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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Illinois

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Illinois in 1936, 57.7% to 39.7%, a margin of 18.0 points and 712,606 votes.

Illinois voted 6.2 points 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 71 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 31. The largest, Cook, cast 2,008,669 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.5 points. The closest was Putnam, where 2 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	2,282,999	57.7%
Alf Landon	Republican	1,570,393	39.7%
All other candidates		103,130	2.6%
Total		3,956,522

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cook	1,253,164 62.4%	701,206 34.9%	54,299	2,008,669	D+27.5
St. Clair	54,238 64.8%	26,684 31.9%	2,840	83,762	D+32.9
Peoria	48,063 64.2%	25,425 34.0%	1,377	74,865	D+30.2
Madison	42,172 64.2%	22,073 33.6%	1,441	65,686	D+30.6
Kane	28,187 44.2%	33,491 52.6%	2,051	63,729	R+8.3
Sangamon	32,281 50.7%	29,562 46.4%	1,827	63,670	D+4.3
Will	28,135 50.9%	25,028 45.2%	2,151	55,314	D+5.6
Winnebago	27,200 50.4%	24,997 46.3%	1,792	53,989	D+4.1
Lake	24,524 45.7%	27,548 51.3%	1,600	53,672	R+5.6
Rock Island	32,741 61.7%	19,487 36.7%	799	53,027	D+25.0
Du Page	21,684 42.0%	28,380 55.0%	1,568	51,632	R+13.0
La Salle	26,926 52.6%	22,240 43.4%	2,035	51,201	D+9.2
Vermilion	25,016 56.7%	18,350 41.6%	790	44,156	D+15.1
Macon	27,360 62.9%	15,585 35.8%	540	43,485	D+27.1
McLean	21,508 55.0%	16,826 43.0%	798	39,132	D+12.0
Champaign	18,203 52.7%	15,808 45.8%	524	34,535	D+6.9
Adams	18,857 56.3%	13,114 39.2%	1,502	33,473	D+17.2
Knox	13,697 47.0%	14,712 50.5%	715	29,124	R+3.5
Williamson	14,663 53.6%	12,319 45.1%	352	27,334	D+8.6
Franklin	15,254 57.3%	10,708 40.2%	663	26,625	D+17.1
Kankakee	13,162 49.6%	10,935 41.2%	2,441	26,538	D+8.4
Macoupin	14,896 57.6%	9,502 36.8%	1,453	25,851	D+20.9
Tazewell	16,487 66.5%	7,946 32.1%	341	24,774	D+34.5
Henry	11,490 47.7%	11,953 49.6%	651	24,094	R+1.9
Fulton	12,864 54.9%	10,130 43.2%	428	23,422	D+11.7
Stephenson	10,567 49.5%	9,943 46.6%	832	21,342	D+2.9
Whiteside	7,982 37.6%	12,666 59.6%	595	21,243	R+22.0
Coles	11,931 57.2%	8,800 42.2%	137	20,868	D+15.0
Jackson	9,971 48.5%	10,363 50.4%	212	20,546	R+1.9
Christian	11,400 55.6%	8,145 39.7%	976	20,521	D+15.9
Livingston	9,190 45.2%	10,801 53.1%	343	20,334	R+7.9
Bureau	9,516 46.8%	10,462 51.5%	344	20,322	R+4.7
McHenry	6,893 34.7%	12,031 60.6%	942	19,866	R+25.9
Saline	10,253 52.3%	9,055 46.2%	308	19,616	D+6.1
Marion	10,820 55.6%	8,321 42.8%	305	19,446	D+12.9
Montgomery	10,132 53.5%	8,140 42.9%	683	18,955	D+10.5
Morgan	9,800 52.1%	8,844 47.0%	167	18,811	D+5.1
De Kalb	7,899 43.2%	9,826 53.8%	550	18,275	R+10.5
Jefferson	10,240 58.0%	7,290 41.3%	138	17,668	D+16.7
Iroquois	8,654 50.4%	7,908 46.0%	611	17,173	D+4.3
Lee	6,845 42.2%	8,914 54.9%	473	16,232	R+12.7
McDonough	7,138 44.6%	8,723 54.5%	151	16,012	R+9.9
Randolph	8,247 52.5%	7,057 44.9%	397	15,701	D+7.6
Ogle	5,776 37.2%	9,576 61.6%	194	15,546	R+24.4
Hancock	7,726 49.8%	7,383 47.6%	398	15,507	D+2.2
Logan	7,886 52.3%	7,019 46.5%	182	15,087	D+5.7
Edgar	7,822 52.5%	6,929 46.5%	147	14,898	D+6.0
Shelby	8,186 57.6%	5,795 40.8%	220	14,201	D+16.8
Pike	8,187 58.6%	5,589 40.0%	198	13,974	D+18.6
Fayette	6,824 51.0%	6,419 48.0%	128	13,371	D+3.0
Perry	7,043 55.2%	5,482 42.9%	243	12,768	D+12.2
Alexander	6,972 55.1%	5,553 43.9%	128	12,653	D+11.2
Warren	5,409 43.4%	6,919 55.5%	137	12,465	R+12.1
Crawford	6,164 50.9%	5,823 48.1%	112	12,099	D+2.8
Lawrence	6,168 54.1%	5,060 44.4%	170	11,398	D+9.7
Wayne	5,750 50.8%	5,528 48.8%	50	11,328	D+2.0
Clark	5,836 51.6%	5,426 48.0%	52	11,314	D+3.6
Clinton	5,355 48.0%	3,653 32.8%	2,139	11,147	D+15.3
Jo Daviess	5,079 46.4%	5,619 51.3%	252	10,950	R+4.9
White	6,511 59.7%	4,322 39.6%	76	10,909	D+20.1
