1936 United States presidential election in Montana

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1936 United States presidential election in Montana
Flag of Montana (1905-1981).svg
  1932 November 3, 1936 (1936-11-03) 1940  
  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 vote40
Popular vote159,69063,598
Percentage69.28%27.59%

Montana Presidential Election Results 1936.svg
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.

Contents

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 2020 presidential election , 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]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)159,69069.28%4
Republican Alf Landon 53,59827.59%0
Union William Lemke 5,5492.41%0
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,0660.46%0
Communist Earl Browder 3850.17%0
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 2240.10%0
Totals220,512100.00%4

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke [4]
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 1] [5]
# %# %# %# %# %
Beaverhead 2,15360.85%1,30436.86%752.12%60.17%84924.00%3,538
Big Horn 2,03763.94%1,08734.12%551.73%70.22%95029.82%3,186
Blaine 2,16670.46%85127.68%471.53%100.33%1,31542.78%3,074
Broadwater 1,07167.06%50231.43%191.19%50.31%56935.63%1,597
Carbon 3,11663.90%1,61733.16%971.99%460.94%1,49930.74%4,876
Carter 92965.70%46432.81%181.27%30.21%46532.89%1,414
Cascade 13,32574.91%4,07722.92%2561.44%1310.74%9,24851.99%17,789
Chouteau 2,73474.76%87824.01%210.57%240.66%1,85650.75%3,657
Custer 3,19667.81%1,38129.30%1082.29%280.59%1,81538.51%4,713
Daniels 1,59675.46%46722.08%271.28%251.18%1,12953.38%2,115
Dawson 2,16963.61%1,22135.81%90.26%110.32%94827.80%3,410
Deer Lodge 4,81373.49%1,64025.04%761.16%200.31%3,17348.45%6,549
Fallon 1,01561.11%59836.00%392.35%90.54%41725.11%1,661
Fergus 4,67569.31%1,82127.00%2123.14%370.55%2,85442.31%6,745
Flathead 5,40863.38%2,46028.83%5396.32%1251.47%2,94834.55%8,532
Gallatin 4,69765.53%2,15130.01%2863.99%340.47%2,54635.52%7,168
Garfield 99162.84%54834.75%311.97%70.44%44328.09%1,577
Glacier 2,45375.13%78123.92%210.64%100.31%1,67251.21%3,265
Golden Valley 47457.73%33140.32%121.46%40.49%14317.42%821
Granite 1,22771.17%47527.55%130.75%90.52%75243.62%1,724
Hill 4,32878.41%1,01418.37%1442.61%340.62%3,31460.04%5,520
Jefferson 1,40968.30%57327.78%612.96%200.97%83640.52%2,063
Judith Basin 1,53468.76%64528.91%311.39%210.94%88939.85%2,231
Lake 2,65660.06%1,40131.68%3417.71%240.54%1,25528.38%4,422
Lewis and Clark 5,61464.34%2,95133.82%1081.24%520.60%2,66330.52%8,725
Liberty 75871.17%27625.92%252.35%60.56%48245.26%1,065
Lincoln 2,11769.41%74524.43%1504.92%381.25%1,37244.98%3,050
Madison 1,81962.94%1,00634.81%521.80%130.45%81328.13%2,890
McCone 1,36678.55%33219.09%70.40%341.96%1,03459.46%1,739
Meagher 76759.92%49538.67%90.70%90.70%27221.25%1,280
Mineral 65768.44%21522.40%737.60%151.56%44246.04%960
Missoula 7,69071.18%2,69724.97%3253.01%910.84%4,99346.22%10,803
Musselshell 2,09269.41%77125.58%1053.48%461.53%1,32143.83%3,014
Park 2,96870.40%1,00623.86%2125.03%300.71%1,96246.54%4,216
Petroleum 52364.89%25832.01%253.10%00.00%26532.88%806
Phillips 2,55573.13%85024.33%702.00%190.54%1,70548.80%3,494
Pondera 2,21375.43%65822.43%451.53%180.61%1,55553.00%2,934
Powder River 75856.19%54540.40%332.45%130.96%21315.79%1,349
Powell 2,06070.69%79927.42%331.13%220.75%1,26143.27%2,914
Prairie 87764.34%45433.31%231.69%90.66%42331.03%1,363
Ravalli 2,85960.42%1,58033.39%2535.35%400.85%1,27927.03%4,732
Richland 2,51668.43%1,06628.99%832.26%120.33%1,45039.43%3,677
Roosevelt 2,92371.14%1,05225.60%1152.80%190.46%1,87145.53%4,109
Rosebud 1,62460.82%86632.43%1425.32%381.42%75828.39%2,670
Sanders 1,78865.37%71826.25%1816.62%481.76%1,07039.12%2,735
Sheridan 2,50379.01%51316.19%912.87%611.93%1,99062.82%3,168
Silver Bow 17,69778.23%4,52820.02%2010.89%1970.87%13,16958.21%22,623
Stillwater 1,29253.34%1,03442.69%783.22%180.74%25810.65%2,422
Sweet Grass 78350.71%66443.01%855.51%120.78%1197.71%1,544
Teton 1,91775.18%60423.69%230.90%60.24%1,31351.49%2,550
Toole 2,12073.51%65422.68%1013.50%90.31%1,46650.83%2,884
Treasure 39859.49%24436.47%253.74%20.30%15423.02%669
Valley 5,86283.07%99614.11%1442.04%550.78%4,86668.95%7,057
Wheatland 1,03762.51%60236.29%181.08%20.12%43526.22%1,659
Wibaux 79068.04%36231.18%60.52%30.26%42836.86%1,161
Yellowstone 8,57561.18%5,19337.05%1601.14%880.63%3,38224.13%14,016
Totals159,69069.45%63,02127.41%5,5392.41%1,6750.73%96,66942.04%229,925

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. There are some internal differences between these sources used to compile this table, so the figures given may not be perfectly exact.

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