United States presidential election in Arkansas, 1936
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Arkansas voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Background
Except for the Unionist Ozark counties of Newton and Searcy where Republicans controlled local government, Arkansas since the end of Reconstruction had been a classic one-party Democratic “Solid South” state.[2] Disfranchisement of effectively all Negroes and most poor whites had meant that outside those two aberrant counties, the Republican Party was completely moribund and Democratic primaries the only competitive elections.
The 1920s did see a minor change in this, as increased voting by poor Ozark whites as a protest against Woodrow Wilson’s internationalist foreign policy meant that Warren G. Harding was able to win almost forty percent of the statewide vote;[3] however despite his national landslide Calvin Coolidge in 1924 could not do any more than win the two traditional Unionist GOP counties. 1928 saw the rest of the Outer South and North Alabama bolt the anti-Prohibition Catholic Al Smith, but the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson as running mate meant that within Arkansas only the most northwesterly counties with ordinarily substantial Republican votes would suffer the same fate.[4]
The following years saw Arkansas plunge into the Great Depression, followed almost immediately by a major drought from the summer of 1930s until the winter of 1931/1932.[5] This came on top of a long depression in agriculture, which was still the dominant player in Arkansas’ economy and was backed up by the “Great Migration” of the state’s agricultural labor force to northeastern and midwestern cities.[6] Arkansas gave extremely heavy support to Democrat Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election.[7] Roosevelt won every county in the state, becoming the first Democrat to win Searcy County since before the Civil War and only the second to win adjacent Newton County.[8]
Throughout his first term as President, Roosevelt was extremely popular in the “Solid South”[9] and despite embryonic concerns over loss of southern control of the national party due to abolition of the “two-thirds” rule[10] and some hostility to FDR’s repeal of Prohibition[11] he was overwhelmingly and in many places almost unanimously supported by Arkansas’ limited electorate. Ozark Republican Landon did regain the two Unionist and Prohibitionist Ozark counties, but topped forty percent in only two of the remaining seventy-three.
Results
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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| Count | Pct | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Elect. vote | ||||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | New York | 146,765 | 81.80% | 9 | John Nance Garner | Texas | 9 |
| Alf Landon | Republican | Kansas | 32,039 | 17.86% | 0 | Frank Knox | Illinois | 0 |
| Norman Thomas | Socialist | New York | 446 | 0.25% | 0 | George A. Nelson | Wisconsin | 0 |
| Earl Browder | Communist | Kansas | 169 | 0.09% | 0 | James W. Ford | Alabama | 0 |
| William Lemke | Write-in | North Dakota | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | Thomas C. O'Brien | Massachusetts | 0 |
| Total | 179,423 | 100% | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Needed to win | 266 | 266 | ||||||
Results by county
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[12] | |||||
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| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| Arkansas | 2,008 | 85.19% | 341 | 14.47% | 8 | 0.34% | 1,667 | 70.73% | 2,357 |
| Ashley | 1,382 | 93.57% | 95 | 6.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,287 | 87.14% | 1,477 |
| Baxter | 773 | 66.93% | 375 | 32.47% | 7 | 0.61% | 398 | 34.46% | 1,155 |
