1936 Elections

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3 offices contested.

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1936

Balance of Power

PresidentDEM

Franklin D. Roosevelt

60.1%Popular Vote36.4%

46,065,742 votes

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1936

Presidential Election · 1936

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democraticdefeating Alf Landon

523

Roosevelt

Electoral

Votes

266 to win

Landon

523 EV266 needed to win8 EV

Popular Vote

Roosevelt(DEM)60.1%

Landon(REP)36.4%

candidates(OTH)3.5%

National margin:D+23.7%

46,065,742 total votes cast

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Results by State

Roosevelt: 46 states · 523 EV|Landon: 2 states · 8 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Roosevelt %	Votes	Landon %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	South Carolina	8	8	98.6%	113,791	1.4%	1,646	—	D+97.2	↑ D+1.0
▶	Mississippi	9	17	97.0%	157,333	3.0%	4,809	—	D+94.1	↑ D+1.6
▶	Louisiana	10	27	88.8%	292,802	11.1%	36,697	—	D+77.7	↓ R+8.1
▶	Texas	23	50	87.0%	739,952	12.4%	105,661	—	D+74.6	↓ R+2.4
▶	Georgia	12	62	87.1%	255,363	12.6%	36,943	—	D+74.5	↓ R+9.3
▶	Alabama	11	73	86.4%	238,131	12.8%	35,358	—	D+73.6	↑ D+3.0
▶	Arkansas	9	82	81.8%	146,756	17.9%	32,049	—	D+63.9	↓ R+9.7
▶	Florida	7	89	76.1%	249,117	23.9%	78,248	—	D+52.2	↑ D+2.4
▶	North Carolina	13	102	73.4%	616,141	26.6%	223,294	—	D+46.8	↑ D+6.2
▶	Nevada	3	105	72.8%	31,925	27.2%	11,923	—	D+45.6	↑ D+6.6
▶	Arizona	3	108	69.8%	86,722	26.9%	33,433	—	D+42.9	↑ D+6.4
▶	Montana	4	112	69.3%	159,690	27.6%	63,598	—	D+41.7	↑ D+18.9
▶	Virginia	11	123	70.2%	234,980	29.4%	98,336	—	D+40.8	↑ D+1.8
▶	Utah	4	127	70.0%	150,248	30.1%	64,555	—	D+39.9	↑ D+24.3
▶	Tennessee	11	138	68.8%	328,083	30.8%	146,520	—	D+38.1	↑ D+4.1
▶	Washington	8	146	66.4%	459,579	29.9%	206,885	—	D+36.5	↑ D+13.0
▶	California	22	168	67.0%	1,766,836	31.7%	836,431	—	D+35.3	↑ D+14.2
