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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Nebraska

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Nebraska in 1936, 57.1% to 40.7%, a margin of 16.4 points and 99,714 votes.

Nebraska voted 7.9 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 78 of the 93 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Douglas, cast 107,076 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.6 points. The closest was Thomas, where 8 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	347,445	57.1%
Alf Landon	Republican	247,731	40.7%
All other candidates		12,847	2.1%
Total		608,023

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Douglas	70,245 65.6%	35,349 33.0%	1,482	107,076	D+32.6
Lancaster	22,366 50.7%	20,902 47.4%	838	44,106	D+3.3
Gage	7,227 56.7%	5,291 41.5%	227	12,745	D+15.2
Hall	6,295 53.3%	5,146 43.6%	369	11,810	D+9.7
Custer	5,907 51.4%	5,250 45.7%	338	11,495	D+5.7
Madison	6,044 53.3%	5,149 45.4%	147	11,340	D+7.9
Dodge	6,317 55.7%	4,561 40.2%	461	11,339	D+15.5
Buffalo	6,002 54.7%	4,595 41.9%	375	10,972	D+12.8
Lincoln	6,742 62.4%	3,857 35.7%	197	10,796	D+26.7
Adams	6,126 57.7%	4,094 38.5%	401	10,621	D+19.1
Scotts Bluff	5,768 57.7%	4,051 40.5%	177	9,996	D+17.2
Richardson	5,813 59.6%	3,908 40.0%	37	9,758	D+19.5
Saunders	5,514 57.5%	3,773 39.4%	300	9,587	D+18.2
Platte	6,249 65.7%	2,850 30.0%	413	9,512	D+35.7
Cass	4,922 56.9%	3,669 42.4%	54	8,645	D+14.5
Otoe	4,173 48.3%	4,399 50.9%	62	8,634	R+2.6
York	3,741 44.5%	4,554 54.1%	120	8,415	R+9.7
Saline	5,480 66.8%	2,637 32.1%	89	8,206	D+34.6
Holt	3,902 50.3%	3,714 47.8%	148	7,764	D+2.4
Dawson	4,021 52.2%	3,573 46.4%	108	7,702	D+5.8
Jefferson	4,526 59.4%	3,048 40.0%	50	7,624	D+19.4
Knox	4,449 58.7%	2,949 38.9%	185	7,583	D+19.8
Seward	3,866 54.9%	3,123 44.4%	50	7,039	D+10.6
Butler	4,360 63.0%	2,442 35.3%	124	6,926	D+27.7
Cedar	3,781 55.7%	2,394 35.2%	618	6,793	D+20.4
Antelope	3,165 47.4%	3,304 49.5%	203	6,672	R+2.1
Nemaha	3,459 55.8%	2,720 43.9%	23	6,202	D+11.9
Thayer	3,418 55.8%	2,628 42.9%	79	6,125	D+12.9
Fillmore	3,154 52.0%	2,858 47.1%	50	6,062	D+4.9
Boone	3,095 51.4%	2,728 45.3%	202	6,025	D+6.1
Clay	2,932 49.5%	2,856 48.3%	130	5,918	D+1.3
Burt	3,120 52.9%	2,710 45.9%	71	5,901	D+6.9
Cuming	3,114 53.3%	2,275 39.0%	451	5,840	D+14.4
Washington	3,426 59.7%	2,263 39.5%	45	5,734	D+20.3
Red Willow	3,445 60.5%	2,078 36.5%	169	5,692	D+24.0
Hamilton	2,653 48.7%	2,748 50.4%	48	5,449	R+1.7
Furnas	2,482 45.8%	2,842 52.4%	100	5,424	R+6.6
Nuckolls	2,778 53.7%	2,317 44.8%	76	5,171	D+8.9
Dawes	2,784 54.4%	2,083 40.7%	255	5,122	D+13.7
Colfax	3,210 63.3%	1,644 32.4%	221	5,075	D+30.9
Merrick	2,401 49.1%	2,367 48.4%	119	4,887	D+0.7
Dixon	2,640 54.2%	2,108 43.3%	122	4,870	D+10.9
Polk	2,519 52.2%	2,256 46.8%	48	4,823	D+5.5
Box Butte	2,900 62.2%	1,711 36.7%	52	4,663	D+25.5
Sarpy	3,030 65.2%	1,569 33.7%	50	4,649	D+31.4
Wayne	2,322 51.1%	2,149 47.3%	76	4,547	D+3.8
Johnson	2,359 52.1%	2,126 47.0%	40	4,525	D+5.1
Pierce	2,357 52.4%	2,016 44.8%	122	4,495	D+7.6
Howard	3,148 70.0%	1,223 27.2%	123	4,494	D+42.8
Phelps	2,587 57.6%	1,884 42.0%	19	4,490	D+15.7
Sheridan	2,428 54.1%	1,907 42.5%	150	4,485	D+11.6
Cheyenne	2,950 66.4%	1,374 30.9%	118	4,442	D+35.5
Pawnee	2,297 52.2%	2,074 47.1%	33	4,404	D+5.1
Webster	2,408 55.1%	1,912 43.8%	48	4,368	D+11.4
Dakota	2,741 64.0%	1,264 29.5%	277	4,282	D+34.5
Franklin	2,350 56.4%	1,685 40.5%	130	4,165	D+16.0
Valley	1,960 47.9%	2,033 49.6%	102	4,095	R+1.8
Thurston	2,676 65.9%	1,195 29.4%	191	4,062	D+36.5
Sherman	2,701 66.8%	1,294 32.0%	48	4,043	D+34.8
Cherry	2,010 51.0%	1,874 47.6%	55	3,939	D+3.5
