1936 United States presidential election in Iowa
The 1936 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose eleven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Iowa was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 54.41% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 42.70% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Sioux County, Lyon County and O'Brien County have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5][6]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 621,756 | 54.41% | |
Republican | Alf Landon | 487,977 | 42.70% | |
Union | William Lemke | 29,687 | 2.60% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,373 | 0.12% | |
Prohibition | D. Leigh Colvin | 1,182 | 0.10% | |
Communist | Earl R. Browder | 506 | 0.04% | |
Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | 252 | 0.02% | |
Total votes | 1,142,733 | 100% |
Results by county
County[7] | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossmann Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke Union |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 3,243 | 47.95% | 3,436 | 50.81% | 77 | 1.14% | 7 | 0.10% | -193 | -2.85% | 6,763 |
Adams | 2,249 | 42.69% | 2,953 | 56.06% | 61 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.09% | -704 | -13.36% | 5,268 |
Allamakee | 4,327 | 49.38% | 4,053 | 46.25% | 370 | 4.22% | 13 | 0.15% | 274 | 3.13% | 8,763 |
Appanoose | 6,599 | 54.08% | 5,511 | 45.16% | 39 | 0.32% | 54 | 0.44% | 1,088 | 8.92% | 12,203 |
Audubon | 3,448 | 59.05% | 2,344 | 40.14% | 42 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,104 | 18.91% | 5,839 |
Benton | 5,606 | 56.43% | 4,144 | 41.72% | 145 | 1.46% | 39 | 0.39% | 1,462 | 14.72% | 9,934 |
Black Hawk | 16,793 | 53.01% | 13,666 | 43.14% | 1,133 | 3.58% | 89 | 0.28% | 3,127 | 9.87% | 31,681 |
Boone | 7,080 | 60.88% | 4,110 | 35.34% | 354 | 3.04% | 85 | 0.73% | 2,970 | 25.54% | 11,629 |
Bremer | 5,058 | 59.72% | 3,220 | 38.02% | 178 | 2.10% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,838 | 21.70% | 8,470 |
Buchanan | 5,025 | 50.79% | 4,734 | 47.85% | 127 | 1.28% | 8 | 0.08% | 291 | 2.94% | 9,894 |
Buena Vista | 5,287 | 60.18% | 3,334 | 37.95% | 129 | 1.47% | 35 | 0.40% | 1,953 | 22.23% | 8,785 |
Butler | 3,786 | 50.14% | 3,604 | 47.73% | 149 | 1.97% | 12 | 0.16% | 182 | 2.41% | 7,551 |
Calhoun | 4,544 | 59.02% | 3,027 | 39.32% | 93 | 1.21% | 35 | 0.45% | 1,517 | 19.70% | 7,699 |
Carroll | 6,285 | 59.84% | 3,259 | 31.03% | 948 | 9.03% | 11 | 0.10% | 3,026 | 28.81% | 10,503 |
Cass | 4,284 | 43.00% | 5,622 | 56.43% | 44 | 0.44% | 12 | 0.12% | -1,338 | -13.43% | 9,962 |
Cedar | 4,385 | 53.25% | 3,686 | 44.76% | 153 | 1.86% | 11 | 0.13% | 699 | 8.49% | 8,235 |
Cerro Gordo | 9,694 | 54.48% | 7,599 | 42.71% | 470 | 2.64% | 31 | 0.17% | 2,095 | 11.77% | 17,794 |