▶	Oregon	5	173	64.4%	266,733	29.6%	122,706	5.9%	D+34.8	↑ D+13.7
▶	Oklahoma	11	184	66.8%	501,069	32.7%	245,122	—	D+34.1	↓ R+12.4
▶	Wisconsin	12	196	63.8%	802,984	30.3%	380,828	5.9%	D+33.5	↑ D+1.3
▶	North Dakota	4	200	59.6%	163,148	26.6%	72,751	13.8%	D+33.0	↓ R+8.6
▶	Minnesota	11	211	61.8%	698,811	31.0%	350,461	7.1%	D+30.8	↑ D+7.2
▶	Idaho	4	215	63.0%	125,683	33.2%	66,232	—	D+29.8	↑ D+9.3
▶	Maryland	8	223	64.2%	600,280	35.2%	329,102	—	D+29.0	↑ D+1.1
▶	New Mexico	3	226	62.6%	105,848	36.5%	61,727	—	D+26.1	↓ R+0.9
▶	Colorado	6	232	60.3%	294,599	37.1%	181,267	—	D+23.2	↑ D+9.7
▶	Wyoming	3	235	60.6%	62,624	37.5%	38,739	—	D+23.1	↑ D+7.8
▶	Missouri	15	250	57.5%	1,111,043	36.1%	697,891	6.5%	D+21.4	↓ R+5.7
▶	West Virginia	8	258	60.6%	502,872	39.2%	325,486	—	D+21.4	↑ D+11.4
▶	Ohio	26	284	58.0%	1,747,140	37.4%	1,127,855	—	D+20.6	↑ D+17.7
▶	New Jersey	16	300	59.6%	1,083,549	39.5%	719,421	—	D+20.0	↑ D+18.1
▶	Kentucky	11	311	58.5%	541,944	39.9%	369,702	—	D+18.6	↓ R+0.3
▶	Illinois	29	340	57.7%	2,282,997	39.7%	1,570,393	—	D+18.0	↑ D+4.8
▶	Michigan	19	359	56.3%	1,016,794	38.8%	699,733	—	D+17.6	↑ D+9.6
▶	Nebraska	7	366	57.1%	347,445	40.7%	247,731	—	D+16.4	↓ R+11.3
▶	Pennsylvania	36	402	56.9%	2,353,987	40.8%	1,690,200	—	D+16.0	↑ D+21.6
▶	Connecticut	8	410	55.3%	382,129	40.4%	278,685	—	D+15.0	↑ D+16.1
▶	New York	47	457	53.9%	3,018,298	39.0%	2,180,670	7.1%	D+15.0	↑ D+2.2
▶	Indiana	14	471	56.6%	934,974	41.9%	691,570	—	D+14.7	↑ D+3.0
▶	Rhode Island	4	475	53.0%	164,338	40.3%	125,031	6.7%	D+12.7	↑ D+0.9
▶	Delaware	3	478	54.6%	69,702	42.3%	54,014	—	D+12.3	↑ D+14.7
▶	Iowa	11	489	54.4%	621,756	42.7%	487,977	—	D+11.7	↓ R+6.4
▶	South Dakota	4	493	54.0%	160,137	42.5%	125,977	—	D+11.5	↓ R+17.7
▶	Massachusetts	17	510	51.2%	942,716	41.8%	768,613	7.0%	D+9.5	↑ D+5.5
▶	Kansas	9	519	53.7%	464,520	46.0%	397,727	—	D+7.7	↓ R+1.7
▶	New Hampshire	4	523	49.7%	108,460	48.0%	104,642	—	D+1.8	↑ D+3.2
▶	Maine	5	5	41.6%	126,333	55.6%	168,823	—	R+14.0	↓ R+1.3
▶	Vermont	3	8	43.2%	62,124	56.4%	81,023	—	R+13.2	↑ D+3.4

