1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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

All 11 Kentucky 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 vote110
Popular vote541,944369,702
Percentage58.51%39.92%

Kentucky 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 Kentucky took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 58.51 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.92 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]

In this election, Kentucky voted 5.65 percentage points more Republican the nation at-large. [5]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 541,944 58.51%
Republican Alf Landon 369,70239.92%
Union William Lemke 12,5011.35%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 9290.10%
Socialist Norman Thomas 6320.07%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 2940.03%
Communist Earl R. Browder 2040.02%
Total votes926,206 100%

Results by county

1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county
CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke [6]
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [7]
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 2,66944.12%3,37155.72%20.03%80.13%-702-11.60%6,050
Allen 2,42244.00%3,07055.77%30.05%100.18%-648-11.77%5,505
Anderson 2,45464.16%1,36035.56%20.05%90.24%1,09428.60%3,825
Ballard 3,52381.87%77317.96%20.05%50.12%2,75063.91%4,303
Barren 5,13760.34%3,35239.38%40.05%200.23%1,78520.97%8,513
Bath 2,79561.70%1,72538.08%10.02%90.20%1,07023.62%4,530
Bell 5,85355.95%4,57343.71%20.02%330.32%1,28012.24%10,461
Boone 2,78571.14%1,04226.62%822.09%60.15%1,74344.52%3,915
Bourbon 3,87260.84%2,47138.83%100.16%110.17%1,40122.01%6,364
Boyd 9,76259.19%6,65040.32%430.26%370.22%3,11218.87%16,492
Boyle 4,14862.79%2,43136.80%50.08%220.33%1,71725.99%6,606
Bracken 1,95656.79%1,43641.70%381.10%140.41%52015.10%3,444
Breathitt 3,98068.85%1,79030.96%10.02%100.17%2,19037.88%5,781
Breckinridge 3,23351.94%2,89846.55%350.56%590.95%3355.38%6,225
Bullitt 2,47478.89%64720.63%70.22%80.26%1,82758.26%3,136
Butler 1,23732.26%2,59467.64%10.03%30.08%-1,357-35.38%3,835
Caldwell 2,69955.67%2,12143.75%180.37%100.21%57811.92%4,848
Calloway 5,52385.34%93914.51%30.05%70.11%4,58470.83%6,472
Campbell 16,78055.57%10,32734.20%2,9849.88%1030.34%6,45321.37%30,194
Carlisle 2,15082.69%42016.15%250.96%50.19%1,73066.54%2,600
Carroll 2,71876.63%79422.39%250.70%100.28%1,92454.24%3,547
Carter 3,40343.57%4,37255.98%180.23%170.22%-969-12.41%7,810
Casey 1,92534.77%3,58864.81%70.13%160.29%-1,663-30.04%5,536
Christian 6,66055.36%5,37044.64%00.00%00.00%1,29010.72%12,030
Clark 4,39666.02%2,24633.73%60.09%110.17%2,15032.29%6,659
Clay 1,57227.78%4,08772.22%00.00%00.00%-2,515-44.44%5,659
Clinton 70124.61%2,14775.39%00.00%00.00%-1,446-50.77%2,848
Crittenden 1,92644.02%2,44155.79%40.09%40.09%-515-11.77%4,375
Cumberland 93530.51%2,12769.40%20.07%10.03%-1,192-38.89%3,065
Daviess 9,95764.88%4,63630.21%736 [note 1] 4.80%18 [note 1] 0.12%5,32134.67%15,347
