1936 United States presidential election in Idaho

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1936 United States presidential election in Idaho
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  1932 November 3, 1936 [1] 1940  

All 4 Idaho votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote40
Popular vote125,68366,256
Percentage62.96%33.19%

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County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose four [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Idaho was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York) and Vice President John Nance Garner (D–Texas) with 62.96 percent of the popular vote, over Governor Alf Landon (RKansas) and running mate Frank Knox (R–Illinois) with 33.19 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Idaho has since become a Republican stronghold; as of 2020, this election marks the last time that Ada County, Canyon County, Gooding County, Jerome County, Lincoln County, Payette County and Twin Falls County would vote for a Democratic presidential nominee, [5] [6] the last time that a Democrat would carry the state by double digits, and the last time that the state would (by margin of victory) vote more Democratic than the nation as a whole.

William Borah's run for the 1936 Republican presidential nomination

Few states had presidential primaries in 1936. Those won by Borah are in green. 1936 Republican presidential primaries.JPG
Few states had presidential primaries in 1936. Those won by Borah are in green.

William Borah the Republican Senator for Idaho ran for the Republican nomination for president in 1936, the first candidate from Idaho to do so.

His candidacy was opposed by the conservative Republican leadership. Borah praised Roosevelt for some of his policies, and deeply criticized the Republican Party. With only 25 Republicans left in the Senate, Borah saw an opportunity to recast the Republican Party along progressive lines, as he had long sought to do. He was opposed by the Republican organization, which sought to dilute his strength in the primaries by running state favorite son candidates in order to ensure a brokered convention. Despite being easily the leading primary vote-getter, Borah managed to win only a handful of delegates and took a majority of them in only one state, Wisconsin, where he had the endorsement of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. Borah refused to endorse the eventual candidate, Kansas Governor Alf Landon (who was nominated at the 1936 Republican National Convention), leading some to believe Borah might cross party lines and support Roosevelt. Ultimately, as he had four years earlier, he chose to endorse neither candidate. [7] Borah was on the ballot that fall in Idaho, seeking a sixth term in the Senate. For the first time since the people had been given the right to elect senators, the Democrats ran a serious candidate against him, Governor C. Ben Ross. Although Idahoans overwhelmingly voted for Roosevelt, who won every state except Maine and Vermont, Borah still took over sixty percent of their votes in his re-election bid. [8]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Idaho
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 125,683 62.96%
Republican Alf Landon 66,25633.19%
Union William Lemke 7,6783.85%
Total votes199,617 100%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke
Union
MarginTotal votes cast [9]
# %# %# %# %
Ada 12,02758.46%7,58136.85%9664.70%4,44621.61%20,574
Adams 77059.41%43433.49%927.10%33625.93%1,296
Bannock 9,44370.51%3,83028.60%1200.90%5,61341.91%13,393
Bear Lake 2,07859.61%1,40440.28%40.11%67419.33%3,486
Benewah 1,90665.70%89730.92%983.38%1,00934.78%2,901
Bingham 4,21562.42%2,35434.86%1842.72%1,86127.56%6,753
Blaine 1,36164.59%73534.88%110.52%62629.71%2,107
Boise 78065.55%36830.92%423.53%41234.62%1,190
Bonner 3,52158.75%2,01633.64%4567.61%1,50525.11%5,993
Bonneville 5,43969.85%2,21328.42%1351.73%3,22641.43%7,787
Boundary 1,30460.31%73233.86%1265.83%57226.46%2,162
Butte 54662.83%31235.90%111.27%23426.93%869
Camas 44260.47%27437.48%152.05%16822.98%731
Canyon 8,29056.99%4,91033.75%1,3479.26%3,38023.24%14,547
Caribou 64066.53%32133.37%10.10%31933.16%962
Cassia 3,10064.62%1,62933.96%681.42%1,47130.66%4,797
Clark 27246.90%30452.41%40.69%-32-5.52%580
Clearwater 1,95966.95%81227.75%1555.30%1,14739.20%2,926
Custer 87561.58%53037.30%161.13%34524.28%1,421
Elmore 1,56765.84%68828.91%1255.25%87936.93%2,380
Franklin 2,25561.44%1,39638.04%190.52%85923.41%3,670
Fremont 2,90466.51%1,42332.59%390.89%1,48133.92%4,366
Gem 2,46869.17%87924.64%2216.19%1,58944.53%3,568
Gooding 2,10056.68%1,50540.62%1002.70%59516.06%3,705
Idaho 3,10462.97%1,53531.14%2905.88%1,56931.83%4,929
Jefferson 2,77671.84%1,03726.84%511.32%1,73945.01%3,864
Jerome 2,37462.84%1,29734.33%1072.83%1,07728.51%3,778
Kootenai 5,75263.92%2,58628.74%6617.35%3,16635.18%8,999
Latah 4,35958.45%2,83838.05%2613.50%1,52120.39%7,458
Lemhi 1,64861.82%94335.37%752.81%70526.44%2,666
Lewis 1,61274.35%50723.39%492.26%1,10550.97%2,168
Lincoln 91653.22%76644.51%392.27%1508.72%1,721
Madison 2,45568.35%1,11431.01%230.64%1,34137.33%3,592
Minidoka 2,09567.65%94830.61%541.74%1,14737.04%3,097
Nez Perce 5,70571.45%1,98824.90%2923.66%3,71746.55%7,985
Oneida 1,67363.42%95536.20%100.38%71827.22%2,638
Owyhee 1,10664.00%50028.94%1227.06%60635.07%1,728
Payette 1,67745.78%1,52441.61%46212.61%1534.18%3,663
Power 1,07559.33%70839.07%291.60%36720.25%1,812
Shoshone 5,37770.92%2,14628.30%590.78%3,23142.61%7,582
Teton 83459.19%54238.47%332.34%29220.72%1,409
Twin Falls 7,47658.28%4,96638.71%3863.01%2,51019.57%12,828
Valley 1,26063.64%57529.04%1457.32%68534.60%1,980
Washington 2,14760.38%1,23434.70%1754.92%91325.67%3,556
Totals125,68362.96%66,25633.19%7,6783.85%59,42729.77%199,617

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