1936 Presidential Election Results

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1936 presidential election with 523 of 531 electoral votes, defeating Alf Landon (Republican, 8). Roosevelt also won the popular vote with 62.5%.

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Results by state

StateEVRooseveltLandonVotes cast
Alabama1187.1%238,19611 EV12.9%35,358273,554
Arkansas982.1%146,7659 EV17.9%32,039178,804
Arizona372.2%86,7223 EV27.8%33,433120,155
California2267.9%1,766,83622 EV32.1%836,4312,603,267
Colorado661.9%295,0216 EV38.1%181,267476,288
Connecticut857.8%382,1898 EV42.2%278,685660,874
Delaware356.3%69,7023 EV43.7%54,014123,716
Florida776.1%249,1177 EV23.9%78,248327,365
Georgia1287.4%255,36412 EV12.6%36,942292,306
Iowa1156.0%621,75611 EV44.0%487,9771,109,733
Idaho465.5%125,6834 EV34.5%66,256191,939
Illinois2959.3%2,282,99929 EV40.8%1,570,3933,853,392
Indiana1457.5%934,97414 EV42.5%691,5701,626,544
Kansas953.9%464,5209 EV46.1%397,727862,247
Kentucky1159.5%541,94411 EV40.6%369,702911,646
Louisiana1088.8%292,89410 EV11.2%36,791329,685
Massachusetts1755.1%942,71617 EV44.9%768,6131,711,329
Maryland862.7%389,6128 EV37.3%231,435621,047
Maine542.8%126,33357.2%168,8235 EV295,156
Michigan1959.2%1,016,79419 EV40.8%699,7331,716,527
Minnesota1166.6%698,81111 EV33.4%350,4611,049,272
Missouri1561.4%1,111,04315 EV38.6%697,8911,808,934
Mississippi997.3%157,3189 EV2.8%4,443161,761
Montana471.5%159,6904 EV28.5%63,598223,288
North Carolina1373.4%616,14113 EV26.6%223,283839,424
North Dakota469.2%163,1484 EV30.8%72,751235,899
Nebraska758.4%347,4547 EV41.6%247,731595,185
New Hampshire450.9%108,4604 EV49.1%104,642213,102
New Jersey1660.1%1,083,85016 EV39.9%720,3221,804,172
New Mexico363.2%105,8383 EV36.8%61,710167,548
Nevada372.8%31,9253 EV27.2%11,92343,848
New York4760.2%3,293,22247 EV39.8%2,180,6705,473,892
Ohio2660.8%1,747,12226 EV39.2%1,127,7092,874,831
Oklahoma1167.2%501,06911 EV32.9%245,122746,191
Oregon568.5%266,7335 EV31.5%122,706389,439
Pennsylvania3658.2%2,353,78836 EV41.8%1,690,3004,044,088
Rhode Island456.9%165,2334 EV43.1%125,012290,245
South Carolina898.6%113,7918 EV1.4%1,646115,437
South Dakota456.0%160,1374 EV44.0%125,977286,114
Tennessee1169.1%327,08311 EV30.9%146,516473,599
Texas2387.6%734,48523 EV12.4%103,874838,359
Utah470.0%150,2464 EV30.1%64,555214,801
Virginia1170.5%234,98011 EV29.5%98,336333,316
Vermont343.4%62,12456.6%81,0233 EV143,147
Washington869.0%459,5798 EV31.0%206,892666,471
Wisconsin1267.8%802,98412 EV32.2%380,8281,183,812
West Virginia860.7%502,5828 EV39.3%325,486828,068
Wyoming361.8%62,6243 EV38.2%38,739101,363

Popular vote shares are of the votes for the candidates listed in the source. A dash under Votes cast means the state legislature chose the electors. Sources: the National Archives (electoral votes), the American Presidency Project and the Clerk of the House (popular vote).