1936 United States presidential election in Iowa

The 1936 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1936 United States presidential election in Iowa

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All 11 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
 
NomineeFranklin D. RooseveltAlf Landon
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Home stateNew YorkKansas
Running mateJohn Nance GarnerFrank Knox
Electoral vote110
Popular vote621,756487,977
Percentage54.41%42.70%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Iowa was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 54.41% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 42.70% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Sioux County, Lyon County and O'Brien County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][6] Iowa would not vote Democratic in a presidential election again until 1948.

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Iowa
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticFranklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 621,756 54.41%
RepublicanAlf Landon487,97742.70%
UnionWilliam Lemke29,6872.60%
SocialistNorman Thomas1,3730.12%
ProhibitionD. Leigh Colvin1,1820.10%
CommunistEarl R. Browder5060.04%
Socialist LaborJohn W. Aiken2520.02%
Total votes1,142,733 100%

Results by county

County[7]Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossmann Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke
Union
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Adair3,24347.95%3,43650.81%771.14%70.10%-193-2.85%6,763
Adams2,24942.69%2,95356.06%611.16%50.09%-704-13.36%5,268
Allamakee4,32749.38%4,05346.25%3704.22%130.15%2743.13%8,763
Appanoose6,59954.08%5,51145.16%390.32%540.44%1,0888.92%12,203
Audubon3,44859.05%2,34440.14%420.72%50.09%1,10418.91%5,839
Benton5,60656.43%4,14441.72%1451.46%390.39%1,46214.72%9,934
Black Hawk16,79353.01%13,66643.14%1,1333.58%890.28%3,1279.87%31,681
Boone7,08060.88%4,11035.34%3543.04%850.73%2,97025.54%11,629
Bremer5,05859.72%3,22038.02%1782.10%140.17%1,83821.70%8,470
Buchanan5,02550.79%4,73447.85%1271.28%80.08%2912.94%9,894
Buena Vista5,28760.18%3,33437.95%1291.47%350.40%1,95322.23%8,785
Butler3,78650.14%3,60447.73%1491.97%120.16%1822.41%7,551
Calhoun4,54459.02%3,02739.32%931.21%350.45%1,51719.70%7,699
Carroll6,28559.84%3,25931.03%9489.03%110.10%3,02628.81%10,503
Cass4,28443.00%5,62256.43%440.44%120.12%-1,338-13.43%9,962
Cedar4,38553.25%3,68644.76%1531.86%110.13%6998.49%8,235
Cerro Gordo9,69454.48%7,59942.71%4702.64%310.17%2,09511.77%17,794
Cherokee4,71660.11%2,90236.99%2132.72%140.18%1,81423.12%7,845
Chickasaw4,45856.67%3,14339.96%2423.08%230.29%1,31516.72%7,866
Clarke2,61349.65%2,57148.85%520.99%270.51%420.80%5,263
Clay4,69161.84%2,77436.57%1041.37%170.22%1,91725.27%7,586
Clayton6,73155.01%5,01741.00%4753.88%130.11%1,71414.01%12,236
Clinton12,26953.25%10,01643.47%7293.16%280.12%2,2539.78%23,042
Crawford5,72060.20%3,51436.98%2312.43%370.39%2,20623.22%9,502
Dallas6,34152.96%5,44245.45%1591.33%310.26%8997.51%11,973
Davis3,46354.86%2,81544.59%260.41%90.14%64810.26%6,313
Decatur4,13155.12%3,32744.40%260.35%100.13%80410.73%7,494
Delaware4,35048.09%4,48349.56%1952.16%180.20%-133-1.47%9,046
Des Moines7,01144.64%6,76343.06%1,80811.51%1230.78%2481.58%15,705
Dickinson3,39958.69%2,32240.10%540.93%160.28%1,07718.60%5,791
Dubuque16,29159.50%8,27530.22%2,73910.00%730.27%8,01629.28%27,378
Emmet3,15855.94%2,36241.84%1111.97%140.25%79614.10%5,645
Fayette7,21053.82%5,89143.97%2601.94%360.27%1,3199.85%13,397
Floyd4,24246.97%4,26747.25%4895.41%330.37%-25-0.28%9,031
Franklin3,99359.55%2,53037.73%1592.37%230.34%1,46321.82%6,705
Fremont4,30156.47%3,29143.21%130.17%120.16%1,01013.26%7,617
Greene3,96152.40%3,38444.77%1992.63%150.20%5777.63%7,559
Grundy3,91858.45%2,65639.62%1231.83%60.09%1,26218.83%6,703
