Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Kentucky D+18.6.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Alf Landon (R) in Kentucky, 1936. The state ran 5.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+24.3 nationally).

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

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Kentucky result

926,219 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

541,944

58.5%

Landon (R)

369,702

39.9%

All others

14,573

1.6%

Margin

D+18.6

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1936 presidential election

Kentucky, 1936

RooseveltD+18.6

How it voted

Share of the 1936 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	58.5%	541,944
Alf LandonRepublican	39.9%	369,702
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	14,573

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1936

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−11.6%	2,669	3,371	6,050
Allen County	R	−11.8%	2,422	3,070	5,505
Anderson County	D	+28.6%	2,454	1,360	3,825
Ballard County	D	+63.9%	3,523	773	4,303
Barren County	D	+21.0%	5,137	3,352	8,514
Bath County	D	+23.6%	2,795	1,725	4,530
Bell County	D	+12.2%	5,853	4,573	10,461
Boone County	D	+44.5%	2,785	1,042	3,915
Bourbon County	D	+22.0%	3,872	2,471	6,364
Boyd County	D	+18.9%	9,762	6,650	16,492
Boyle County	D	+26.0%	4,148	2,431	6,606
Bracken County	D	+15.1%	1,956	1,436	3,444
Breathitt County	D	+37.9%	3,980	1,790	5,781
Breckinridge County	D	+5.4%	3,233	2,898	6,225
Bullitt County	D	+58.3%	2,474	647	3,136
Butler County	R	−35.4%	1,237	2,594	3,835
Caldwell County	D	+11.9%	2,699	2,121	4,848
Calloway County	D	+70.8%	5,523	939	6,472
Campbell County	D	+21.4%	16,780	10,327	30,196
Carlisle County	D	+66.5%	2,150	420	2,600
Carroll County	D	+54.2%	2,718	794	3,547
Carter County	R	−12.4%	3,403	4,372	7,810
Casey County	R	−30.1%	1,925	3,588	5,534
Christian County	D	+10.7%	6,660	5,370	12,030
Clark County	D	+32.3%	4,396	2,246	6,659
Clay County	R	−44.4%	1,572	4,087	5,659
Clinton County	R	−50.8%	701	2,147	2,848
Crittenden County	R	−11.8%	1,926	2,441	4,375
Cumberland County	R	−38.9%	935	2,127	3,065
Daviess County	D	+34.7%	9,957	4,636	15,347
Edmonson County	R	−31.0%	1,329	2,526	3,860
Elliott County	D	+52.5%	1,539	480	2,019
Estill County	R	−5.1%	2,646	2,931	5,590
Fayette County	D	+11.0%	14,428	11,544	26,175
Fleming County	D	+2.3%	2,879	2,749	5,649
Floyd County	D	+40.5%	7,962	3,375	11,337
Franklin County	D	+51.0%	6,222	2,010	8,258
Fulton County	D	+65.1%	3,727	782	4,526
Gallatin County	D	+56.1%	1,456	404	1,875
Garrard County	D	+0.5%	2,276	2,252	4,535
Grant County	D	+30.6%	2,560	1,353	3,939
Graves County	D	+68.1%	9,231	1,692	11,065
Grayson County	R	−4.1%	2,676	2,907	5,604
Green County	R	−8.5%	1,970	2,336	4,312
Greenup County	D	+8.2%	4,686	3,973	8,659
Hancock County	D	+9.5%	1,317	1,087	2,421
Hardin County	D	+32.2%	4,480	2,284	6,814
Harlan County	D	+19.1%	11,060	7,510	18,570
Harrison County	D	+42.6%	4,378	1,756	6,149
