Ohio — 1936 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1936 presidential electionOhio · PresidentRooseveltD+20.6
How it voted
Share of the 1936 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 58.0% | 1,747,140 |
|---|---|---|
| Alf LandonRepublican | 37.4% | 1,127,855 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.6% | 137,463 |
1936presidential margin
D+60R+60
88 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Ohio cast 26 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (88 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, OH | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Allen County, OH | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Ashland County, OH | Democratic | D+17.4 |
| Ashtabula County, OH | Democratic | D+1.5 |
| Athens County, OH | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Auglaize County, OH | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Belmont County, OH | Democratic | D+35.3 |
| Brown County, OH | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Butler County, OH | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Carroll County, OH | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Champaign County, OH | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Clark County, OH | Democratic | D+25.0 |
| Clermont County, OH | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Clinton County, OH | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Columbiana County, OH | Democratic | D+14.1 |
| Coshocton County, OH | Democratic | D+18.1 |
| Crawford County, OH | Democratic | D+23.4 |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | Democratic | D+38.3 |
| Darke County, OH | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Defiance County, OH | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Delaware County, OH | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Erie County, OH | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Fairfield County, OH | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Fayette County, OH | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Franklin County, OH | Democratic | D+17.0 |
| Fulton County, OH | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Gallia County, OH | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Geauga County, OH | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Greene County, OH | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Guernsey County, OH | Democratic | D+14.3 |
| Hamilton County, OH | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Hancock County, OH | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Hardin County, OH | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Harrison County, OH | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Henry County, OH | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Highland County, OH | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Hocking County, OH | Democratic | D+24.5 |
| Holmes County, OH | Democratic | D+28.8 |
| Huron County, OH | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Jackson County, OH | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Jefferson County, OH | Democratic | D+35.2 |
| Knox County, OH | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Lake County, OH | Democratic | D+8.4 |
| Lawrence County, OH | Democratic | D+14.8 |
| Licking County, OH | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Logan County, OH | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Lorain County, OH | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Lucas County, OH | Democratic | D+21.3 |
| Madison County, OH | Democratic | D+3.4 |
| Mahoning County, OH | Democratic | D+44.1 |
| Marion County, OH | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Medina County, OH | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Meigs County, OH | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Mercer County, OH | Democratic | D+27.4 |
| Miami County, OH | Democratic | D+5.6 |
| Monroe County, OH | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Montgomery County, OH | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Morgan County, OH | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Morrow County, OH | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Muskingum County, OH | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Noble County, OH | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Ottawa County, OH | Democratic | D+20.9 |
| Paulding County, OH | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Perry County, OH | Democratic | D+10.7 |
| Pickaway County, OH | Democratic | D+22.7 |
| Pike County, OH | Democratic | D+28.3 |
| Portage County, OH | Democratic | D+25.7 |
| Preble County, OH | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Putnam County, OH | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Richland County, OH | Democratic | D+27.0 |
| Ross County, OH | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Sandusky County, OH | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Scioto County, OH | Democratic | D+10.9 |
| Seneca County, OH | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Shelby County, OH | Democratic | D+19.7 |
| Stark County, OH | Democratic | D+24.1 |
| Summit County, OH | Democratic | D+39.5 |
| Trumbull County, OH | Democratic | D+30.8 |
| Tuscarawas County, OH | Democratic | D+35.4 |
| Union County, OH | Republican | R+4.7 |
| Van Wert County, OH | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Vinton County, OH | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Warren County, OH | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Washington County, OH | Republican | R+2.9 |
