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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Colorado

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Colorado in 1936, 60.4% to 37.1%, a margin of 23.3 points and 113,754 votes.

Colorado voted 1.0 point more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+24.3.

The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.

Democrats led in 60 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Denver, cast 152,456 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.8 points. The closest was Hinsdale, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Franklin D. Roosevelt won	Democratic	295,021	60.4%
Alf Landon	Republican	181,267	37.1%
All other candidates		12,396	2.5%
Total		488,684

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Denver	99,221 65.1%	50,743 33.3%	2,492	152,456	D+31.8
Pueblo	18,666 63.9%	10,071 34.5%	495	29,232	D+29.4
El Paso	15,552 56.7%	10,965 40.0%	920	27,437	D+16.7
Weld	12,931 55.7%	9,606 41.4%	691	23,228	D+14.3
Boulder	9,788 55.9%	7,244 41.4%	468	17,500	D+14.5
Larimer	7,502 49.3%	7,243 47.6%	459	15,204	D+1.7
Las Animas	10,230 75.1%	3,333 24.5%	58	13,621	D+50.6
Jefferson	7,276 56.8%	5,271 41.1%	271	12,818	D+15.6
Mesa	7,839 63.2%	3,654 29.4%	919	12,412	D+33.7
Arapahoe	6,489 58.1%	4,272 38.2%	409	11,170	D+19.8
Otero	5,695 58.8%	3,859 39.8%	134	9,688	D+19.0
Fremont	4,486 52.9%	3,631 42.8%	358	8,475	D+10.1
Adams	4,873 59.7%	3,124 38.3%	162	8,159	D+21.4
Logan	4,148 55.8%	3,136 42.2%	153	7,437	D+13.6
Huerfano	4,806 67.2%	2,299 32.2%	45	7,150	D+35.1
Morgan	3,140 48.5%	3,058 47.2%	278	6,476	D+1.3
Delta	3,174 49.5%	2,661 41.5%	579	6,414	D+8.0
La Plata	3,043 54.5%	2,354 42.2%	185	5,582	D+12.3
Prowers	2,900 52.3%	2,432 43.9%	209	5,541	D+8.4
Montrose	2,953 54.3%	2,248 41.3%	238	5,439	D+13.0
Yuma	2,868 52.8%	2,462 45.3%	101	5,431	D+7.5
Routt	2,819 61.6%	1,541 33.7%	219	4,579	D+27.9
Garfield	2,413 53.2%	1,945 42.9%	177	4,535	D+10.3
Rio Grande	2,574 56.9%	1,884 41.6%	66	4,524	D+15.3
Alamosa	2,734 68.7%	1,188 29.9%	55	3,977	D+38.9
Kit Carson	1,732 44.4%	1,980 50.7%	191	3,903	R+6.4
Washington	2,055 53.1%	1,723 44.5%	92	3,870	D+8.6
Conejos	2,344 63.3%	1,305 35.2%	56	3,705	D+28.0
Chaffee	2,453 66.9%	1,069 29.1%	147	3,669	D+37.7
Teller	2,349 69.7%	940 27.9%	79	3,368	D+41.8
Baca	1,794 55.0%	1,288 39.5%	177	3,259	D+15.5
Gunnison	2,185 67.8%	978 30.4%	58	3,221	D+37.5
Lincoln	1,668 52.7%	1,420 44.8%	80	3,168	D+7.8
Bent	1,786 56.7%	1,299 41.3%	63	3,148	D+15.5
Montezuma	1,589 56.7%	1,087 38.8%	126	2,802	D+17.9
Elbert	1,324 47.6%	1,374 49.4%	83	2,781	R+1.8
Phillips	1,611 61.7%	941 36.0%	60	2,612	D+25.7
Lake	1,918 73.9%	650 25.0%	28	2,596	D+48.8
Costilla	1,523 60.7%	930 37.0%	58	2,511	D+23.6
Saguache	1,334 54.3%	1,071 43.6%	53	2,458	D+10.7
Sedgwick	1,356 56.4%	977 40.6%	72	2,405	D+15.8
Eagle	1,538 65.6%	776 33.1%	30	2,344	D+32.5
Moffat	1,091 48.1%	954 42.1%	221	2,266	D+6.0
Crowley	1,160 54.4%	920 43.2%	51	2,131	D+11.3
Park	1,342 63.5%	746 35.3%	27	2,115	D+28.2
Clear Creek	1,335 64.5%	720 34.8%	16	2,071	D+29.7
Douglas	1,046 53.1%	895 45.4%	29	1,970	D+7.7
Kiowa	925 53.2%	772 44.4%	42	1,739	D+8.8
Cheyenne	904 52.8%	767 44.8%	40	1,711	D+8.0
Grand	846 54.0%	714 45.6%	7	1,567	D+8.4
Rio Blanco	586 39.4%	830 55.8%	71	1,487	R+16.4
San Miguel	863 63.9%	433 32.1%	55	1,351	D+31.8
Archuleta	772 57.4%	541 40.2%	32	1,345	D+17.2
Custer	675 55.3%	526 43.1%	19	1,220	D+12.2
Ouray	681 60.8%	428 38.2%	11	1,120	D+22.6
Gilpin	737 68.4%	321 29.8%	20	1,078	D+38.6
Pitkin	654 64.7%	305 30.2%	52	1,011	D+34.5
Jackson	434 48.9%	419 47.2%	34	887	D+1.7
San Juan	625 75.1%	196 23.6%	11	832	D+51.6
Summit	497 64.5%	268 34.8%	5	770	D+29.7
Dolores	324 55.7%	225 38.7%	33	582	D+17.0
Mineral	286 68.4%	126 30.1%	6	418	D+38.3
Hinsdale	137 50.7%	129 47.8%	4	270	D+3.0

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.

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+11.0
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+13.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+4.9
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.4
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.0
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+4.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.4
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.3
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+7.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+28.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+23.1
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+5.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+6.8
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+2.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.0
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+23.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+26.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+20.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+14.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+13.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+71.1
1892	James B. Weaver (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+5.2

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