1936 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1936 United States presidential election in Indiana
Flag of Indiana.svg
  1932 November 3, 1936 [1] 1940  

All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
  FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg LandonPortr (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote140
Popular vote934,974691,570
Percentage56.63%41.89%

Indiana Presidential Election Results 1936.svg
County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Indiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, with 56.63% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with businessman Frank Knox of Illinois, with 41.89% of the popular vote. [3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Boone County, Rush County, Union County and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5] Indiana has only voted for the Democratic candidate twice since this election, in 1964 and in 2008. This marks the only time since 1856 that Indiana has voted Democratic in consecutive presidential elections.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Indiana
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 934,974 56.63%
Republican Alf Landon 691,57041.89%
Union William Lemke 19,4071.18%
Socialist Norman Thomas3,8560.23%
Communist Earl R. Browder1,0900.07%
Total votes1,650,897 100%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke [6]
Union
Norman Mattoon Thomas [7]
Socialist
Earl Russell Browder [7]
Communist
MarginTotal votes cast [8]
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 5,82263.23%3,24935.28%1191.29%150.16%30.03%2,57327.94%9,208
Allen 39,15159.19%24,76537.44%2,0563.11%1360.21%380.06%14,38621.75%66,146
Bartholomew 8,53656.50%6,48442.92%500.33%340.23%30.02%2,05213.58%15,107
Benton 3,21150.72%2,98947.21%1251.97%60.09%00.00%2223.51%6,331
Blackford 4,21759.02%2,84539.82%680.95%150.21%00.00%1,37219.20%7,145
Boone 6,77553.80%5,73945.57%650.52%130.10%10.01%1,0368.23%12,593
Brown 1,58555.73%1,24443.74%80.28%50.18%20.07%34111.99%2,844
Carroll 4,67651.01%4,42648.28%600.65%10.01%40.04%2502.73%9,167
Cass 10,47553.93%8,52843.91%3841.98%310.16%40.02%1,94710.02%19,422
Clark 10,11663.64%5,53634.83%2131.34%290.18%20.01%4,58028.81%15,896
Clay 8,23556.09%6,33543.15%510.35%540.37%80.05%1,90012.94%14,683
Clinton 8,34053.02%7,26546.19%920.58%220.14%110.07%1,0756.83%15,730
Crawford 2,91952.89%2,58946.91%50.09%50.09%10.02%3305.98%5,519
Daviess 6,84850.84%6,45947.95%1230.91%370.27%30.02%3892.89%13,470
Dearborn 6,36656.56%4,66941.48%1931.71%250.22%30.03%1,69715.08%11,256
Decatur 4,88748.35%5,12650.72%760.75%150.15%30.03%-239-2.36%10,107
DeKalb 6,97053.50%5,84844.89%1821.40%250.19%20.02%1,1228.61%13,027
Delaware 19,04856.81%14,20742.37%1870.56%690.21%160.05%4,84114.44%33,527
Dubois 6,92766.87%3,01129.07%3933.79%270.26%10.01%3,91637.80%10,359
Elkhart 14,47347.65%14,89649.05%8752.88%1000.33%270.09%-423-1.39%30,371
Fayette 5,75652.70%5,06746.39%750.69%210.19%30.03%6896.31%10,922
Floyd 10,65458.79%6,97638.50%4252.35%630.35%30.02%3,67820.30%18,121
Fountain 5,61754.45%4,66345.20%260.25%90.09%10.01%9549.25%10,316
Franklin 3,89154.31%2,95241.21%3114.34%90.13%10.01%93913.11%7,164
Fulton 4,32248.00%4,54150.43%1251.39%130.14%30.03%-219-2.43%9,004
Gibson 9,39256.21%7,07842.36%1721.03%430.26%250.15%2,31413.85%16,710
Grant 13,65552.00%11,77444.84%7222.75%870.33%220.08%1,8817.16%26,260
Greene 9,73056.10%7,46043.01%500.29%730.42%310.18%2,27013.09%17,344
Hamilton 5,39641.93%7,32356.90%1391.08%120.09%00.00%-1,927-14.97%12,870
Hancock 5,96258.57%4,17441.00%330.32%110.11%00.00%1,78817.56%10,180
Harrison 5,02555.92%3,88543.23%640.71%100.11%20.02%1,14012.69%8,986
Hendricks 5,23747.19%5,77652.05%630.57%200.18%10.01%-539-4.86%11,097
Henry 10,17252.38%9,09946.85%990.51%440.23%60.03%1,0735.53%19,420
Howard 12,28854.99%9,53442.67%4251.90%860.38%130.06%2,75412.32%22,346
Huntington 8,36153.26%7,02444.75%2751.75%340.22%30.02%1,3378.52%15,697
Jackson 8,01861.50%4,95137.98%340.26%330.25%10.01%3,06723.53%13,037