| Wayne County, OH | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Williams County, OH | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Wood County, OH | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Wyandot County, OH | Democratic | D+13.0 |
Ohio results by county
88 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 | Alf Landon+78 | 5,83249.5% | 5,91050.2% | 280.2% | 11,770 |
| Allen County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,421 | 16,50049.1% | 15,07944.9% | 2,0136.0% | 33,592 |
| Ashland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,664 | 8,81857.4% | 6,15440.1% | 3802.5% | 15,352 |
| Ashtabula County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+443 | 14,46848.2% | 14,02546.7% | 1,5175.1% | 30,010 |
| Athens County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,696 | 13,20557.6% | 9,50941.5% | 2080.9% | 22,922 |
| Auglaize County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,309 | 7,83554.8% | 5,52638.6% | 9446.6% | 14,305 |
| Belmont County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+16,034 | 30,54567.2% | 14,51131.9% | 4250.9% | 45,481 |
| Brown County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,805 | 6,31657.0% | 4,51140.7% | 2612.4% | 11,088 |
| Butler County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+12,050 | 29,89260.0% | 17,84235.8% | 2,0984.2% | 49,832 |
| Carroll County | Alf Landon+639 | 3,80145.6% | 4,44053.3% | 961.2% | 8,337 |
| Champaign County | Alf Landon+387 | 6,48547.3% | 6,87250.1% | 3622.6% | 13,719 |
| Clark County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+10,655 | 26,13861.4% | 15,48336.4% | 9192.2% | 42,540 |
| Clermont County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,596 | 9,20453.3% | 7,60844.1% | 4582.7% | 17,270 |
| Clinton County | Alf Landon+480 | 5,78547.7% | 6,26551.7% | 770.6% | 12,127 |
| Columbiana County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,678 | 22,66456.4% | 16,98642.3% | 5481.4% | 40,198 |
| Coshocton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,867 | 9,31658.7% | 6,44940.6% | 1010.6% | 15,866 |
| Crawford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,317 | 10,95559.5% | 6,63836.0% | 8264.5% | 18,419 |
| Cuyahoga County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+182,170 | 311,11765.4% | 128,94727.1% | 35,3547.4% | 475,418 |
| Darke County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,739 | 11,11454.8% | 8,37541.3% | 7943.9% | 20,283 |
| Defiance County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+608 | 5,60848.1% | 5,00042.8% | 1,0629.1% | 11,670 |
| Delaware County | Alf Landon+319 | 7,04547.9% | 7,36450.1% | 3002.0% | 14,709 |
| Erie County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,507 | 10,37655.4% | 6,86936.7% | 1,4757.9% | 18,720 |
| Fairfield County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,260 | 12,32259.2% | 8,06238.7% | 4462.1% | 20,830 |
| Fayette County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+966 | 5,80754.3% | 4,84145.3% | 410.4% | 10,689 |
| Franklin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+26,916 | 90,74657.4% | 63,83040.4% | 3,4712.2% | 158,047 |
| Fulton County | Alf Landon+2,570 | 3,58235.0% | 6,15260.2% | 4904.8% | 10,224 |
| Gallia County | Alf Landon+2,152 | 4,54840.3% | 6,70059.4% | 270.2% | 11,275 |
| Geauga County | Alf Landon+220 | 3,40046.5% | 3,62049.5% | 2944.0% | 7,314 |
| Greene County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,497 | 8,94653.5% | 7,44944.6% | 3171.9% | 16,712 |
| Guernsey County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,872 | 11,40456.8% | 8,53242.5% | 1340.7% | 20,070 |
| Hamilton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+44,611 | 153,11754.6% | 108,50638.7% | 18,8136.7% | 280,436 |
| Hancock County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+113 | 9,92947.8% | 9,81647.2% | 1,0395.0% | 20,784 |
| Hardin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+810 | 8,44151.8% | 7,63146.9% | 2111.3% | 16,283 |
| Harrison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+452 | 5,23152.1% | 4,77947.6% | 350.3% | 10,045 |
| Henry County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,364 | 5,47251.3% | 4,10838.5% | 1,08810.2% | 10,668 |
| Highland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+619 | 8,01151.8% | 7,39247.8% | 480.3% | 15,451 |
| Hocking County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,620 | 6,58061.6% | 3,96037.1% | 1381.3% | 10,678 |
| Holmes County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,850 | 4,09763.7% | 2,24734.9% | 881.4% | 6,432 |
| Huron County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+182 | 8,50047.2% | 8,31846.2% | 1,2046.7% | 18,022 |
| Jackson County | Alf Landon+51 | 6,80249.7% | 6,85350.0% | 390.3% | 13,694 |
| Jefferson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+14,428 | 27,47267.1% | 13,04431.9% | 4191.0% | 40,935 |
| Knox County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+359 | 8,31550.0% | 7,95647.8% | 3702.2% | 16,641 |
| Lake County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,827 | 11,21351.7% | 9,38643.2% | 1,1085.1% | 21,707 |
| Lawrence County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,973 | 11,47157.2% | 8,49842.4% | 970.5% | 20,066 |
| Licking County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,827 | 17,78558.6% | 11,95839.4% | 6292.1% | 30,372 |
| Logan County | Alf Landon+1,010 | 7,35346.2% | 8,36352.6% | 1891.2% | 15,905 |
