1936 United States presidential election in Ohio
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The 1936 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was decisively won by Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 57.99% of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Alf Landon, garnered a meager 37.44% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Allen County and Hancock County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Results
[edit]| 1936 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,747,140 | 57.99% | 26 | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 1,127,855 | 37.44% | 0 | |
| Union | William Lemke | 132,212 | 4.39% | 0 | |
| Communist | Earl Browder | 5,251 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Scattered | 131[a] | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,012,589 | 100.0% | 26 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[3] Union |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,832 | 49.55% | 5,910 | 50.21% | 22 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.05% | -78 | -0.66% | 11,770 |
| Allen | 16,500 | 49.12% | 15,079 | 44.89% | 2,002 | 5.96% | 11 | 0.03% | 1,421 | 4.23% | 33,592 |
| Ashland | 8,818 | 57.44% | 6,154 | 40.09% | 357 | 2.33% | 23 | 0.15% | 2,664 | 17.35% | 15,352 |
| Ashtabula | 14,468 | 48.21% | 14,025 | 46.73% | 1,453 | 4.84% | 64 | 0.21% | 443 | 1.48% | 30,010 |
| Athens | 13,205 | 57.61% | 9,509 | 41.48% | 191 | 0.83% | 17 | 0.07% | 3,696 | 16.12% | 22,922 |
| Auglaize | 7,835 | 54.77% | 5,526 | 38.63% | 940 | 6.57% | 4 | 0.03% | 2,309 | 16.14% | 14,305 |
| Belmont | 30,545 | 67.16% | 14,511 | 31.91% | 329 | 0.72% | 96 | 0.21% | 16,034 | 35.25% | 45,481 |
| Brown | 6,316 | 56.96% | 4,511 | 40.68% | 257 | 2.32% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,805 | 16.28% | 11,088 |
| Butler | 29,892 | 59.99% | 17,842 | 35.80% | 1,996 | 4.01% | 102 | 0.20% | 12,050 | 24.18% | 49,832 |
| Carroll | 3,801 | 45.59% | 4,440 | 53.26% | 94 | 1.13% | 2 | 0.02% | -639 | -7.66% | 8,337 |
| Champaign | 6,485 | 47.27% | 6,872 | 50.09% | 357 | 2.60% | 5 | 0.04% | -387 | -2.82% | 13,719 |
| Clark | 26,138 | 61.44% | 15,483 | 36.40% | 884 | 2.08% | 35 | 0.08% | 10,655 | 25.05% | 42,540 |
| Clermont | 9,204 | 53.29% | 7,608 | 44.05% | 444 | 2.57% | 14 | 0.08% | 1,596 | 9.24% | 17,270 |
| Clinton | 5,785 | 47.70% | 6,265 | 51.66% | 71 | 0.59% | 6 | 0.05% | -480 | -3.96% | 12,127 |
| Columbiana | 22,664 | 56.38% | 16,986 | 42.26% | 495 | 1.23% | 53 | 0.13% | 5,678 | 14.13% | 40,198 |
| Coshocton | 9,316 | 58.72% | 6,449 | 40.65% | 93 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.05% | 2,867 | 18.07% | 15,866 |
| Crawford | 10,955 | 59.48% | 6,638 | 36.04% | 810 | 4.40% | 16 | 0.09% | 4,317 | 23.44% | 18,419 |
