1936 United States presidential election in Michigan

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1936 United States presidential election in Michigan
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All 19 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 19 0
Popular vote 1,016,794 699,733
Percentage 56.33% 38.76%
County Results
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Democratic incumbents president Franklin D. Roosevelt and vice president John Nance Garner, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon and his running mate Frank Knox by 317,061 votes, or a margin of 17.57%.[2][3]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Michigan
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 1,016,794 56.33%
Republican Alf Landon 699,733 38.76%
Union William Lemke 75,795 4.20%
Socialist Norman Thomas 8,208 0.45%
Communist Earl Browder 3,384 0.19%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 600 0.03%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 579 0.03%
Write-in 5 0.00%
Total votes 1,805,098 100%

Results by county

County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred Landon
Republican 		William Lemke
Union 		Norman Thomas
Socialist 		Earl Browder
Communist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Alcona 919 38.13% 1,276 52.95% 212 8.80% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -357 -14.81% 2,410
Alger 2,824 67.09% 1,291 30.67% 33 0.78% 12 0.29% 49 1.16% 0 0.00% 1,533 36.42% 4,209
Allegan 5,922 36.77% 9,247 57.41% 881 5.47% 32 0.20% 6 0.04% 18 0.11% -3,325 -20.64% 16,106
Alpena 3,231 45.66% 3,536 49.97% 283 4.00% 23 0.33% 2 0.03% 1 0.01% -305 -4.31% 7,076
Antrim 2,032 44.10% 2,391 51.89% 167 3.62% 13 0.28% 2 0.04% 3 0.07% -359 -7.79% 4,608
Arenac 1,761 50.90% 1,505 43.50% 176 5.09% 9 0.26% 5 0.14% 4 0.12% 256 7.40% 3,460
Baraga 2,218 51.16% 2,035 46.94% 48 1.11% 34 0.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 183 4.22% 4,335
Barry 3,880 41.92% 4,950 53.48% 376 4.06% 33 0.36% 7 0.08% 9 0.10% -1,070 -11.56% 9,255
Bay 13,789 55.41% 8,729 35.08% 2,292 9.21% 60 0.24% 7 0.03% 8 0.03% 5,060 20.33% 24,885
Benzie 1,686 46.09% 1,742 47.62% 203 5.55% 21 0.57% 3 0.08% 3 0.08% -56 -1.53% 3,658
Berrien 20,822 56.09% 15,321 41.27% 874 2.35% 92 0.25% 11 0.03% 5 0.01% 5,501 14.82% 37,125
Branch 5,425 47.69% 5,528 48.60% 383 3.37% 22 0.19% 8 0.07% 9 0.08% -103 -0.91% 11,375
Calhoun 20,231 55.96% 14,667 40.57% 1,047 2.90% 166 0.46% 25 0.07% 17 0.05% 5,564 15.39% 36,153
Cass 5,114 49.43% 4,525 43.74% 683 6.60% 16 0.15% 3 0.03% 4 0.04% 589 5.69% 10,345
Charlevoix 2,669 46.64% 2,814 49.18% 168 2.94% 65 1.14% 1 0.02% 5 0.09% -145 -2.53% 5,722
Cheboygan 3,016 50.19% 2,584 43.00% 379 6.31% 25 0.42% 1 0.02% 4 0.07% 432 7.19% 6,009
Chippewa 5,259 50.58% 4,901 47.13% 186 1.79% 22 0.21% 26 0.25% 4 0.04% 358 3.44% 10,398
Clare 1,494 40.29% 1,979 53.37% 217 5.85% 16 0.43% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% -485 -13.08% 3,708
Clinton 4,296 43.73% 4,915 50.04% 570 5.80% 36 0.37% 1 0.01% 5 0.05% -619 -6.30% 9,823
Crawford 876 58.67% 580 38.85% 25 1.67% 12 0.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 296 19.83% 1,493
