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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 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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] Iowa would not vote Democratic in a presidential election again until 1948.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
See also
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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