1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota County Results
Roosevelt
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Landon
40–50%
The1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the1936 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to theElectoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by theDemocratic candidate,incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state overKansas governor Alf Landon by a margin of 348,350 votes, or 30.83%—nearly doubling Landon's overall share of the state's vote. Nationally, Roosevelt was soundly re-elected, with 523 electoral votes and a landslide 24.26% lead over Landon in the popular vote. Landon carried only two states:Maine andVermont , whilst in Minnesota Landon won just three counties:Otter Tail County in the rural west,Carver County outside the Twin Cities, andFillmore County in the southeast of the state; of these, only Fillmore has ever voted Democratic in a presidential election since.[ 1]
Only five presidential nominees have ever won a greater percentage of the vote in Minnesota than Roosevelt did in 1936:Theodore Roosevelt in1904 (74%),Warren G. Harding in1920 (70.6%), Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 (63.8%),Abraham Lincoln in1860 (63.5%), andJames A. Garfield in1880 (62.3%)—every one of them going on to win the election nationally. As of the2024 election , this is the last election in which either major party candidate exceeded 80% of the vote in any Minnesota county, with Roosevelt doing so inLake County (ironically, the only county in the state that Roosevelt did not win in 1932, due to a strong showing bySocialist Norman Thomas ).
Roosevelt's 30.8% margin of victory over Landon remains the widest margin by which any Democrat has ever carried Minnesota in a presidential election.
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt Alfred Mossman Landon William Frederick Lemke[ 3] Various candidates Margin Total votes cast[ 4] # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 3,806 57.57% 2,466 37.30% 229 3.46% 110 1.66% 1,340 20.27% 6,611 Anoka 4,501 56.91% 2,586 32.70% 788 9.96% 34 0.43% 1,915 24.21% 7,909 Becker 6,473 68.38% 2,683 28.34% 249 2.63% 61 0.64% 3,790 40.04% 9,466 Beltrami 6,507 72.65% 2,182 24.36% 157 1.75% 111 1.24% 4,325 48.29% 8,957 Benton 3,111 53.52% 1,783 30.67% 905 15.57% 14 0.24% 1,328 22.85% 5,813 Big Stone 2,648 66.22% 1,116 27.91% 221 5.53% 14 0.35% 1,532 38.31% 3,999 Blue Earth 8,255 55.89% 5,550 37.58% 921 6.24% 43 0.29% 2,705 18.32% 14,769 Brown 6,637 64.64% 2,679 26.09% 899 8.76% 52 0.51% 3,958 38.55% 10,267 Carlton 7,136 75.29% 2,163 22.82% 81 0.85% 98 1.03% 4,973 52.47% 9,478 Carver 2,814 38.59% 3,095 42.44% 1,366 18.73% 17 0.23% -281 -3.85% 7,292 Cass 4,440 60.54% 2,634 35.91% 229 3.12% 31 0.42% 1,806 24.63% 7,334 