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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Georgia

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Georgia in 1936, 87.1% to 12.6%, a margin of 74.5 points and 218,422 votes.

Georgia voted 50.3 points more Democratic 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 158 of the 159 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Fulton, cast 30,829 votes and went to the Democrat by 76.7 points. The closest was Towns, where 31 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	255,364	87.1%
Alf Landon	Republican	36,942	12.6%
All other candidates		869	0.3%
Total		293,175

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fulton	27,183 88.2%	3,552 11.5%	94	30,829	D+76.7
Chatham	10,019 88.9%	1,227 10.9%	24	11,270	D+78.0
Dekalb	7,391 86.3%	1,137 13.3%	32	8,560	D+73.1
Richmond	7,239 92.7%	551 7.1%	20	7,810	D+85.6
Bibb	5,722 92.3%	452 7.3%	23	6,197	D+85.0
Floyd	5,499 89.9%	612 10.0%	8	6,119	D+79.9
Muscogee	5,009 91.6%	455 8.3%	7	5,471	D+83.2
Carroll	3,717 85.0%	653 14.9%	4	4,374	D+70.1
Cobb	2,802 79.7%	707 20.1%	6	3,515	D+59.6
Fannin	1,540 44.9%	1,890 55.1%		3,430	R+10.2
Whitfield	2,481 73.7%	877 26.0%	9	3,367	D+47.6
Lowndes	3,099 94.9%	130 4.0%	37	3,266	D+90.9
Chattooga	2,999 92.8%	231 7.1%	2	3,232	D+85.6
Hall	2,731 85.9%	444 14.0%	6	3,181	D+71.9
Polk	2,754 87.5%	389 12.4%	4	3,147	D+75.2
Laurens	2,620 89.4%	304 10.4%	7	2,931	D+79.0
Gwinnett	2,382 81.4%	541 18.5%	3	2,926	D+62.9
Colquitt	2,449 84.4%	448 15.4%	4	2,901	D+69.0
Troup	2,728 94.1%	167 5.8%	3	2,898	D+88.4
Ware	2,566 90.8%	256 9.1%	5	2,827	D+81.7
Clarke	2,632 94.1%	160 5.7%	4	2,796	D+88.4
Walker	2,313 83.3%	458 16.5%	5	2,776	D+66.8
Dougherty	2,591 95.4%	122 4.5%	3	2,716	D+90.9
Bartow	2,228 83.1%	444 16.6%	8	2,680	D+66.6
Thomas	2,409 91.1%	222 8.4%	14	2,645	D+82.7
Jackson	2,447 92.8%	187 7.1%	4	2,638	D+85.7
Meriwether	2,438 94.6%	138 5.4%	1	2,577	D+89.3
Gordon	2,026 79.9%	504 19.9%	7	2,537	D+60.0
Spalding	2,457 98.3%	36 1.4%	7	2,500	D+96.8
Haralson	1,643 67.4%	787 32.3%	8	2,438	D+35.1
Murray	1,597 66.4%	806 33.5%	1	2,404	D+32.9
Mitchell	2,297 96.5%	79 3.3%	5	2,381	D+93.2
Coweta	2,260 96.7%	73 3.1%	3	2,336	D+93.6
Habersham	1,884 80.9%	424 18.2%	20	2,328	D+62.7
Pickens	1,223 53.7%	1,053 46.3%		2,276	D+7.5
Elbert	1,772 79.4%	438 19.6%	22	2,232	D+59.8
Johnson	1,861 84.4%	334 15.1%	10	2,205	D+69.3
Glynn	1,925 88.0%	260 11.9%	3	2,188	D+76.1
Gilmer	1,128 51.9%	1,047 48.1%		2,175	D+3.7
Newton	1,994 93.8%	123 5.8%	9	2,126	D+88.0
