1936 United States presidential election in Montana

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1936 United States presidential election in Montana

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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 vote 4 0 Popular vote 159,690 63,598 Percentage 69.28% 27.59%

County results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% 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. 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 only presidential candidate ever to sweep every county in the state. [1] As of the 2024 presidential election [update] , 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 (incumbent) 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 [a] [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 Totals 159,690 69.45% 63,021 27.41% 5,539 2.41% 1,675 0.73% 96,669 42.04% 229,925 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Sweet Grass See also United States presidential elections in Montana Notes There are some internal differences between these sources used to compile this table, so the figures given may not be perfectly exact. References Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 437 ISBN   0313257957 Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Montana Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request) Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 271 ISBN   0405077114 This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.