1936 United States presidential election in Montana

The 1936 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1936 as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1936 United States presidential election in Montana

November 3, 1936 (1936-11-03)
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 159,690 63,598
Percentage 69.3% 27.6%

County Results
Roosevelt
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%


President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Montana voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Roosevelt won Montana by a landslide margin of 41.69% and remains the solitary presidential candidate to ever sweep every county in Montana.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this was the last election in which Beaverhead County, Sweet Grass County, Stillwater County, Powder River County, and Fallon County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Montana[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 159,690 69.28% 4
Republican Alf Landon 53,598 27.59% 0
Union William Lemke 5,549 2.41% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,066 0.46% 0
Communist Earl Browder 385 0.17% 0
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 224 0.10% 0
Totals 220,512 100.00% 4

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke[4]
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[lower-alpha 1][5]
# % # % # % # % # %
Beaverhead 2,153 60.85% 1,304 36.86% 75 2.12% 6 0.17% 849 24.00% 3,538
Big Horn 2,037 63.94% 1,087 34.12% 55 1.73% 7 0.22% 950 29.82% 3,186
Blaine 2,166 70.46% 851 27.68% 47 1.53% 10 0.33% 1,315 42.78% 3,074
Broadwater 1,071 67.06% 502 31.43% 19 1.19% 5 0.31% 569 35.63% 1,597
Carbon 3,116 63.90% 1,617 33.16% 97 1.99% 46 0.94% 1,499 30.74% 4,876
Carter 929 65.70% 464 32.81% 18 1.27% 3 0.21% 465 32.89% 1,414
Cascade 13,325 74.91% 4,077 22.92% 256 1.44% 131 0.74% 9,248 51.99% 17,789
Chouteau 2,734 74.76% 878 24.01% 21 0.57% 24 0.66% 1,856 50.75% 3,657
Custer 3,196 67.81% 1,381 29.30% 108 2.29% 28 0.59% 1,815 38.51% 4,713
Daniels 1,596 75.46% 467 22.08% 27 1.28% 25 1.18% 1,129 53.38% 2,115
Dawson 2,169 63.61% 1,221 35.81% 9 0.26% 11 0.32% 948 27.80% 3,410
Deer Lodge 4,813 73.49% 1,640 25.04% 76 1.16% 20 0.31% 3,173 48.45% 6,549
Fallon 1,015 61.11% 598 36.00% 39 2.35% 9 0.54% 417 25.11% 1,661
Fergus 4,675 69.31% 1,821 27.00% 212 3.14% 37 0.55% 2,854 42.31% 6,745
Flathead 5,408 63.38% 2,460 28.83% 539 6.32% 125 1.47% 2,948 34.55% 8,532
Gallatin 4,697 65.53% 2,151 30.01% 286 3.99% 34 0.47% 2,546 35.52% 7,168
Garfield 991 62.84% 548 34.75% 31 1.97% 7 0.44% 443 28.09% 1,577
Glacier 2,453 75.13% 781 23.92% 21 0.64% 10 0.31% 1,672 51.21% 3,265
Golden Valley 474 57.73% 331 40.32% 12 1.46% 4 0.49% 143 17.42% 821
Granite 1,227 71.17% 475 27.55% 13 0.75% 9 0.52% 752 43.62% 1,724
Hill 4,328 78.41% 1,014 18.37% 144 2.61% 34 0.62% 3,314 60.04% 5,520
Jefferson 1,409 68.30% 573 27.78% 61 2.96% 20 0.97% 836 40.52% 2,063
