Election 1936 Results
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1936 Arkansas governor election
Carl E. Bailey (Democrat) beat Osro Cobb (Republican) in Arkansas in 1936, 84.9% to 14.7%, a margin of 70.2 points and 128,277 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1934, when Julius M. Futrell won.
Democrats led in 72 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Pulaski, cast 12,999 votes and went to the Democrat by 81.1 points. The closest was Newton, where 36 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl E. Bailey won | Democratic | 155,152 | 84.9% |
| Osro Cobb | Republican | 26,875 | 14.7% |
| All other candidates | 733 | 0.4% | |
| Total | 182,760 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | 11,754 90.4% | 1,218 9.4% | 27 | 12,999 | D+81.1 |
| Sebastian | 5,089 83.4% | 992 16.3% | 23 | 6,104 | D+67.1 |
| Washington | 3,702 68.8% | 1,653 30.7% | 24 | 5,379 | D+38.1 |
| Mississippi | 4,936 95.4% | 219 4.2% | 18 | 5,173 | D+91.2 |
| Benton | 2,881 64.8% | 1,514 34.1% | 51 | 4,446 | D+30.7 |
| Union | 4,251 95.8% | 171 3.9% | 14 | 4,436 | D+92.0 |
| Garland | 3,638 85.3% | 570 13.4% | 57 | 4,265 | D+71.9 |
| Craighead | 3,632 88.9% | 431 10.6% | 22 | 4,085 | D+78.4 |
| Poinsett | 3,677 90.9% | 357 8.8% | 9 | 4,043 | D+82.1 |
| Jefferson | 3,561 94.4% | 206 5.5% | 6 | 3,773 | D+88.9 |
| Boone | 2,914 79.7% | 732 20.0% | 9 | 3,655 | D+59.7 |
| Madison | 1,956 54.8% | 1,609 45.1% | 5 | 3,570 | D+9.7 |
| Logan | 2,745 79.1% | 718 20.7% | 7 | 3,470 | D+58.4 |
| Faulkner | 2,676 86.1% | 429 13.8% | 4 | 3,109 | D+72.3 |
| White | 2,739 88.2% | 358 11.5% | 9 | 3,106 | D+76.7 |
| Ouachita | 2,863 92.6% | 229 7.4% | 1 | 3,093 | D+85.2 |
| Pope | 2,816 91.3% | 261 8.5% | 7 | 3,084 | D+82.8 |
| Lonoke | 2,846 92.5% | 217 7.1% | 13 | 3,076 | D+85.5 |
| Miller | 2,851 92.7% | 208 6.8% | 15 | 3,074 | D+86.0 |
| Independence | 2,488 84.0% | 469 15.8% | 5 | 2,962 | D+68.2 |
| Lawrence | 2,447 88.8% | 295 10.7% | 15 | 2,757 | D+78.1 |
| Carroll | 1,935 71.0% | 786 28.8% | 6 | 2,727 | D+42.1 |
| Yell | 2,377 88.3% | 303 11.3% | 11 | 2,691 | D+77.1 |
| Hempstead | 2,517 94.6% | 141 5.3% | 3 | 2,661 | D+89.3 |
| Clay | 1,905 71.9% | 735 27.7% | 11 | 2,651 | D+44.1 |
| Arkansas | 1,974 78.1% | 542 21.4% | 13 | 2,529 | D+56.6 |
| Jackson | 2,252 89.5% | 260 10.3% | 4 | 2,516 | D+79.2 |
| Phillips | 2,298 96.5% | 76 3.2% | 7 | 2,381 | D+93.3 |
| Conway | 2,023 87.4% | 288 12.4% | 3 | 2,314 | D+75.0 |
| Greene | 2,096 91.1% | 199 8.6% | 6 | 2,301 | D+82.4 |
| Franklin | 2,057 89.9% | 221 9.7% | 11 | 2,289 | D+80.2 |
| Hot Spring | 1,813 82.1% | 385 17.4% | 11 | 2,209 | D+64.6 |
| Clark | 2,058 93.7% | 132 6.0% | 7 | 2,197 | D+87.7 |
| St. Francis | 1,971 96.5% | 53 2.6% | 19 | 2,043 | D+93.9 |
| Randolph | 1,744 86.7% | 255 12.7% | 12 | 2,011 | D+74.0 |
