1936 United States presidential election in Idaho
The 1936 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Idaho was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 62.96 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 33.19 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Ada County, Canyon County, Gooding County, Jerome County, Lincoln County, Payette County and Twin Falls County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5][6]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 125,683 | 62.96% | |
Republican | Alf Landon | 66,256 | 33.19% | |
Union | William Lemke | 7,678 | 3.85% | |
Total votes | 199,617 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke Union |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Ada | 12,027 | 58.46% | 7,581 | 36.85% | 966 | 4.70% | 4,446 | 21.61% | 20,574 |
Adams | 770 | 59.41% | 434 | 33.49% | 92 | 7.10% | 336 | 25.93% | 1,296 |
Bannock | 9,443 | 70.51% | 3,830 | 28.60% | 120 | 0.90% | 5,613 | 41.91% | 13,393 |
Bear Lake | 2,078 | 59.61% | 1,404 | 40.28% | 4 | 0.11% | 674 | 19.33% | 3,486 |
Benewah | 1,906 | 65.70% | 897 | 30.92% | 98 | 3.38% | 1,009 | 34.78% | 2,901 |
Bingham | 4,215 | 62.42% | 2,354 | 34.86% | 184 | 2.72% | 1,861 | 27.56% | 6,753 |
Blaine | 1,361 | 64.59% | 735 | 34.88% | 11 | 0.52% | 626 | 29.71% | 2,107 |
Boise | 780 | 65.55% | 368 | 30.92% | 42 | 3.53% | 412 | 34.62% | 1,190 |
Bonner | 3,521 | 58.75% | 2,016 | 33.64% | 456 | 7.61% | 1,505 | 25.11% | 5,993 |
Bonneville | 5,439 | 69.85% | 2,213 | 28.42% | 135 | 1.73% | 3,226 | 41.43% | 7,787 |
Boundary | 1,304 | 60.31% | 732 | 33.86% | 126 | 5.83% | 572 | 26.46% | 2,162 |
Butte | 546 | 62.83% | 312 | 35.90% | 11 | 1.27% | 234 | 26.93% | 869 |
Camas | 442 | 60.47% | 274 | 37.48% | 15 | 2.05% | 168 | 22.98% | 731 |
Canyon | 8,290 | 56.99% | 4,910 | 33.75% | 1,347 | 9.26% | 3,380 | 23.24% | 14,547 |
Caribou | 640 | 66.53% | 321 | 33.37% | 1 | 0.10% | 319 | 33.16% | 962 |
Cassia | 3,100 | 64.62% | 1,629 | 33.96% | 68 | 1.42% | 1,471 | 30.66% | 4,797 |
Clark | 272 | 46.90% | 304 | 52.41% | 4 | 0.69% | -32 | -5.52% | 580 |
Clearwater | 1,959 | 66.95% | 812 | 27.75% | 155 | 5.30% | 1,147 | 39.20% | 2,926 |
Custer | 875 | 61.58% | 530 | 37.30% | 16 | 1.13% | 345 | 24.28% | 1,421 |
Elmore | 1,567 | 65.84% | 688 | 28.91% | 125 | 5.25% | 879 | 36.93% | 2,380 |
Franklin | 2,255 | 61.44% | 1,396 | 38.04% | 19 | 0.52% | 859 | 23.41% | 3,670 |
Fremont | 2,904 | 66.51% | 1,423 | 32.59% | 39 | 0.89% | 1,481 | 33.92% | 4,366 |
Gem | 2,468 | 69.17% | 879 | 24.64% | 221 | 6.19% | 1,589 | 44.53% | 3,568 |
Gooding | 2,100 | 56.68% | 1,505 | 40.62% | 100 | 2.70% | 595 | 16.06% | 3,705 |
Idaho | 3,104 | 62.97% | 1,535 | 31.14% | 290 | 5.88% | 1,569 | 31.83% | 4,929 |
Jefferson | 2,776 | 71.84% | 1,037 | 26.84% | 51 | 1.32% | 1,739 | 45.01% | 3,864 |
Jerome | 2,374 | 62.84% | 1,297 | 34.33% | 107 | 2.83% | 1,077 | 28.51% | 3,778 |
Kootenai | 5,752 | 63.92% | 2,586 | 28.74% | 661 | 7.35% | 3,166 | 35.18% | 8,999 |
Latah | 4,359 | 58.45% | 2,838 | 38.05% | 261 | 3.50% | 1,521 | 20.39% | 7,458 |
Lemhi | 1,648 | 61.82% | 943 | 35.37% | 75 | 2.81% | 705 | 26.44% | 2,666 |
Lewis | 1,612 | 74.35% | 507 | 23.39% | 49 | 2.26% | 1,105 | 50.97% | 2,168 |
Lincoln | 916 | 53.22% | 766 | 44.51% | 39 | 2.27% | 150 | 8.72% | 1,721 |
Madison | 2,455 | 68.35% | 1,114 | 31.01% | 23 | 0.64% | 1,341 | 37.33% | 3,592 |
Minidoka | 2,095 | 67.65% | 948 | 30.61% | 54 | 1.74% | 1,147 | 37.04% | 3,097 |
Nez Perce | 5,705 | 71.45% | 1,988 | 24.90% | 292 | 3.66% | 3,717 | 46.55% | 7,985 |
Oneida | 1,673 | 63.42% | 955 | 36.20% | 10 | 0.38% | 718 | 27.22% | 2,638 |
Owyhee | 1,106 | 64.00% | 500 | 28.94% | 122 | 7.06% | 606 | 35.07% | 1,728 |
Payette | 1,677 | 45.78% | 1,524 | 41.61% | 462 | 12.61% | 153 | 4.18% | 3,663 |
Power | 1,075 | 59.33% | 708 | 39.07% | 29 | 1.60% | 367 | 20.25% | 1,812 |
Shoshone | 5,377 | 70.92% | 2,146 | 28.30% | 59 | 0.78% | 3,231 | 42.61% | 7,582 |
Teton | 834 | 59.19% | 542 | 38.47% | 33 | 2.34% | 292 | 20.72% | 1,409 |
Twin Falls | 7,476 | 58.28% | 4,966 | 38.71% | 386 | 3.01% | 2,510 | 19.57% | 12,828 |
Valley | 1,260 | 63.64% | 575 | 29.04% | 145 | 7.32% | 685 | 34.60% | 1,980 |
Washington | 2,147 | 60.38% | 1,234 | 34.70% | 175 | 4.92% | 913 | 25.67% | 3,556 |
Totals | 125,683 | 62.96% | 66,256 | 33.19% | 7,678 | 3.85% | 59,427 | 29.77% | 199,617 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho". Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 178-179 ISBN 0786422173
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 119 ISBN 0405077114