| Cuyahoga | 311,117 | 65.44% | 128,947 | 27.12% | 33,128 | 6.97% | 2,226 | 0.47% | 182,170 | 38.32% | 475,418 |
| Darke | 11,114 | 54.79% | 8,375 | 41.29% | 788 | 3.89% | 6 | 0.03% | 2,739 | 13.50% | 20,283 |
| Defiance | 5,608 | 48.05% | 5,000 | 42.84% | 1,060 | 9.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 608 | 5.21% | 11,670 |
| Delaware | 7,045 | 47.90% | 7,364 | 50.06% | 297 | 2.02% | 3 | 0.02% | -319 | -2.17% | 14,709 |
| Erie | 10,376 | 55.43% | 6,869 | 36.69% | 1,452 | 7.76% | 23 | 0.12% | 3,507 | 18.73% | 18,720 |
| Fairfield | 12,322 | 59.16% | 8,062 | 38.70% | 430 | 2.06% | 16 | 0.08% | 4,260 | 20.45% | 20,830 |
| Fayette | 5,807 | 54.33% | 4,841 | 45.29% | 33 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.07% | 966 | 9.04% | 10,689 |
| Franklin | 90,746 | 57.42% | 63,830 | 40.39% | 3,325 | 2.10% | 146 | 0.09% | 26,916 | 17.03% | 158,047 |
| Fulton | 3,582 | 35.04% | 6,152 | 60.17% | 482 | 4.71% | 8 | 0.08% | -2,570 | -25.14% | 10,224 |
| Gallia | 4,548 | 40.34% | 6,700 | 59.42% | 17 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.09% | -2,152 | -19.09% | 11,275 |
| Geauga | 3,400 | 46.49% | 3,620 | 49.49% | 282 | 3.86% | 12 | 0.16% | -220 | -3.01% | 7,314 |
| Greene | 8,946 | 53.53% | 7,449 | 44.57% | 299 | 1.79% | 18 | 0.11% | 1,497 | 8.96% | 16,712 |
| Guernsey | 11,404 | 56.82% | 8,532 | 42.51% | 114 | 0.57% | 20 | 0.10% | 2,872 | 14.31% | 20,070 |
| Hamilton | 153,117 | 54.60% | 108,506 | 38.69% | 18,426 | 6.57% | 387 | 0.14% | 44,611 | 15.91% | 280,436 |
| Hancock | 9,929 | 47.77% | 9,816 | 47.23% | 1,030 | 4.96% | 9 | 0.04% | 113 | 0.54% | 20,784 |
| Hardin | 8,441 | 51.84% | 7,631 | 46.86% | 206 | 1.27% | 5 | 0.03% | 810 | 4.97% | 16,283 |
| Harrison | 5,231 | 52.08% | 4,779 | 47.58% | 25 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.10% | 452 | 4.50% | 10,045 |
| Henry | 5,472 | 51.29% | 4,108 | 38.51% | 1,076 | 10.09% | 12 | 0.11% | 1,364 | 12.79% | 10,668 |
| Highland | 8,011 | 51.85% | 7,392 | 47.84% | 39 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.06% | 619 | 4.01% | 15,451 |
| Hocking | 6,580 | 61.62% | 3,960 | 37.09% | 132 | 1.24% | 6 | 0.06% | 2,620 | 24.54% | 10,678 |
| Holmes | 4,097 | 63.70% | 2,247 | 34.93% | 83 | 1.29% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,850 | 28.76% | 6,432 |
| Huron | 8,500 | 47.16% | 8,318 | 46.15% | 1,194 | 6.63% | 10 | 0.06% | 182 | 1.01% | 18,022 |
| Jackson | 6,802 | 49.67% | 6,853 | 50.04% | 33 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.04% | -51 | -0.37% | 13,694 |
| Jefferson | 27,472 | 67.11% | 13,044 | 31.87% | 363 | 0.89% | 56 | 0.14% | 14,428 | 35.25% | 40,935 |
| Knox | 8,315 | 49.97% | 7,956 | 47.81% | 369 | 2.22% | 1 | 0.01% | 359 | 2.16% | 16,641 |
| Lake | 11,213 | 51.66% | 9,386 | 43.24% | 1,070 | 4.93% | 38 | 0.18% | 1,827 | 8.42% | 21,707 |
