United States · Election results history · 1936 president · Missouri

Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Missouri

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Missouri in 1936, 60.8% to 38.2%, a margin of 22.6 points and 413,152 votes.

Missouri voted 1.7 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 74 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 41. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 396,830 votes and went to the Democrat by 33.3 points. The closest was Lawrence, where 1 vote 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	1,111,043	60.8%
Alf Landon	Republican	697,891	38.2%
All other candidates		19,701	1.1%
Total		1,828,635

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis City	260,063 65.5%	127,887 32.2%	8,880	396,830	D+33.3
Jackson	215,120 72.8%	79,119 26.8%	1,080	295,319	D+46.1
St. Louis	63,226 58.1%	45,541 41.9%		108,767	D+16.3
Buchanan	28,825 64.2%	15,912 35.4%	196	44,933	D+28.7
Greene	21,489 55.2%	17,298 44.5%	119	38,906	D+10.8
Jasper	19,822 57.3%	14,440 41.8%	323	34,585	D+15.6
Pettis	9,265 55.1%	7,435 44.2%	121	16,821	D+10.9
Cape Girardeau	8,892 54.5%	7,374 45.2%	64	16,330	D+9.3
Franklin	7,565 47.5%	7,708 48.4%	647	15,920	R+0.9
Marion	11,068 70.3%	4,628 29.4%	51	15,747	D+40.9
St. Francois	7,876 51.8%	7,271 47.8%	66	15,213	D+4.0
Cole	8,831 58.5%	6,180 40.9%	95	15,106	D+17.5
Jefferson	9,158 61.2%	5,575 37.2%	241	14,974	D+23.9
Boone	11,241 75.3%	3,624 24.3%	61	14,926	D+51.0
Lafayette	7,275 49.0%	7,535 50.7%	51	14,861	R+1.7
Saline	8,622 58.4%	6,108 41.3%	46	14,776	D+17.0
Clay	9,535 67.7%	4,491 31.9%	58	14,084	D+35.8
Dunklin	10,233 72.7%	3,775 26.8%	58	14,066	D+45.9
Newton	6,929 51.5%	6,437 47.9%	82	13,448	D+3.7
Nodaway	7,499 56.0%	5,817 43.4%	83	13,399	D+12.6
New Madrid	7,791 60.5%	5,056 39.3%	25	12,872	D+21.2
Butler	6,234 49.4%	6,355 50.3%	42	12,631	R+1.0
Randolph	9,733 77.9%	2,723 21.8%	35	12,491	D+56.1
Lawrence	6,184 49.7%	6,185 49.7%	70	12,439	level
Pemiscot	8,171 66.3%	4,139 33.6%	14	12,324	D+32.7
Johnson	6,294 52.0%	5,797 47.9%	22	12,113	D+4.1
Henry	7,145 59.0%	4,927 40.7%	39	12,111	D+18.3
St. Charles	5,903 48.9%	5,156 42.7%	1,009	12,068	D+6.2
Linn	6,744 56.6%	5,118 43.0%	53	11,915	D+13.6
Barry	5,744 49.1%	5,906 50.5%	49	11,699	R+1.4
Stoddard	6,608 57.5%	4,828 42.0%	55	11,491	D+15.5
Vernon	6,872 59.9%	4,546 39.6%	60	11,478	D+20.3
Macon	6,417 57.0%	4,808 42.7%	37	11,262	D+14.3
Scott	7,763 71.0%	3,126 28.6%	52	10,941	D+42.4
Bates	5,681 52.7%	5,022 46.6%	74	10,777	D+6.1
Carroll	5,141 48.5%	5,432 51.2%	32	10,605	R+2.7
Callaway	7,160 69.6%	3,112 30.2%	21	10,293	D+39.3
Cooper	5,188 50.9%	4,980 48.8%	29	10,197	D+2.0
Adair	5,315 52.5%	4,685 46.3%	127	10,127	D+6.2
Howell	4,725 46.9%	5,297 52.6%	42	10,064	R+5.7
Audrain	7,455 74.6%	2,508 25.1%	31	9,994	D+49.5
Livingston	5,226 52.6%	4,678 47.0%	40	9,944	D+5.5
Cass	5,731 58.2%	4,070 41.3%	52	9,853	D+16.9
Ray	6,300 69.0%	2,805 30.7%	19	9,124	D+38.3
Polk	3,899 43.1%	5,126 56.7%	23	9,048	R+13.6
Chariton	5,490 61.3%	3,433 38.3%	34	8,957	D+23.0
Texas	4,718 53.1%	4,132 46.5%	34	8,884	D+6.6
Harrison	3,942 44.5%	4,888 55.2%	22	8,852	R+10.7
Pike	5,898 66.8%	2,871 32.5%	58	8,827	D+34.3
Grundy	4,187 47.8%	4,521 51.6%	55	8,763	R+3.8
Wright	3,296 40.3%	4,837 59.2%	41	8,174	R+18.9
Webster	3,612 44.6%	4,469 55.2%	21	8,102	R+10.6
Sullivan	3,986 49.7%	4,019 50.1%	20	8,025	R+0.4
Laclede	3,691 46.3%	4,258 53.4%	28	7,977	R+7.1
Daviess	3,953 50.0%	3,924 49.7%	25	7,902	D+0.4
Andrew	3,702 48.1%	3,987 51.8%	4	7,693	R+3.7
Phelps	4,658 63.1%	2,690 36.4%	33	7,381	D+26.7
Monroe	6,376 86.9%	939 12.8%	25	7,340	D+74.1
Gentry	4,173 57.1%	3,115 42.6%	18	7,306	D+14.5
Barton	4,048 55.8%	3,164 43.6%	37	7,249	D+12.2
Howard	5,326 75.1%	1,745 24.6%	21	7,092	D+50.5
Miller	3,436 48.5%	3,607 50.9%	43	7,086	R+2.4
Montgomery	3,458 49.8%	3,468 50.0%	11	6,937	R+0.1
Lincoln	4,625 66.8%	2,258 32.6%	41	6,924	D+34.2
