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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Ohio

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Ohio in 1936, 58.0% to 37.4%, a margin of 20.6 points and 619,285 votes.

Ohio voted 3.7 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 67 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 475,418 votes and went to the Democrat by 38.3 points. The closest was Jackson, where 51 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin D. Roosevelt won Democratic 1,747,140 58.0%
Alf Landon Republican 1,127,855 37.4%
All other candidates 137,594 4.6%
Total3,012,589

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 311,117 65.4% 128,947 27.1% 35,354 475,418 D+38.3
Hamilton 153,117 54.6% 108,506 38.7% 18,813 280,436 D+15.9
Franklin 90,746 57.4% 63,830 40.4% 3,471 158,047 D+17.0
Summit 91,836 68.7% 38,991 29.2% 2,869 133,696 D+39.5
Lucas 74,155 55.8% 45,853 34.5% 12,971 132,979 D+21.3
Montgomery 76,430 59.8% 44,742 35.0% 6,606 127,778 D+24.8
Stark 57,931 60.0% 34,693 35.9% 3,988 96,612 D+24.1
Mahoning 64,886 71.4% 24,825 27.3% 1,147 90,858 D+44.1
Trumbull 32,384 64.3% 16,887 33.6% 1,058 50,329 D+30.8
Butler 29,892 60.0% 17,842 35.8% 2,098 49,832 D+24.2
Belmont 30,545 67.2% 14,511 31.9% 425 45,481 D+35.3
Lorain 24,393 57.2% 15,906 37.3% 2,357 42,656 D+19.9
Clark 26,138 61.4% 15,483 36.4% 919 42,540 D+25.0
Jefferson 27,472 67.1% 13,044 31.9% 419 40,935 D+35.2
Scioto 22,243 55.1% 17,860 44.2% 277 40,380 D+10.9
Columbiana 22,664 56.4% 16,986 42.3% 548 40,198 D+14.1
Allen 16,500 49.1% 15,079 44.9% 2,013 33,592 D+4.2
Tuscarawas 21,991 66.7% 10,317 31.3% 657 32,965 D+35.4
Richland 20,070 61.3% 11,220 34.3% 1,468 32,758 D+27.0
Muskingum 16,265 49.9% 15,454 47.4% 854 32,573 D+2.5
Licking 17,785 58.6% 11,958 39.4% 629 30,372 D+19.2
Ashtabula 14,468 48.2% 14,025 46.7% 1,517 30,010 D+1.5
Miami 12,754 50.4% 11,343 44.9% 1,189 25,286 D+5.6
Wood 11,255 45.4% 11,716 47.3% 1,807 24,778 R+1.9
Wayne 12,666 54.1% 10,331 44.1% 426 23,423 D+10.0
Athens 13,205 57.6% 9,509 41.5% 208 22,922 D+16.1
Portage 13,798 61.4% 8,035 35.8% 630 22,463 D+25.7
Ross 12,503 55.7% 9,817 43.7% 121 22,441 D+12.0
Seneca 8,982 40.4% 9,953 44.7% 3,324 22,259 R+4.4
Lake 11,213 51.7% 9,386 43.2% 1,108 21,707 D+8.4
Marion 11,881 55.4% 9,070 42.3% 476 21,427 D+13.1
Washington 10,203 47.8% 10,826 50.7% 325 21,354 R+2.9
Fairfield 12,322 59.2% 8,062 38.7% 446 20,830 D+20.5
Hancock 9,929 47.8% 9,816 47.2% 1,039 20,784 D+0.5
Darke 11,114 54.8% 8,375 41.3% 794 20,283 D+13.5
Sandusky 9,171 45.3% 8,692 42.9% 2,402 20,265 D+2.4