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1932 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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U.S. Senate

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35 contests|D won 27|R won 6|Other 2

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	BankheadDEM	87.0%	239,632	BerkstresserREP	12.2%	33,698	D+74.8	↑ D+15.1
▶	Arkansas	RobinsonDEM	81.8%	155,075	LedbetterREP	16.4%	30,997	D+65.5	↓ R+34.5
▶	Colorado	JohnsonDEM	63.5%	299,376	SauterREP	35.3%	166,308	D+28.2	↑ D+15.0
▶	Delaware	HughesDEM	53.0%	67,136	HastingsREP	41.4%	52,460	D+11.6	↑ D+20.7
▶	Florida(S)	AndrewsDEM	45.0%	244,965	OtherOTH	44.5%	242,613	D+34.5	—
▶	Georgia	RussellDEM	100.0%	263,468	—	—	—	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Idaho	BorahREP	63.4%	128,723	RossDEM	36.6%	74,444	R+26.7	↑ D+18.1
▶	Illinois	LewisDEM	56.5%	2,142,887	GlennREP	40.7%	1,545,160	D+15.8	↓ R+17.5
▶	Iowa	HerringDEM	50.5%	539,555	DickinsonREP	47.1%	503,635	D+3.4	↑ D+16.6
▶	Iowa(S)	GilletteDEM	51.9%	536,075	HaldenREP	46.6%	481,521	D+5.3	↑ D+18.5
▶	Kansas	CapperREP	51.0%	417,873	KetchumDEM	48.4%	396,685	R+2.6	↓ R+4.7
▶	Kentucky	LoganDEM	58.8%	539,968	LucasREP	39.8%	365,850	D+19.0	↑ D+14.7
▶	Louisiana	EllenderDEM	100.0%	293,256	OtherOTH	0.0%	7	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Maine	WhiteREP	50.8%	158,068	BrannDEM	49.3%	153,420	R+1.5	↑ D+20.4
▶	Massachusetts	LodgeREP	48.5%	875,160	CurleyDEM	41.0%	739,751	R+7.5	↓ R+16.9
▶	Michigan	BrownDEM	53.3%	910,937	BruckerREP	41.8%	714,602	D+11.5	↑ D+68.7
▶	Minnesota	OtherOTH	62.2%	663,363	ChistiansonREP	37.8%	402,404	R+37.8	↓ R+36.3
▶	Mississippi	HarrisonDEM	100.0%	140,570	—	—	—	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Montana	MurrayDEM	55.0%	121,769	LarsonREP	27.1%	60,038	D+27.9	↑ D+5.4
▶	Nebraska	OtherOTH	43.8%	258,700	SimmonsREP	37.8%	223,276	R+19.5	↓ R+2.4
▶	New Hampshire	BridgesREP	51.9%	107,923	RogersDEM	47.7%	99,195	R+4.2	↑ D+11.8
▶	New Jersey	SmathersDEM	54.9%	916,405	BarbourREP	44.3%	740,088	D+10.6	↑ D+30.1
▶	New Mexico	HatchDEM	61.7%	104,550	EverlyREP	38.3%	64,817	D+23.4	↑ D+6.0
▶	New Mexico(S)	ChavezDEM	55.7%	94,585	OteroREP	44.2%	75,030	D+11.5	↓ R+5.9
▶	North Carolina	BaileyDEM	70.8%	564,088	PattonREP	29.2%	233,000	D+41.5	↑ D+20.3
▶	Oklahoma	LeeDEM	68.0%	493,407	HydeREP	31.6%	229,004	D+36.4	↑ D+31.7
▶	Oregon	McNaryREP	49.7%	199,332	MahoneyDEM	48.3%	193,822	R+1.4	↑ D+28.8
▶	Rhode Island	GreenDEM	48.6%	149,157	MetcalfREP	44.4%	136,174	D+4.2	↑ D+5.4
▶	South Carolina	ByrnesDEM	98.6%	113,696	TolbertREP	1.4%	1,664	D+97.1	↓ R+2.9
▶	South Dakota	BulowDEM	48.8%	141,509	GurneyREP	46.8%	135,461	D+2.1	↓ R+1.2
▶	Tennessee	BachmanDEM	76.4%	273,298	MaddoxREP	18.8%	67,238	D+57.6	↑ D+13.4
▶	Texas	SheppardDEM	92.6%	773,574	WatsonREP	7.1%	59,491	D+85.4	↑ D+11.3
▶	Virginia	GlassDEM	92.0%	244,518	RohlsonREP	4.7%	12,473	D+87.3	↑ D+10.2
▶	West Virginia	NeelyDEM	59.1%	488,620	ShottREP	40.9%	338,363	D+18.2	↓ R+5.9
▶	Wyoming	SchwartzDEM	53.8%	53,919	CareyREP	45.4%	45,483	D+8.4	↑ D+26.5

Governor

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34 contests|D won 27|R won 4|Other 3

