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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Won 21 consecutive elections as president from New York

Democratic
PresidentGovernor
Electoral Grade
—
Requires 3+ graded races
194
Races
163-31
W-L (84%)
+23.0
Avg Margin
1928–1944
Career Span
Best: +97.2 (1936 President)Worst: -21.1 (1944 President)
84%
Win Rate
+6.6
Avg Overperformance
21
Win Streak
16 yrs
Career Span
106.6M
Career Votes

Evidence & provenance

Source owners

Certified contest returns, candidate career records, and Akashic Edge deterministic grading inputs.

Freshness

Rendered Apr 14, 2026 from the latest candidate, contest, and forecast tables loaded in Akashic Edge.

Boundary scope

Candidate-level profile spanning every contest recorded for this person in Akashic Edge.

Claim type

Deterministic summaries, calculated grades, and certified election history. No freeform AI prose.

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MethodologyCertified contest returnsCandidate grade inputs
Open methodology

Career Margin Trend194 races

Governor
President
R+60R+30EvenD+30D+601928: D+0.6 - Click to view1930: D+23.0 - Click to view1932: D+27.9 - Click to view1932: D+12.7 - Click to view1932: D+39.1 - Click to view1932: R+2.4 - Click to view1932: D+21.1 - Click to view1932: R+12.6 - Click to view1932: D+4.0 - Click to view1932: D+46.6 - Click to view1932: D+10.0 - Click to view1932: D+34.0 - Click to view1932: D+9.4 - Click to view1932: D+23.6 - Click to view1932: D+15.3 - Click to view1932: D+83.8 - Click to view1932: D+40.6 - Click to view1932: D+13.6 - Click to view1932: D+18.1 - Click to view1932: R+1.1 - Click to view1932: D+27.1 - Click to view1932: D+27.0 - Click to view1932: D+23.5 - Click to view1932: R+5.5 - Click to view1932: D+92.4 - Click to view1932: R+16.6 - Click to view1932: D+21.0 - Click to view1932: D+7.9 - Click to view1932: D+32.3 - Click to view1932: D+18.9 - Click to view1932: D+15.6 - Click to view1932: D+22.8 - Click to view1932: D+11.7 - Click to view1932: D+1.9 - Click to view1932: D+41.6 - Click to view1932: R+1.4 - Click to view1932: D+49.8 - Click to view1932: D+13.2 - Click to view1932: D+70.6 - Click to view1932: D+73.6 - Click to view1932: D+96.1 - Click to view1932: D+36.5 - Click to view1932: D+27.7 - Click to view1932: D+77.0 - Click to view1932: D+2.9 - Click to view1932: D+85.8 - Click to view1932: D+11.8 - Click to view1932: D+29.2 - Click to view1932: D+39.0 - Click to view1932: D+20.5 - Click to view1936: D+74.6 - Click to view1936: D+30.8 - Click to view1936: D+42.9 - Click to view1936: D+29.0 - Click to view1936: D+16.4 - Click to view1936: D+11.7 - Click to view1936: D+40.8 - Click to view1936: D+18.0 - Click to view1936: R+14.0 - Click to view1936: D+77.7 - Click to view1936: D+74.5 - Click to view1936: D+34.8 - Click to view1936: D+23.2 - Click to view1936: D+21.4 - Click to view1936: D+12.3 - Click to view1936: D+20.0 - Click to view1936: D+38.1 - Click to view1936: D+11.5 - Click to view1936: D+52.2 - Click to view1936: D+34.1 - Click to view1936: D+23.1 - Click to view1936: D+15.0 - Click to view1936: D+36.5 - Click to view1936: D+26.1 - Click to view1936: D+15.0 - Click to view1936: D+35.3 - Click to view1936: D+46.8 - Click to view1936: D+1.8 - Click to view1936: D+33.0 - Click to view1936: D+41.7 - Click to view1936: R+13.2 - Click to view1936: D+33.5 - Click to view1936: D+21.4 - Click to view1936: D+45.6 - Click to view1936: D+14.7 - Click to view1936: D+29.8 - Click to view1936: D+39.9 - Click to view1936: D+12.7 - Click to view1936: D+18.6 - Click to view1936: D+20.6 - Click to view1936: D+17.6 - Click to view1936: D+63.9 - Click to view1936: D+9.5 - Click to view1936: D+94.1 - Click to view1936: D+16.0 - Click to view1936: D+7.7 - Click to