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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Mississippi

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Mississippi in 1936, 97.1% to 2.7%, a margin of 94.3 points and 152,875 votes.

Mississippi voted 70.1 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 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hinds, cast 8,976 votes and went to the Democrat by 92.7 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 214 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	157,318	97.1%
Alf Landon	Republican	4,443	2.7%
All other candidates		329	0.2%
Total		162,090

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hinds	8,647 96.3%	329 3.7%	8,976	D+92.7
Lauderdale	6,075 98.7%	79 1.3%	6,154	D+97.4
Harrison	4,208 88.8%	532 11.2%	4,740	D+77.6
Jones	4,461 95.0%	234 5.0%	4,695	D+90.0
Forrest	3,596 93.6%	245 6.4%	3,841	D+87.2
Lee	3,585 98.8%	42 1.2%	3,627	D+97.7
Neshoba	3,495 98.0%	70 2.0%	3,565	D+96.1
Warren	3,233 96.2%	128 3.8%	3,361	D+92.4
Pike	3,170 97.2%	91 2.8%	3,261	D+94.4
Monroe	3,199 98.2%	58 1.8%	3,257	D+96.4
Newton	2,624 98.4%	42 1.6%	2,666	D+96.8
Leake	2,566 99.3%	18 0.7%	2,584	D+98.6
Lincoln	2,465 96.7%	84 3.3%	2,549	D+93.4
Sunflower	2,508 99.2%	21 0.8%	2,529	D+98.3
Simpson	2,445 98.0%	49 2.0%	2,494	D+96.1
Alcorn	2,396 97.5%	61 2.5%	2,457	D+95.0
Copiah	2,397 98.1%	46 1.9%	2,443	D+96.2
Winston	2,418 99.1%	22 0.9%	2,440	D+98.2
Bolivar	2,296 95.8%	101 4.2%	2,397	D+91.6
Lowndes	2,328 97.2%	66 2.8%	2,394	D+94.5
Pontotoc	2,286 95.7%	102 4.3%	2,388	D+91.5
Union	2,249 97.1%	67 2.9%	2,316	D+94.2
Washington	2,143 95.6%	98 4.4%	2,241	D+91.3
Leflore	2,137 98.3%	36 1.7%	2,173	D+96.7
Yazoo	2,141 99.1%	20 0.9%	2,161	D+98.1
Scott	2,097 98.4%	34 1.6%	2,131	D+96.8
Clarke	2,089 98.4%	34 1.6%	2,123	D+96.8
Coahoma	2,059 97.7%	49 2.3%	2,108	D+95.4
Jasper	2,004 98.9%	23 1.1%	2,027	D+97.7
Marion	1,932 98.1%	38 1.9%	1,970	D+96.1
Rankin	1,884 97.1%	57 2.9%	1,941	D+94.1
Attala	1,855 97.8%	42 2.2%	1,897	D+95.6
Holmes	1,885 99.4%	12 0.6%	1,897	D+98.7
Madison	1,838 98.2%	33 1.8%	1,871	D+96.5
Prentiss	1,809 97.1%	54 2.9%	1,863	D+94.2
Adams	1,732 93.1%	128 6.9%	1,860	D+86.2
Jackson	1,704 93.1%	127 6.9%	1,831	D+86.1
Tishomingo	1,619 92.8%	125 7.2%	1,744	D+85.7
Oktibbeha	1,714 98.8%	20 1.2%	1,734	D+97.7
Calhoun	1,691 97.6%	42 2.4%	1,733	D+95.2
Benton	1,717 99.4%	10 0.6%	1,727	D+98.8
Smith	1,676 98.9%	18 1.1%	1,694	D+97.9
Lafayette	1,652 98.2%	31 1.8%	1,683	D+96.3
Covington	1,589 96.7%	55 3.3%	1,644	D+93.3
Tippah	1,625 98.8%	19 1.2%	1,644	D+97.7
Chickasaw	1,559 98.8%	19 1.2%	1,578	D+97.6
Tallahatchie	1,567 99.7%	5 0.3%	1,572	D+99.4
Itawamba	1,465 96.9%	47 3.1%	1,512	D+93.8
Webster	1,439 95.5%	68 4.5%	1,507	D+91.0
Amite	1,421 95.2%	71 4.8%	1,492	D+90.5
Kemper	1,477 99.5%	8 0.5%	1,485	D+98.9
Panola	1,481 99.8%	3 0.2%	1,484	D+99.6
Hancock	1,284 87.7%	180 12.3%	1,464	D+75.4
Wayne	1,367 96.8%	45 3.2%	1,412	D+93.6
Jefferson Davis	1,325 95.1%	69 4.9%	1,394	D+90.1
Montgomery	1,383 99.6%	5 0.4%	1,388	D+99.3
Choctaw	1,342 96.8%	44 3.2%	1,386	D+93.7
Yalobusha	1,350 98.0%	27 2.0%	1,377	D+96.1
Noxubee	1,332 97.9%	28 2.1%	1,360	D+95.9
De Soto	1,343 99.0%	13 1.0%	1,356	D+98.1
Lawrence	1,286 97.4%	35 2.6%	1,321	D+94.7
Lamar	1,210 92.6%	96 7.4%	1,306	D+85.3
Clay	1,271 97.5%	32 2.5%	1,303	D+95.1
Walthall	1,234 97.7%	29 2.3%	1,263	D+95.4
Grenada	1,245 99.0%	13 1.0%	1,258	D+97.9
Pearl River	1,156 93.2%	84 6.8%	1,240	D+86.5
Humphreys	1,164 99.4%	7 0.6%	1,171	D+98.8
Franklin	1,098 96.8%	36 3.2%	1,134	D+93.7
Marshall	1,111 98.0%	23 2.0%	1,134	D+95.9
Tate	1,088 99.4%	7 0.6%	1,095	D+98.7
Carroll	1,030 98.1%	20 1.9%	1,050	D+96.2
Quitman	1,025 99.0%	10 1.0%	1,035	D+98.1
George	892 97.2%	26 2.8%	918	D+94.3
Jefferson	884 98.9%	10 1.1%	894	D+97.8
Greene	830 94.4%	49 5.6%	879	D+88.9
Claiborne	774 96.0%	32 4.0%	806	D+92.1
Wilkinson	767 97.1%	23 2.9%	790	D+94.2
Perry	737 97.9%	16 2.1%	753	D+95.8
Tunica	701 99.3%	5 0.7%	706	D+98.6
Stone	675 96.4%	25 3.6%	700	D+92.9
Sharkey	567 98.8%	7 1.2%	574	D+97.6
Issaquena	214 100.0%	0 0.0%	214	D+100.0

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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