Nebraska — 1936 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1936 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentRooseveltD+16.4
How it voted
Share of the 1936 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 57.1% | 347,445 |
|---|---|---|
| Alf LandonRepublican | 40.7% | 247,731 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.1% | 12,847 |
1936presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 7 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+2.1 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Banner County, NE | Democratic | D+13.8 |
| Blaine County, NE | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Boone County, NE | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Democratic | D+25.5 |
| Boyd County, NE | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Burt County, NE | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Butler County, NE | Democratic | D+27.7 |
| Cass County, NE | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Cedar County, NE | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Chase County, NE | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Cherry County, NE | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Democratic | D+35.5 |
| Clay County, NE | Democratic | D+1.3 |
| Colfax County, NE | Democratic | D+30.9 |
| Cuming County, NE | Democratic | D+14.4 |
| Custer County, NE | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Dakota County, NE | Democratic | D+34.5 |
| Dawes County, NE | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Dawson County, NE | Democratic | D+5.8 |
| Deuel County, NE | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Dixon County, NE | Democratic | D+10.9 |
| Dodge County, NE | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Douglas County, NE | Democratic | D+32.6 |
| Dundy County, NE | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Democratic | D+4.9 |
| Franklin County, NE | Democratic | D+16.0 |
| Frontier County, NE | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Gage County, NE | Democratic | D+15.2 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+0.5 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+3.2 |
| Gosper County, NE | Democratic | D+26.4 |
| Grant County, NE | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Greeley County, NE | Democratic | D+25.0 |
| Hall County, NE | Democratic | D+9.7 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Harlan County, NE | Democratic | D+10.3 |
| Hayes County, NE | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Democratic | D+14.9 |
| Holt County, NE | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Howard County, NE | Democratic | D+42.8 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Johnson County, NE | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Kearney County, NE | Democratic | D+33.2 |
| Keith County, NE | Democratic | D+28.7 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Kimball County, NE | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Knox County, NE | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Democratic | D+26.7 |
| Logan County, NE | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Madison County, NE | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Merrick County, NE | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Morrill County, NE | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Nance County, NE | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Democratic | D+8.9 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Perkins County, NE | Democratic | D+29.4 |
| Phelps County, NE | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Pierce County, NE | Democratic | D+7.6 |
| Platte County, NE | Democratic | D+35.7 |
| Polk County, NE | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Democratic | D+24.0 |
| Richardson County, NE | Democratic | D+19.5 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Saline County, NE | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Democratic | D+31.4 |
| Saunders County, NE | Democratic | D+18.2 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Democratic | D+17.2 |
| Seward County, NE | Democratic | D+10.6 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Sherman County, NE | Democratic | D+34.8 |
| Sioux County, NE | Democratic | D+17.0 |
| Stanton County, NE | Democratic | D+23.4 |
| Thayer County, NE | Democratic | D+12.9 |
| Thomas County, NE | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Thurston County, NE | Democratic | D+36.5 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Washington County, NE | Democratic | D+20.3 |
| Wayne County, NE | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Webster County, NE | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+9.7 |
Nebraska results by county
93 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,032 | 6,12657.7% | 4,09438.5% | 4013.8% | 10,621 |
| Antelope County | Alf Landon+139 | 3,16547.4% | 3,30449.5% | 2033.0% | 6,672 |
