Franklin D. Roosevelt carried California D+35.3.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Alf Landon (R) in California, 1936. The state ran 11.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+24.3 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)

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California result

2,638,882 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

1,766,836

67.0%

Landon (R)

836,431

31.7%

All others

35,615

1.3%

Margin

D+35.3

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1936 presidential election

California, 1936

RooseveltD+35.3

How it voted

Share of the 1936 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	67.0%	1,766,836
Alf LandonRepublican	31.7%	836,431
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	35,615

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1936 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1936

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+28.5%	149,323	82,352	234,686
Alpine County	D	+6.9%	85	74	159
Amador County	D	+52.0%	2,506	777	3,323
Butte County	D	+33.8%	10,490	5,103	15,928
Calaveras County	D	+44.1%	2,520	960	3,534
Colusa County	D	+42.2%	2,965	1,186	4,213
Contra Costa County	D	+45.6%	26,007	9,604	35,975
Del Norte County	D	+20.2%	1,292	853	2,174
El Dorado County	D	+52.5%	4,019	1,228	5,312
Fresno County	D	+56.8%	42,859	11,545	55,126
Glenn County	D	+33.5%	3,288	1,620	4,984
Humboldt County	D	+27.0%	11,909	6,808	18,925
Imperial County	D	+22.4%	7,560	4,771	12,444
Inyo County	D	+25.9%	1,560	912	2,501
Kern County	D	+50.4%	25,726	8,345	34,479
Kings County	D	+51.4%	7,062	2,226	9,404
Lake County	D	+1.1%	1,837	1,797	3,687
Lassen County	D	+59.9%	4,193	1,035	5,276
Los Angeles County	D	+35.4%	757,351	357,401	1,130,415
Madera County	D	+53.1%	4,646	1,387	6,134
Marin County	D	+32.0%	12,152	6,211	18,572
Mariposa County	D	+50.2%	1,907	621	2,563
Mendocino County	D	+26.9%	6,432	3,670	10,266
Merced County	D	+47.2%	9,208	3,230	12,668
Modoc County	D	+30.4%	1,828	968	2,831
Mono County	D	+30.7%	458	241	707
Monterey County	D	+23.4%	12,267	7,565	20,067
Napa County	D	+22.1%	6,270	3,973	10,390
Nevada County	D	+45.1%	5,128	1,913	7,131
Orange County	D	+11.7%	29,836	23,494	54,251
Placer County	D	+54.3%	7,959	2,321	10,388
Plumas County	D	+59.0%	2,707	680	3,435
Riverside County	D	+1.0%	17,011	16,674	34,107
Sacramento County	D	+58.4%	47,265	12,119	60,184
San Benito County	D	+25.4%	2,565	1,515	4,142
San Bernardino County	D	+20.6%	33,955	22,219	57,016
San Diego County	D	+28.4%	64,628	35,686	101,854
San Francisco County	D	+49.3%	196,197	65,436	265,001
San Joaquin County	D	+47.6%	29,078	10,172	39,723
San Luis Obispo County	D	+23.8%	7,889	4,812	12,906
San Mateo County	D	+32.6%	27,087	13,650	41,248
Santa Barbara County	D	+23.8%	15,923	9,728	26,045
Santa Clara County	D	+18.1%	38,346	26,498	65,576
Santa Cruz County	D	+6.0%	9,326	8,260	17,908
Shasta County	D	+41.0%	5,236	2,159	7,510
Sierra County	D	+53.9%	1,152	340	1,507
Siskiyou County	D	+39.8%	6,865	2,919	9,909
Solano County	D	+57.2%	13,459	3,603	17,244
Sonoma County	D	+21.2%	17,273	11,185	28,706
Stanislaus County	D	+27.7%	15,341	8,613	24,302
Sutter County	D	+41.9%	4,019	1,613	5,738
Tehama County	D	+21.2%	3,687	2,376	6,178
Trinity County	D	+36.2%	1,424	655	2,122
Tulare County	D	+36.9%	18,956	8,624	28,015
Tuolumne County	D	+46.3%	3,303	1,199	4,542
Ventura County	D	+27.4%	13,384	7,579	21,198
Yolo County	D	+39.1%	5,992	2,594	8,692
Yuba County	D	+50.2%	4,125	1,332	5,561