| Saline | 1,732 86.8% | 244 12.2% | 19 | 1,995 | D+74.6 |
| Newton | 971 48.8% | 1,007 50.6% | 13 | 1,991 | R+1.8 |
| Columbia | 1,915 97.1% | 56 2.8% | 2 | 1,973 | D+94.2 |
| Searcy | 827 42.8% | 1,098 56.9% | 6 | 1,931 | R+14.0 |
| Van Buren | 1,494 77.7% | 425 22.1% | 5 | 1,924 | D+55.6 |
| Crittenden | 1,865 99.5% | 9 0.5% | 1,874 | D+99.0 | |
| Johnson | 1,625 87.5% | 213 11.5% | 19 | 1,857 | D+76.0 |
| Polk | 1,258 67.9% | 566 30.5% | 30 | 1,854 | D+37.3 |
| Cross | 1,720 94.3% | 82 4.5% | 22 | 1,824 | D+89.8 |
| Howard | 1,587 89.6% | 184 10.4% | 1 | 1,772 | D+79.2 |
| Woodruff | 1,512 86.0% | 232 13.2% | 14 | 1,758 | D+72.8 |
| Montgomery | 954 55.7% | 750 43.8% | 8 | 1,712 | D+11.9 |
| Izard | 1,400 82.7% | 290 17.1% | 2 | 1,692 | D+65.6 |
| Bradley | 1,604 96.7% | 48 2.9% | 6 | 1,658 | D+93.8 |
| Prairie | 1,401 84.7% | 248 15.0% | 5 | 1,654 | D+69.7 |
| Dallas | 1,549 95.4% | 73 4.5% | 1 | 1,623 | D+90.9 |
| Nevada | 1,450 90.8% | 142 8.9% | 5 | 1,597 | D+81.9 |
| Ashley | 1,500 95.3% | 73 4.6% | 1 | 1,574 | D+90.7 |
| Sevier | 1,224 78.2% | 336 21.5% | 6 | 1,566 | D+56.7 |
| Scott | 1,168 77.2% | 342 22.6% | 3 | 1,513 | D+54.6 |
| Marion | 1,223 81.5% | 265 17.7% | 12 | 1,500 | D+63.9 |
| Desha | 1,424 97.1% | 40 2.7% | 2 | 1,466 | D+94.4 |
| Lee | 1,368 96.7% | 45 3.2% | 1 | 1,414 | D+93.6 |
| Fulton | 1,157 82.0% | 246 17.4% | 8 | 1,411 | D+64.6 |
| Lafayette | 1,325 94.9% | 65 4.7% | 6 | 1,396 | D+90.3 |
| Pike | 1,051 77.2% | 307 22.6% | 3 | 1,361 | D+54.7 |
| Drew | 1,255 96.0% | 51 3.9% | 1 | 1,307 | D+92.1 |
| Cleburne | 1,095 84.6% | 187 14.4% | 13 | 1,295 | D+70.1 |
| Little River | 1,092 87.9% | 144 11.6% | 7 | 1,243 | D+76.3 |
| Sharp | 1,046 86.0% | 164 13.5% | 6 | 1,216 | D+72.5 |
| Chicot | 1,133 93.3% | 79 6.5% | 3 | 1,215 | D+86.7 |
| Baxter | 906 75.4% | 288 24.0% | 8 | 1,202 | D+51.4 |
| Monroe | 1,138 95.1% | 58 4.8% | 1 | 1,197 | D+90.2 |
| Cleveland | 1,156 97.0% | 35 2.9% | 1 | 1,192 | D+94.0 |
| Perry | 1,006 86.8% | 153 13.2% | 1,159 | D+73.6 | |
| Grant | 1,057 91.8% | 92 8.0% | 3 | 1,152 | D+83.8 |
| Crawford | 251 25.0% | 733 73.1% | 19 | 1,003 | R+48.1 |
| Lincoln | 926 96.3% | 36 3.7% | 962 | D+92.5 | |
| Stone | 596 73.2% | 215 26.4% | 3 | 814 | D+46.8 |
| Calhoun | 709 96.6% | 22 3.0% | 3 | 734 | D+93.6 |
Counties as they stood in 1936; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Arkansas governor elections we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) | R+27.8 |
| 2018 | Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) | R+33.6 |
| 2014 | Asa Hutchinson (R) | R+13.9 |
| 2010 | Mike D. Beebe (D) | D+30.8 |
| 2006 | Mike D. Beebe (D) | D+14.9 |
| 2002 | Mike Huckabee (R) | R+6.1 |
| 1998 | Mike Huckabee (R) | R+21.1 |
| 1994 | Jim Guy Tucker (D) | D+19.7 |
