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| image_size = x200px| image1 = FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg| nominee1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)New York (state)>New York| running_mate1 = John Nance Garner| electoral_vote1 = 9| popular_vote1 = 157,333| percentage1 = 97.03%| image2 = LandonPortr (cropped).jpg| nominee2 = Alf Landon| party2 = Republican Party (United States)| home_state2 = Kansas| running_mate2 = Frank Knox| electoral_vote2 = 0| popular_vote2 = 4,467| percentage2 = 2.8%| map_image = Mississippi Presidential Election Results 1936.svg| map_size = 300px| map_caption = County Results{{col-begin}}Roosevelt{{legend|#0645b4|80-90%}}{{legend|#002b84|90-100%}}{{col-end}}| title = President| before_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)}}{{ElectionsMS}}The 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nineWEB,www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1929_1941.html#1936, 1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41), January 15, 2019, representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 97.03% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 2.75% of the popular vote.WEB,uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=28&year=1936, 1936 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi, January 15, 2019, WEB,www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1936, The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936, January 15, 2019, By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was Roosevelt’s second-best state. The only state in which he won more of the popular vote than in Mississippi was in South Carolina, where he won 98.57%.

Results

The Roosevelt/Garner ticket easily carried Mississippi on election day, carrying every single county with greater than 85% of the vote, all but two with greater than 90%, and one (Issaquena) unanimously.{{Election box begin no change| title = 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no changeFranklin D. Roosevelt (Incumbent>inc.)| party = Democratic Party (United States)| votes = 157,333| percentage = 97.03%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Alf Landon| party = Republican Party (United States)| votes = 4,467| percentage = 2.75%}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change| candidate = Norman Thomas| party = Socialist Party of America| votes = 342| percentage = 0.21%}}{{Election box total no change| votes = 162,142| percentage= 100%}}{{Election box end}}

Results by county{| class“wikitable sortable”

