Election 1936 Results
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1936 presidential election in North Dakota
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in North Dakota in 1936, 59.6% to 26.6%, a margin of 33.0 points and 90,397 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.
Democrats led in 53 of the 53 counties as they stood then. The largest, Cass, cast 21,670 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.0 points. The closest was Sioux, where 292 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 163,148 | 59.6% |
| Alf Landon | Republican | 72,751 | 26.6% |
| William Lemke | Union | 36,708 | 13.4% |
| All other candidates | 1,109 | 0.4% | |
| Total | 273,716 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass | 12,400 57.2% | 7,632 35.2% | 1,638 | 21,670 | D+22.0 |
| Grand Forks | 9,222 63.4% | 4,312 29.6% | 1,015 | 14,549 | D+33.7 |
| Ward | 8,872 63.1% | 3,142 22.4% | 2,041 | 14,055 | D+40.8 |
| Burleigh | 6,314 64.9% | 2,447 25.2% | 962 | 9,723 | D+39.8 |
| Stutsman | 5,564 59.4% | 2,725 29.1% | 1,080 | 9,369 | D+30.3 |
| Walsh | 5,756 70.3% | 1,813 22.2% | 616 | 8,185 | D+48.2 |
| Morton | 5,612 69.4% | 1,857 23.0% | 621 | 8,090 | D+46.4 |
| Barnes | 4,484 57.9% | 2,324 30.0% | 938 | 7,746 | D+27.9 |
| Richland | 3,792 49.9% | 2,386 31.4% | 1,418 | 7,596 | D+18.5 |
| Williams | 4,903 65.6% | 1,021 13.7% | 1,549 | 7,473 | D+51.9 |
| Ramsey | 4,559 65.2% | 1,784 25.5% | 650 | 6,993 | D+39.7 |
| McLean | 4,018 58.6% | 1,732 25.2% | 1,112 | 6,862 | D+33.3 |
| Pembina | 4,139 63.9% | 2,040 31.5% | 302 | 6,481 | D+32.4 |
| McHenry | 3,294 53.4% | 1,619 26.2% | 1,256 | 6,169 | D+27.2 |
| Stark | 4,012 65.4% | 1,602 26.1% | 525 | 6,139 | D+39.3 |
| Cavalier | 3,533 60.8% | 1,657 28.5% | 619 | 5,809 | D+32.3 |
| Bottineau | 3,286 56.9% | 1,224 21.2% | 1,269 | 5,779 | D+35.7 |
| Benson | 3,343 62.3% | 1,020 19.0% | 1,000 | 5,363 | D+43.3 |
| Wells | 3,114 58.8% | 1,263 23.8% | 921 | 5,298 | D+34.9 |
| Traill | 2,780 52.8% | 1,807 34.3% | 682 | 5,269 | D+18.5 |
| La Moure | 2,412 49.5% | 1,614 33.1% | 845 | 4,871 | D+16.4 |
| Mountrail | 2,775 58.2% | 700 14.7% | 1,294 | 4,769 | D+43.5 |
| Nelson | 2,954 65.8% | 1,002 22.3% | 535 | 4,491 | D+43.5 |
| Dickey | 2,287 51.3% | 1,533 34.4% | 638 | 4,458 | D+16.9 |
| Rolette | 3,186 71.9% | 857 19.3% | 389 | 4,432 | D+52.5 |
| Ransom | 2,385 55.5% | 1,303 30.3% | 610 | 4,298 | D+25.2 |
| Emmons | 2,424 57.9% | 1,117 26.7% | 642 | 4,183 | D+31.2 |
| McKenzie | 2,885 74.2% | 570 14.7% | 433 | 3,888 | D+59.5 |
| Pierce | 2,168 57.6% | 912 24.2% | 684 | 3,764 | D+33.4 |
| Burke | 1,821 48.8% | 684 18.3% | 1,226 | 3,731 | D+30.5 |
| McIntosh | 1,900 52.4% | 1,469 40.5% | 260 | 3,629 | D+11.9 |
| Mercer | 1,924 53.2% | 1,142 31.6% | 553 | 3,619 | D+21.6 |
| Sargent | 2,306 64.5% | 863 24.1% | 408 | 3,577 | D+40.3 |
| Divide | 2,212 62.6% | 585 16.5% | 739 | 3,536 | D+46.0 |
| Grant | 1,858 53.8% | 1,022 29.6% | 576 | 3,456 | D+24.2 |
| Dunn | 2,257 66.8% | 732 21.7% | 392 | 3,381 | D+45.1 |
| Hettinger | 1,383 41.7% | 989 29.8% | 945 | 3,317 | D+11.9 |
| Towner | 1,744 54.3% | 720 22.4% | 750 | 3,214 | D+31.9 |
| Kidder | 1,492 50.9% | 872 29.7% | 568 | 2,932 | D+21.1 |
| Steele | 1,444 50.3% | 724 25.2% | 705 | 2,873 | D+25.1 |
| Logan | 1,292 45.1% | 984 34.4% | 588 | 2,864 | D+10.8 |
| Renville | 1,766 61.7% | 611 21.4% | 484 | 2,861 | D+40.4 |
| Sheridan | 1,150 41.1% | 834 29.8% | 814 | 2,798 | D+11.3 |
| Foster | 1,894 68.6% | 685 24.8% | 180 | 2,759 | D+43.8 |
| Griggs | 1,665 61.1% | 666 24.5% | 392 | 2,723 | D+36.7 |
| Eddy | 1,729 63.8% | 579 21.4% | 403 | 2,711 | D+42.4 |
| Adams | 1,321 55.0% | 746 31.0% | 337 | 2,404 | D+23.9 |
| Bowman | 1,118 55.6% | 534 26.6% | 358 | 2,010 | D+29.1 |
| Sioux | 877 52.7% | 585 35.2% | 202 | 1,664 | D+17.5 |
| Golden Valley | 991 59.7% | 581 35.0% | 87 | 1,659 | D+24.7 |
| Oliver | 906 57.6% | 469 29.8% | 198 | 1,573 | D+27.8 |
| Slope | 896 63.1% | 331 23.3% | 194 | 1,421 | D+39.8 |
| Billings | 729 59.2% | 329 26.7% | 174 | 1,232 | D+32.5 |
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.
North Dakota in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+36.4 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+33.3 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+35.7 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+19.6 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+8.6 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+27.4 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+27.6 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+13.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+31.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+38.0 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+5.9 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+26.3 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+17.7 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+23.6 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+42.6 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+8.8 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+8.4 |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+33.0 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+41.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+40.7 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+59.6 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+1.5 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+26.2 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+54.7 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+11.9 |
| 1892 | James B. Weaver (other) |