| Arthur County | Alf Landon+77 | 23542.7% | 31256.7% | 30.5% | 550 |
| Banner County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+90 | 36756.5% | 27742.6% | 60.9% | 650 |
| Blaine County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+23 | 36551.0% | 34247.8% | 91.3% | 716 |
| Boone County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+367 | 3,09551.4% | 2,72845.3% | 2023.4% | 6,025 |
| Box Butte County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,189 | 2,90062.2% | 1,71136.7% | 521.1% | 4,663 |
| Boyd County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+265 | 1,55553.6% | 1,29044.5% | 551.9% | 2,900 |
| Brown County | Alf Landon+231 | 1,18845.0% | 1,41953.8% | 311.2% | 2,638 |
| Buffalo County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,407 | 6,00254.7% | 4,59541.9% | 3753.4% | 10,972 |
| Burt County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+410 | 3,12052.9% | 2,71045.9% | 711.2% | 5,901 |
| Butler County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,918 | 4,36063.0% | 2,44235.3% | 1241.8% | 6,926 |
| Cass County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,253 | 4,92256.9% | 3,66942.4% | 540.6% | 8,645 |
| Cedar County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,387 | 3,78155.7% | 2,39435.2% | 6189.1% | 6,793 |
| Chase County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+462 | 1,49357.7% | 1,03139.9% | 632.4% | 2,587 |
| Cherry County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+136 | 2,01051.0% | 1,87447.6% | 551.4% | 3,939 |
| Cheyenne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,576 | 2,95066.4% | 1,37430.9% | 1182.7% | 4,442 |
| Clay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+76 | 2,93249.5% | 2,85648.3% | 1302.2% | 5,918 |
| Colfax County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,566 | 3,21063.3% | 1,64432.4% | 2214.4% | 5,075 |
| Cuming County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+839 | 3,11453.3% | 2,27539.0% | 4517.7% | 5,840 |
| Custer County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+657 | 5,90751.4% | 5,25045.7% | 3382.9% | 11,495 |
| Dakota County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,477 | 2,74164.0% | 1,26429.5% | 2776.5% | 4,282 |
| Dawes County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+701 | 2,78454.4% | 2,08340.7% | 2555.0% | 5,122 |
| Dawson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+448 | 4,02152.2% | 3,57346.4% | 1081.4% | 7,702 |
| Deuel County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+273 | 1,02056.4% | 74741.3% | 412.3% | 1,808 |
| Dixon County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+532 | 2,64054.2% | 2,10843.3% | 1222.5% | 4,870 |
| Dodge County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,756 | 6,31755.7% | 4,56140.2% | 4614.1% | 11,339 |
| Douglas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+34,896 | 70,24565.6% | 35,34933.0% | 1,4821.4% | 107,076 |
| Dundy County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+274 | 1,32855.1% | 1,05443.8% | 261.1% | 2,408 |
| Fillmore County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+296 | 3,15452.0% | 2,85847.1% | 500.8% | 6,062 |
| Franklin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+665 | 2,35056.4% | 1,68540.5% | 1303.1% | 4,165 |
| Frontier County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+307 | 1,88353.7% | 1,57644.9% | 501.4% | 3,509 |
| Furnas County | Alf Landon+360 | 2,48245.8% | 2,84252.4% | 1001.8% | 5,424 |
| Gage County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,936 | 7,22756.7% | 5,29141.5% | 2271.8% | 12,745 |
| Garden County | Alf Landon+10 | 98649.1% | 99649.6% | 251.2% | 2,007 |
| Garfield County | Alf Landon+47 | 69747.2% | 74450.4% | 352.4% | 1,476 |
| Gosper County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+471 | 1,11862.7% | 64736.3% | 181.0% | 1,783 |
| Grant County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+54 | 32154.4% | 26745.3% | 20.3% | 590 |
| Greeley County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+881 | 1,98856.4% | 1,10731.4% | 43012.2% | 3,525 |
| Hall County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,149 | 6,29553.3% | 5,14643.6% | 3693.1% | 11,810 |
| Hamilton County | Alf Landon+95 | 2,65348.7% | 2,74850.4% | 480.9% | 5,449 |
| Harlan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+392 | 2,08454.6% | 1,69244.4% | 381.0% | 3,814 |
| Hayes County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+164 | 81855.2% | 65444.1% | 100.7% | 1,482 |
| Hitchcock County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+453 | 1,73857.1% | 1,28542.2% | 220.7% | 3,045 |
| Holt County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+188 | 3,90250.3% | 3,71447.8% | 1481.9% | 7,764 |
| Hooker County | Alf Landon+97 | 19139.6% | 28859.8% | 30.6% | 482 |
| Howard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,925 | 3,14870.0% | 1,22327.2% | 1232.7% | 4,494 |
| Jefferson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,478 | 4,52659.4% | 3,04840.0% | 500.7% | 7,624 |