view1936: D+97.2 - Click to view1936: D+73.6 - Click to view1940: D+5.9 - Click to view1940: R+14.4 - Click to view1940: D+93.9 - Click to view1940: D+57.4 - Click to view1940: D+6.8 - Click to view1940: R+10.9 - Click to view1940: D+20.1 - Click to view1940: R+0.3 - Click to view1940: D+77.1 - Click to view1940: D+71.8 - Click to view1940: R+3.1 - Click to view1940: D+2.4 - Click to view1940: D+13.3 - Click to view1940: D+9.1 - Click to view1940: D+3.8 - Click to view1940: R+2.5 - Click to view1940: R+9.9 - Click to view1940: R+14.8 - Click to view1940: D+36.5 - Click to view1940: D+13.6 - Click to view1940: R+14.5 - Click to view1940: D+27.5 - Click to view1940: D+62.1 - Click to view1940: R+1.4 - Click to view1940: D+15.2 - Click to view1940: D+48.1 - Click to view1940: D+34.9 - Click to view1940: D+94.1 - Click to view1940: D+48.0 - Click to view1940: D+24.6 - Click to view1940: D+7.2 - Click to view1940: D+14.2 - Click to view1940: D+17.4 - Click to view1940: R+2.3 - Click to view1940: D+1.8 - Click to view1940: D+4.4 - Click to view1940: D+17.6 - Click to view1940: R+4.4 - Click to view1940: D+4.5 - Click to view1940: D+3.6 - Click to view1940: D+8.1 - Click to view1940: D+70.9 - Click to view1940: D+9.7 - Click to view1940: D+18.6 - Click to view1940: D+15.1 - Click to view1940: D+16.1 - Click to view1940: D+6.4 - Click to view1940: D+6.9 - Click to view1944: D+9.4 - Click to view1944: R+2.5 - Click to view1944: R+5.0 - Click to view1944: D+1.4 - Click to view1944: D+9.2 - Click to view1944: D+4.2 - Click to view1944: D+8.4 - Click to view1944: D+7.1 - Click to view1944: D+13.5 - Click to view1944: D+21.1 - Click to view1944: D+5.4 - Click to view1944: D+54.7 - Click to view1944: D+21.2 - Click to view1944: R+16.7 - Click to view1944: D+9.8 - Click to view1944: D+14.6 - Click to view1944: R+8.1 - Click to view1944: D+3.5 - Click to view1944: D+4.8 - Click to view1944: R+14.1 - Click to view1944: D+2.8 - Click to view1944: D+64.5 - Click to view1944: D+83.2 - Click to view1944: D+1.0 - Click to view1944: D+5.5 - Click to view1944: D+25.0 - Click to view1944: D+40.6 - Click to view1944: R+4.5 - Click to view1944: D+11.4 - Click to view1944: D+61.2 - Click to view1944: D+63.1 - Click to view1944: R+17.2 - Click to view1944: D+17.3 - Click to view1944: R+8.3 - Click to view1944: D+9.1 - Click to view1944: R+5.7 - Click to view1944: D+5.8 - Click to view1944: R+21.1 - Click to view1944: R+1.8 - Click to view1944: D+85.3 - Click to view1944: D+33.4 - Click to view1944: D+9.2 - Click to view1944: R+6.8 - Click to view1944: D+40.1 - Click to view1944: D+2.7 - Click to view1944: D+4.4 - Click to view1944: D+3.5 - Click to view1944: D+17.9 - Click to view192819321936194019441944

Career Timeline

1944 PresidentArizona
80,942
Candidate Votes
58.8%
Vote %
137,608
Total Votes
+17.9%
Margin
Top opponent: Thomes E. DeweyREP

Key Insights

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Geographic Performance

194 races with county data

County-level results, strongest and weakest counties, and performance by county type.

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County Results Table

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Demographic Coalition Analysis

194 races available

Scatter plots correlating county performance with demographics: race, education, income, foreign-born.

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Opponents Faced7 opponents

Alf LandonREP
46-248 matchups · 1936–1936
Herbert HooverREP
42-648 matchups · 1932–1932
Thomes E. DeweyREP
34-1246 matchups · 1944–1944
Wendell WillkieREP
35-1146 matchups · 1940–1940
OtherOTH
4-04 matchups · 1940–1944
Charles H. TuttleREP
1-01930 Governor(+23.0)
Albert OttingerREP
1-01928 Governor(+0.6)
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