Cherokee | 4,716 | 60.11% | 2,902 | 36.99% | 213 | 2.72% | 14 | 0.18% | 1,814 | 23.12% | 7,845 |
Chickasaw | 4,458 | 56.67% | 3,143 | 39.96% | 242 | 3.08% | 23 | 0.29% | 1,315 | 16.72% | 7,866 |
Clarke | 2,613 | 49.65% | 2,571 | 48.85% | 52 | 0.99% | 27 | 0.51% | 42 | 0.80% | 5,263 |
Clay | 4,691 | 61.84% | 2,774 | 36.57% | 104 | 1.37% | 17 | 0.22% | 1,917 | 25.27% | 7,586 |
Clayton | 6,731 | 55.01% | 5,017 | 41.00% | 475 | 3.88% | 13 | 0.11% | 1,714 | 14.01% | 12,236 |
Clinton | 12,269 | 53.25% | 10,016 | 43.47% | 729 | 3.16% | 28 | 0.12% | 2,253 | 9.78% | 23,042 |
Crawford | 5,720 | 60.20% | 3,514 | 36.98% | 231 | 2.43% | 37 | 0.39% | 2,206 | 23.22% | 9,502 |
Dallas | 6,341 | 52.96% | 5,442 | 45.45% | 159 | 1.33% | 31 | 0.26% | 899 | 7.51% | 11,973 |
Davis | 3,463 | 54.86% | 2,815 | 44.59% | 26 | 0.41% | 9 | 0.14% | 648 | 10.26% | 6,313 |
Decatur | 4,131 | 55.12% | 3,327 | 44.40% | 26 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.13% | 804 | 10.73% | 7,494 |
Delaware | 4,350 | 48.09% | 4,483 | 49.56% | 195 | 2.16% | 18 | 0.20% | -133 | -1.47% | 9,046 |
Des Moines | 7,011 | 44.64% | 6,763 | 43.06% | 1,808 | 11.51% | 123 | 0.78% | 248 | 1.58% | 15,705 |
Dickinson | 3,399 | 58.69% | 2,322 | 40.10% | 54 | 0.93% | 16 | 0.28% | 1,077 | 18.60% | 5,791 |
Dubuque | 16,291 | 59.50% | 8,275 | 30.22% | 2,739 | 10.00% | 73 | 0.27% | 8,016 | 29.28% | 27,378 |
Emmet | 3,158 | 55.94% | 2,362 | 41.84% | 111 | 1.97% | 14 | 0.25% | 796 | 14.10% | 5,645 |
Fayette | 7,210 | 53.82% | 5,891 | 43.97% | 260 | 1.94% | 36 | 0.27% | 1,319 | 9.85% | 13,397 |
Floyd | 4,242 | 46.97% | 4,267 | 47.25% | 489 | 5.41% | 33 | 0.37% | -25 | -0.28% | 9,031 |
Franklin | 3,993 | 59.55% | 2,530 | 37.73% | 159 | 2.37% | 23 | 0.34% | 1,463 | 21.82% | 6,705 |
Fremont | 4,301 | 56.47% | 3,291 | 43.21% | 13 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.16% | 1,010 | 13.26% | 7,617 |
Greene | 3,961 | 52.40% | 3,384 | 44.77% | 199 | 2.63% | 15 | 0.20% | 577 | 7.63% | 7,559 |
Grundy | 3,918 | 58.45% | 2,656 | 39.62% | 123 | 1.83% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,262 | 18.83% | 6,703 |
Guthrie | 3,619 | 44.30% | 4,155 | 50.86% | 377 | 4.61% | 19 | 0.23% | -536 | -6.56% | 8,170 |
Hamilton | 5,432 | 62.02% | 3,174 | 36.24% | 119 | 1.36% | 33 | 0.38% | 2,258 | 25.78% | 8,758 |
Hancock | 3,930 | 59.28% | 2,585 | 39.00% | 103 | 1.55% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,345 | 20.29% | 6,629 |
Hardin | 5,429 | 54.66% | 4,306 | 43.35% | 154 | 1.55% | 44 | 0.44% | 1,123 | 11.31% | 9,933 |
Harrison | 6,206 | 53.14% | 5,314 | 45.50% | 151 | 1.29% | 7 | 0.06% | 892 | 7.64% | 11,678 |
Henry | 3,542 | 42.82% | 4,480 | 54.17% | 223 | 2.70% | 26 | 0.31% | -938 | -11.34% | 8,271 |
Howard | 3,861 | 54.40% | 2,947 | 41.52% | 275 | 3.87% | 15 | 0.21% | 914 | 12.88% | 7,098 |