Guernsey 11,404 56.8% 8,532 42.5% 134 20,070 D+14.3
Lawrence 11,471 57.2% 8,498 42.4% 97 20,066 D+14.8
Erie 10,376 55.4% 6,869 36.7% 1,475 18,720 D+18.7
Crawford 10,955 59.5% 6,638 36.0% 826 18,419 D+23.4
Huron 8,500 47.2% 8,318 46.2% 1,204 18,022 D+1.0
Clermont 9,204 53.3% 7,608 44.1% 458 17,270 D+9.2
Greene 8,946 53.5% 7,449 44.6% 317 16,712 D+9.0
Knox 8,315 50.0% 7,956 47.8% 370 16,641 D+2.2
Hardin 8,441 51.8% 7,631 46.9% 211 16,283 D+5.0
Logan 7,353 46.2% 8,363 52.6% 189 15,905 R+6.4
Coshocton 9,316 58.7% 6,449 40.6% 101 15,866 D+18.1
Perry 8,508 53.9% 6,826 43.2% 451 15,785 D+10.7
Highland 8,011 51.8% 7,392 47.8% 48 15,451 D+4.0
Ashland 8,818 57.4% 6,154 40.1% 380 15,352 D+17.4
Medina 7,400 49.1% 7,283 48.4% 375 15,058 D+0.8
Van Wert 7,744 52.6% 6,275 42.6% 714 14,733 D+10.0
Delaware 7,045 47.9% 7,364 50.1% 300 14,709 R+2.2
Warren 7,209 49.0% 7,359 50.0% 139 14,707 R+1.0
Auglaize 7,835 54.8% 5,526 38.6% 944 14,305 D+16.1
Champaign 6,485 47.3% 6,872 50.1% 362 13,719 R+2.8
Jackson 6,802 49.7% 6,853 50.0% 39 13,694 R+0.4
Shelby 7,110 53.4% 4,482 33.7% 1,715 13,307 D+19.7
Williams 5,628 42.3% 7,050 53.0% 624 13,302 R+10.7
Mercer 7,217 54.7% 3,602 27.3% 2,385 13,204 D+27.4
Pickaway 7,813 61.2% 4,920 38.5% 30 12,763 D+22.7
Meigs 6,085 48.5% 6,464 51.5% 12,549 R+3.0
Putnam 5,786 46.2% 4,151 33.2% 2,580 12,517 D+13.1
Preble 6,366 51.8% 5,593 45.5% 331 12,290 D+6.3
Clinton 5,785 47.7% 6,265 51.7% 77 12,127 R+4.0
Adams 5,832 49.5% 5,910 50.2% 28 11,770 R+0.7
Defiance 5,608 48.1% 5,000 42.8% 1,062 11,670 D+5.2
Gallia 4,548 40.3% 6,700 59.4% 27 11,275 R+19.1
Ottawa 6,335 56.9% 4,006 36.0% 798 11,139 D+20.9
Brown 6,316 57.0% 4,511 40.7% 261 11,088 D+16.3
Union 5,157 47.1% 5,673 51.8% 120 10,950 R+4.7
Fayette 5,807 54.3% 4,841 45.3% 41 10,689 D+9.0
Hocking 6,580 61.6% 3,960 37.1% 138 10,678 D+24.5
Henry 5,472 51.3% 4,108 38.5% 1,088 10,668 D+12.8
Wyandot 5,597 54.4% 4,260 41.4% 429 10,286 D+13.0
Fulton 3,582 35.0% 6,152 60.2% 490 10,224 R+25.1
Madison 5,184 51.2% 4,843 47.8% 103 10,130 D+3.4
Harrison 5,231 52.1% 4,779 47.6% 35 10,045 D+4.5
Monroe 5,368 61.6% 3,211 36.9% 130 8,709 D+24.8
Carroll 3,801 45.6% 4,440 53.3% 96 8,337 R+7.7
Noble 3,865 46.5% 4,384 52.7% 70 8,319 R+6.2
Morrow 3,947 47.8% 4,086 49.5% 219 8,252 R+1.7
Paulding 4,179 50.6% 3,853 46.7% 219 8,251 D+4.0
Pike 5,287 64.1% 2,953 35.8% 4 8,244 D+28.3
Morgan 3,093 39.6% 4,630 59.4% 78 7,801 R+19.7
Geauga 3,400 46.5% 3,620 49.5% 294 7,314 R+3.0
Holmes 4,097 63.7% 2,247 34.9% 88 6,432 D+28.8
Vinton 2,902 48.6% 3,056 51.2% 16 5,974 R+2.6

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0