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OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1936 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 03, 1936 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 03, 1936 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1937 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1941 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedChronicler November 09, 2008 03:04pm
Data SourcesCongressional Quarterly Guide to U S Elections, third edition
Description
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term as President went down in history as an example of the legislative and executive branches working in harmony to face the nation’s troubles. Among the new legislative initiatives were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (which gave $3 billion to the states for jobless men), the Civil Works Administration (which organized winter projects for the unemployed), the Works Progress Administration (which offered public work to the unemployed), the Public Works Administration (which organized larger projects such as the building of schools, power plants, and hospitals). The National Recovery Act (NRA) called for shorter work weeks and a higher minimum wage (40 cents an hour). The Agriculture Adjustment Act began a federal program in which farmers were paid not to produce food. The Resettlement Administration offered relief to farmers who needed to refinance their mortgages. Congress passed legislation regulating the stock market to prevent the unprincipled speculation which led to the 1929 crash. The federal gold reserves were protected when FDR took the nation off the gold standard (meaning that paper money was no longer redeemable with gold from the treasury).

The public rewarded Roosevelt in the 1934 midterm elections. The Democrats won an additional ten seats in the U.S. Senate and nine seats in the U.S. House. This was the first midterm gain for the party in the White House since 1902, and it was a feat that would not be accompli

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/08/1932
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt Votes22,829,501 (57.42%)
Term03/04/1933 - 01/20/1937 Margin7,068,817 (+17.78%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1940
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt Votes27,313,041 (54.73%)
Term01/20/1941 - 01/20/1945 Margin4,964,561 (+9.95%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jul 01, 1936 US President - D Primaries
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D 5,183,655
Jul 01, 1936 US President - R Primaries
William E. Borah
R 3,326,614
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/01/1936 11/02/1936

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) President Franklin D. Roosevelt Gov. Alfred M. Landon Rep. William Lemke Party Leader Norman M. Thomas General Secretary Earl R. Browder Party Leader D. Leigh Colvin John W. Aiken
PartyDemocratic Republican Union Socialist Communist Prohibition Socialist Labor
Campaign Logo
Uncertified Votes 27,757,333 (60.80%) 16,684,231 (36.54%) 892,267 (1.95%) 187,833 (0.41%) 79,211 (0.17%) 37,668 (0.08%) 12,790 (0.03%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -11,073,102 (-24.25%) -26,865,066 (-58.84%) -27,569,500 (-60.38%) -27,678,122 (-60.62%) -27,719,665 (-60.71%) -27,744,543 (-60.77%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
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Entry Date -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg54.48%-- 43.91%-- 2.89%-- -0.62%-- 0.27%-- 0.27%-- 0.07%--
Gallup 
11/02/36-11/02/36
55.70% 1.9 44.30% 1.5 0.00% 2.2 0.00% 0.9 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Literary Digest 
05/01/36-11/01/36
40.95% -- 54.45% -- 3.52% -- 0.50% -- 0.40% -- 0.16% -- 0.03% --
Gallup 
10/28/36-10/28/36
53.80% 2.4 42.80% 1.0 2.20% 1.4 0.90% 0.1 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
10/17/36-10/17/36
51.40% -- 43.80% -- 3.60% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
10/08/36-10/08/36
51.40% 1.1 43.80% 0.4 3.60% 0.7 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
09/26/36-09/26/36
50.30% 0.8 44.20% 0.4 4.30% 0.4 1.00% 0.1 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
AENM Angry Russian
N Jesse Owens
R Moving to Miami
F Blue Republican
D Amos Pinchot
  Scripps-Howard Newspapers
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Independent Republican William Dudley Pelley Others  
PartyIndependent Republican Christian Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Uncertified Votes 3,222 (0.01%) 1,598 (0.00%) 358 (0.00%)  
Margin-27,754,111 (-60.79%) -27,755,735 (-60.79%) -27,756,975 (-60.80%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website  
Entry Date -- -- --  
MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 2 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Gallup 
11/02/36-11/02/36
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% 0.3
Literary Digest 
05/01/36-11/01/36
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gallup 
10/28/36-10/28/36
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.30% 0.1
Gallup 
10/17/36-10/17/36
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.20% --
Gallup 
10/08/36-10/08/36
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.20% --
Gallup 
09/26/36-09/26/36
0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.20% 0.1
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 


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