Hart County	D	+3.0%	3,341	3,147	6,511
Henderson County	D	+56.9%	6,835	1,811	8,833
Henry County	D	+40.1%	3,545	1,516	5,065
Hickman County	D	+73.3%	2,548	385	2,952
Hopkins County	D	+38.8%	8,193	3,602	11,837
Jackson County	R	−78.2%	420	3,440	3,863
Jefferson County	D	+23.0%	85,748	53,043	142,374
Jessamine County	D	+15.2%	2,813	2,066	4,902
Johnson County	R	−16.1%	3,106	4,305	7,430
Kenton County	D	+37.5%	21,879	8,885	34,667
Knott County	D	+60.3%	3,488	865	4,353
Knox County	R	−18.0%	3,419	4,921	8,345
Larue County	D	+33.3%	2,305	1,151	3,467
Laurel County	R	−28.3%	2,677	4,798	7,487
Lawrence County	D	+3.8%	3,175	2,944	6,128
Lee County	R	−11.4%	1,440	1,812	3,254
Leslie County	R	−62.9%	618	2,716	3,337
Letcher County	D	+23.4%	6,240	3,871	10,122
Lewis County	R	−24.2%	1,985	3,255	5,257
Lincoln County	D	+5.3%	3,575	3,211	6,826
Livingston County	D	+29.1%	1,897	1,039	2,947
Logan County	D	+46.0%	4,912	1,812	6,745
Lyon County	D	+33.3%	1,861	929	2,799
Madison County	D	+1.8%	6,259	6,034	12,375
Magoffin County	R	−0.4%	2,554	2,577	5,137
Marion County	D	+38.1%	3,526	1,567	5,146
Marshall County	D	+50.4%	3,472	1,141	4,624
Martin County	R	−42.7%	817	2,037	2,855
Mason County	D	+14.9%	4,503	3,317	7,967
McCracken County	D	+53.5%	10,557	3,160	13,830
McCreary County	R	−45.4%	1,105	2,953	4,069
McLean County	D	+29.9%	2,496	1,338	3,879
Meade County	D	+44.4%	2,102	785	2,966
Menifee County	D	+33.5%	1,123	559	1,686
Mercer County	D	+25.6%	3,659	2,161	5,846
Metcalfe County	R	−0.8%	1,748	1,777	3,530
Monroe County	R	−26.8%	1,352	2,345	3,706
Montgomery County	D	+22.1%	2,594	1,649	4,267
Morgan County	D	+43.9%	3,256	1,269	4,531
Muhlenberg County	D	+20.9%	6,385	4,168	10,628
Nelson County	D	+36.5%	4,234	1,913	6,358
Nicholas County	D	+29.0%	2,325	1,277	3,620
Ohio County	R	−5.8%	4,030	4,532	8,589
Oldham County	D	+45.1%	2,020	760	2,794
Owen County	D	+67.2%	3,392	661	4,065
Owsley County	R	−66.1%	464	2,273	2,738
Pendleton County	D	+13.8%	2,432	1,837	4,311
Perry County	D	+19.0%	6,753	4,595	11,359
Pike County	D	+16.2%	11,382	8,210	19,603
Powell County	D	+8.5%	1,185	998	2,197
Pulaski County	R	−23.2%	4,711	7,570	12,306
Robertson County	D	+28.4%	897	498	1,403
Rockcastle County	R	−42.4%	1,568	3,875	5,443
Rowan County	D	+8.2%	1,989	1,687	3,684
Russell County	R	−36.9%	1,235	2,688	3,941
Scott County	D	+36.1%	3,966	1,861	5,838
Shelby County	D	+39.4%	4,384	1,898	6,317
Simpson County	D	+41.8%	3,027	1,240	4,280
Spencer County	D	+44.0%	1,647	638	2,294
Taylor County	R	−0.1%	2,732	2,738	5,490
Todd County	D	+43.3%	2,987	1,178	4,176
Trigg County	D	+31.5%	2,928	1,521	4,468
Trimble County	D	+71.3%	1,659	271	1,948
Union County	D	+64.8%	4,713	965	5,785
Warren County	D	+30.1%	8,113	4,347	12,514
Washington County	D	+2.5%	2,516	2,391	4,943
Wayne County	R	−6.9%	2,546	2,924	5,480
Webster County	D	+41.3%	4,788	1,983	6,792
Whitley County	R	−28.7%	3,175	5,733	8,920
Wolfe County	D	+23.7%	1,577	972	2,549
Woodford County	D	+24.6%	2,574	1,558	4,138