Delta 8,954 64.93% 4,527 32.83% 192 1.39% 82 0.59% 32 0.23% 4 0.03% 4,427 32.10% 13,791
Dickinson 7,952 61.48% 4,563 35.28% 330 2.55% 60 0.46% 24 0.19% 5 0.04% 3,389 26.20% 12,934
Eaton 6,780 48.32% 6,649 47.39% 522 3.72% 69 0.49% 3 0.02% 8 0.06% 131 0.93% 14,031
Emmet 3,075 47.39% 2,893 44.58% 495 7.63% 24 0.37% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 182 2.80% 6,489
Genesee 49,891 67.48% 21,097 28.54% 2,578 3.49% 273 0.37% 75 0.10% 17 0.02% 28,794 38.95% 73,931
Gladwin 1,533 45.86% 1,645 49.21% 158 4.73% 6 0.18% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -112 -3.35% 3,343
Gogebic 8,461 63.82% 4,649 35.07% 16 0.12% 50 0.38% 79 0.60% 2 0.02% 3,812 28.75% 13,257
Grand Traverse 3,827 47.96% 3,676 46.07% 453 5.68% 18 0.23% 2 0.03% 4 0.05% 151 1.89% 7,980
Gratiot 5,457 48.30% 5,322 47.11% 432 3.82% 39 0.35% 1 0.01% 47 0.42% 135 1.19% 11,298
Hillsdale 5,023 41.11% 6,723 55.03% 429 3.51% 30 0.25% 3 0.02% 9 0.07% -1,700 -13.92% 12,217
Houghton 11,642 54.90% 9,345 44.07% 129 0.61% 23 0.11% 66 0.31% 1 0.00% 2,297 10.83% 21,206
Huron 3,949 35.24% 5,240 46.76% 1,966 17.54% 43 0.38% 4 0.04% 5 0.04% -1,291 -11.52% 11,207
Ingham 27,086 56.06% 19,434 40.23% 1,579 3.27% 167 0.35% 25 0.05% 22 0.05% 7,652 15.84% 48,313
Ionia 7,140 48.30% 6,487 43.88% 1,113 7.53% 34 0.23% 2 0.01% 6 0.04% 653 4.42% 14,782
Iosco 1,547 44.52% 1,768 50.88% 143 4.12% 12 0.35% 4 0.12% 1 0.03% -221 -6.36% 3,475
Iron 5,216 57.13% 3,834 41.99% 16 0.18% 17 0.19% 43 0.47% 4 0.04% 1,382 15.14% 9,130
Isabella 3,871 44.71% 4,051 46.79% 695 8.03% 26 0.30% 7 0.08% 8 0.09% -180 -2.08% 8,658
Jackson 19,288 52.86% 16,350 44.81% 687 1.88% 98 0.27% 40 0.11% 23 0.06% 2,938 8.05% 36,486
Kalamazoo 17,870 47.81% 17,824 47.68% 1,396 3.73% 151 0.40% 36 0.10% 103 0.28% 46 0.12% 37,380
Kalkaska 952 50.91% 855 45.72% 45 2.41% 17 0.91% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 97 5.19% 1,870
Kent 44,823 52.55% 36,633 42.94% 3,232 3.79% 449 0.53% 121 0.14% 46 0.05% 8,190 9.60% 85,304
Keweenaw 1,060 49.21% 1,070 49.68% 2 0.09% 9 0.42% 12 0.56% 1 0.05% -10 -0.46% 2,154
Lake 1,337 53.63% 1,091 43.76% 51 2.05% 9 0.36% 2 0.08% 3 0.12% 246 9.87% 2,493
Lapeer 3,868 41.31% 5,081 54.26% 372 3.97% 26 0.28% 1 0.01% 16 0.17% -1,213 -12.95% 9,364
Leelanau 1,542 45.29% 1,692 49.69% 158 4.64% 9 0.26% 3 0.09% 1 0.03% -150 -4.41% 3,405
Lenawee 8,299 38.72% 12,154 56.70% 893 4.17% 73 0.34% 4 0.02% 12 0.06% -3,855 -17.98% 21,435
Livingston 4,117 43.05% 5,117 53.51% 311 3.25% 18 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,000 -10.46% 9,563
Luce 1,297 51.57% 1,199 47.67% 4 0.16% 7 0.28% 6 0.24% 2 0.08% 98 3.90% 2,515
Mackinac 2,286 52.60% 1,984 45.65% 62 1.43% 10 0.23% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 302 6.95% 4,346
Macomb 17,593 60.05% 9,383 32.02% 2,168 7.40% 93 0.32% 50 0.17% 12 0.04% 8,210 28.02% 29,299
Manistee 4,542 54.40% 3,509 42.02% 256 3.07% 34 0.41% 8 0.10% 1 0.01% 1,033 12.37% 8,350
Marquette 11,994 60.44% 7,607 38.33% 138 0.70% 41 0.21% 59 0.30% 5 0.03% 4,387 22.11% 19,844
Mason 4,598 56.14% 3,224 39.37% 319 3.89% 28 0.34% 16 0.20% 5 0.06% 1,374 16.78% 8,190
Mecosta 2,621 41.33% 3,176 50.09% 516 8.14% 17 0.27% 8 0.13% 3 0.05% -555 -8.75% 6,341