| Lawrence | 11,471 | 57.17% | 8,498 | 42.35% | 85 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.06% | 2,973 | 14.82% | 20,066 |
| Licking | 17,785 | 58.56% | 11,958 | 39.37% | 606 | 2.00% | 23 | 0.08% | 5,827 | 19.19% | 30,372 |
| Logan | 7,353 | 46.23% | 8,363 | 52.58% | 180 | 1.13% | 9 | 0.06% | -1,010 | -6.35% | 15,905 |
| Lorain | 24,393 | 57.19% | 15,906 | 37.29% | 2,280 | 5.35% | 77 | 0.18% | 8,487 | 19.90% | 42,656 |
| Lucas | 74,155 | 55.76% | 45,853 | 34.48% | 12,616 | 9.49% | 355 | 0.27% | 28,302 | 21.28% | 132,979 |
| Madison | 5,184 | 51.17% | 4,843 | 47.81% | 94 | 0.93% | 9 | 0.09% | 341 | 3.37% | 10,130 |
| Mahoning | 64,886 | 71.41% | 24,825 | 27.32% | 973 | 1.07% | 174 | 0.19% | 40,061 | 44.09% | 90,858 |
| Marion | 11,881 | 55.45% | 9,070 | 42.33% | 459 | 2.14% | 17 | 0.08% | 2,811 | 13.12% | 21,427 |
| Medina | 7,400 | 49.14% | 7,283 | 48.37% | 364 | 2.42% | 11 | 0.07% | 117 | 0.78% | 15,058 |
| Meigs | 6,085 | 48.49% | 6,464 | 51.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -379 | -3.02% | 12,549 |
| Mercer | 7,217 | 54.66% | 3,602 | 27.28% | 2,381 | 18.03% | 4 | 0.03% | 3,615 | 27.38% | 13,204 |
| Miami | 12,754 | 50.44% | 11,343 | 44.86% | 1,177 | 4.65% | 12 | 0.05% | 1,411 | 5.58% | 25,286 |
| Monroe | 5,368 | 61.64% | 3,211 | 36.87% | 125 | 1.44% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,157 | 24.77% | 8,709 |
| Montgomery | 76,430 | 59.81% | 44,742 | 35.02% | 6,469 | 5.06% | 137 | 0.11% | 31,688 | 24.80% | 127,778 |
| Morgan | 3,093 | 39.65% | 4,630 | 59.35% | 75 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.04% | -1,537 | -19.70% | 7,801 |
| Morrow | 3,947 | 47.83% | 4,086 | 49.52% | 215 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.05% | -139 | -1.68% | 8,252 |
| Muskingum | 16,265 | 49.93% | 15,454 | 47.44% | 822 | 2.52% | 32 | 0.10% | 811 | 2.49% | 32,573 |
| Noble | 3,865 | 46.46% | 4,384 | 52.70% | 70 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | -519 | -6.24% | 8,319 |
| Ottawa | 6,335 | 56.87% | 4,006 | 35.96% | 796 | 7.15% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,329 | 20.91% | 11,139 |
| Paulding | 4,179 | 50.65% | 3,853 | 46.70% | 216 | 2.62% | 3 | 0.04% | 326 | 3.95% | 8,251 |
| Perry | 8,508 | 53.90% | 6,826 | 43.24% | 434 | 2.75% | 17 | 0.11% | 1,682 | 10.66% | 15,785 |
| Pickaway | 7,813 | 61.22% | 4,920 | 38.55% | 24 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.05% | 2,893 | 22.67% | 12,763 |
| Pike | 5,287 | 64.13% | 2,953 | 35.82% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,334 | 28.31% | 8,244 |
| Portage | 13,798 | 61.43% | 8,035 | 35.77% | 602 | 2.68% | 28 | 0.12% | 5,763 | 25.66% | 22,463 |
| Preble | 6,366 | 51.80% | 5,593 | 45.51% | 325 | 2.64% | 6 | 0.05% | 773 | 6.29% | 12,290 |
| Putnam | 5,786 | 46.23% | 4,151 | 33.16% | 2,566 | 20.50% | 14 | 0.11% | 1,635 | 13.06% | 12,517 |