Nance	2,012 52.5%	1,770 46.2%	49	3,831	D+6.3
Harlan	2,084 54.6%	1,692 44.4%	38	3,814	D+10.3
Kearney	2,445 65.9%	1,214 32.7%	52	3,711	D+33.2
Greeley	1,988 56.4%	1,107 31.4%	430	3,525	D+25.0
Frontier	1,883 53.7%	1,576 44.9%	50	3,509	D+8.7
Morrill	1,999 58.7%	1,354 39.8%	51	3,404	D+18.9
Stanton	1,917 59.9%	1,169 36.6%	112	3,198	D+23.4
Keith	2,000 63.5%	1,094 34.7%	58	3,152	D+28.7
Hitchcock	1,738 57.1%	1,285 42.2%	22	3,045	D+14.9
Boyd	1,555 53.6%	1,290 44.5%	55	2,900	D+9.1
Brown	1,188 45.0%	1,419 53.8%	31	2,638	R+8.8
Chase	1,493 57.7%	1,031 39.9%	63	2,587	D+17.9
Perkins	1,584 64.4%	861 35.0%	15	2,460	D+29.4
Dundy	1,328 55.1%	1,054 43.8%	26	2,408	D+11.4
Kimball	1,137 56.0%	842 41.4%	53	2,032	D+14.5
Garden	986 49.1%	996 49.6%	25	2,007	R+0.5
Deuel	1,020 56.4%	747 41.3%	41	1,808	D+15.1
Gosper	1,118 62.7%	647 36.3%	18	1,783	D+26.4
Rock	710 42.5%	944 56.5%	18	1,672	R+14.0
Sioux	956 57.7%	674 40.7%	28	1,658	D+17.0
Hayes	818 55.2%	654 44.1%	10	1,482	D+11.1
Garfield	697 47.2%	744 50.4%	35	1,476	R+3.2
Keya Paha	556 39.9%	830 59.6%	7	1,393	R+19.7
Wheeler	484 52.6%	358 38.9%	78	920	D+13.7
Logan	456 52.2%	410 46.9%	8	874	D+5.3
Loup	335 42.6%	438 55.7%	14	787	R+13.1
Thomas	374 49.7%	366 48.6%	13	753	D+1.1
Blaine	365 51.0%	342 47.8%	9	716	D+3.2
Banner	367 56.5%	277 42.6%	6	650	D+13.8
Grant	321 54.4%	267 45.3%	2	590	D+9.2
McPherson	250 42.8%	326 55.8%	8	584	R+13.0
Arthur	235 42.7%	312 56.7%	3	550	R+14.0
Hooker	191 39.6%	288 59.8%	3	482	R+20.1

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.

Nebraska in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+20.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+25.0
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+21.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+14.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+33.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+29.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.7
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+17.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+21.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.7
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+39.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+20.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+41.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+5.2
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.1
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+38.3
1948	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+8.3
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+17.2
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+14.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+16.4
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+27.7
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+27.0
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+17.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+33.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+14.3
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+22.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+37.9
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+3.2
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+31.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+13.8
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+16.8
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+30.3
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+29.6
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+41.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.7

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