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	StanfordDEM	70.7%	87,678	CampbellREP	29.1%	36,114	D+41.6	↑ D+13.8
▶	Arkansas	BaileyDEM	84.9%	155,152	CobbREP	14.7%	26,875	D+70.2	↓ R+11.3
▶	Colorado	AmmonsDEM	54.6%	263,311	ArmstrongREP	43.6%	210,614	D+10.9	↓ R+5.5
▶	Connecticut	CrossDEM	55.3%	372,953	BrownREP	41.1%	277,190	D+14.2	↑ D+12.4
▶	Delaware	McMullenDEM	51.6%	65,437	CannonREP	41.6%	52,782	D+10.0	↑ D+19.3
▶	Florida	ConeDEM	80.9%	253,638	CallawayREP	19.1%	59,832	D+61.8	↑ D+28.6
▶	Idaho	ClarkDEM	57.2%	115,098	StephanREP	41.5%	83,430	D+15.7	↓ R+9.6
▶	Illinois	HornerDEM	53.1%	2,067,861	BrooksREP	43.2%	1,682,674	D+9.9	↓ R+7.0
▶	Indiana	TownsendDEM	55.4%	908,494	SpringerREP	44.3%	727,526	D+11.0	↓ R+1.2
▶	Iowa	KraschelDEM	48.6%	524,178	WilsonREP	48.4%	521,747	D+0.2	↓ R+5.3
▶	Kansas	HuxmanDEM	51.1%	433,319	WestREP	48.5%	411,446	D+2.6	↑ D+3.3
▶	Louisiana	LecheDEM	100.0%	131,999	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+0.1
▶	Maine	BarrowsREP	56.0%	173,716	DubordDEM	42.1%	130,466	R+13.9	↓ R+14.9
▶	Massachusetts	HurleyDEM	47.6%	867,743	HaigisREP	46.1%	839,740	D+1.5	↓ R+6.2
▶	Michigan	MurphyDEM	51.0%	892,774	FitzgeraldREP	48.2%	843,855	D+2.8	↓ R+9.0
▶	Minnesota	OtherOTH	62.2%	709,802	NelsonREP	37.8%	431,841	R+37.8	↓ R+21.9
▶	Missouri	StarkDEM	57.1%	1,262,106	BarrettREP	42.5%	939,751	D+14.6	↓ R+4.9
▶	Montana	AyersDEM	51.0%	115,310	HazelbakerREP	48.1%	108,854	D+2.9	↑ D+1.1
▶	Nebraska	CochranDEM	55.9%	333,412	GriswoldREP	43.1%	257,279	D+12.8	↑ D+6.5
▶	New Hampshire	MurphyREP	56.6%	118,178	BlandinDEM	42.6%	89,011	R+14.0	↓ R+5.2
▶	New Mexico	TingleyDEM	57.2%	97,090	MillerREP	42.8%	72,539	D+14.5	↑ D+3.9
▶	New York	LehmanDEM	48.7%	2,706,425	BleakleyREP	44.1%	2,450,104	D+4.6	↓ R+13.5
▶	North Carolina	HoeyDEM	66.9%	542,139	GrissomREP	33.1%	268,238	D+33.8	↓ R+6.3
▶	North Dakota	OtherOTH	36.0%	99,390	WelfordREP	34.7%	95,697	R+5.4	↑ D+4.3
▶	Ohio	DaveyDEM	52.0%	1,539,461	BrickerREP	47.7%	1,412,773	D+4.3	↓ R+3.7
▶	Rhode Island	QuinnDEM	53.7%	160,776	SissonREP	45.9%	137,369	D+7.8	↓ R+3.9
▶	South Dakota	JensenREP	51.6%	151,659	BerryDEM	48.4%	142,255	R+3.2	↓ R+16.4
▶	Tennessee	BrowningDEM	80.4%	332,523	ThachREP	18.7%	77,392	D+61.7	↑ D+48.8
▶	Texas	AllredDEM	92.9%	780,442	HarrisREP	7.0%	58,744	D+85.9	↑ D+62.4
▶	Utah	BloodDEM	51.0%	109,656	DillmanREP	37.2%	80,118	D+13.7	↓ R+0.9
▶	Vermont	AikenREP	60.9%	83,602	HeiningerDEM	38.8%	53,218	R+22.1	↑ D+2.7
▶	Washington	MartinDEM	69.4%	466,550	HartleyREP	28.1%	189,141	D+41.2	↑ D+17.7
▶	West Virginia	HoltDEM	59.2%	492,333	SharpREP	40.8%	339,890	D+18.3	↑ D+10.3
▶	Wisconsin	OtherOTH	48.9%	604,404	WileyREP	29.4%	363,973	R+7.7	↓ R+18.3