| Johnson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+233 | 2,35952.1% | 2,12647.0% | 400.9% | 4,525 |
| Kearney County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,231 | 2,44565.9% | 1,21432.7% | 521.4% | 3,711 |
| Keith County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+906 | 2,00063.5% | 1,09434.7% | 581.8% | 3,152 |
| Keya Paha County | Alf Landon+274 | 55639.9% | 83059.6% | 70.5% | 1,393 |
| Kimball County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+295 | 1,13756.0% | 84241.4% | 532.6% | 2,032 |
| Knox County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,500 | 4,44958.7% | 2,94938.9% | 1852.4% | 7,583 |
| Lancaster County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,464 | 22,36650.7% | 20,90247.4% | 8381.9% | 44,106 |
| Lincoln County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,885 | 6,74262.4% | 3,85735.7% | 1971.8% | 10,796 |
| Logan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+46 | 45652.2% | 41046.9% | 80.9% | 874 |
| Loup County | Alf Landon+103 | 33542.6% | 43855.7% | 141.8% | 787 |
| Madison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+895 | 6,04453.3% | 5,14945.4% | 1471.3% | 11,340 |
| McPherson County | Alf Landon+76 | 25042.8% | 32655.8% | 81.4% | 584 |
| Merrick County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+34 | 2,40149.1% | 2,36748.4% | 1192.4% | 4,887 |
| Morrill County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+645 | 1,99958.7% | 1,35439.8% | 511.5% | 3,404 |
| Nance County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+242 | 2,01252.5% | 1,77046.2% | 491.3% | 3,831 |
| Nemaha County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+739 | 3,45955.8% | 2,72043.9% | 230.4% | 6,202 |
| Nuckolls County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+461 | 2,77853.7% | 2,31744.8% | 761.5% | 5,171 |
| Otoe County | Alf Landon+226 | 4,17348.3% | 4,39950.9% | 620.7% | 8,634 |
| Pawnee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+223 | 2,29752.2% | 2,07447.1% | 330.7% | 4,404 |
| Perkins County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+723 | 1,58464.4% | 86135.0% | 150.6% | 2,460 |
| Phelps County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+703 | 2,58757.6% | 1,88442.0% | 190.4% | 4,490 |
| Pierce County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+341 | 2,35752.4% | 2,01644.8% | 1222.7% | 4,495 |
| Platte County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,399 | 6,24965.7% | 2,85030.0% | 4134.3% | 9,512 |
| Polk County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+263 | 2,51952.2% | 2,25646.8% | 481.0% | 4,823 |
| Red Willow County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,367 | 3,44560.5% | 2,07836.5% | 1693.0% | 5,692 |
| Richardson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,905 | 5,81359.6% | 3,90840.0% | 370.4% | 9,758 |
| Rock County | Alf Landon+234 | 71042.5% | 94456.5% | 181.1% | 1,672 |
| Saline County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,843 | 5,48066.8% | 2,63732.1% | 891.1% | 8,206 |
| Sarpy County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,461 | 3,03065.2% | 1,56933.7% | 501.1% | 4,649 |
| Saunders County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,741 | 5,51457.5% | 3,77339.4% | 3003.1% | 9,587 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,717 | 5,76857.7% | 4,05140.5% | 1771.8% | 9,996 |
| Seward County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+743 | 3,86654.9% | 3,12344.4% | 500.7% | 7,039 |
| Sheridan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+521 | 2,42854.1% | 1,90742.5% | 1503.3% | 4,485 |
| Sherman County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,407 | 2,70166.8% | 1,29432.0% | 481.2% | 4,043 |
| Sioux County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+282 | 95657.7% | 67440.7% | 281.7% | 1,658 |
| Stanton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+748 | 1,91759.9% | 1,16936.6% | 1123.5% | 3,198 |
| Thayer County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+790 | 3,41855.8% | 2,62842.9% | 791.3% | 6,125 |
| Thomas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8 | 37449.7% | 36648.6% | 131.7% | 753 |
| Thurston County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,481 | 2,67665.9% | 1,19529.4% | 1914.7% | 4,062 |
| Valley County | Alf Landon+73 | 1,96047.9% | 2,03349.6% | 1022.5% | 4,095 |
| Washington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,163 | 3,42659.7% | 2,26339.5% | 450.8% | 5,734 |
| Wayne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+173 | 2,32251.1% | 2,14947.3% | 761.7% | 4,547 |
| Webster County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+496 | 2,40855.1% | 1,91243.8% | 481.1% | 4,368 |
| Wheeler County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+126 | 48452.6% | 35838.9% | 788.5% | 920 |
| York County | Alf Landon+813 | 3,74144.5% | 4,55454.1% | 1201.4% | 8,415 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1936 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.