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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Minnesota

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Minnesota in 1936, 61.8% to 31.0%, a margin of 30.8 points and 348,350 votes.

Minnesota voted 6.6 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 84 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Hennepin, cast 245,480 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.7 points. The closest was Otter Tail, where 257 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	698,811	61.8%
Alf Landon	Republican	350,461	31.0%
William Lemke	Union	74,296	6.6%
All other candidates		6,407	0.6%
Total		1,129,975

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	144,289 58.8%	81,206 33.1%	19,985	245,480	D+25.7
Ramsey	86,286 66.0%	30,553 23.4%	13,889	130,728	D+42.6
St. Louis	69,365 74.2%	22,332 23.9%	1,813	93,510	D+50.3
Stearns	12,760 56.5%	5,262 23.3%	4,558	22,580	D+33.2
Otter Tail	8,642 47.7%	8,899 49.1%	569	18,110	R+1.4
Winona	9,268 59.6%	5,353 34.4%	930	15,551	D+25.2
Polk	11,337 73.4%	3,751 24.3%	349	15,437	D+49.1
Dakota	8,890 57.7%	4,043 26.3%	2,465	15,398	D+31.5
Olmsted	8,958 60.0%	5,316 35.6%	645	14,919	D+24.4
Blue Earth	8,255 55.9%	5,550 37.6%	964	14,769	D+18.3
Goodhue	8,257 57.5%	5,682 39.6%	422	14,361	D+17.9
Mower	8,228 61.0%	4,743 35.2%	516	13,487	D+25.8
Itasca	8,896 69.4%	3,594 28.0%	329	12,819	D+41.4
Rice	5,928 48.1%	4,888 39.7%	1,511	12,327	D+8.4
Freeborn	7,378 60.0%	4,653 37.8%	274	12,305	D+22.1
Washington	6,768 57.8%	3,863 33.0%	1,079	11,710	D+24.8
Wright	5,363 47.2%	4,087 36.0%	1,901	11,351	D+11.2
Crow Wing	6,561 61.5%	3,611 33.8%	501	10,673	D+27.6
Fillmore	4,764 45.8%	5,054 48.6%	586	10,404	R+2.8
Brown	6,637 64.6%	2,679 26.1%	951	10,267	D+38.6
Todd	5,627 56.3%	3,780 37.8%	595	10,002	D+18.5
Morrison	6,112 62.1%	2,682 27.2%	1,054	9,848	D+34.8
Faribault	5,603 56.9%	3,773 38.3%	471	9,847	D+18.6
Martin	6,492 66.1%	3,090 31.5%	243	9,825	D+34.6
Clay	6,282 65.3%	2,880 29.9%	459	9,621	D+35.4
Kandiyohi	6,595 69.2%	2,500 26.2%	429	9,524	D+43.0
Carlton	7,136 75.3%	2,163 22.8%	179	9,478	D+52.5
Becker	6,473 68.4%	2,683 28.3%	310	9,466	D+40.0
Renville	5,344 56.5%	3,049 32.3%	1,060	9,453	D+24.3
Redwood	4,965 55.3%	3,286 36.6%	721	8,972	D+18.7
Beltrami	6,507 72.6%	2,182 24.4%	268	8,957	D+48.3
Le Sueur	5,077 57.3%	2,849 32.1%	939	8,865	D+25.1
Pine	5,797 67.1%	2,452 28.4%	389	8,638	D+38.7
Lyon	5,163 61.3%	2,551 30.3%	710	8,424	D+31.0
Steele	4,481 54.5%	3,373 41.0%	370	8,224	D+13.5
Nobles	4,919 60.9%	2,601 32.2%	552	8,072	D+28.7
McLeod	4,449 55.2%	2,941 36.5%	668	8,058	D+18.7