Guthrie3,61944.30%4,15550.86%3774.61%190.23%-536-6.56%8,170
Hamilton5,43262.02%3,17436.24%1191.36%330.38%2,25825.78%8,758
Hancock3,93059.28%2,58539.00%1031.55%110.17%1,34520.29%6,629
Hardin5,42954.66%4,30643.35%1541.55%440.44%1,12311.31%9,933
Harrison6,20653.14%5,31445.50%1511.29%70.06%8927.64%11,678
Henry3,54242.82%4,48054.17%2232.70%260.31%-938-11.34%8,271
Howard3,86154.40%2,94741.52%2753.87%150.21%91412.88%7,098
Humboldt3,42059.00%2,26239.02%981.69%170.29%1,15819.98%5,797
Ida3,39763.70%1,83434.39%771.44%250.47%1,56329.31%5,333
Iowa4,16353.98%3,36043.57%1592.06%300.39%80310.41%7,712
Jackson4,88955.41%3,58140.59%3353.80%180.20%1,30814.82%8,823
Jasper8,31557.76%5,87540.81%1661.15%390.27%2,44016.95%14,395
Jefferson3,69046.47%4,03750.84%1892.38%250.31%-347-4.37%7,941
Johnson8,79459.65%5,62938.18%2621.78%580.39%3,16521.47%14,743
Jones5,05254.00%4,14144.26%1561.67%70.07%9119.74%9,356
Keokuk5,16252.26%4,49145.46%2032.06%220.22%6716.79%9,878
Kossuth8,07168.04%3,56930.09%2091.76%140.12%4,50237.95%11,863
Lee9,63049.85%8,95546.36%6873.56%450.23%6753.49%19,317
Linn19,72449.55%19,12948.06%8672.18%860.22%5951.49%39,806
Louisa2,85950.92%2,65547.28%931.66%80.14%2043.63%5,615
Lucas3,77351.11%3,41446.25%1582.14%370.50%3594.86%7,382
Lyon3,59060.40%2,26438.09%831.40%70.12%1,32622.31%5,944
Madison3,36544.22%4,18855.04%450.59%110.14%-823-10.82%7,609
Mahaska6,09451.97%5,27044.94%2892.46%730.62%8247.03%11,726
Marion6,74556.27%4,97541.51%2432.03%230.19%1,77014.77%11,986
Marshall6,29744.95%7,37752.66%2832.02%510.36%-1,080-7.71%14,008
Mills3,61051.02%3,42448.40%300.42%110.16%1862.63%7,075
Mitchell3,61054.67%2,76541.87%2153.26%130.20%84512.80%6,603
Monona5,34662.89%3,00835.39%1341.58%120.14%2,33827.51%8,500
Monroe4,20556.36%3,00140.22%2132.85%420.56%1,20416.14%7,461
Montgomery3,92046.77%4,39552.43%480.57%190.23%-475-5.67%8,382
Muscatine6,59349.52%6,33247.56%3282.46%600.45%2611.96%13,313
O'Brien5,13959.67%3,35038.90%1121.30%110.13%1,78920.77%8,612
Osceola2,81263.15%1,53934.56%902.02%120.27%1,27328.59%4,453
Page4,64641.03%6,62458.50%220.19%310.27%-1,978-17.47%11,323
Palo Alto4,51561.57%2,61335.63%1892.58%160.22%1,90225.94%7,333
Plymouth5,99452.37%4,13336.11%1,29711.33%210.18%1,86116.26%11,445
Pocahontas4,35763.89%2,27733.39%1712.51%140.21%2,08030.50%6,819
Polk44,27455.72%33,81942.56%1,0101.27%3570.45%10,45513.16%79,460
Pottawattamie16,25956.23%12,22342.28%3711.28%600.21%4,03613.96%28,913
Poweshiek4,74552.75%4,03744.88%1781.98%360.40%7087.87%8,996
Ringgold2,61543.62%3,31655.31%510.85%130.22%-701-11.69%5,995
Sac4,47255.74%3,43742.84%1021.27%120.15%1,03512.90%8,023
Scott20,73760.73%12,69137.17%6161.80%1010.30%8,04623.56%34,145
Shelby4,26451.80%3,49042.40%4695.70%80.10%7749.40%8,231
Sioux5,55352.05%4,54342.58%5645.29%90.08%1,0109.47%10,669
Story6,93351.02%6,35846.79%1861.37%1110.82%5754.23%13,588
Tama6,62557.50%4,73741.11%1411.22%190.16%1,88816.39%11,522
Taylor3,33744.23%4,14554.94%440.58%190.25%-808-10.71%7,545
Union3,93845.27%4,64753.42%1001.15%140.16%-709-8.15%8,699
Van Buren2,80443.66%3,53555.05%550.86%280.44%-731-11.38%6,422
Wapello10,57857.14%7,64741.31%2171.17%700.38%2,93115.83%18,512
Warren4,01145.55%4,64252.72%1091.24%430.49%-631-7.17%8,805
Washington4,37948.03%4,61950.66%1031.13%170.19%-240-2.63%9,118
Wayne3,77850.70%3,60948.43%390.52%260.35%1692.27%7,452
Webster9,88557.56%6,49437.81%7384.30%570.33%3,39119.74%17,174
Winnebago3,13352.86%2,59243.73%1823.07%200.34%5419.13%5,927
Winneshiek5,98053.48%4,48940.15%6826.10%300.27%1,49113.34%11,181
Woodbury26,84762.43%14,15732.92%1,8144.22%1840.43%12,69029.51%43,002
Worth2,97659.71%1,96439.41%370.74%70.14%1,01220.30%4,984
Wright5,17759.44%3,31138.01%2072.38%150.17%1,86621.42%8,710
Totals621,75654.41%487,97742.70%29,6872.60%3,2930.29%133,77911.71%1,142,713

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