| Benton | 2,418 | 58.77% | 1,672 | 40.64% | 24 | 0.58% | 746 | 18.13% | 4,114 |
| Boone | 2,386 | 69.20% | 1,052 | 30.51% | 10 | 0.29% | 1,334 | 38.69% | 3,448 |
| Bradley | 1,571 | 95.97% | 65 | 3.97% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,506 | 92.00% | 1,637 |
| Calhoun | 704 | 95.78% | 30 | 4.08% | 1 | 0.14% | 674 | 91.70% | 735 |
| Carroll | 1,649 | 63.55% | 940 | 36.22% | 6 | 0.23% | 709 | 27.32% | 2,595 |
| Chicot | 1,145 | 93.78% | 75 | 6.14% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,070 | 87.63% | 1,221 |
| Clark | 1,962 | 90.71% | 193 | 8.92% | 8 | 0.37% | 1,769 | 81.78% | 2,163 |
| Clay | 1,778 | 68.94% | 795 | 30.83% | 6 | 0.23% | 983 | 38.12% | 2,579 |
| Cleburne | 927 | 72.93% | 336 | 26.44% | 8 | 0.63% | 591 | 46.50% | 1,271 |
| Cleveland | 1,088 | 95.77% | 45 | 3.96% | 3 | 0.26% | 1,043 | 91.81% | 1,136 |
| Columbia | 1,847 | 96.65% | 64 | 3.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,783 | 93.30% | 1,911 |
| Conway | 2,013 | 86.77% | 305 | 13.15% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,708 | 73.62% | 2,320 |
| Craighead | 3,335 | 82.02% | 710 | 17.46% | 21 | 0.52% | 2,625 | 64.56% | 4,066 |
| Crawford | 1,963 | 73.47% | 697 | 26.09% | 12 | 0.45% | 1,266 | 47.38% | 2,672 |
| Crittenden | 1,858 | 98.83% | 22 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,836 | 97.66% | 1,880 |
| Cross | 1,644 | 91.49% | 133 | 7.40% | 20 | 1.11% | 1,511 | 84.08% | 1,797 |
| Dallas | 1,433 | 93.29% | 103 | 6.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,330 | 86.59% | 1,536 |
| Desha | 1,411 | 96.12% | 55 | 3.75% | 2 | 0.14% | 1,356 | 92.37% | 1,468 |
| Drew | 1,229 | 94.47% | 70 | 5.38% | 2 | 0.15% | 1,159 | 89.09% | 1,301 |
| Faulkner | 2,521 | 82.82% | 511 | 16.79% | 12 | 0.39% | 2,010 | 66.03% | 3,044 |
| Franklin | 1,890 | 84.11% | 345 | 15.35% | 12 | 0.53% | 1,545 | 68.76% | 2,247 |
| Fulton | 946 | 68.25% | 437 | 31.53% | 3 | 0.22% | 509 | 36.72% | 1,386 |
| Garland | 2,931 | 70.07% | 1,217 | 29.09% | 35 | 0.84% | 1,714 | 40.98% | 4,183 |
| Grant | 978 | 86.86% | 147 | 13.06% | 1 | 0.09% | 831 | 73.80% | 1,126 |
| Greene | 1,811 | 81.25% | 412 | 18.48% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,399 | 62.76% | 2,229 |
| Hempstead | 2,431 | 92.68% | 190 | 7.24% | 2 | 0.08% | 2,241 | 85.44% | 2,623 |
| Hot Spring | 1,581 | 77.77% | 444 | 21.84% | 8 | 0.39% | 1,137 | 55.93% | 2,033 |
| Howard | 1,437 | 83.69% | 275 | 16.02% | 5 | 0.29% | 1,162 | 67.68% | 1,717 |
| Independence | 2,101 | 75.25% | 685 | 24.53% | 6 | 0.21% | 1,416 | 50.72% | 2,792 |
| Izard | 1,350 | 76.44% | 416 | 23.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 934 | 52.89% | 1,766 |
| Jackson | 2,151 | 86.77% | 327 | 13.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,824 | 73.58% | 2,479 |
| Jefferson | 3,414 | 93.66% | 224 | 6.15% | 7 | 0.19% | 3,190 | 87.52% | 3,645 |
| Johnson | 1,432 | 80.81% | 318 | 17.95% | 22 | 1.24% | 1,114 | 62.87% | 1,772 |
| Lafayette | 1,279 | 92.55% | 100 | 7.24% | 3 | 0.22% | 1,179 | 85.31% | 1,382 |
| Lawrence | 2,230 | 82.50% | 457 | 16.91% | 16 | 0.59% | 1,773 | 65.59% | 2,703 |
| Lee | 1,257 | 94.87% | 66 | 4.98% | 2 | 0.15% | 1,191 | 89.89% | 1,325 |
| Lincoln | 913 | 95.90% | 39 | 4.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 874 | 91.81% | 952 |
| Little River | 1,056 | 84.14% | 192 | 15.30% | 7 | 0.56% | 864 | 68.84% | 1,255 |
| Logan | 2,663 | 77.41% | 770 | 22.38% | 7 | 0.20% | 1,893 | 55.03% | 3,440 |
| Lonoke | 2,735 | 89.76% | 310 | 10.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,425 | 79.59% | 3,047 |
| Madison | 1,679 | 53.02% | 1,484 | 46.86% | 4 | 0.13% | 195 | 6.16% | 3,167 |
| Marion | 989 | 68.68% | 435 | 30.21% | 16 | 1.11% | 554 | 38.47% | 1,440 |
| Miller | 2,689 | 89.01% | 323 | 10.69% | 9 | 0.30% | 2,366 | 78.32% | 3,021 |