| Richland | 20,070 | 61.27% | 11,220 | 34.25% | 1,416 | 4.32% | 52 | 0.16% | 8,850 | 27.02% | 32,758 |
| Ross | 12,503 | 55.71% | 9,817 | 43.75% | 95 | 0.42% | 26 | 0.12% | 2,686 | 11.97% | 22,441 |
| Sandusky | 9,171 | 45.26% | 8,692 | 42.89% | 2,382 | 11.75% | 20 | 0.10% | 479 | 2.36% | 20,265 |
| Scioto | 22,243 | 55.08% | 17,860 | 44.23% | 255 | 0.63% | 22 | 0.05% | 4,383 | 10.85% | 40,380 |
| Seneca | 8,982 | 40.35% | 9,953 | 44.71% | 3,307 | 14.86% | 17 | 0.08% | -971 | -4.36% | 22,259 |
| Shelby | 7,110 | 53.43% | 4,482 | 33.68% | 1,706 | 12.82% | 9 | 0.07% | 2,628 | 19.75% | 13,307 |
| Stark | 57,931 | 59.96% | 34,693 | 35.91% | 3,835 | 3.97% | 153 | 0.16% | 23,238 | 24.05% | 96,612 |
| Summit | 91,836 | 68.69% | 38,991 | 29.16% | 2,581 | 1.93% | 288 | 0.22% | 52,845 | 39.53% | 133,696 |
| Trumbull | 32,384 | 64.34% | 16,887 | 33.55% | 966 | 1.92% | 92 | 0.18% | 15,497 | 30.79% | 50,329 |
| Tuscarawas | 21,991 | 66.71% | 10,317 | 31.30% | 622 | 1.89% | 35 | 0.11% | 11,674 | 35.41% | 32,965 |
| Union | 5,157 | 47.10% | 5,673 | 51.81% | 115 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.05% | -516 | -4.71% | 10,950 |
| Van Wert | 7,744 | 52.56% | 6,275 | 42.59% | 704 | 4.78% | 10 | 0.07% | 1,469 | 9.97% | 14,733 |
| Vinton | 2,902 | 48.58% | 3,056 | 51.16% | 14 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | -154 | -2.58% | 5,974 |
| Warren | 7,209 | 49.02% | 7,359 | 50.04% | 134 | 0.91% | 5 | 0.03% | -150 | -1.02% | 14,707 |
| Washington | 10,203 | 47.78% | 10,826 | 50.70% | 311 | 1.46% | 14 | 0.07% | -623 | -2.92% | 21,354 |
| Wayne | 12,666 | 54.08% | 10,331 | 44.11% | 418 | 1.78% | 8 | 0.03% | 2,335 | 9.97% | 23,423 |
| Williams | 5,628 | 42.31% | 7,050 | 53.00% | 619 | 4.65% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,422 | -10.69% | 13,302 |
| Wood | 11,255 | 45.42% | 11,716 | 47.28% | 1,798 | 7.26% | 9 | 0.04% | -461 | -1.86% | 24,778 |
| Wyandot | 5,597 | 54.41% | 4,260 | 41.42% | 429 | 4.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,337 | 13.00% | 10,286 |
| Totals | 1,747,140 | 58.00% | 1,127,855 | 37.44% | 132,212 | 4.39% | 5,251[b] | 0.17% | 619,285 | 20.56% | 3,012,458 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Athens
- Ashtabula
- Clark
- Columbiana
- Franklin
- Harrison
- Knox
- Lake
- Lawrence
- Lorain
- Medina
- Mahoning
- Miami
- Muskingum
- Perry
- Scioto
- Stark
- Trumbull
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ This total, including votes for Socialist Norman Thomas and Socialist Labor Party candidate John W. Aiken, differs from that in America at the Polls.
- ^ The Socialist, Socialist Labor and "scattered" vote, totalling 202, was not tabulated by county
References
[edit]- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 348-349 ISBN 0405077114