McDonald	3,503 51.4%	3,312 48.6%	4	6,819	D+2.8
Caldwell	3,014 44.2%	3,792 55.7%	7	6,813	R+11.4
Mississippi	4,160 61.7%	2,552 37.9%	25	6,737	D+23.9
Clinton	4,166 61.9%	2,512 37.3%	49	6,727	D+24.6
Platte	4,884 73.0%	1,787 26.7%	20	6,691	D+46.3
St. Clair	3,302 49.4%	3,351 50.1%	31	6,684	R+0.7
Perry	3,098 46.9%	3,382 51.2%	126	6,606	R+4.3
Atchison	3,452 53.1%	3,044 46.8%	7	6,503	D+6.3
Christian	2,462 37.9%	4,022 61.9%	17	6,501	R+24.0
Holt	3,076 47.3%	3,409 52.5%	14	6,499	R+5.1
Moniteau	3,210 49.6%	3,238 50.1%	18	6,466	R+0.4
Douglas	2,118 34.2%	4,031 65.2%	38	6,187	R+30.9
Shelby	4,367 71.6%	1,697 27.8%	38	6,102	D+43.8
Cedar	2,443 40.6%	3,535 58.8%	34	6,012	R+18.2
Crawford	2,879 48.3%	3,041 51.0%	41	5,961	R+2.7
Lewis	3,859 65.4%	1,994 33.8%	50	5,903	D+31.6
Washington	2,942 49.8%	2,909 49.3%	51	5,902	D+0.6
Osage	2,995 50.8%	2,836 48.1%	68	5,899	D+2.7
Bollinger	2,816 48.0%	2,988 50.9%	65	5,869	R+2.9
Clark	3,003 51.4%	2,812 48.2%	25	5,840	D+3.3
Wayne	3,235 56.3%	2,494 43.4%	16	5,745	D+12.9
Gasconade	1,492 26.1%	4,202 73.5%	22	5,716	R+47.4
Dade	2,312 40.8%	3,326 58.7%	31	5,669	R+17.9
Morgan	2,585 46.2%	2,993 53.5%	18	5,596	R+7.3
De Kalb	2,680 48.1%	2,872 51.6%	18	5,570	R+3.4
Dent	3,168 57.5%	2,313 41.9%	33	5,514	D+15.5
Putnam	1,902 35.2%	3,458 64.0%	42	5,402	R+28.8
Benton	1,950 36.5%	3,375 63.1%	21	5,346	R+26.7
Knox	3,030 58.3%	2,134 41.1%	29	5,193	D+17.3
Pulaski	2,886 56.9%	2,177 42.9%	13	5,076	D+14.0
Oregon	3,504 70.5%	1,461 29.4%	5	4,970	D+41.1
Ralls	3,822 78.2%	1,051 21.5%	12	4,885	D+56.7
Dallas	1,749 36.2%	3,066 63.5%	13	4,828	R+27.3
Scotland	2,768 58.0%	1,940 40.7%	64	4,772	D+17.4
Stone	1,366 28.8%	3,366 70.9%	13	4,745	R+42.1
Mercer	1,834 39.8%	2,757 59.9%	14	4,605	R+20.0
Taney	1,710 37.5%	2,827 62.0%	23	4,560	R+24.5
Ripley	2,466 56.1%	1,911 43.5%	20	4,397	D+12.6
Ozark	1,359 31.2%	2,981 68.5%	14	4,354	R+37.3
Shannon	3,069 70.6%	1,225 28.2%	55	4,349	D+42.4
Madison	2,323 53.5%	2,013 46.4%	6	4,342	D+7.1
Camden	1,908 45.5%	2,281 54.4%	6	4,195	R+8.9
Ste. Genevieve	2,446 58.5%	1,664 39.8%	72	4,182	D+18.7
Iron	2,413 59.9%	1,605 39.8%	11	4,029	D+20.1
Warren	1,277 32.4%	2,639 67.0%	25	3,941	R+34.6
Maries	2,414 64.5%	1,306 34.9%	20	3,740	D+29.6
Schuyler	2,173 59.9%	1,447 39.9%	9	3,629	D+20.0
Worth	1,944 54.7%	1,581 44.5%	31	3,556	D+10.2
Reynolds	2,476 72.9%	915 26.9%	5	3,396	D+46.0
Hickory	910 28.0%	2,329 71.7%	8	3,247	R+43.7
Carter	1,590 59.1%	1,073 39.9%	26	2,689	D+19.2

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.

Missouri in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.4
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+15.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+9.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+0.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.1
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.6
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+1.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.1
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.5
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+1.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+16.6
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.9
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+22.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+28.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+11.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+5.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+11.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+3.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.6
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+0.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+3.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+13.7
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+16.3
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.9

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