Election in Connecticut
1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut County Results Municipality Results Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Landon
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election . The state voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president . Connecticut voted for Democratic Party candidate and incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt , who won the state by a margin of 14.97%.
As of 2020 , this remains the last election in which Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Rhode Island or to the right of Nebraska . Roosevelt was the first Democrat to carry the state since 1912 , the first to carry it with a majority of the popular vote since Grover Cleveland in 1892 , and the first to carry Tolland County since 1852 .
Results [ edit ] By county [ edit ] 1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2] County Roosevelt % Roosevelt # Landon % Landon # Others % Others # Total # Fairfield 54.7% 87,329 42.5% 67,846 2.8% 4,446 159,621 Hartford 59.1% 103,450 37.5% 65,652 3.3% 5,812 174,914 Litchfield 47.2% 17,468 50.9% 18,850 1.9% 688 23,455 Middlesex 52.4% 12,294 46.6% 10,925 1.0% 236 23,455 New Haven 57.9% 117,308 37.8% 76,614 4.2% 8,524 202,446 New London 52.8% 24,999 45.1% 21,367 2.1% 992 47,358 Tolland 51.2% 6,676 45.8% 5,965 3.0% 390 13,031 Windham 50.9% 12,605 46.3% 11,466 2.9% 717 24,788
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