Roosevelt won in a landslide, carrying 46 of the 48 states and bringing in many additional Democratic members of Congress. After Lyndon B. Johnson’s 61.05% share of the popular vote in 1964, Roosevelt’s 60.8% is the second-largest percentage in U.S. history (since 1824, when the vast majority of or all states have had a popular vote), and his 98.49% of the electoral vote is the highest in two-party competition.
Roosevelt won the largest number of electoral votes ever recorded at that time, and has so far only been surpassed by Ronald Reagan in 1984, when seven more electoral votes were available to contest. Garner also won the highest percentage of the electoral vote of any vice president.
Landon won only eight electoral votes, tying William Howard Taft’s total in his unsuccessful re-election campaign of 1912, which as of 2024, is the lowest electoral vote total for a major-party candidate.
Phosphorus444 on
The name Alf Mossman Landon will never not be funny.
MrMr_sir_sir on
America will never be ready to vote for a guy named Alf. That glass ceiling is completely bulletproof.
Asd_89 on
So was one state his home state and the other decided to go along with them?
GustavoistSoldier on
The saying “As Maine goes, so goes the nation” was changed to “As Maine goes, so goes Vermont”.
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Roosevelt won in a landslide, carrying 46 of the 48 states and bringing in many additional Democratic members of Congress. After Lyndon B. Johnson’s 61.05% share of the popular vote in 1964, Roosevelt’s 60.8% is the second-largest percentage in U.S. history (since 1824, when the vast majority of or all states have had a popular vote), and his 98.49% of the electoral vote is the highest in two-party competition.
Roosevelt won the largest number of electoral votes ever recorded at that time, and has so far only been surpassed by Ronald Reagan in 1984, when seven more electoral votes were available to contest. Garner also won the highest percentage of the electoral vote of any vice president.
Landon won only eight electoral votes, tying William Howard Taft’s total in his unsuccessful re-election campaign of 1912, which as of 2024, is the lowest electoral vote total for a major-party candidate.
The name Alf Mossman Landon will never not be funny.
America will never be ready to vote for a guy named Alf. That glass ceiling is completely bulletproof.
So was one state his home state and the other decided to go along with them?
The saying “As Maine goes, so goes the nation” was changed to “As Maine goes, so goes Vermont”.
Ronald Reagan: “Hold my beer”