# Canonical recap data for 1936 U.S. Presidential Election (1936)
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slug: 1936-presidential-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1936/1936-presidential-election"
title: 1936 U.S. Presidential Election
subtitle: FDR's landslide reelection vindicated New Deal spending and fundamentally shifted American electoral coalitions for a generation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1936-11-03
datePrecision: day
year: 1936
decade: 1930
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: "Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and incumbent Vice President John Nance Garner defeated the Republican ticket of Kansas governor Alf Landon and newspaper editor Frank Knox "
summaryLong: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and incumbent Vice President John Nance Garner defeated the Republican ticket of Kansas governor Alf Landon and newspaper editor Frank Knox in a landslide victory. Roosevelt won the highest share of the popular vote (60.8%) and the electoral vote since the largely uncontested 1820 election. The sweeping victory consolidated the New Deal Coalition in control of the Fifth Party System.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1936 United States presidential election"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: ""
  title: 1936 U.S. Presidential election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Democratic ticket of incumbent President Fr
wikidataQid: Q634429
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-04
  label: 1936 U.S. Presidential election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election"