Anoka	4,501 56.9%	2,586 32.7%	822	7,909	D+24.2
Wabasha	4,122 53.6%	2,663 34.6%	912	7,697	D+19.0
Meeker	4,242 56.2%	2,479 32.9%	821	7,542	D+23.4
Douglas	4,186 56.8%	2,681 36.4%	497	7,364	D+20.4
Cass	4,440 60.5%	2,634 35.9%	260	7,334	D+24.6
Carver	2,814 38.6%	3,095 42.4%	1,383	7,292	R+3.9
Jackson	5,187 72.1%	1,676 23.3%	332	7,195	D+48.8
Nicollet	4,136 59.1%	2,360 33.7%	507	7,003	D+25.4
Marshall	4,802 70.1%	1,904 27.8%	146	6,852	D+42.3
Sibley	4,140 61.5%	2,184 32.4%	411	6,735	D+29.0
Yellow Medicine	3,921 58.7%	2,029 30.4%	729	6,679	D+28.3
Cottonwood	3,929 59.3%	2,509 37.9%	185	6,623	D+21.4
Aitkin	3,806 57.6%	2,466 37.3%	339	6,611	D+20.3
Chippewa	4,027 61.4%	2,223 33.9%	309	6,559	D+27.5
Scott	3,861 58.9%	1,528 23.3%	1,170	6,559	D+35.6
Koochiching	5,065 77.8%	1,316 20.2%	132	6,513	D+57.6
Waseca	3,520 55.5%	2,482 39.1%	346	6,348	D+16.4
Mille Lacs	3,767 60.6%	2,091 33.6%	362	6,220	D+26.9
Houston	3,156 51.7%	2,701 44.3%	243	6,100	D+7.5
Chisago	3,360 55.3%	2,462 40.5%	258	6,080	D+14.8
Lac Qui Parle	3,243 54.1%	2,066 34.5%	687	5,996	D+19.6
Swift	3,749 62.6%	1,618 27.0%	619	5,986	D+35.6
Murray	3,926 67.1%	1,601 27.3%	328	5,855	D+39.7
Benton	3,111 53.5%	1,783 30.7%	919	5,813	D+22.8
Watonwan	3,668 63.5%	1,930 33.4%	174	5,772	D+30.1
Norman	3,778 68.7%	1,570 28.5%	154	5,502	D+40.1
Roseau	3,761 71.4%	1,326 25.2%	179	5,266	D+46.2
Pope	3,200 61.0%	1,869 35.7%	173	5,242	D+25.4
Pipestone	3,026 58.5%	1,881 36.4%	263	5,170	D+22.1
Pennington	3,736 72.5%	1,258 24.4%	161	5,155	D+48.1
Dodge	2,812 54.7%	2,138 41.6%	188	5,138	D+13.1
Isanti	3,442 67.2%	1,437 28.0%	244	5,123	D+39.1
Rock	2,910 60.1%	1,752 36.2%	176	4,838	D+23.9
Wadena	2,605 56.0%	1,898 40.8%	146	4,649	D+15.2
Lincoln	2,662 61.4%	1,199 27.7%	473	4,334	D+33.8
Kittson	3,127 73.2%	1,080 25.3%	62	4,269	D+48.0
Clearwater	3,208 75.3%	939 22.1%	111	4,258	D+53.3
Kanabec	2,579 63.1%	1,350 33.0%	159	4,088	D+30.1
Grant	2,358 57.9%	1,566 38.4%	151	4,075	D+19.4
Hubbard	2,312 56.9%	1,618 39.8%	132	4,062	D+17.1
Big Stone	2,648 66.2%	1,116 27.9%	235	3,999	D+38.3
Stevens	2,352 59.4%	1,431 36.2%	175	3,958	D+23.3
Wilkin	2,428 61.7%	1,278 32.5%	232	3,938	D+29.2
Sherburne	1,881 50.3%	1,623 43.4%	233	3,737	D+6.9
Lake	2,717 80.1%	617 18.2%	56	3,390	D+61.9
Traverse	2,297 73.1%	761 24.2%	86	3,144	D+48.9
Red Lake	2,057 77.5%	487 18.4%	109	2,653	D+59.2
Mahnomen	2,025 76.9%	474 18.0%	135	2,634	D+58.9
Lake Of The Woods	1,566 76.3%	385 18.8%	101	2,052	D+57.6
Cook	793 65.9%	387 32.1%	24	1,204	D+33.7

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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