1936 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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

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1936 United States presidential election in Wyoming
November 3, 1936
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alfred Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 62,624 38,739
Percentage 60.58% 37.47%
County Results
President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

 Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elections in Wyoming

Wyoming was won by the 44nd Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with the 39th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Nance Garner, with 60.58 percent of the popular vote, against the 26th governor of Kansas Alfred Landon (R–Kansas), running with future Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, with 37.47 percent of the popular vote.[1] Despite Landon losing by over 23 percent, Wyoming was nonetheless his strongest state in the West and voted overall 0.93 percent more Republican than the nation at large.

As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last occasion when the following counties have voted for a Democratic Presisdential candidate: Campbell, Converse, Niobrara, Sublette, Washakie and Weston.[2]

Results
1936 United States presidential election in Wyoming[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 62,624 60.58%
Republican Alfred Landon 38,739 37.47%
Union William Lemke 1,653 1.60%
Socialist Norman Thomas 200 0.19%
Communist Earl Browder 91 0.09%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 75 0.07%
Total votes 103,382 100.00%

Results by county
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic		 Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican		 William Frederick Lemke[3]
Union		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
Albany 3,685 66.53% 1,777 32.08% 49 0.88% 28 0.51% 1,908 34.45% 5,539
Big Horn 3,156 60.28% 1,996 38.12% 73 1.39% 11 0.21% 1,160 22.15% 5,236
Campbell 1,435 51.54% 1,322 47.49% 21 0.75% 6 0.22% 113 4.06% 2,784
Carbon 3,257 60.62% 2,041 37.99% 51 0.95% 24 0.45% 1,216 22.63% 5,373
Converse 1,639 50.42% 1,556 47.86% 34 1.05% 22 0.68% 83 2.55% 3,251
Crook 1,088 46.30% 1,218 51.83% 38 1.62% 6 0.26% -130 -5.53% 2,350
Fremont 3,050 55.12% 2,357 42.60% 107 1.93% 19 0.34% 693 12.52% 5,533
Goshen 2,639 55.55% 2,047 43.09% 47 0.99% 18 0.38% 592 12.46% 4,751
Hot Springs 1,419 61.19% 796 34.33% 89 3.84% 15 0.65% 623 26.87% 2,319
Johnson 949 40.68% 1,266 54.26% 109 4.67% 9 0.39% -317 -13.59% 2,333
Laramie 7,594 62.55% 4,356 35.88% 151 1.24% 39 0.32% 3,238 26.67% 12,140
Lincoln 2,747 66.03% 1,376 33.08% 31 0.75% 6 0.14% 1,371 32.96% 4,160
Natrona 7,819 65.67% 3,810 32.00% 241 2.02% 37 0.31% 4,009 33.67% 11,907
Niobrara 1,124 50.07% 1,086 48.37% 28 1.25% 7 0.31% 38 1.69% 2,245
Park 2,594 60.12% 1,618 37.50% 92 2.13% 11 0.25% 976 22.62% 4,315
Platte 1,730 50.79% 1,546 45.39% 108 3.17% 22 0.65% 184 5.40% 3,406
Sheridan 4,731 61.60% 2,726 35.49% 204 2.66% 19 0.25% 2,005 26.11% 7,680
Sublette 667 49.85% 638 47.68% 27 2.02% 6 0.45% 29 2.17% 1,338
Sweetwater 6,232 76.97% 1,797 22.19% 32 0.40% 36 0.44% 4,435 54.77% 8,097
Teton 795 58.80% 501 37.06% 51 3.77% 5 0.37% 294 21.75% 1,352
Uinta 1,972 65.41% 1,015 33.67% 21 0.70% 7 0.23% 957 31.74% 3,015
Washakie 1,109 56.50% 810 41.26% 34 1.73% 10 0.51% 299 15.23% 1,963
Weston 1,193 51.98% 1,084 47.23% 15 0.65% 3 0.13% 109 4.75% 2,295
Totals62,62460.58%38,73937.47%1,6531.60%3660.35%23,88523.10%103,382
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References
  1. "1936 Presidential Election Results Wyoming". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
  4. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 516 ISBN 0405077114
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