Edmonson 1,32934.43%2,52665.44%50.13%00.00%-1,197-31.01%3,860
Elliott 1,53976.23%48023.77%00.00%00.00%1,05952.45%2,019
Estill 2,64647.33%2,93152.43%20.04%110.20%-285-5.10%5,590
Fayette 14,42855.12%11,54444.10%1300.50%730.28%2,88411.02%26,175
Fleming 2,87950.96%2,74948.66%120.21%90.16%1302.30%5,649
Floyd 7,96270.23%3,37529.77%00.00%00.00%4,58740.46%11,337
Franklin 6,22275.35%2,01024.34%180.22%80.10%4,21251.01%8,258
Fulton 3,72782.35%78217.28%60.13%110.24%2,94565.07%4,526
Gallatin 1,45677.65%40421.55%130.69%20.11%1,05256.11%1,875
Garrard 2,27650.19%2,25249.66%00.00%70.15%240.53%4,535
Grant 2,56064.99%1,35334.35%200.51%60.15%1,20730.64%3,939
Graves 9,23183.43%1,69215.29%1231.11%190.17%7,53968.13%11,065
Grayson 2,67647.76%2,90751.88%90.16%110.20%-231-4.12%5,603
Green 1,97045.69%2,33654.17%20.05%40.09%-366-8.49%4,312
Greenup 4,68654.12%3,97345.88%00.00%00.00%7138.23%8,659
Hancock 1,31754.38%1,08744.88%130.54%50.21%2309.50%2,422
Hardin 4,48065.75%2,28433.52%370.54%130.19%2,19632.23%6,814
Harlan 11,06059.56%7,51040.44%00.00%00.00%3,55019.12%18,570
Harrison 4,37871.20%1,75628.56%20.03%130.21%2,62242.64%6,149
Hart 3,34151.31%3,14748.33%50.08%180.28%1942.98%6,511
Henderson 6,83577.38%1,81120.50%1321.49%550.62%5,02456.88%8,833
Henry 3,54569.99%1,51629.93%30.06%10.02%2,02940.06%5,065
Hickman 2,54886.31%38513.04%130.44%60.20%2,16373.27%2,952
Hopkins 8,19369.21%3,60230.43%150.13%280.24%4,59138.78%11,838
Jackson 42010.87%3,44089.05%00.00%30.08%-3,020-78.18%3,863
Jefferson 85,74860.23%53,04337.26%3,1502.21%4280.30%32,70522.97%142,369
Jessamine 2,81357.38%2,06642.15%40.08%190.39%74715.24%4,902
Johnson 3,10641.81%4,30557.95%90.12%90.12%-1,199-16.14%7,429
Kenton 21,87963.11%8,88525.63%3,76810.87%1340.39%12,99437.48%34,666
Knott 3,48880.13%86519.87%00.00%00.00%2,62360.26%4,353
Knox 3,41940.97%4,92158.97%50.06%00.00%-1,502-18.00%8,345
Larue 2,30566.48%1,15133.20%70.20%40.12%1,15433.29%3,467
Laurel 2,67735.76%4,79864.08%60.08%60.08%-2,121-28.33%7,487
Lawrence 3,17551.81%2,94448.04%40.07%50.08%2313.77%6,128
Lee 1,44044.25%1,81255.69%00.00%20.06%-372-11.43%3,254
Leslie 61818.52%2,71681.39%00.00%30.09%-2,098-62.87%3,337
Letcher 6,24061.65%3,87138.24%50.05%60.06%2,36923.40%10,122
Lewis 1,98537.76%3,25561.92%90.17%80.15%-1,270-24.16%5,257
Lincoln 3,57552.37%3,21147.04%120.18%280.41%3645.33%6,826
Livingston 1,89764.37%1,03935.26%20.07%90.31%85829.11%2,947
Logan 4,91272.82%1,81226.86%50.07%160.24%3,10045.96%6,745
Lyon 1,86166.49%92933.19%50.18%40.14%93233.30%2,799
Madison 6,25950.57%6,03448.76%70.06%760.61%2251.82%12,376
Magoffin 2,55449.72%2,57750.17%20.04%40.08%-23-0.45%5,137
Marion 3,52668.52%1,56730.45%390.76%140.27%1,95938.07%5,146
Marshall 3,47275.09%1,14124.68%20.04%90.19%2,33150.41%4,624
Martin 81728.62%2,03771.35%10.04%00.00%-1,220-42.73%2,855
Mason 4,50356.52%3,31741.63%1221.53%250.31%1,18614.89%7,967
McCracken 10,55776.34%3,16022.85%540.39%580.42%7,39753.49%13,829
McCreary 1,10527.16%2,95372.57%30.07%80.20%-1,848-45.42%4,069