Jasper 3,10946.26%3,54052.67%590.88%100.15%30.04%-431-6.41%6,721
Jay 6,53554.61%5,23343.73%1781.49%180.15%30.03%1,30210.88%11,967
Jefferson 4,80547.08%5,32052.12%690.68%120.12%10.01%-515-5.05%10,207
Jennings 3,15746.27%3,59452.67%630.92%60.09%30.04%-437-6.40%6,823
Johnson 6,93456.24%5,31543.11%660.54%130.11%10.01%1,61913.13%12,329
Knox 13,66961.02%8,58938.34%530.24%620.28%270.12%5,08022.68%22,400
Kosciusko 6,89045.39%8,18253.90%940.62%110.07%20.01%-1,292-8.51%15,179
LaGrange 2,82146.69%3,12551.72%851.41%90.15%20.03%-304-5.03%6,042
Lake 68,55166.07%33,68932.47%1,0641.03%2440.24%2020.19%34,86233.60%103,750
LaPorte 15,35956.07%11,72242.79%2380.87%630.23%100.04%3,63713.28%27,392
Lawrence 8,06244.35%9,98254.91%1110.61%220.12%10.01%-1,920-10.56%18,178
Madison 27,34761.46%16,64437.41%3910.88%880.20%250.06%10,70324.05%44,495
Marion 124,96157.71%87,79840.54%2,9531.36%6690.31%1690.08%37,16317.16%216,550
Marshall 6,65151.28%6,11847.17%1821.40%190.15%10.01%5334.11%12,971
Martin 2,92352.70%2,58346.57%320.58%70.13%10.02%3406.13%5,546
Miami 8,17354.05%6,74744.62%1330.88%610.40%80.05%1,4269.43%15,122
Monroe 9,22050.91%8,84248.82%240.13%190.10%50.03%3782.09%18,110
Montgomery 8,05351.79%7,36947.39%590.38%590.38%90.06%6844.40%15,549
Morgan 5,45148.12%5,79351.14%630.56%180.16%30.03%-342-3.02%11,328
Newton 2,43044.93%2,93754.31%180.33%210.39%20.04%-507-9.37%5,408
Noble 5,99050.18%5,76048.26%1651.38%160.13%50.04%2301.93%11,936
Ohio 1,36257.13%1,02242.87%00.00%00.00%00.00%34014.26%2,384
Orange 4,54946.94%5,10652.68%310.32%60.06%00.00%-557-5.75%9,692
Owen 3,49852.62%3,09146.50%400.60%150.23%40.06%4076.12%6,648
Parke 4,81150.42%4,66548.89%210.22%370.39%80.08%1461.53%9,542
Perry 4,75255.13%3,61941.99%2282.65%190.22%10.01%1,13313.15%8,619
Pike 4,95255.75%3,88543.74%310.35%130.15%10.01%1,06712.01%8,882
Porter 5,56046.58%6,27852.60%680.57%280.23%20.02%-718-6.02%11,936
Posey 5,63063.34%3,08834.74%1521.71%120.14%60.07%2,54228.60%8,888
Pulaski 3,27453.50%2,78045.42%310.51%350.57%00.00%4948.07%6,120
Putnam 6,17755.12%4,96144.27%240.21%410.37%40.04%1,21610.85%11,207
Randolph 6,48748.84%6,68250.30%910.69%200.15%30.02%-195-1.47%13,283
Ripley 5,54651.84%4,91945.98%2051.92%240.22%40.04%6275.86%10,698
Rush 5,99952.17%5,45747.45%340.30%80.07%20.02%5424.71%11,500
St. Joseph 43,13161.32%25,80736.69%1,1351.61%40.08%20.04%17,32424.63%70,339
Scott 2,69656.81%2,03442.86%100.21%140.10%10.01%66213.95%4,746
Shelby 8,55258.11%6,02640.95%1240.84%150.16%40.04%2,52617.16%14,717
Spencer 4,96651.32%4,56747.20%1241.28%1540.22%1120.16%3994.12%9,676
Starke 3,14352.11%2,84647.18%230.38%140.23%60.10%2974.92%6,032
Steuben 3,40245.09%3,99852.99%1331.76%110.15%10.01%-596-7.90%7,545
Sullivan 10,20367.33%4,68530.92%790.52%1611.06%260.17%5,51836.41%15,154
Switzerland 2,84056.06%2,21243.66%80.16%60.12%00.00%62812.40%5,066
Tippecanoe 12,73248.74%13,08150.08%2490.95%540.21%60.02%-349-1.34%26,122
Tipton 4,79654.88%3,84243.96%881.01%120.14%10.01%95410.92%8,739
Union 1,66250.17%1,63049.20%210.63%00.00%00.00%320.97%3,313
Vanderburgh 41,49072.68%14,72525.79%6551.15%1740.30%410.07%26,76546.89%57,085
Vermillion 7,18861.78%4,32037.13%560.48%420.36%290.25%2,86824.65%11,635
Vigo 33,01865.08%17,27834.05%2390.47%1390.27%640.13%15,74031.02%50,738
Wabash 6,20045.51%7,22353.02%1711.26%200.15%90.07%-1,023-7.51%13,623
Warren 2,24244.44%2,78055.10%130.26%90.18%10.02%-538-10.66%5,045
Warrick 5,34356.67%3,96842.08%1071.13%100.11%10.01%1,37514.58%9,429
Washington 4,76656.19%3,69043.50%220.26%30.04%10.01%1,07612.69%8,482
Wayne 13,69651.93%12,12645.98%4891.85%450.17%170.06%1,5705.95%26,373
Wells 6,18962.81%3,60636.59%480.49%90.09%20.02%2,58326.21%9,854
White 4,86352.57%4,24545.89%1321.43%100.11%00.00%6186.68%9,250
Whitley 5,11555.90%3,95943.27%620.68%130.14%10.01%1,15612.63%9,150
Totals934,97456.63%691,57041.89%19,4071.18%3,8560.23%1,0900.07%243,40414.74%1,650,897

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

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  2. "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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