Chippewa 4,027 61.40% 2,223 33.89% 268 4.09% 41 0.63% 1,804 27.50% 6,559 Chisago 3,360 55.26% 2,462 40.49% 229 3.77% 29 0.48% 898 14.77% 6,080 Clay 6,282 65.29% 2,880 29.93% 416 4.32% 43 0.45% 3,402 35.36% 9,621 Clearwater 3,208 75.34% 939 22.05% 92 2.16% 19 0.45% 2,269 53.29% 4,258 Cook 793 65.86% 387 32.14% 18 1.50% 6 0.50% 406 33.72% 1,204 Cottonwood 3,929 59.32% 2,509 37.88% 171 2.58% 14 0.21% 1,420 21.44% 6,623 Crow Wing 6,561 61.47% 3,611 33.83% 431 4.04% 70 0.66% 2,950 27.64% 10,673 Dakota 8,890 57.73% 4,043 26.26% 2,407 15.63% 58 0.38% 4,847 31.48% 15,398 Dodge 2,812 54.73% 2,138 41.61% 176 3.43% 12 0.23% 674 13.12% 5,138 Douglas 4,186 56.84% 2,681 36.41% 474 6.44% 23 0.31% 1,505 20.44% 7,364 Faribault 5,603 56.90% 3,773 38.32% 451 4.58% 20 0.20% 1,830 18.58% 9,847 Fillmore 4,764 45.79% 5,054 48.58% 559 5.37% 27 0.26% -290 -2.79% 10,404 Freeborn 7,378 59.96% 4,653 37.81% 245 1.99% 29 0.24% 2,725 22.15% 12,305 Goodhue 8,257 57.50% 5,682 39.57% 364 2.53% 58 0.40% 2,575 17.93% 14,361 Grant 2,358 57.87% 1,566 38.43% 121 2.97% 30 0.74% 792 19.44% 4,075 Hennepin 144,289 58.78% 81,206 33.08% 18,468 7.52% 1,517 0.62% 63,083 25.70% 245,480 Houston 3,156 51.74% 2,701 44.28% 221 3.62% 22 0.36% 455 7.46% 6,100 Hubbard 2,312 56.92% 1,618 39.83% 106 2.61% 26 0.64% 694 17.09% 4,062 Isanti 3,442 67.19% 1,437 28.05% 201 3.92% 43 0.84% 2,005 39.14% 5,123 Itasca 8,896 69.41% 3,592 28.03% 190 1.48% 139 1.08% 5,304 41.38% 12,817 Jackson 5,187 72.09% 1,676 23.29% 311 4.32% 21 0.29% 3,511 48.80% 7,195 Kanabec 2,579 63.09% 1,350 33.02% 133 3.25% 26 0.64% 1,229 30.06% 4,088 Kandiyohi 6,595 69.25% 2,500 26.25% 352 3.70% 77 0.81% 4,095 43.00% 9,524 Kittson 3,127 73.25% 1,080 25.30% 31 0.73% 31 0.73% 2,047 47.95% 4,269 Koochiching 5,065 77.77% 1,316 20.21% 84 1.29% 48 0.74% 3,749 57.56% 6,513 Lac qui Parle 3,243 54.09% 2,066 34.46% 679 11.32% 8 0.13% 1,177 19.63% 5,996 Lake 2,717 80.15% 617 18.20% 30 0.88% 26 0.77% 2,100 61.95% 3,390 Lake of the Woods 1,566 76.32% 385 18.76% 73 3.56% 28 1.36% 1,181 57.55% 2,052 Le Sueur 5,077 57.27% 2,849 32.14% 920 10.38% 19 0.21% 2,228 25.13% 8,865 Lincoln 2,662 61.42% 1,199 27.66% 448 10.34% 25 0.58% 1,463 33.76% 4,334 Lyon 5,163 61.29% 2,551 30.28% 695 8.25% 15 0.18% 2,612 31.01% 8,424 McLeod 4,449 55.21% 2,941 36.50% 635 7.88% 33 0.41% 1,508 18.71% 8,058 Mahnomen 2,025 76.88% 474 18.00% 120 4.56% 15 0.57% 1,551 58.88% 2,634 Marshall 4,802 70.08% 1,904 27.79% 116 1.69% 30 0.44% 2,898 42.29% 6,852 Martin 6,492 66.08% 3,090 31.45% 215 2.19% 28 0.28% 3,402 34.63% 9,825 Meeker 4,242 56.25% 2,479 32.87% 797 10.57% 24 0.32% 1,763 23.38% 7,542 Mille Lacs 3,767 60.56% 2,091 33.62% 333 5.35% 29 0.47% 1,676 26.95% 6,220 Morrison 6,112 62.06% 2,682 27.23% 1,022 10.38% 32 0.32% 3,430 34.83% 9,848 Mower 8,228 61.01% 4,743 35.17% 467 3.46% 49 0.36% 3,485 25.84% 13,487 Murray 