McLean 2,49664.35%1,33834.49%300.77%150.39%1,15829.85%3,879
Meade 2,10270.85%78526.46%732.46%70.24%1,31744.39%2,967
Menifee 1,12366.61%55933.16%40.24%00.00%56433.45%1,686
Mercer 3,65962.59%2,16136.97%50.09%210.36%1,49825.62%5,846
Metcalfe 1,74849.52%1,77750.34%20.06%30.08%-29-0.82%3,530
Monroe 1,35236.48%2,34563.28%50.13%40.11%-993-26.79%3,706
Montgomery 2,59460.79%1,64938.65%160.37%80.19%94522.15%4,267
Morgan 3,25671.86%1,26928.01%50.11%10.02%1,98743.85%4,531
Muhlenberg 6,38560.08%4,16839.22%600.56%150.14%2,21720.86%10,628
Nelson 4,23466.59%1,91330.09%1882.96%230.36%2,32136.51%6,358
Nicholas 2,32564.23%1,27735.28%80.22%100.28%1,04828.95%3,620
Ohio 4,03046.92%4,53252.77%90.10%180.21%-502-5.84%8,589
Oldham 2,02072.30%76027.20%70.25%70.25%1,26045.10%2,794
Owen 3,39283.44%66116.26%60.15%60.15%2,73167.18%4,065
Owsley 46416.95%2,27383.02%10.04%00.00%-1,809-66.07%2,738
Pendleton 2,43256.41%1,83742.61%210.49%210.49%59513.80%4,311
Perry 6,75359.45%4,59540.45%60.05%50.04%2,15819.00%11,359
Pike 11,38258.06%8,21041.88%10.01%100.05%3,17216.18%19,603
Powell 1,18553.94%99845.43%00.00%140.64%1878.51%2,197
Pulaski 4,71138.29%7,57061.52%50.04%190.15%-2,859-23.23%12,305
Robertson 89763.93%49835.50%10.07%70.50%39928.44%1,403
Rockcastle 1,56828.81%3,87571.19%00.00%00.00%-2,307-42.38%5,443
Rowan 1,98953.99%1,68745.79%30.08%50.14%3028.20%3,684
Russell 1,23531.33%2,68868.19%30.08%160.41%-1,453-36.86%3,942
Scott 3,96667.93%1,86131.88%40.07%70.12%2,10536.06%5,838
Shelby 4,38469.40%1,89830.05%120.19%230.36%2,48639.35%6,317
Simpson 3,02770.72%1,24028.97%10.02%120.28%1,78741.75%4,280
Spencer 1,64771.80%63827.81%70.31%20.09%1,00943.98%2,294
Taylor 2,73249.75%2,73849.86%00.00%210.38%-6-0.11%5,491
Todd 2,98771.53%1,17828.21%10.02%100.24%1,80943.32%4,176
Trigg 2,92865.53%1,52134.04%150.34%40.09%1,40731.49%4,468
Trimble 1,65985.16%27113.91%40.21%140.72%1,38871.25%1,948
Union 4,71381.47%96516.68%1041.80%30.05%3,74864.79%5,785
Warren 8,11364.83%4,34734.74%160.13%380.30%3,76630.09%12,514
Washington 2,51650.90%2,39148.37%230.47%130.26%1252.53%4,943
Wayne 2,54646.46%2,92453.36%40.07%60.11%-378-6.90%5,480
Webster 4,78870.49%1,98329.20%50.07%160.24%2,80541.30%6,792
Whitley 3,17535.59%5,73364.27%40.04%80.09%-2,558-28.68%8,920
Wolfe 1,57761.87%97238.13%00.00%00.00%60523.73%2,549
Woodford 2,57462.20%1,55837.65%30.07%30.07%1,01624.55%4,138
Totals541,94458.51%369,70239.92%12,5011.35%2,0590.22%172,24218.60%926,214

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. 1 2 Totals for Lemke and “other” candidates in this county are different from those in Géoelections, whose Lemke figure is greater than the total non-major-party vote from America at the Polls. They have been adjusted to match the totals found in Dave Leip’s Atlas.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936" . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  6. Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 with data on request)
  7. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 178-179 ISBN   0405077114