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.

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1936

November 3, 1936

Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alfred Landon Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Kansas Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 113,791 1,646 Percentage 98.57% 1.43%

County Results Roosevelt   90-100%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

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]
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

1. Landon total is a fusion of 953 "Tolbert" and 693 "Hambright" ticket votes.

References

1. "1936 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 395 ISBN 0405077114