3,926 67.05% 1,601 27.34% 316 5.40% 12 0.20% 2,325 39.71% 5,855 Nicollet 4,136 59.06% 2,360 33.70% 488 6.97% 19 0.27% 1,776 25.36% 7,003 Nobles 4,919 60.94% 2,601 32.22% 531 6.58% 21 0.26% 2,318 28.72% 8,072 Norman 3,778 68.67% 1,570 28.54% 89 1.62% 65 1.18% 2,208 40.13% 5,502 Olmsted 8,958 60.04% 5,316 35.63% 583 3.91% 62 0.42% 3,642 24.41% 14,919 Otter Tail 8,642 47.72% 8,899 49.14% 438 2.42% 131 0.72% -257 -1.42% 18,110 Pennington 3,736 72.47% 1,258 24.40% 100 1.94% 61 1.18% 2,478 48.07% 5,155 Pine 5,797 67.11% 2,452 28.39% 309 3.58% 80 0.93% 3,345 38.72% 8,638 Pipestone 3,026 58.53% 1,881 36.38% 250 4.84% 13 0.25% 1,145 22.15% 5,170 Polk 11,337 73.44% 3,751 24.30% 245 1.59% 104 0.67% 7,586 49.14% 15,437 Pope 3,200 61.05% 1,869 35.65% 159 3.03% 14 0.27% 1,331 25.39% 5,242 Ramsey 86,286 66.00% 30,553 23.37% 13,200 10.10% 689 0.53% 55,733 42.63% 130,728 Red Lake 2,057 77.53% 487 18.36% 89 3.35% 20 0.75% 1,570 59.18% 2,653 Redwood 4,965 55.34% 3,286 36.63% 691 7.70% 30 0.33% 1,679 18.71% 8,972 Renville 5,344 56.53% 3,049 32.25% 1,021 10.80% 39 0.41% 2,295 24.28% 9,453 Rice 5,928 48.09% 4,888 39.65% 1,473 11.95% 38 0.31% 1,040 8.44% 12,327 Rock 2,910 60.15% 1,752 36.21% 163 3.37% 13 0.27% 1,158 23.94% 4,838 Roseau 3,761 71.42% 1,326 25.18% 124 2.35% 55 1.04% 2,435 46.24% 5,266 Saint Louis 69,365 74.18% 22,332 23.88% 709 0.76% 1,104 1.18% 47,033 50.30% 93,510 Scott 3,861 58.87% 1,528 23.30% 1,153 17.58% 17 0.26% 2,333 35.57% 6,559 Sherburne 1,881 50.33% 1,623 43.43% 223 5.97% 10 0.27% 258 6.90% 3,737 Sibley 4,140 61.47% 2,184 32.43% 388 5.76% 23 0.34% 1,956 29.04% 6,735 Stearns 12,760 56.51% 5,262 23.30% 4,485 19.86% 73 0.32% 7,498 33.21% 22,580 Steele 4,481 54.49% 3,373 41.01% 362 4.40% 8 0.10% 1,108 13.47% 8,224 Stevens 2,352 59.42% 1,431 36.15% 167 4.22% 8 0.20% 921 23.27% 3,958 Swift 3,749 62.63% 1,618 27.03% 610 10.19% 9 0.15% 2,131 35.60% 5,986 Todd 5,627 56.26% 3,780 37.79% 575 5.75% 20 0.20% 1,847 18.47% 10,002 Traverse 2,297 73.06% 761 24.20% 82 2.61% 4 0.13% 1,536 48.85% 3,144 Wabasha 4,122 53.55% 2,663 34.60% 893 11.60% 19 0.25% 1,459 18.96% 7,697 Wadena 2,605 56.03% 1,898 40.83% 117 2.52% 29 0.62% 707 15.21% 4,649 Waseca 3,520 55.45% 2,482 39.10% 330 5.20% 16 0.25% 1,038 16.35% 6,348 Washington 6,768 57.80% 3,863 32.99% 1,030 8.80% 49 0.42% 2,905 24.81% 11,710 Watonwan 3,668 63.55% 1,930 33.44% 160 2.77% 14 0.24% 1,738 30.11% 5,772 Wilkin 2,428 61.66% 1,278 32.45% 220 5.59% 12 0.30% 1,150 29.20% 3,938 Winona 9,268 59.60% 5,353 34.42% 850 5.47% 80 0.51% 3,915 25.18% 15,551 Wright 5,363 47.25% 4,087 36.01% 1,842 16.23% 59 0.52% 1,276 11.24% 11,351 Yellow Medicine 3,921 58.71% 2,029 30.38% 717 10.74% 12 0.18% 1,892 28.33% 6,679 Totals 698,811 61.84% 350,459 31.01% 74,296 6.58% 6,407 0.57% 348,352 30.83% 1,129,973
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