dx.doi.org/10.2307/1898004, The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 27, 4, 666, 10.2307/1898004, 0161-391X, ! rowspan=“2” |County! colspan=“2” rowspan=“1” |Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic! colspan=“2” rowspan=“1” |Alfred Mossman LandonRepublican! colspan=“2” rowspan=“1” |Margin! rowspan=“2” |Total votes cast!#! %!#! %!#! %|Adams|1,732|93.12%|124|6.67%|1,608|86.45%|1,860|Alcorn|2,396|97.52%|53|2.16%|2,343|95.36%|2,457|Amite|1,421|95.24%|56|3.75%|1,365|91.49%|1,492|Attala|1,855|97.79%|36|1.90%|1,819|95.89%|1,897|Benton|1,717|99.42%|10|0.58%|1,707|98.84%|1,727|Bolivar|2,296|95.79%|101|4.21%|2,195|91.57%|2,397|Calhoun|1,691|97.58%|40|2.31%|1,651|95.27%|1,733|Carroll|1,030|98.10%|19|1.81%|1,011|96.29%|1,050|Chickasaw|1,559|98.80%|18|1.14%|1,541|97.66%|1,578|Choctaw|1,342|96.83%|41|2.96%|1,301|93.87%|1,386|Claiborne|774|96.03%|31|3.85%|743|92.18%|806|Clarke|2,089|98.40%|31|1.46%|2,058|96.94%|2,123|Clay|1,271|97.54%|32|2.46%|1,239|95.09%|1,303|Coahoma|2,059|97.68%|49|2.32%|2,010|95.35%|2,108|Copiah|2,397|98.12%|45|1.84%|2,352|96.28%|2,443|Covington|1,589|96.65%|52|3.16%|1,537|93.49%|1,644|DeSoto|1,343|99.04%|13|0.96%|1,330|98.08%|1,356|Forrest|3,596|93.62%|234|6.09%|3,362|87.53%|3,841|Franklin|1,098|96.83%|33|2.91%|1,065|93.92%|1,134|George|892|97.17%|24|2.61%|868|94.55%|918|Greene|830|94.43%|46|5.23%|784|89.19%|879|Grenada|1,245|98.97%|13|1.03%|1,232|97.93%|1,258|Hancock|1,284|87.70%|164|11.20%|1,120|76.50%|1,464|Harrison|4,208|88.78%|495|10.44%|3,713|78.33%|4,740|Hinds|8,647|96.33%|313|3.49%|8,334|92.85%|8,976|Holmes|1,885|99.37%|12|0.63%|1,873|98.73%|1,897|Humphreys|1,164|99.40%|7|0.60%|1,157|98.80%|1,171|Issaquena|214|100.00%|0|0.00%|214|100.00%|214|Itawamba|1,465|96.89%|47|3.11%|1,418|93.78%|1,512|Jackson|1,704|93.06%|120|6.55%|1,584|86.51%|1,831|Jasper|2,004|98.87%|21|1.04%|1,983|97.83%|2,027|Jefferson|884|98.88%|9|1.01%|875|97.87%|894|Jefferson Davis|1,325|95.05%|67|4.81%|1,258|90.24%|1,394|Jones|4,461|95.02%|185|3.94%|4,276|91.08%|4,695|Kemper|1,477|99.46%|8|0.54%|1,469|98.92%|1,485|Lafayette|1,652|98.16%|26|1.54%|1,626|96.61%|1,683|Lamar|1,210|92.65%|91|6.97%|1,119|85.68%|1,306|Lauderdale|6,075|98.72%|67|1.09%|6,008|97.63%|6,154|Lawrence|1,286|97.35%|34|2.57%|1,252|94.78%|1,321|Leake|2,566|99.30%|8|0.31%|2,558|98.99%|2,584|Lee|3,585|98.84%|42|1.16%|3,543|97.68%|3,627|Leflore|2,137|98.34%|35|1.61%|2,102|96.73%|2,173|Lincoln|2,465|96.70%|74|2.90%|2,391|93.80%|2,549|Lowndes|2,328|97.24%|56|2.34%|2,272|94.90%|2,394|Madison|1,838|98.24%|32|1.71%|1,806|96.53%|1,871|Marion|1,932|98.07%|37|1.88%|1,895|96.19%|1,970|Marshall|1,111|97.97%|22|1.94%|1,089|96.03%|1,134|Monroe|3,199|98.22%|55|1.69%|3,144|96.53%|3,257|Montgomery|1,383|99.64%|5|0.36%|1,378|99.28%|1,388|Neshoba|3,495|98.04%|67|1.88%|3,428|96.16%|3,565|Newton|2,624|98.42%|39|1.46%|2,585|96.96%|2,666|Noxubee|1,332|97.94%|27|1.99%|1,305|95.96%|1,360|Oktibbeha|1,714|98.73%|19|1.09%|1,695|97.64%|1,736|Panola|1,481|99.80%|3|0.20%|1,478|99.60%|1,484|Pearl River|1,156|93.23%|81|6.53%|1,075|86.69%|1,240|Perry|737|97.88%|16|2.12%|721|95.75%|753|Pike|3,170|97.21%|86|2.64%|3,084|94.57%|3,261|Pontotoc|2,286|95.73%|93|3.89%|2,193|91.83%|2,388|Prentiss|1,809|97.10%|50|2.68%|1,759|94.42%|1,863|Quitman|1,025|99.03%|9|0.87%|1,016|98.16%|1,035|Rankin|1,884|97.06%|54|2.78%|1,830|94.28%|1,941|Scott|2,097|98.40%|33|1.55%|2,064|96.86%|2,131|Sharkey|567|98.78%|7|1.22%|560|97.56%|574|Simpson|2,445|98.04%|48|1.92%|2,397|96.11%|2,494|Smith|1,676|98.94%|17|1.00%|1,659|97.93%|1,694|Stone|675|96.43%|23|3.29%|652|93.14%|700|Sunflower|2,508|99.17%|21|0.83%|2,487|98.34%|2,529|Tallahatchie|1,567|99.68%|4|0.25%|1,563|99.43%|1,572|Tate|1,088|99.36%|7|0.64%|1,081|98.72%|1,095|Tippah|1,625|98.84%|19|1.16%|1,606|97.69%|1,644|Tishomingo|1,619|92.83%|115|6.59%|1,504|86.24%|1,744|Tunica|701|99.29%|5|0.71%|696|98.58%|706|Union|2,249|97.11%|63|2.72%|2,186|94.39%|2,316|Walthall|1,234|97.70%|28|2.22%|1,206|95.49%|1,263|Warren|3,233|96.19%|122|3.63%|3,111|92.56%|3,361|Washington|2,143|95.63%|94|4.19%|2,049|91.43%|2,241|Wayne|1,367|96.81%|44|3.12%|1,323|93.70%|1,412|Webster|1,439|95.49%|56|3.72%|1,383|91.77%|1,507|Wilkinson|767|97.09%|21|2.66%|746|94.43%|790|Winston|2,418|99.34%|15|0.62%|2,403|98.73%|2,434|Yalobusha|1,350|98.04%|25|1.82%|1,325|96.22%|1,377|Yazoo|2,141|99.07%|17|0.79%|2,124|98.29%|2,161

References

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