Could Huey Long have finished ahead of Alf Landon in 1936?

[Orwell]

Well Long never planned on "running" for President in 1936. IIRC he planned to challenge FDR at the convention and then the American Union Party would form from his faction of the party with another candidate. Burton K. Wheeler, William Borah, and Floyd Olson were considered for the role of sacrificial lamb candidates. Charles Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Huey Long and Gerald Smith were going to use their own bases of support to fracture the Democratic party and lead Alf Landon to victory. 4 years later Huey Long was going to win the Presidency on the American Union Party line.