket votes.
References
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 395 ISBN 0405077114
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