Who did President Roosevelt run against in the 1936 election?
A. Herbert Hoover.
B. Huey Long.
C. Alf Landon
D. Robert Wagner.
In the 1936 presidential election, Roosevelt campaigned on his New Deal programs against Kansas Governor Alf Landon, who accepted much of the New Deal but objected that it was hostile to business and involved too much waste. Roosevelt and Garner won 60.8% of the vote and carried every state except Maine and Vermont. The New Deal Democrats won even larger majorities in Congress.