Menominee 6,447 61.13% 3,556 33.72% 483 4.58% 45 0.43% 10 0.09% 5 0.05% 2,891 27.41% 10,546
Midland 3,751 47.14% 3,829 48.12% 334 4.20% 32 0.40% 6 0.08% 5 0.06% -78 -0.98% 7,957
Missaukee 1,385 43.79% 1,730 54.69% 40 1.26% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% 1 0.03% -345 -10.91% 3,163
Monroe 11,075 52.03% 8,330 39.14% 1,817 8.54% 31 0.15% 6 0.03% 25 0.12% 2,745 12.90% 21,284
Montcalm 4,950 45.31% 5,031 46.05% 851 7.79% 64 0.59% 1 0.01% 28 0.26% -81 -0.74% 10,925
Montmorency 958 53.28% 792 44.05% 37 2.06% 11 0.61% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 166 9.23% 1,798
Muskegon 17,252 63.58% 9,366 34.52% 328 1.21% 123 0.45% 51 0.19% 13 0.05% 7,886 29.06% 27,133
Newaygo 3,288 43.01% 3,930 51.41% 372 4.87% 46 0.60% 5 0.07% 3 0.04% -642 -8.40% 7,644
Oakland 40,329 54.50% 30,071 40.64% 3,139 4.24% 316 0.43% 97 0.13% 45 0.06% 10,258 13.86% 73,997
Oceana 2,902 49.51% 2,663 45.44% 264 4.50% 24 0.41% 5 0.09% 3 0.05% 239 4.08% 5,861
Ogemaw 1,774 49.21% 1,631 45.24% 179 4.97% 19 0.53% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 143 3.97% 3,605
Ontonagon 3,233 58.12% 2,162 38.86% 37 0.67% 15 0.27% 114 2.05% 2 0.04% 1,071 19.25% 5,563
Osceola 1,992 36.09% 3,107 56.29% 398 7.21% 17 0.31% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% -1,115 -20.20% 5,520
Oscoda 492 51.46% 456 47.70% 7 0.73% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 36 3.77% 956
Otsego 1,280 52.31% 1,102 45.03% 56 2.29% 6 0.25% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 178 7.27% 2,447
Ottawa 9,579 44.26% 11,114 51.35% 849 3.92% 85 0.39% 10 0.05% 8 0.04% -1,535 -7.09% 21,645
Presque Isle 2,905 63.08% 1,621 35.20% 65 1.41% 11 0.24% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 1,284 27.88% 4,605
Roscommon 782 46.44% 836 49.64% 51 3.03% 13 0.77% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% -54 -3.21% 1,684
Saginaw 22,592 54.56% 15,527 37.50% 3,059 7.39% 195 0.47% 15 0.04% 22 0.05% 7,065 17.06% 41,410
Sanilac 3,285 29.77% 6,975 63.20% 749 6.79% 20 0.18% 1 0.01% 6 0.05% -3,690 -33.44% 11,036
Schoolcraft 2,333 60.05% 1,430 36.81% 97 2.50% 19 0.49% 2 0.05% 4 0.10% 903 23.24% 3,885
Shiawassee 6,666 48.03% 6,017 43.36% 1,072 7.72% 46 0.33% 8 0.06% 69 0.50% 649 4.68% 13,878
St. Clair 12,663 45.58% 12,760 45.93% 2,280 8.21% 71 0.26% 2 0.01% 6 0.02% -97 -0.35% 27,782
St. Joseph 6,048 43.80% 7,160 51.85% 560 4.06% 30 0.22% 1 0.01% 10 0.07% -1,112 -8.05% 13,809
Tuscola 3,743 33.91% 6,188 56.07% 1,079 9.78% 22 0.20% 1 0.01% 4 0.04% -2,445 -22.15% 11,037
Van Buren 6,720 40.35% 9,110 54.70% 729 4.38% 57 0.34% 31 0.19% 8 0.05% -2,390 -14.35% 16,655
Washtenaw 13,589 46.05% 14,986 50.78% 727 2.46% 166 0.56% 33 0.11% 9 0.03% -1,397 -4.73% 29,510
Wayne 404,055 64.53% 190,732 30.46% 24,928 3.98% 3,958 0.63% 2,052 0.33% 395 0.06% 213,323 34.07% 626,120
Wexford 3,771 53.05% 3,153 44.35% 149 2.10% 20 0.28% 3 0.04% 13 0.18% 618 8.69% 7,109
Totals 1,016,794 56.33% 699,733 38.76% 75,795 4.20% 8,242 0.46% 3,369 0.19% 1,165 0.06% 317,061 17.56% 1,805,098

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-Eighth Term (1937-1941)". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1936