| 1990 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.0 |
| 1986 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+27.8 |
| 1984 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+25.1 |
| 1982 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+9.4 |
| 1980 | Frank D. White (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1978 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+26.7 |
| 1976 | David H. Pryor (D) | D+66.5 |
| 1974 | David H. Pryor (D) | D+31.2 |
| 1972 | Dale Bumpers (D) | D+50.9 |
| 1970 | Dale Bumpers (D) | D+29.3 |
| 1968 | Winthrop Rockefeller (R) | R+4.9 |
| 1966 | Winthrop Rockefeller (R) | R+8.7 |
| 1964 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+14.0 |
| 1962 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+46.5 |
| 1960 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+38.4 |
| 1958 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+64.9 |
| 1956 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+61.3 |
| 1954 | Orval E. Faubus (D) | D+24.2 |
| 1952 | Francis Cherry (D) | D+74.8 |
| 1950 | Sidney S. McMath (D) | D+68.3 |
| 1948 | Sid McMath (D) | D+78.7 |
| 1946 | Ben Laney (D) | D+68.3 |
| 1944 | Ben Laney (D) | D+71.9 |
| 1942 | Homer M. Adkins (D) | D+100.0 |
| 1940 | Homer M. Adkins (D) | D+83.1 |
| 1938 | Carl E. Bailey (D) | D+77.5 |
| 1936 | Carl E. Bailey (D) | D+70.2 |
| 1934 | Julius M. Futrell (D) | D+79.8 |
| 1932 | Julius M. Futrell (D) | D+81.5 |
| 1930 | Harvey J. Parnell (D) | D+62.4 |
| 1928 | Harvey J. Parnell (D) | D+54.6 |
| 1926 | John E. Martineau (D) | D+52.9 |
| 1924 | Thomas J. Terral (D) | D+59.7 |
| 1922 | Thomas C. McRae (D) | D+56.2 |
| 1920 | Thomas Chipman McRae (D) | D+40.6 |
| 1918 | Charles Hillman Brough (D) | D+93.4 |
| 1916 | Charles Hillman Brough (D) | D+44.4 |
| 1914 | George Washington Hays (D) | D+46.6 |
| 1913 | George Washington Hays (D) | D+43.8 |
| 1912 | Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) | D+37.4 |
| 1910 | George Washington Donaghey (D) | D+41.0 |
| 1908 | George W. Donaghey (D) | D+40.4 |
| 1906 | John Sebastian Little (D) | D+41.8 |
| 1904 | Jefferson Davis (D) | D+24.6 |
| 1902 | Jeff Davis (D) | D+40.2 |
| 1900 | Jefferson Davis (D) | D+36.0 |
| 1898 | Daniel Webster Jones (D) | D+42.7 |
| 1896 | Daniel Webster Jones (D) | D+39.0 |
| 1894 | James P. Clarke (D) | D+38.4 |
| 1892 | William M. Fishback (D) | D+36.2 |
| 1890 | James P. Eagle (D) | D+55.5 |
| 1888 | James P. Eagle (D) | D+54.1 |
| 1886 | Simon P. Hughes (D) | D+22.3 |
| 1884 | Simon P. Hughes (D) | D+29.1 |
| 1882 | James H. Berry (D) | D+26.0 |
| 1880 | Thomas J. Churchill (D) | D+72.8 |
| 1878 | William Read Miller (D) | D+100.0 |
| 1876 | William R. Miller (D) | D+31.5 |
| 1874 | Augustus H. Garland (D) | D+99.9 |
| 1872 | Elisha Baxter (R) | R+51.8 |
| 1868 | Powell Clayton (R) | level |