| Mississippi | 4,835 | 93.94% | 303 | 5.89% | 9 | 0.17% | 4,532 | 88.05% | 5,147 |
| Monroe | 1,102 | 92.84% | 82 | 6.91% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,020 | 85.93% | 1,187 |
| Montgomery | 1,034 | 68.07% | 465 | 30.61% | 20 | 1.32% | 569 | 37.46% | 1,519 |
| Nevada | 1,252 | 85.69% | 204 | 13.96% | 5 | 0.34% | 1,048 | 71.73% | 1,461 |
| Newton | 938 | 47.11% | 1,053 | 52.89% | 0 | 0.00% | -115 | -5.78% | 1,991 |
| Ouachita | 2,808 | 91.47% | 262 | 8.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,546 | 82.93% | 3,070 |
| Perry | 899 | 78.31% | 249 | 21.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 650 | 56.62% | 1,148 |
| Phillips | 2,259 | 95.60% | 94 | 3.98% | 10 | 0.42% | 2,165 | 91.62% | 2,363 |
| Pike | 994 | 77.78% | 283 | 22.14% | 1 | 0.08% | 711 | 55.63% | 1,278 |
| Poinsett | 3,457 | 85.38% | 563 | 13.90% | 29 | 0.72% | 2,894 | 71.47% | 4,049 |
| Polk | 1,170 | 67.44% | 537 | 30.95% | 28 | 1.61% | 633 | 36.48% | 1,735 |
| Pope | 2,678 | 88.38% | 348 | 11.49% | 4 | 0.13% | 2,330 | 76.90% | 3,030 |
| Prairie | 1,321 | 82.25% | 282 | 17.56% | 3 | 0.19% | 1,039 | 64.69% | 1,606 |
| Pulaski | 11,482 | 89.49% | 1,320 | 10.29% | 28 | 0.22% | 10,162 | 79.20% | 12,830 |
| Randolph | 1,693 | 80.24% | 414 | 19.62% | 3 | 0.14% | 1,279 | 60.62% | 2,110 |
| St. Francis | 1,938 | 94.72% | 94 | 4.59% | 14 | 0.68% | 1,844 | 90.13% | 2,046 |
| Saline | 1,520 | 79.87% | 359 | 18.86% | 24 | 1.26% | 1,161 | 61.01% | 1,903 |
| Scott | 1,137 | 75.70% | 363 | 24.17% | 2 | 0.13% | 774 | 51.53% | 1,502 |
| Searcy | 767 | 43.14% | 1,010 | 56.81% | 1 | 0.06% | -243 | -13.67% | 1,778 |
| Sebastian | 4,539 | 79.35% | 1,161 | 20.30% | 20 | 0.35% | 3,378 | 59.06% | 5,720 |
| Sevier | 1,200 | 80.00% | 289 | 19.27% | 11 | 0.73% | 911 | 60.73% | 1,500 |
| Sharp | 934 | 75.63% | 289 | 23.40% | 12 | 0.97% | 645 | 52.23% | 1,235 |
| Stone | 521 | 67.49% | 248 | 32.12% | 3 | 0.39% | 273 | 35.36% | 772 |
| Union | 4,141 | 93.94% | 254 | 5.76% | 13 | 0.29% | 3,887 | 88.18% | 4,408 |
| Van Buren | 1,422 | 72.22% | 541 | 27.48% | 6 | 0.30% | 881 | 44.74% | 1,969 |
| Washington | 3,378 | 67.87% | 1,579 | 31.73% | 20 | 0.40% | 1,799 | 36.15% | 4,977 |
| White | 2,503 | 82.20% | 535 | 17.57% | 7 | 0.23% | 1,968 | 64.63% | 3,045 |
| Woodruff | 1,473 | 84.70% | 253 | 14.55% | 13 | 0.75% | 1,220 | 70.16% | 1,739 |
| Yell | 2,382 | 88.22% | 318 | 11.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,064 | 76.44% | 2,700 |
| Totals | 146,765 | 81.79% | 32,049 | 17.86% | 617 | 0.34% | 114,716 | 63.93% | 179,431 |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ See Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger; Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71, p. 32 ISBN 1557282005
- ↑ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 211, 287 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ↑ Barnes, Kenneth C.; Anti-Catholicism in Arkansas: How Politicians, the Press, the Klan, and Religious Leaders Imagined an Enemy, 1910–1960, pp. 164-165 ISBN 168226016X
- ↑ Whayne, Jeannie M.; DeBlack, Thomas A.; Sabo, George and Arnold, Morris S.; Arkansas: A Narrative History, pp. 341-342 ISBN 155728993X
- ↑ Whayne, DeBlack, Sabo and Arnold; Arkansas, pp. 313-316
- ↑ Grantham, Dewey W.; The Life and Death of the Solid South: A Political History, p. 102 ISBN 0813148723
- ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 87 ISBN 0786422173
- ↑ Leuchtenburg, William E.; The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, p. 51 ISBN 0807151424
- ↑ Frederickson, Kari A.; The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968, p. 24 ISBN 0807849103
- ↑ Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 64
- ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 48-49 ISBN 0405077114
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