Madison	1,697 80.9%	393 18.7%	8	2,098	D+62.2
Walton	1,952 93.6%	132 6.3%	2	2,086	D+87.2
Emanuel	1,943 93.4%	125 6.0%	13	2,081	D+87.4
Cherokee	1,211 58.8%	842 40.9%	7	2,060	D+17.9
Decatur	1,965 95.7%	79 3.8%	9	2,053	D+91.9
Bulloch	1,978 96.5%	66 3.2%	5	2,049	D+93.3
Paulding	1,386 68.1%	645 31.7%	3	2,034	D+36.4
Sumter	1,870 96.7%	58 3.0%	6	1,934	D+93.7
Union	1,148 59.5%	783 40.5%		1,931	D+18.9
Franklin	1,621 86.7%	238 12.7%	10	1,869	D+74.0
Grady	1,659 90.7%	163 8.9%	7	1,829	D+81.8
Coffee	1,702 93.6%	116 6.4%	1	1,819	D+87.2
Cook	1,697 93.4%	117 6.4%	2	1,816	D+87.0
Tift	1,627 90.5%	161 9.0%	10	1,798	D+81.5
Berrien	1,700 97.0%	53 3.0%		1,753	D+94.0
Hart	1,514 87.0%	222 12.8%	5	1,741	D+74.2
Upson	1,471 91.4%	138 8.6%	1	1,610	D+82.8
Pierce	1,494 96.4%	45 2.9%	10	1,549	D+93.5
Clayton	1,352 88.4%	175 11.4%	3	1,530	D+76.9
Towns	763 51.0%	732 49.0%		1,495	D+2.1
Henry	1,362 91.9%	116 7.8%	4	1,482	D+84.1
Appling	1,309 89.8%	140 9.6%	8	1,457	D+80.2
Greene	1,348 93.4%	86 6.0%	10	1,444	D+87.4
Washington	1,286 89.2%	149 10.3%	6	1,441	D+78.9
Monroe	1,277 89.2%	147 10.3%	7	1,431	D+79.0
Jefferson	1,238 87.3%	168 11.8%	12	1,418	D+75.5
Terrell	1,336 95.5%	61 4.4%	2	1,399	D+91.1
Dooly	1,339 97.0%	41 3.0%		1,380	D+94.1
Brooks	1,277 92.7%	94 6.8%	6	1,377	D+85.9
Barrow	1,181 87.2%	172 12.7%	2	1,355	D+74.5
Dodge	1,259 94.2%	71 5.3%	6	1,336	D+88.9
Forsyth	780 58.6%	551 41.4%		1,331	D+17.2
Ben Hill	1,147 88.6%	146 11.3%	1	1,294	D+77.4
Randolph	1,208 93.9%	74 5.7%	5	1,287	D+88.1
Telfair	1,158 90.5%	121 9.5%		1,279	D+81.1
Tattnall	1,047 82.3%	214 16.8%	11	1,272	D+65.5
Wilcox	1,066 84.4%	195 15.4%	2	1,263	D+69.0
Worth	1,124 89.4%	132 10.5%	1	1,257	D+78.9
Douglas	1,015 80.9%	237 18.9%	3	1,255	D+62.0
Catoosa	1,018 82.2%	218 17.6%	3	1,239	D+64.6
Stephens	1,142 94.2%	68 5.6%	2	1,212	D+88.6
Morgan	1,130 96.7%	37 3.2%	2	1,169	D+93.5
Early	1,107 95.7%	46 4.0%	4	1,157	D+91.7
Irwin	1,025 89.8%	110 9.6%	6	1,141	D+80.2
Wilkes	1,031 91.9%	78 7.0%	13	1,122	D+84.9
Rabun	948 85.3%	162 14.6%	1	1,111	D+70.7
Crisp	1,029 92.7%	79 7.1%	2	1,110	D+85.6
Burke	1,040 95.1%	51 4.7%	3	1,094	D+90.4
Toombs	1,001 92.4%	78 7.2%	4	1,083	D+85.2
Candler	992 92.3%	80 7.4%	3	1,075	D+84.8
Clinch	1,002 93.2%	71 6.6%	2	1,075	D+86.6
Pike	910 85.7%	149 14.0%	3	1,062	D+71.7
Macon	958 91.0%	92 8.7%	3	1,053	D+82.2
Turner	860 82.1%	188 17.9%		1,048	D+64.1
Montgomery	945 91.4%	81 7.8%	8	1,034	D+83.6
Screven	933 92.5%	61 6.0%	15	1,009	D+86.4
Harris	953 94.5%	54 5.4%	1	1,008	D+89.2
Bacon	929 93.7%	62 6.3%		991	D+87.5
