1936 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1936 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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All 8 Washington 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 8 0
Popular vote 459,579 206,892
Percentage 66.38% 29.88%
County Results
Roosevelt
  40-50%
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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.

Washington was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 66.38% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), 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 2024 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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 459,579 66.38%
Republican Alf Landon 206,892 29.88%
Union William Lemke 17,463 2.52%
Socialist Norman Thomas 3,496 0.50%
Communist Earl Browder 1,907 0.28%
Christian William Pelley 1,598 0.23%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 1,041 0.15%
Socialist Labor John Aiken 362 0.05%
Total votes 692,338 100%

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican 		William Frederick Lemke
Union 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[6]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,944 73.06% 657 24.69% 54 2.03% 6 0.23% 1,287 48.37% 2,661
Asotin 2,261 65.67% 916 26.60% 235 6.83% 31 0.90% 1,345 39.06% 3,443
Benton 2,402 53.06% 1,610 35.56% 497 10.98% 18 0.40% 792 17.50% 4,527
Chelan 8,030 59.54% 4,975 36.89% 401 2.97% 80 0.59% 3,055 22.65% 13,486
Clallam 5,586 66.36% 2,404 28.56% 360 4.28% 68 0.81% 3,182 37.80% 8,418
Clark 12,714 68.52% 4,868 26.24% 795 4.28% 177 0.95% 7,846 42.29% 18,554
Columbia 1,391 57.67% 807 33.46% 193 8.00% 21 0.87% 584 24.21% 2,412
Cowlitz 10,147 71.00% 3,617 25.31% 463 3.24% 65 0.45% 6,530 45.69% 14,292
Douglas 2,290 66.47% 1,025 29.75% 101 2.93% 29 0.84% 1,265 36.72% 3,445
Ferry 1,130 74.54% 320 21.11% 59 3.89% 7 0.46% 810 53.43% 1,516
Franklin 1,784 68.77% 622 23.98% 158 6.09% 30 1.16% 1,162 44.80% 2,594
Garfield 983 58.55% 652 38.83% 28 1.67% 16 0.95% 331 19.71% 1,679
Grant 4,560 85.59% 694 13.03% 57 1.07% 17 0.32% 3,866 72.56% 5,328
Grays Harbor 15,851 73.31% 5,053 23.37% 576 2.66% 142 0.66% 10,798 49.94% 21,622
Island 1,687 59.97% 921 32.74% 129 4.59% 76 2.70% 766 27.23% 2,813
Jefferson 2,279 66.54% 1,063 31.04% 59 1.72% 24 0.70% 1,216 35.50% 3,425
King 138,597 65.98% 66,544 31.68% 1,857 0.88% 3,047 1.45% 72,053 34.30% 210,045
Kitsap 12,414 75.94% 3,440 21.04% 242 1.48% 251 1.54% 8,974 54.90% 16,347
Kittitas 5,044 69.88% 1,941 26.89% 195 2.70% 38 0.53% 3,103 42.99% 7,218
Klickitat 2,545 65.29% 1,190 30.53% 136 3.49% 27 0.69% 1,355 34.76% 3,898
Lewis 9,619 57.58% 5,885 35.23% 932 5.58% 269 1.61% 3,734 22.35% 16,705
Lincoln 3,627 71.55% 1,325 26.14% 107 2.11% 10 0.20% 2,302 45.41% 5,069
Mason 3,087 70.19% 1,015 23.08% 250 5.68% 46 1.05% 2,072 47.11% 4,398
Okanogan 5,622 64.87% 2,367 27.31% 639 7.37% 39 0.45% 3,255 37.56% 8,667
Pacific 4,395 68.17% 1,732 26.87% 264 4.09% 56 0.87% 2,663 41.31% 6,447
Pend Oreille 1,903 66.19% 813 28.28% 133 4.63% 26 0.90% 1,090 37.91% 2,875
Pierce 48,988 70.09% 18,331 26.23% 1,433 2.05% 1,139 1.63% 30,657 43.86% 69,891
San Juan 775 48.59% 690 43.26% 117 7.34% 13 0.82% 85 5.33% 1,595
Skagit 9,639 61.73% 5,222 33.44% 538 3.45% 216 1.38% 4,417 28.29% 15,615
Skamania 1,863 80.65% 406 17.58% 26 1.13% 15 0.65% 1,457 63.07% 2,310
Snohomish 25,081 70.51% 8,882 24.97% 1,041 2.93% 565 1.59% 16,199 45.54% 35,569
Spokane 48,117 68.62% 19,951 28.45% 1,310 1.87% 747 1.07% 28,166 40.17% 70,125
Stevens 4,536 65.41% 1,981 28.57% 352 5.08% 66 0.95% 2,555 36.84% 6,935
Thurston 10,647 67.49% 4,425 28.05% 539 3.42% 164 1.04% 6,222 39.44% 15,775
Wahkiakum 1,098 69.36% 419 26.47% 52 3.28% 14 0.88% 679 42.89% 1,583
Walla Walla 6,562 56.23% 4,584 39.28% 487 4.17% 37 0.32% 1,978 16.95% 11,670
Whatcom 15,428 59.90% 9,035 35.08% 796 3.09% 497 1.93% 6,393 24.82% 25,756
Whitman 7,753 64.75% 3,955 33.03% 182 1.52% 83 0.69% 3,798 31.72% 11,973
Yakima 17,200 54.33% 12,555 39.66% 1,670 5.28% 232 0.73% 4,645 14.67% 31,657
Totals 459,579 66.38% 206,892 29.88% 17,463 2.52% 8,404 1.21% 252,687 36.50% 692,338

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Washington". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ a b Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Candidates". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at General Election, Nov. 3, 1936. Olympia, Washington. p. 42.