Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Illinois D+18.0.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Alf Landon (R) in Illinois, 1936. The state ran 6.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+24.3 nationally).

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

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Illinois result

3,956,522 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

2,282,999

57.7%

Landon (R)

1,570,393

39.7%

All others

103,130

2.6%

Margin

D+18.0

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1936 presidential election

Illinois, 1936

RooseveltD+18.0

How it voted

Share of the 1936 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	57.7%	2,282,999
Alf LandonRepublican	39.7%	1,570,393
OtherAll other candidates	2.6%	103,130

D+60

R+60

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

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1936

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+17.2%	18,857	13,114	33,473
Alexander County	D	+11.2%	6,972	5,553	12,653
Bond County	R	−6.4%	3,541	4,046	7,836
Boone County	R	−37.3%	2,383	5,375	8,022
Brown County	D	+28.2%	2,873	1,591	4,549
Bureau County	R	−4.7%	9,516	10,462	20,322
Calhoun County	D	+4.3%	2,058	1,883	4,102
Carroll County	R	−5.6%	4,368	4,886	9,328
Cass County	D	+28.3%	5,786	3,209	9,090
Champaign County	D	+6.9%	18,203	15,808	34,535
Christian County	D	+15.9%	11,400	8,145	20,521
Clark County	D	+3.6%	5,836	5,426	11,314
Clay County	D	+2.4%	4,752	4,528	9,384
Clinton County	D	+15.3%	5,355	3,653	11,145
Coles County	D	+15.0%	11,931	8,800	20,868
Cook County	D	+27.5%	1,253,164	701,206	2,009,457
Crawford County	D	+2.8%	6,164	5,823	12,099
Cumberland County	D	+4.3%	3,290	3,016	6,356
De Witt County	D	+11.0%	5,676	4,544	10,280
DeKalb County	R	−10.5%	7,899	9,826	18,275
Douglas County	D	+4.4%	5,029	4,606	9,694
DuPage County	R	−13.0%	21,684	28,380	51,632
Edgar County	D	+6.0%	7,822	6,929	14,898
Edwards County	R	−11.8%	2,211	2,813	5,100
Effingham County	D	+16.4%	6,030	4,293	10,583
Fayette County	D	+3.0%	6,824	6,419	13,371
Ford County	R	−9.6%	3,715	4,524	8,410
Franklin County	D	+17.1%	15,254	10,708	26,625
Fulton County	D	+11.7%	12,864	10,130	23,422
Gallatin County	D	+29.4%	3,701	2,004	5,774
Greene County	D	+24.6%	6,510	3,916	10,544
Grundy County	R	−8.6%	4,481	5,360	10,185
Hamilton County	D	+11.0%	4,152	3,321	7,535
Hancock County	D	+2.2%	7,726	7,383	15,507
Hardin County	R	−0.6%	1,984	2,008	4,011
Henderson County	R	−3.2%	2,496	2,663	5,220
Henry County	R	−1.9%	11,490	11,953	24,094
Iroquois County	D	+4.3%	8,654	7,908	17,173
Jackson County	R	−1.9%	9,971	10,363	20,546
Jasper County	D	+12.4%	4,149	3,221	7,502
Jefferson County	D	+16.7%	10,240	7,290	17,668
Jersey County	D	+13.2%	3,955	3,023	7,061
Jo Daviess County	R	−4.9%	5,079	5,619	10,950
Johnson County	R	−17.2%	2,497	3,537	6,050
Kane County	R	−8.3%	28,187	33,491	63,729
Kankakee County	D	+8.4%	13,162	10,935	26,538
Kendall County	R	−13.4%	2,374	3,138	5,720
Knox County	R	−3.5%	13,697	14,712	29,124
Lake County	R	−5.6%	24,524	27,548	53,675
LaSalle County	D	+9.2%	26,926	22,240	51,201
Lawrence County	D	+9.7%	6,168	5,060	11,398
Lee County	R	−12.7%	6,845	8,914	16,232
Livingston County	R	−7.9%	9,190	10,801	20,334
Logan County	D	+5.7%	7,886	7,019	15,087
Macon County	D	+27.1%	27,360	15,585	43,486
Macoupin County	D	+20.9%	14,896	9,502	25,851
Madison County	D	+30.6%	42,172	22,073	65,686
Marion County	D	+12.9%	10,820	8,321	19,446
Marshall County	D	+7.8%	4,149	3,544	7,760
Mason County	D	+21.6%	5,278	3,395	8,731
Massac County	R	−12.2%	3,039	3,894	6,983
McDonough County	R	−9.9%	7,138	8,723	16,012
McHenry County	R	−25.9%	6,893	12,031	19,866
McLean County	D	+12.0%	21,508	16,826	39,132
Menard County	D	+1.4%	3,152	3,067	6,277
Mercer County	R	−2.8%	4,751	5,028	9,884
Monroe County	D	+3.7%	3,477	3,226	6,850
Montgomery County	D	+10.5%	10,132	8,140	18,964
Morgan County	D	+5.1%	9,800	8,844	18,811
Moultrie County	D	+14.3%	4,110	3,074	7,249
Ogle County	R	−24.4%	5,776	9,576	15,546
Peoria County	D	+30.2%	48,063	25,425	74,865
Perry County	D	+12.2%	7,043	5,482	12,768
Piatt County	D	+1.9%	4,084	3,931	8,061
Pike County	D	+18.6%	8,187	5,589	13,974
Pope County	R	−23.3%	1,728	2,787	4,548
Pulaski County	D	+0.4%	3,804	3,774	7,645
Putnam County	D	+0.1%	1,437	1,435	2,901
Randolph County	D	+7.6%	8,247	7,057	15,701
Richland County	D	+2.7%	4,268	4,040	8,492
Rock Island County	D	+25.0%	32,741	19,487	53,027
Saline County	D	+6.1%	10,253	9,055	19,616
Sangamon County	D	+4.3%	32,281	29,562	63,670
Schuyler County	D	+12.3%	3,885	3,029	6,957
Scott County	D	+15.2%	2,945	2,165	5,138
Shelby County	D	+16.8%	8,186	5,795	14,201
St. Clair County	D	+32.9%	54,238	26,684	83,762
Stark County	R	−9.6%	2,220	2,696	4,958
Stephenson County	D	+2.9%	10,567	9,943	21,342
Tazewell County	D	+34.5%	16,487	7,946	24,774
Union County	D	+20.0%	6,260	4,165	10,461
Vermilion County	D	+15.1%	25,016	18,350	44,156
Wabash County	D	+18.7%	4,214	2,860	7,224
Warren County	R	−12.1%	5,409	6,919	12,465
Washington County	R	−4.7%	4,119	4,540	8,868
Wayne County	D	+2.0%	5,752	5,528	11,330
White County	D	+20.1%	6,511	4,322	10,909
Whiteside County	R	−22.0%	7,982	12,666	21,243
Will County	D	+5.6%	28,135	25,028	55,314
Williamson County	D	+8.6%	14,663	12,319	27,334
Winnebago County	D	+4.1%	27,200	24,997	53,989
Woodford County	D	+2.7%	5,122	4,845	10,093