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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Iowa

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Iowa in 1936, 54.4% to 42.7%, a margin of 11.7 points and 133,779 votes.

Iowa voted 12.5 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 81 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Polk, cast 79,460 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.2 points. The closest was Floyd, where 25 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	621,756	54.4%
Alf Landon	Republican	487,977	42.7%
All other candidates		33,000	2.9%
Total		1,142,733

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Polk	44,274 55.7%	33,819 42.6%	1,367	79,460	D+13.2
Woodbury	26,847 62.4%	14,157 32.9%	1,998	43,002	D+29.5
Linn	19,724 49.6%	19,129 48.1%	953	39,806	D+1.5
Scott	20,737 60.7%	12,691 37.2%	717	34,145	D+23.6
Black Hawk	16,793 53.0%	13,666 43.1%	1,222	31,681	D+9.9
Pottawattamie	16,259 56.2%	12,223 42.3%	431	28,913	D+14.0
Dubuque	16,291 59.5%	8,275 30.2%	2,812	27,378	D+29.3
Clinton	12,269 53.2%	10,016 43.5%	757	23,042	D+9.8
Lee	9,630 49.9%	8,955 46.4%	732	19,317	D+3.5
Wapello	10,578 57.1%	7,647 41.3%	287	18,512	D+15.8
Cerro Gordo	9,694 54.5%	7,599 42.7%	501	17,794	D+11.8
Webster	9,885 57.6%	6,494 37.8%	795	17,174	D+19.7
Des Moines	7,011 44.6%	6,763 43.1%	1,931	15,705	D+1.6
Johnson	8,794 59.6%	5,629 38.2%	320	14,743	D+21.5
Jasper	8,315 57.8%	5,875 40.8%	205	14,395	D+17.0
Marshall	6,297 45.0%	7,377 52.7%	334	14,008	R+7.7
Story	6,933 51.0%	6,358 46.8%	297	13,588	D+4.2
Fayette	7,210 53.8%	5,891 44.0%	296	13,397	D+9.8
Muscatine	6,593 49.5%	6,332 47.6%	388	13,313	D+2.0
Clayton	6,731 55.0%	5,017 41.0%	488	12,236	D+14.0
Appanoose	6,599 54.1%	5,511 45.2%	93	12,203	D+8.9
Marion	6,745 56.3%	4,975 41.5%	266	11,986	D+14.8
Dallas	6,341 53.0%	5,442 45.5%	190	11,973	D+7.5
Kossuth	8,071 68.0%	3,569 30.1%	223	11,863	D+37.9
Mahaska	6,094 52.0%	5,270 44.9%	362	11,726	D+7.0
Harrison	6,206 53.1%	5,314 45.5%	158	11,678	D+7.6
Boone	7,080 60.9%	4,110 35.3%	439	11,629	D+25.5
Tama	6,625 57.5%	4,737 41.1%	160	11,522	D+16.4
Plymouth	5,994 52.4%	4,133 36.1%	1,318	11,445	D+16.3
Page	4,646 41.0%	6,624 58.5%	53	11,323	R+17.5
Winneshiek	5,980 53.5%	4,489 40.1%	712	11,181	D+13.3
Sioux	5,553 52.0%	4,543 42.6%	573	10,669	D+9.5
Carroll	6,285 59.8%	3,259 31.0%	959	10,503	D+28.8
Cass	4,284 43.0%	5,622 56.4%	56	9,962	R+13.4
Benton	5,606 56.4%	4,144 41.7%	184	9,934	D+14.7
Hardin	5,429 54.7%	4,306 43.4%	198	9,933	D+11.3
Buchanan	5,025 50.8%	4,734 47.8%	135	9,894	D+2.9
Keokuk	5,162 52.3%	4,491 45.5%	225	9,878	D+6.8
Crawford	5,720 60.2%	3,514 37.0%	268	9,502	D+23.2
Jones	5,052 54.0%	4,141 44.3%	163	9,356	D+9.7
Washington	4,379 48.0%	4,619 50.7%	120	9,118	R+2.6
Delaware	4,350 48.1%	4,483 49.6%	213	9,046	R+1.5
Floyd	4,242 47.0%	4,267 47.2%	522	9,031	R+0.3
Poweshiek	4,745 52.7%	4,037 44.9%	214	8,996	D+7.9
Jackson	4,889 55.4%	3,581 40.6%	353	8,823	D+14.8
Warren	4,011 45.6%	4,642 52.7%	152	8,805	R+7.2
Buena Vista	5,287 60.2%	3,334 38.0%	164	8,785	D+22.2
Allamakee	4,327 49.4%	4,053 46.3%	383	8,763	D+3.1
Hamilton	5,432 62.0%	3,174 36.2%	152	8,758	D+25.8
Wright	5,177 59.4%	3,311 38.0%	222	8,710	D+21.4
Union	3,938 45.3%	4,647 53.4%	114	8,699	R+8.2
O'Brien	5,139 59.7%	3,350 38.9%	123	8,612	D+20.8
Monona	5,346 62.9%	3,008 35.4%	146	8,500	D+27.5
Bremer	5,058 59.7%	3,220 38.0%	192	8,470	D+21.7
Montgomery	3,920 46.8%	4,395 52.4%	67	8,382	R+5.7
Henry	3,542 42.8%	4,480 54.2%	249	8,271	R+11.3
Cedar	4,385 53.2%	3,686 44.8%	164	8,235	D+8.5
Shelby	4,264 51.8%	3,490 42.4%	477	8,231	D+9.4
Guthrie	3,619 44.3%	4,155 50.9%	396	8,170	R+6.6
Sac	4,472 55.7%	3,437 42.8%	114	8,023	D+12.9
Jefferson	3,690 46.5%	4,037 50.8%	214	7,941	R+4.4
Chickasaw	4,458 56.7%	3,143 40.0%	265	7,866	D+16.7
Cherokee	4,716 60.1%	2,902 37.0%	227	7,845	D+23.1