Atkinson	958 97.1%	29 2.9%		987	D+94.1
Dade	857 87.0%	127 12.9%	1	985	D+74.1
Oglethorpe	845 87.7%	115 11.9%	4	964	D+75.7
Jasper	923 96.5%	33 3.5%		956	D+93.1
Treutlen	912 97.4%	23 2.5%	1	936	D+95.0
Baldwin	811 87.6%	113 12.2%	2	926	D+75.4
Taylor	771 83.7%	147 16.0%	3	921	D+67.8
Jenkins	880 96.5%	32 3.5%		912	D+93.0
Rockdale	837 91.9%	73 8.0%	1	911	D+83.9
Lamar	839 92.3%	69 7.6%	1	909	D+84.7
Wayne	788 87.7%	105 11.7%	6	899	D+76.0
Heard	725 82.1%	155 17.6%	3	883	D+64.6
Pulaski	808 94.6%	38 4.4%	8	854	D+90.2
Butts	820 96.1%	28 3.3%	5	853	D+92.8
Seminole	761 90.3%	82 9.7%		843	D+80.5
Talbot	796 94.4%	41 4.9%	6	843	D+89.6
Lanier	800 95.8%	30 3.6%	5	835	D+92.2
Houston	796 95.6%	37 4.4%		833	D+91.1
Peach	767 92.5%	49 5.9%	13	829	D+86.6
Banks	641 78.0%	181 22.0%		822	D+56.0
Fayette	748 91.3%	70 8.5%	1	819	D+82.8
Wilkinson	695 85.0%	118 14.4%	5	818	D+70.5
McDuffie	705 87.1%	98 12.1%	6	809	D+75.0
Calhoun	777 98.0%	14 1.8%	2	793	D+96.2
Lumpkin	617 79.4%	160 20.6%		777	D+58.8
Evans	733 95.1%	35 4.5%	3	771	D+90.5
White	599 78.8%	161 21.2%		760	D+57.6
Effingham	612 81.1%	142 18.8%	1	755	D+62.3
Putnam	703 93.1%	51 6.8%	1	755	D+86.4
Jeff Davis	631 87.2%	93 12.8%		724	D+74.3
Bleckley	649 90.1%	69 9.6%	2	720	D+80.6
Columbia	659 94.1%	34 4.9%	7	700	D+89.3
Bryan	632 90.4%	63 9.0%	4	699	D+81.4
Dawson	377 53.9%	322 46.1%		699	D+7.9
Miller	653 94.6%	36 5.2%	1	690	D+89.4
Wheeler	594 86.2%	94 13.6%	1	689	D+72.6
Warren	545 79.9%	129 18.9%	8	682	D+61.0
Stewart	628 92.2%	49 7.2%	4	681	D+85.0
Lincoln	561 84.2%	88 13.2%	17	666	D+71.0
Oconee	483 73.3%	173 26.3%	3	659	D+47.0
Baker	599 97.7%	13 2.1%	1	613	D+95.6
Taliaferro	552 96.3%	14 2.4%	7	573	D+93.9
Brantley	527 92.1%	40 7.0%	5	572	D+85.1
Camden	515 90.2%	53 9.3%	3	571	D+80.9
Hancock	504 88.4%	57 10.0%	9	570	D+78.4
Twiggs	491 89.4%	57 10.4%	1	549	D+79.1
Jones	508 95.7%	23 4.3%		531	D+91.3
Clay	484 97.0%	13 2.6%	2	499	D+94.4
Charlton	468 94.2%	28 5.6%	1	497	D+88.5
Lee	490 99.6%	1 0.2%	1	492	D+99.4
Marion	420 87.0%	62 12.8%	1	483	D+74.1
Schley	419 90.7%	43 9.3%		462	D+81.4
Glascock	369 83.9%	68 15.5%	3	440	D+68.4
Crawford	413 94.5%	22 5.0%	2	437	D+89.5
Liberty	369 87.6%	49 11.6%	3	421	D+76.0
Quitman	355 94.9%	19 5.1%		374	D+89.8
McIntosh	308 85.3%	53 14.7%		361	D+70.6
Long	305 85.0%	51 14.2%	3	359	D+70.8
Webster	310 88.3%	40 11.4%	1	351	D+76.9
Echols	300 90.6%	30 9.1%	1	331	D+81.6
Chattahoochee	206 91.2%	20 8.8%		226	D+82.3

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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