1936 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1936 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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  1932 November 3, 1936 [1] 1940  

All 8 Washington 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 vote80
Popular vote459,579206,892
Percentage66.38%29.88%

Washington Presidential Election Results 1936.svg
County Results
Roosevelt
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%

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

Contents

Washington was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 66.38% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 29.88% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Roosevelt's 66.38 percent result is the best ever achieved by a Democratic presidential candidate in Washington state. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Adams County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5] This would also prove the last time Whitman County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate until Bill Clinton in 1992, as well as the last time a presidential candidate won every single county in the state. Roosevelt was the first Democrat to carry the state more than once, and the last until Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Washington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 459,579 66.38%
Republican Alf Landon 206,89229.88%
Union William Lemke 17,4632.52%
Socialist Norman Thomas 3,4960.50%
Communist Earl Browder 1,9070.28%
Christian William Pelley 1,5980.23%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 1,0410.15%
Socialist Labor John Aiken 3620.05%
Total votes692,338 100%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [6]
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 1,94473.06%65724.69%542.03%60.23%1,28748.37%2,661
Asotin 2,26165.67%91626.60%2356.83%310.90%1,34539.06%3,443
Benton 2,40253.06%1,61035.56%49710.98%180.40%79217.50%4,527
Chelan 8,03059.54%4,97536.89%4012.97%800.59%3,05522.65%13,486
Clallam 5,58666.36%2,40428.56%3604.28%680.81%3,18237.80%8,418
Clark 12,71468.52%4,86826.24%7954.28%1770.95%7,84642.29%18,554
Columbia 1,39157.67%80733.46%1938.00%210.87%58424.21%2,412
Cowlitz 10,14771.00%3,61725.31%4633.24%650.45%6,53045.69%14,292
Douglas 2,29066.47%1,02529.75%1012.93%290.84%1,26536.72%3,445
Ferry 1,13074.54%32021.11%593.89%70.46%81053.43%1,516
Franklin 1,78468.77%62223.98%1586.09%301.16%1,16244.80%2,594
Garfield 98358.55%65238.83%281.67%160.95%33119.71%1,679
Grant 4,56085.59%69413.03%571.07%170.32%3,86672.56%5,328
Grays Harbor 15,85173.31%5,05323.37%5762.66%1420.66%10,79849.94%21,622
Island 1,68759.97%92132.74%1294.59%762.70%76627.23%2,813
Jefferson 2,27966.54%1,06331.04%591.72%240.70%1,21635.50%3,425
King 138,59765.98%66,54431.68%1,8570.88%3,0471.45%72,05334.30%210,045
Kitsap 12,41475.94%3,44021.04%2421.48%2511.54%8,97454.90%16,347
Kittitas 5,04469.88%1,94126.89%1952.70%380.53%3,10342.99%7,218
Klickitat 2,54565.29%1,19030.53%1363.49%270.69%1,35534.76%3,898
Lewis 9,61957.58%5,88535.23%9325.58%2691.61%3,73422.35%16,705
Lincoln 3,62771.55%1,32526.14%1072.11%100.20%2,30245.41%5,069
Mason 3,08770.19%1,01523.08%2505.68%461.05%2,07247.11%4,398
Okanogan 5,62264.87%2,36727.31%6397.37%390.45%3,25537.56%8,667
Pacific 4,39568.17%1,73226.87%2644.09%560.87%2,66341.31%6,447
Pend Oreille 1,90366.19%81328.28%1334.63%260.90%1,09037.91%2,875
Pierce 48,98870.09%18,33126.23%1,4332.05%1,1391.63%30,65743.86%69,891
San Juan 77548.59%69043.26%1177.34%130.82%855.33%1,595
Skagit 9,63961.73%5,22233.44%5383.45%2161.38%4,41728.29%15,615
Skamania 1,86380.65%40617.58%261.13%150.65%1,45763.07%2,310
Snohomish 25,08170.51%8,88224.97%1,0412.93%5651.59%16,19945.54%35,569
Spokane 48,11768.62%19,95128.45%1,3101.87%7471.07%28,16640.17%70,125
Stevens 4,53665.41%1,98128.57%3525.08%660.95%2,55536.84%6,935
Thurston 10,64767.49%4,42528.05%5393.42%1641.04%6,22239.44%15,775
Wahkiakum 1,09869.36%41926.47%523.28%140.88%67942.89%1,583
Walla Walla 6,56256.23%4,58439.28%4874.17%370.32%1,97816.95%11,670
Whatcom 15,42859.90%9,03535.08%7963.09%4971.93%6,39324.82%25,756
Whitman 7,75364.75%3,95533.03%1821.52%830.69%3,79831.72%11,973
Yakima 17,20054.33%12,55539.66%1,6705.28%2320.73%4,64514.67%31,657
Totals459,57966.38%206,89229.88%17,4632.52%8,4041.21%252,68736.50%692,338

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