Effingham	6,030 57.0%	4,293 40.6%	260	10,583	D+16.4
Greene	6,510 61.7%	3,916 37.1%	118	10,544	D+24.6
Union	6,260 59.8%	4,165 39.8%	36	10,461	D+20.0
De Witt	5,676 55.2%	4,544 44.2%	60	10,280	D+11.0
Grundy	4,481 44.0%	5,360 52.6%	344	10,185	R+8.6
Woodford	5,122 50.7%	4,845 48.0%	126	10,093	D+2.7
Mercer	4,751 48.1%	5,028 50.9%	105	9,884	R+2.8
Douglas	5,029 51.9%	4,606 47.5%	59	9,694	D+4.4
Clay	4,752 50.6%	4,528 48.3%	104	9,384	D+2.4
Carroll	4,368 46.8%	4,886 52.4%	74	9,328	R+5.6
Cass	5,786 63.7%	3,209 35.3%	95	9,090	D+28.3
Washington	4,119 46.4%	4,540 51.2%	209	8,868	R+4.7
Mason	5,278 60.5%	3,395 38.9%	58	8,731	D+21.6
Richland	4,268 50.3%	4,040 47.6%	184	8,492	D+2.7
Ford	3,715 44.2%	4,524 53.9%	162	8,401	R+9.6
Piatt	4,084 50.7%	3,931 48.8%	46	8,061	D+1.9
Boone	2,383 29.7%	5,375 67.0%	264	8,022	R+37.3
Bond	3,541 45.2%	4,046 51.6%	249	7,836	R+6.4
Marshall	4,149 53.5%	3,544 45.7%	67	7,760	D+7.8
Pulaski	3,804 49.8%	3,774 49.4%	67	7,645	D+0.4
Hamilton	4,152 55.1%	3,321 44.1%	62	7,535	D+11.0
Jasper	4,149 55.3%	3,221 42.9%	132	7,502	D+12.4
Moultrie	4,110 56.7%	3,074 42.4%	65	7,249	D+14.3
Wabash	4,214 58.3%	2,860 39.6%	150	7,224	D+18.7
Jersey	3,955 56.0%	3,023 42.8%	83	7,061	D+13.2
Massac	3,039 43.5%	3,894 55.8%	50	6,983	R+12.2
Schuyler	3,885 55.8%	3,029 43.5%	43	6,957	D+12.3
Monroe	3,477 50.8%	3,226 47.1%	147	6,850	D+3.7
Cumberland	3,290 51.8%	3,016 47.5%	50	6,356	D+4.3
Menard	3,152 50.2%	3,067 48.9%	58	6,277	D+1.4
Johnson	2,497 41.3%	3,537 58.5%	16	6,050	R+17.2
Gallatin	3,701 64.1%	2,004 34.7%	69	5,774	D+29.4
Kendall	2,374 41.5%	3,138 54.9%	208	5,720	R+13.4
Henderson	2,496 47.8%	2,663 51.0%	61	5,220	R+3.2
Scott	2,945 57.3%	2,165 42.1%	28	5,138	D+15.2
Edwards	2,211 43.4%	2,813 55.2%	76	5,100	R+11.8
Stark	2,220 44.8%	2,696 54.4%	42	4,958	R+9.6
Brown	2,873 63.2%	1,591 35.0%	85	4,549	D+28.2
Pope	1,728 38.0%	2,787 61.3%	33	4,548	R+23.3
Calhoun	2,058 50.2%	1,883 45.9%	161	4,102	D+4.3
Hardin	1,984 49.5%	2,008 50.1%	19	4,011	R+0.6
Putnam	1,437 49.5%	1,435 49.5%	29	2,901	D+0.1

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+10.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+17.0
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+17.1
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+16.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+25.1
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+10.3
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+12.0
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+14.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+2.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+7.9
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+2.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.5
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+18.9
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.9
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+0.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.0
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.2
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+14.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+42.3
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+9.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+13.2
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+15.5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+28.3
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+8.4
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+13.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+3.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+3.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+3.7
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+6.5
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.5
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4

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