| Lorain County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8,487 | 24,39357.2% | 15,90637.3% | 2,3575.5% | 42,656 |
| Lucas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+28,302 | 74,15555.8% | 45,85334.5% | 12,9719.8% | 132,979 |
| Madison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+341 | 5,18451.2% | 4,84347.8% | 1031.0% | 10,130 |
| Mahoning County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+40,061 | 64,88671.4% | 24,82527.3% | 1,1471.3% | 90,858 |
| Marion County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,811 | 11,88155.4% | 9,07042.3% | 4762.2% | 21,427 |
| Medina County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+117 | 7,40049.1% | 7,28348.4% | 3752.5% | 15,058 |
| Meigs County | Alf Landon+379 | 6,08548.5% | 6,46451.5% | 00.0% | 12,549 |
| Mercer County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,615 | 7,21754.7% | 3,60227.3% | 2,38518.1% | 13,204 |
| Miami County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,411 | 12,75450.4% | 11,34344.9% | 1,1894.7% | 25,286 |
| Monroe County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,157 | 5,36861.6% | 3,21136.9% | 1301.5% | 8,709 |
| Montgomery County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+31,688 | 76,43059.8% | 44,74235.0% | 6,6065.2% | 127,778 |
| Morgan County | Alf Landon+1,537 | 3,09339.6% | 4,63059.4% | 781.0% | 7,801 |
| Morrow County | Alf Landon+139 | 3,94747.8% | 4,08649.5% | 2192.7% | 8,252 |
| Muskingum County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+811 | 16,26549.9% | 15,45447.4% | 8542.6% | 32,573 |
| Noble County | Alf Landon+519 | 3,86546.5% | 4,38452.7% | 700.8% | 8,319 |
| Ottawa County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,329 | 6,33556.9% | 4,00636.0% | 7987.2% | 11,139 |
| Paulding County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+326 | 4,17950.6% | 3,85346.7% | 2192.7% | 8,251 |
| Perry County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,682 | 8,50853.9% | 6,82643.2% | 4512.9% | 15,785 |
| Pickaway County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,893 | 7,81361.2% | 4,92038.5% | 300.2% | 12,763 |
| Pike County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,334 | 5,28764.1% | 2,95335.8% | 40.0% | 8,244 |
| Portage County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,763 | 13,79861.4% | 8,03535.8% | 6302.8% | 22,463 |
| Preble County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+773 | 6,36651.8% | 5,59345.5% | 3312.7% | 12,290 |
| Putnam County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,635 | 5,78646.2% | 4,15133.2% | 2,58020.6% | 12,517 |
| Richland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8,850 | 20,07061.3% | 11,22034.3% | 1,4684.5% | 32,758 |
| Ross County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,686 | 12,50355.7% | 9,81743.7% | 1210.5% | 22,441 |
| Sandusky County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+479 | 9,17145.3% | 8,69242.9% | 2,40211.9% | 20,265 |
| Scioto County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,383 | 22,24355.1% | 17,86044.2% | 2770.7% | 40,380 |
| Seneca County | Alf Landon+971 | 8,98240.4% | 9,95344.7% | 3,32414.9% | 22,259 |
| Shelby County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,628 | 7,11053.4% | 4,48233.7% | 1,71512.9% | 13,307 |
| Stark County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+23,238 | 57,93160.0% | 34,69335.9% | 3,9884.1% | 96,612 |
| Summit County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+52,845 | 91,83668.7% | 38,99129.2% | 2,8692.1% | 133,696 |
| Trumbull County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+15,497 | 32,38464.3% | 16,88733.6% | 1,0582.1% | 50,329 |
| Tuscarawas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+11,674 | 21,99166.7% | 10,31731.3% | 6572.0% | 32,965 |
| Union County | Alf Landon+516 | 5,15747.1% | 5,67351.8% | 1201.1% | 10,950 |
| Van Wert County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,469 | 7,74452.6% | 6,27542.6% | 7144.8% | 14,733 |
| Vinton County | Alf Landon+154 | 2,90248.6% | 3,05651.2% | 160.3% | 5,974 |
| Warren County | Alf Landon+150 | 7,20949.0% | 7,35950.0% | 1390.9% | 14,707 |
| Washington County | Alf Landon+623 | 10,20347.8% | 10,82650.7% | 3251.5% | 21,354 |
| Wayne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,335 | 12,66654.1% | 10,33144.1% | 4261.8% | 23,423 |
| Williams County | Alf Landon+1,422 | 5,62842.3% | 7,05053.0% | 6244.7% | 13,302 |
| Wood County | Alf Landon+461 | 11,25545.4% | 11,71647.3% | 1,8077.3% | 24,778 |
| Wyandot County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,337 | 5,59754.4% | 4,26041.4% | 4294.2% | 10,286 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)
Ohio's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −0.1% |
| 1896 | −4.8% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −25.4% |
| 1908 | −6.2% |
| 1912 | +14.1% |
| 1916 | +7.7% |
| 1920 | −19.9% |
| 1924 | −34.6% |
| 1928 | −30.4% |
| 1932 | +2.8% |
| 1936 | +20.6% |
| 1940 | +4.4% |
| 1944 | −0.4% |
| 1948 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | −13.5% |
| 1956 | −22.2% |
| 1960 | −6.6% |
| 1964 | +25.9% |
| 1968 | −2.3% |
| 1972 | −21.6% |
| 1976 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | −10.6% |
| 1984 | −18.8% |
| 1988 | −10.9% |
| 1992 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | −3.5% |
| 2004 | −2.1% |
| 2008 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | −8.0% |
| 2020 | −8.0% |
| 2024 | −11.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1936 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.