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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Idaho

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Idaho in 1936, 63.0% to 33.2%, a margin of 29.8 points and 59,427 votes.

Idaho voted 5.5 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 43 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Ada, cast 20,564 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.7 points. The closest was Clark, where 32 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	125,683	63.0%
Alf Landon	Republican	66,256	33.2%
All other candidates		7,678	3.8%
Total		199,617

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	12,027 58.5%	7,566 36.8%	971	20,564	D+21.7
Canyon	8,290 56.9%	4,922 33.8%	1,353	14,565	D+23.1
Bannock	9,443 70.8%	3,784 28.4%	118	13,345	D+42.4
Twin Falls	7,476 58.3%	4,962 38.7%	379	12,817	D+19.6
Kootenai	5,752 63.8%	2,602 28.9%	659	9,013	D+34.9
Nez Perce	5,705 71.2%	2,019 25.2%	293	8,017	D+46.0
Bonneville	5,439 69.8%	2,214 28.4%	134	7,787	D+41.4
Shoshone	5,377 71.0%	2,140 28.3%	58	7,575	D+42.7
Latah	4,359 58.4%	2,850 38.2%	259	7,468	D+20.2
Bingham	4,215 62.3%	2,365 35.0%	182	6,762	D+27.4
Bonner	3,521 58.6%	2,028 33.8%	456	6,005	D+24.9
Idaho	3,104 63.0%	1,532 31.1%	293	4,929	D+31.9
Cassia	3,100 64.5%	1,635 34.0%	68	4,803	D+30.5
Fremont	2,904 66.5%	1,424 32.6%	39	4,367	D+33.9
Jefferson	2,776 71.9%	1,034 26.8%	51	3,861	D+45.1
Jerome	2,374 62.8%	1,295 34.3%	109	3,778	D+28.6
Gooding	2,100 56.6%	1,507 40.7%	100	3,707	D+16.0
Franklin	2,255 61.2%	1,408 38.2%	19	3,682	D+23.0
Payette	1,677 45.8%	1,522 41.6%	461	3,660	D+4.2
Madison	2,455 68.3%	1,119 31.1%	22	3,596	D+37.2
Gem	2,468 69.2%	880 24.7%	218	3,566	D+44.5
Washington	2,147 60.4%	1,235 34.7%	175	3,557	D+25.6
Bear Lake	2,078 59.6%	1,404 40.3%	4	3,486	D+19.3
Minidoka	2,095 67.6%	948 30.6%	54	3,097	D+37.0
Clearwater	1,959 66.9%	815 27.8%	153	2,927	D+39.1
Benewah	1,906 65.3%	912 31.3%	99	2,917	D+34.1
Lemhi	1,648 62.1%	933 35.1%	74	2,655	D+26.9
Oneida	1,673 65.0%	890 34.6%	9	2,572	D+30.4
Elmore	1,567 65.8%	689 28.9%	126	2,382	D+36.9
Lewis	1,612 74.4%	506 23.4%	49	2,167	D+51.0
Boundary	1,304 60.2%	733 33.8%	129	2,166	D+26.4
Blaine	1,361 64.5%	738 35.0%	10	2,109	D+29.5
Valley	1,260 63.6%	576 29.1%	146	1,982	D+34.5
Power	1,075 59.4%	705 39.0%	29	1,809	D+20.5
Owyhee	1,106 64.1%	497 28.8%	123	1,726	D+35.3
Lincoln	916 53.3%	764 44.5%	37	1,717	D+8.9
Custer	875 61.6%	529 37.3%	16	1,420	D+24.4
Teton	834 59.1%	545 38.6%	32	1,411	D+20.5
Adams	770 59.4%	432 33.3%	95	1,297	D+26.1
Boise	780 65.4%	371 31.1%	42	1,193	D+34.3
Caribou	640 66.7%	318 33.2%	1	959	D+33.6
Butte	546 63.1%	308 35.6%	11	865	D+27.5
Camas	442 60.5%	272 37.3%	16	730	D+23.3
Clark	272 46.8%	304 52.3%	5	581	R+5.5

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

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