Franklin D. Roosevelt carried North Carolina D+46.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Alf Landon (R) in North Carolina, 1936. The state ran 22.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+24.3 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

839,435 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

616,141

73.4%

Landon (R)

223,294

26.6%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+46.8

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1936 presidential election

North Carolina, 1936

RooseveltD+46.8

How it voted

Share of the 1936 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	73.4%	616,141
Alf LandonRepublican	26.6%	223,294
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	+12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1936

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+48.3%	11,025	3,847	14,872
Alexander County	D	+14.2%	3,262	2,451	5,713
Alleghany County	D	+22.0%	2,345	1,498	3,843
Anson County	D	+84.8%	4,629	381	5,010
Ashe County	D	+9.8%	5,552	4,557	10,109
Avery County	R	−56.0%	839	2,971	3,810
Beaufort County	D	+72.8%	6,133	964	7,097
Bertie County	D	+94.2%	3,828	115	3,943
Bladen County	D	+71.8%	3,360	551	3,911
Brunswick County	D	+25.0%	2,710	1,625	4,335
Buncombe County	D	+42.8%	23,646	9,470	33,116
Burke County	D	+15.0%	7,454	5,506	12,960
Cabarrus County	D	+62.6%	12,297	2,825	15,122
Caldwell County	D	+33.1%	6,809	3,421	10,230
Camden County	D	+79.2%	1,008	117	1,125
Carteret County	D	+33.4%	3,780	1,889	5,669
Caswell County	D	+84.7%	2,493	207	2,700
Catawba County	D	+26.6%	11,017	6,387	17,404
Chatham County	D	+33.4%	4,373	2,182	6,555
Cherokee County	D	+3.9%	3,473	3,214	6,687
Chowan County	D	+88.3%	1,550	96	1,646
Clay County	R	−6.5%	1,340	1,525	2,865
Cleveland County	D	+68.7%	11,393	2,116	13,509
Columbus County	D	+67.9%	6,359	1,214	7,573
Craven County	D	+84.9%	5,543	453	5,996
Cumberland County	D	+72.8%	6,505	1,024	7,529
Currituck County	D	+85.4%	1,625	128	1,753
Dare County	D	+43.9%	1,389	542	1,931
Davidson County	D	+17.2%	10,844	7,656	18,500
Davie County	R	−0.5%	2,476	2,502	4,978
Duplin County	D	+58.8%	5,966	1,546	7,512
Durham County	D	+70.8%	12,804	2,189	14,993
Edgecombe County	D	+92.3%	6,684	266	6,950
Forsyth County	D	+56.2%	18,734	5,256	23,990
Franklin County	D	+91.5%	5,209	231	5,440
Gaston County	D	+57.3%	17,555	4,772	22,327
Gates County	D	+84.1%	1,484	128	1,612
Graham County	D	+5.3%	1,473	1,325	2,798
Granville County	D	+91.7%	4,279	185	4,464
Greene County	D	+92.8%	3,097	116	3,213
Guilford County	D	+45.8%	25,579	9,514	35,093
Halifax County	D	+92.8%	8,230	308	8,538
Harnett County	D	+56.0%	8,018	2,264	10,282
Haywood County	D	+42.1%	8,175	3,331	11,506
Henderson County	D	+6.0%	5,747	5,099	10,846
Hertford County	D	+93.0%	2,327	84	2,411
Hoke County	D	+86.5%	1,953	141	2,094
Hyde County	D	+58.6%	1,157	302	1,459
Iredell County	D	+49.5%	11,308	3,817	15,125
Jackson County	D	+19.9%	4,580	3,061	7,641
Johnston County	D	+44.3%	11,253	4,339	15,592
Jones County	D	+78.5%	1,563	188	1,751
Lee County	D	+69.5%	3,723	670	4,393
Lenoir County	D	+88.7%	5,854	351	6,205
Lincoln County	D	+22.3%	5,515	3,501	9,016
Macon County	D	+12.9%	3,311	2,554	5,865
Madison County	R	−23.9%	3,133	5,099	8,232
Martin County	D	+95.2%	4,477	111	4,588
McDowell County	D	+26.4%	5,352	3,114	8,466
Mecklenburg County	D	+69.5%	26,169	4,709	30,878
Mitchell County	R	−33.4%	1,687	3,380	5,067
Montgomery County	D	+16.3%	3,484	2,506	5,990
Moore County	D	+28.6%	4,466	2,481	6,947
Nash County	D	+88.8%	8,682	517	9,199
New Hanover County	D	+69.9%	7,379	1,306	8,685
Northampton County	D	+94.4%	3,785	109	3,894
Onslow County	D	+84.3%	2,758	235	2,993
Orange County	D	+45.5%	3,860	1,446	5,306
Pamlico County	D	+30.8%	1,627	860	2,487
Pasquotank County	D	+81.7%	3,226	324	3,550
Pender County	D	+75.4%	2,379	333	2,712
Perquimans County	D	+71.5%	970	161	1,131
Person County	D	+76.6%	2,898	384	3,282
Pitt County	D	+93.4%	9,539	325	9,864
Polk County	D	+16.8%	2,521	1,794	4,315
Randolph County	D	+7.7%	8,090	6,927	15,017
Richmond County	D	+83.4%	6,709	607	7,316
Robeson County	D	+86.7%	10,280	732	11,012
Rockingham County	D	+63.7%	11,366	2,522	13,888
Rowan County	D	+49.7%	12,808	4,306	17,114
Rutherford County	D	+34.5%	9,911	4,830	14,741
Sampson County	D	+9.1%	5,937	4,948	10,885
Scotland County	D	+82.0%	3,183	314	3,497
Stanly County	D	+18.0%	6,505	4,523	11,028
Stokes County	D	+14.7%	4,384	3,259	7,643
Surry County	D	+29.9%	8,833	4,766	13,599
Swain County	D	+11.4%	2,619	2,084	4,703
Transylvania County	D	+17.4%	2,845	2,001	4,846
Tyrrell County	D	+55.1%	1,049	304	1,353
Union County	D	+85.1%	7,480	601	8,081
Vance County	D	+87.0%	4,536	315	4,851
Wake County	D	+78.0%	19,850	2,456	22,306
Warren County	D	+91.2%	3,047	140	3,187
Washington County	D	+55.6%	1,875	535	2,410
Watauga County	D	+6.5%	3,880	3,409	7,289
Wayne County	D	+60.4%	7,087	1,751	8,838
Wilkes County	R	−12.5%	6,506	8,358	14,864
Wilson County	D	+86.4%	7,522	549	8,071
Yadkin County	R	−13.4%	3,209	4,200	7,409
Yancey County	D	+14.5%	3,603	2,691	6,294