Humboldt | 3,420 | 59.00% | 2,262 | 39.02% | 98 | 1.69% | 17 | 0.29% | 1,158 | 19.98% | 5,797 |
Ida | 3,397 | 63.70% | 1,834 | 34.39% | 77 | 1.44% | 25 | 0.47% | 1,563 | 29.31% | 5,333 |
Iowa | 4,163 | 53.98% | 3,360 | 43.57% | 159 | 2.06% | 30 | 0.39% | 803 | 10.41% | 7,712 |
Jackson | 4,889 | 55.41% | 3,581 | 40.59% | 335 | 3.80% | 18 | 0.20% | 1,308 | 14.82% | 8,823 |
Jasper | 8,315 | 57.76% | 5,875 | 40.81% | 166 | 1.15% | 39 | 0.27% | 2,440 | 16.95% | 14,395 |
Jefferson | 3,690 | 46.47% | 4,037 | 50.84% | 189 | 2.38% | 25 | 0.31% | -347 | -4.37% | 7,941 |
Johnson | 8,794 | 59.65% | 5,629 | 38.18% | 262 | 1.78% | 58 | 0.39% | 3,165 | 21.47% | 14,743 |
Jones | 5,052 | 54.00% | 4,141 | 44.26% | 156 | 1.67% | 7 | 0.07% | 911 | 9.74% | 9,356 |
Keokuk | 5,162 | 52.26% | 4,491 | 45.46% | 203 | 2.06% | 22 | 0.22% | 671 | 6.79% | 9,878 |
Kossuth | 8,071 | 68.04% | 3,569 | 30.09% | 209 | 1.76% | 14 | 0.12% | 4,502 | 37.95% | 11,863 |
Lee | 9,630 | 49.85% | 8,955 | 46.36% | 687 | 3.56% | 45 | 0.23% | 675 | 3.49% | 19,317 |
Linn | 19,724 | 49.55% | 19,129 | 48.06% | 867 | 2.18% | 86 | 0.22% | 595 | 1.49% | 39,806 |
Louisa | 2,859 | 50.92% | 2,655 | 47.28% | 93 | 1.66% | 8 | 0.14% | 204 | 3.63% | 5,615 |
Lucas | 3,773 | 51.11% | 3,414 | 46.25% | 158 | 2.14% | 37 | 0.50% | 359 | 4.86% | 7,382 |
Lyon | 3,590 | 60.40% | 2,264 | 38.09% | 83 | 1.40% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,326 | 22.31% | 5,944 |
Madison | 3,365 | 44.22% | 4,188 | 55.04% | 45 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.14% | -823 | -10.82% | 7,609 |
Mahaska | 6,094 | 51.97% | 5,270 | 44.94% | 289 | 2.46% | 73 | 0.62% | 824 | 7.03% | 11,726 |
Marion | 6,745 | 56.27% | 4,975 | 41.51% | 243 | 2.03% | 23 | 0.19% | 1,770 | 14.77% | 11,986 |
Marshall | 6,297 | 44.95% | 7,377 | 52.66% | 283 | 2.02% | 51 | 0.36% | -1,080 | -7.71% | 14,008 |
Mills | 3,610 | 51.02% | 3,424 | 48.40% | 30 | 0.42% | 11 | 0.16% | 186 | 2.63% | 7,075 |
Mitchell | 3,610 | 54.67% | 2,765 | 41.87% | 215 | 3.26% | 13 | 0.20% | 845 | 12.80% | 6,603 |
Monona | 5,346 | 62.89% | 3,008 | 35.39% | 134 | 1.58% | 12 | 0.14% | 2,338 | 27.51% | 8,500 |
Monroe | 4,205 | 56.36% | 3,001 | 40.22% | 213 | 2.85% | 42 | 0.56% | 1,204 | 16.14% | 7,461 |
Montgomery | 3,920 | 46.77% | 4,395 | 52.43% | 48 | 0.57% | 19 | 0.23% | -475 | -5.67% | 8,382 |
Muscatine | 6,593 | 49.52% | 6,332 | 47.56% | 328 | 2.46% | 60 | 0.45% | 261 | 1.96% | 13,313 |
O'Brien | 5,139 | 59.67% | 3,350 | 38.90% | 112 | 1.30% | 11 | 0.13% | 1,789 | 20.77% | 8,612 |
Osceola | 2,812 | 63.15% | 1,539 | 34.56% | 90 | 2.02% | 12 | 0.27% | 1,273 | 28.59% | 4,453 |
Page | 4,646 | 41.03% | 6,624 | 58.50% | 22 | 0.19% | 31 | 0.27% | -1,978 | -17.47% | 11,323 |
Palo Alto | 4,515 | 61.57% | 2,613 | 35.63% | 189 | 2.58% | 16 | 0.22% | 1,902 | 25.94% | 7,333 |