Judith Basin 1,534 68.76% 645 28.91% 31 1.39% 21 0.94% 889 39.85% 2,231
Lake 2,656 60.06% 1,401 31.68% 341 7.71% 24 0.54% 1,255 28.38% 4,422
Lewis and Clark 5,614 64.34% 2,951 33.82% 108 1.24% 52 0.60% 2,663 30.52% 8,725
Liberty 758 71.17% 276 25.92% 25 2.35% 6 0.56% 482 45.26% 1,065
Lincoln 2,117 69.41% 745 24.43% 150 4.92% 38 1.25% 1,372 44.98% 3,050
Madison 1,819 62.94% 1,006 34.81% 52 1.80% 13 0.45% 813 28.13% 2,890
McCone 1,366 78.55% 332 19.09% 7 0.40% 34 1.96% 1,034 59.46% 1,739
Meagher 767 59.92% 495 38.67% 9 0.70% 9 0.70% 272 21.25% 1,280
Mineral 657 68.44% 215 22.40% 73 7.60% 15 1.56% 442 46.04% 960
Missoula 7,690 71.18% 2,697 24.97% 325 3.01% 91 0.84% 4,993 46.22% 10,803
Musselshell 2,092 69.41% 771 25.58% 105 3.48% 46 1.53% 1,321 43.83% 3,014
Park 2,968 70.40% 1,006 23.86% 212 5.03% 30 0.71% 1,962 46.54% 4,216
Petroleum 523 64.89% 258 32.01% 25 3.10% 0 0.00% 265 32.88% 806
Phillips 2,555 73.13% 850 24.33% 70 2.00% 19 0.54% 1,705 48.80% 3,494
Pondera 2,213 75.43% 658 22.43% 45 1.53% 18 0.61% 1,555 53.00% 2,934
Powder River 758 56.19% 545 40.40% 33 2.45% 13 0.96% 213 15.79% 1,349
Powell 2,060 70.69% 799 27.42% 33 1.13% 22 0.75% 1,261 43.27% 2,914
Prairie 877 64.34% 454 33.31% 23 1.69% 9 0.66% 423 31.03% 1,363
Ravalli 2,859 60.42% 1,580 33.39% 253 5.35% 40 0.85% 1,279 27.03% 4,732
Richland 2,516 68.43% 1,066 28.99% 83 2.26% 12 0.33% 1,450 39.43% 3,677
Roosevelt 2,923 71.14% 1,052 25.60% 115 2.80% 19 0.46% 1,871 45.53% 4,109
Rosebud 1,624 60.82% 866 32.43% 142 5.32% 38 1.42% 758 28.39% 2,670
Sanders 1,788 65.37% 718 26.25% 181 6.62% 48 1.76% 1,070 39.12% 2,735
Sheridan 2,503 79.01% 513 16.19% 91 2.87% 61 1.93% 1,990 62.82% 3,168
Silver Bow 17,697 78.23% 4,528 20.02% 201 0.89% 197 0.87% 13,169 58.21% 22,623
Stillwater 1,292 53.34% 1,034 42.69% 78 3.22% 18 0.74% 258 10.65% 2,422
Sweet Grass 783 50.71% 664 43.01% 85 5.51% 12 0.78% 119 7.71% 1,544
Teton 1,917 75.18% 604 23.69% 23 0.90% 6 0.24% 1,313 51.49% 2,550
Toole 2,120 73.51% 654 22.68% 101 3.50% 9 0.31% 1,466 50.83% 2,884
Treasure 398 59.49% 244 36.47% 25 3.74% 2 0.30% 154 23.02% 669
Valley 5,862 83.07% 996 14.11% 144 2.04% 55 0.78% 4,866 68.95% 7,057
Wheatland 1,037 62.51% 602 36.29% 18 1.08% 2 0.12% 435 26.22% 1,659
Wibaux 790 68.04% 362 31.18% 6 0.52% 3 0.26% 428 36.86% 1,161
Yellowstone 8,575 61.18% 5,193 37.05% 160 1.14% 88 0.63% 3,382 24.13% 14,016
Totals159,69069.45%63,02127.41%5,5392.41%1,6750.73%96,66942.04%229,925

Notes

  1. There are some internal differences between these sources used to compile this table, so the figures given may not be perfectly exact.

References

  1. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 437 ISBN 0313257957
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Montana
  4. Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
  5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 271 ISBN 0405077114
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