Iowa	4,163 54.0%	3,360 43.6%	189	7,712	D+10.4
Calhoun	4,544 59.0%	3,027 39.3%	128	7,699	D+19.7
Fremont	4,301 56.5%	3,291 43.2%	25	7,617	D+13.3
Madison	3,365 44.2%	4,188 55.0%	56	7,609	R+10.8
Clay	4,691 61.8%	2,774 36.6%	121	7,586	D+25.3
Greene	3,961 52.4%	3,384 44.8%	214	7,559	D+7.6
Butler	3,786 50.1%	3,604 47.7%	161	7,551	D+2.4
Taylor	3,337 44.2%	4,145 54.9%	63	7,545	R+10.7
Decatur	4,131 55.1%	3,327 44.4%	36	7,494	D+10.7
Monroe	4,205 56.4%	3,001 40.2%	255	7,461	D+16.1
Wayne	3,778 50.7%	3,609 48.4%	65	7,452	D+2.3
Lucas	3,773 51.1%	3,414 46.2%	195	7,382	D+4.9
Palo Alto	4,515 61.6%	2,613 35.6%	205	7,333	D+25.9
Howard	3,861 54.4%	2,947 41.5%	290	7,098	D+12.9
Mills	3,610 51.0%	3,424 48.4%	41	7,075	D+2.6
Pocahontas	4,357 63.9%	2,277 33.4%	185	6,819	D+30.5
Adair	3,243 48.0%	3,436 50.8%	84	6,763	R+2.9
Franklin	3,993 59.6%	2,530 37.7%	182	6,705	D+21.8
Grundy	3,918 58.5%	2,656 39.6%	129	6,703	D+18.8
Hancock	3,930 59.3%	2,585 39.0%	114	6,629	D+20.3
Mitchell	3,610 54.7%	2,765 41.9%	228	6,603	D+12.8
Van Buren	2,804 43.7%	3,535 55.0%	83	6,422	R+11.4
Davis	3,463 54.9%	2,815 44.6%	35	6,313	D+10.3
Ringgold	2,615 43.6%	3,316 55.3%	64	5,995	R+11.7
Lyon	3,590 60.4%	2,264 38.1%	90	5,944	D+22.3
Winnebago	3,133 52.9%	2,592 43.7%	202	5,927	D+9.1
Audubon	3,448 59.1%	2,344 40.1%	47	5,839	D+18.9
Humboldt	3,420 59.0%	2,262 39.0%	115	5,797	D+20.0
Dickinson	3,399 58.7%	2,322 40.1%	70	5,791	D+18.6
Emmet	3,158 55.9%	2,362 41.8%	125	5,645	D+14.1
Louisa	2,859 50.9%	2,655 47.3%	101	5,615	D+3.6
Ida	3,397 63.7%	1,834 34.4%	102	5,333	D+29.3
Adams	2,249 42.7%	2,953 56.1%	66	5,268	R+13.4
Clarke	2,613 49.6%	2,571 48.9%	79	5,263	D+0.8
Worth	2,976 59.7%	1,964 39.4%	44	4,984	D+20.3
Osceola	2,812 63.1%	1,539 34.6%	102	4,453	D+28.6

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.

Iowa in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+13.2
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+8.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+9.4
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.8
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.5
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+0.7
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.0
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+10.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+7.4
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+17.1
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+12.2
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.0
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+13.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+18.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+28.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+4.5
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+4.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.7
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+24.2
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+38.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+45.4
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+12.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+13.3
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+15.0
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+32.7
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+18.6
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+12.6
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+5.3
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.8
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+5.2
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+24.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+20.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+23.1
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+23.8

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