Plymouth | 5,994 | 52.37% | 4,133 | 36.11% | 1,297 | 11.33% | 21 | 0.18% | 1,861 | 16.26% | 11,445 |
Pocahontas | 4,357 | 63.89% | 2,277 | 33.39% | 171 | 2.51% | 14 | 0.21% | 2,080 | 30.50% | 6,819 |
Polk | 44,274 | 55.72% | 33,819 | 42.56% | 1,010 | 1.27% | 357 | 0.45% | 10,455 | 13.16% | 79,460 |
Pottawattamie | 16,259 | 56.23% | 12,223 | 42.28% | 371 | 1.28% | 60 | 0.21% | 4,036 | 13.96% | 28,913 |
Poweshiek | 4,745 | 52.75% | 4,037 | 44.88% | 178 | 1.98% | 36 | 0.40% | 708 | 7.87% | 8,996 |
Ringgold | 2,615 | 43.62% | 3,316 | 55.31% | 51 | 0.85% | 13 | 0.22% | -701 | -11.69% | 5,995 |
Sac | 4,472 | 55.74% | 3,437 | 42.84% | 102 | 1.27% | 12 | 0.15% | 1,035 | 12.90% | 8,023 |
Scott | 20,737 | 60.73% | 12,691 | 37.17% | 616 | 1.80% | 101 | 0.30% | 8,046 | 23.56% | 34,145 |
Shelby | 4,264 | 51.80% | 3,490 | 42.40% | 469 | 5.70% | 8 | 0.10% | 774 | 9.40% | 8,231 |
Sioux | 5,553 | 52.05% | 4,543 | 42.58% | 564 | 5.29% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,010 | 9.47% | 10,669 |
Story | 6,933 | 51.02% | 6,358 | 46.79% | 186 | 1.37% | 111 | 0.82% | 575 | 4.23% | 13,588 |
Tama | 6,625 | 57.50% | 4,737 | 41.11% | 141 | 1.22% | 19 | 0.16% | 1,888 | 16.39% | 11,522 |
Taylor | 3,337 | 44.23% | 4,145 | 54.94% | 44 | 0.58% | 19 | 0.25% | -808 | -10.71% | 7,545 |
Union | 3,938 | 45.27% | 4,647 | 53.42% | 100 | 1.15% | 14 | 0.16% | -709 | -8.15% | 8,699 |
Van Buren | 2,804 | 43.66% | 3,535 | 55.05% | 55 | 0.86% | 28 | 0.44% | -731 | -11.38% | 6,422 |
Wapello | 10,578 | 57.14% | 7,647 | 41.31% | 217 | 1.17% | 70 | 0.38% | 2,931 | 15.83% | 18,512 |
Warren | 4,011 | 45.55% | 4,642 | 52.72% | 109 | 1.24% | 43 | 0.49% | -631 | -7.17% | 8,805 |
Washington | 4,379 | 48.03% | 4,619 | 50.66% | 103 | 1.13% | 17 | 0.19% | -240 | -2.63% | 9,118 |
Wayne | 3,778 | 50.70% | 3,609 | 48.43% | 39 | 0.52% | 26 | 0.35% | 169 | 2.27% | 7,452 |
Webster | 9,885 | 57.56% | 6,494 | 37.81% | 738 | 4.30% | 57 | 0.33% | 3,391 | 19.74% | 17,174 |
Winnebago | 3,133 | 52.86% | 2,592 | 43.73% | 182 | 3.07% | 20 | 0.34% | 541 | 9.13% | 5,927 |
Winneshiek | 5,980 | 53.48% | 4,489 | 40.15% | 682 | 6.10% | 30 | 0.27% | 1,491 | 13.34% | 11,181 |
Woodbury | 26,847 | 62.43% | 14,157 | 32.92% | 1,814 | 4.22% | 184 | 0.43% | 12,690 | 29.51% | 43,002 |
Worth | 2,976 | 59.71% | 1,964 | 39.41% | 37 | 0.74% | 7 | 0.14% | 1,012 | 20.30% | 4,984 |
Wright | 5,177 | 59.44% | 3,311 | 38.01% | 207 | 2.38% | 15 | 0.17% | 1,866 | 21.42% | 8,710 |
Totals | 621,756 | 54.41% | 487,977 | 42.70% | 29,687 | 2.60% | 3,293 | 0.29% | 133,779 | 11.71% | 1,142,713 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 196-199 ISBN 0786422173
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "IA US President Race, November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.
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