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The1936 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Washington was won byincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice PresidentJohn Nance Garner, with 66.38% of the popular vote, againstGovernorAlf Landon (R–Kansas), running withFrank 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 the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichAdams County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] This would also prove the last timeWhitman County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate untilBill Clinton in1992, 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 untilBill Clinton in1992 and1996.
| 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% | ||
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Alfred Mossman Landon Republican | William Frederick Lemke Union | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
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