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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Texas

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Texas in 1936, 87.1% to 12.3%, a margin of 74.8 points and 630,611 votes.

Texas voted 50.5 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 251 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Harris, cast 67,557 votes and went to the Democrat by 75.7 points. The closest was Tyler, where 40 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 734,485 87.1%
Alf Landon Republican 103,874 12.3%
All other candidates 5,123 0.6%
Total843,482

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 59,205 87.6% 8,083 12.0% 269 67,557 D+75.7
Dallas 42,153 84.8% 7,204 14.5% 373 49,730 D+70.3
Bexar 35,781 73.0% 12,951 26.4% 270 49,002 D+46.6
Tarrant 29,791 88.2% 3,781 11.2% 223 33,795 D+77.0
Jefferson 18,187 87.3% 2,544 12.2% 93 20,824 D+75.1
El Paso 11,920 86.2% 1,773 12.8% 133 13,826 D+73.4
McLennan 12,489 90.7% 1,116 8.1% 158 13,763 D+82.6
Travis 12,092 90.0% 1,154 8.6% 192 13,438 D+81.4
Grayson 10,627 91.6% 947 8.2% 25 11,599 D+83.5
Galveston 9,370 84.3% 1,666 15.0% 76 11,112 D+69.3
Wichita 9,428 87.4% 1,327 12.3% 35 10,790 D+75.1
Hidalgo 6,782 67.4% 2,962 29.4% 320 10,064 D+38.0
Cameron 5,887 71.6% 2,160 26.3% 171 8,218 D+45.4
Nueces 6,597 83.0% 1,234 15.5% 121 7,952 D+67.4
Smith 7,116 91.3% 660 8.5% 15 7,791 D+82.9
Potter 6,496 84.9% 1,018 13.3% 137 7,651 D+71.6
Gregg 6,489 91.1% 621 8.7% 13 7,123 D+82.4
Lubbock 6,425 91.0% 622 8.8% 17 7,064 D+82.1
Taylor 6,169 89.9% 678 9.9% 18 6,865 D+80.0
Bell 6,119 92.4% 475 7.2% 30 6,624 D+85.2
Rusk 6,107 93.2% 433 6.6% 12 6,552 D+86.6
Collin 5,669 91.3% 531 8.6% 10 6,210 D+82.7
Hunt 5,801 94.3% 335 5.4% 15 6,151 D+88.9
Navarro 5,815 94.9% 293 4.8% 17 6,125 D+90.2
Ellis 5,644 94.4% 319 5.3% 14 5,977 D+89.1
Lamar 5,621 94.6% 308 5.2% 16 5,945 D+89.4
Fannin 5,242 93.3% 368 6.6% 7 5,617 D+86.8
Bowie 5,030 91.0% 472 8.5% 24 5,526 D+82.5
Denton 5,021 90.9% 476 8.6% 27 5,524 D+82.3
Tom Green 4,803 87.2% 627 11.4% 75 5,505 D+75.9
Eastland 4,659 85.9% 724 13.3% 41 5,424 D+72.5
Williamson 4,995 92.7% 375 7.0% 17 5,387 D+85.8
Hill 4,710 94.6% 265 5.3% 5 4,980 D+89.3
Gray 4,347 89.8% 464 9.6% 31 4,842 D+80.2
Johnson 4,281 92.0% 337 7.2% 34 4,652 D+84.8
Brown 3,971 89.0% 448 10.0% 44 4,463 D+78.9
Cooke 3,686 83.8% 686 15.6% 24 4,396 D+68.2
Milam 4,077 93.0% 288 6.6% 18 4,383 D+86.4
Nacogdoches 4,075 94.9% 209 4.9% 9 4,293 D+90.1
Angelina 3,943 91.9% 342 8.0% 7 4,292 D+83.9
Webb 3,594 83.8% 696 16.2% 4,290 D+67.6
Guadalupe 2,962 69.9% 1,266 29.9% 10 4,238 D+40.0
Cherokee 3,908 92.6% 302 7.2% 10 4,220 D+85.5
Kaufman 3,943 94.4% 229 5.5% 4 4,176 D+88.9
Limestone 3,857 95.0% 196 4.8% 6 4,059 D+90.2
Anderson 3,749 92.8% 289 7.1% 4 4,042 D+85.6
Harrison 3,400 91.7% 302 8.1% 6 3,708 D+83.5
Jones 3,396 91.7% 305 8.2% 2 3,703 D+83.5
Wilbarger 3,279 90.8% 316 8.7% 18 3,613 D+82.0
Hale 3,109 86.7% 451 12.6% 27 3,587 D+74.1
Falls 3,411 95.9% 140 3.9% 6 3,557 D+92.0
Van Zandt 3,257 92.1% 245 6.9% 34 3,536 D+85.2
Henderson 3,259 92.5% 260 7.4% 6 3,525 D+85.1
Fayette 2,820 82.5% 595 17.4% 5 3,420 D+65.1
Young 3,065 90.6% 304 9.0% 13 3,382 D+81.6
Wharton 3,034 90.4% 307 9.1% 16 3,357 D+81.2
Howard 3,094 92.9% 230 6.9% 8 3,332 D+86.0
Runnels 2,985 89.9% 313 9.4% 23 3,321 D+80.5
Shelby 3,167 95.6% 136 4.1% 9 3,312 D+91.5
Caldwell 3,019 91.7% 247 7.5% 27 3,293 D+84.2
Nolan 2,913 91.1% 268 8.4% 18 3,199 D+82.7
Coleman 2,900 91.3% 269 8.5% 9 3,178 D+82.8
Montague 2,789 89.2% 324 10.4% 15 3,128 D+78.8
Palo Pinto 2,738 87.6% 371 11.9% 16 3,125 D+75.7
Wise 2,737 88.5% 348 11.3% 6 3,091 D+77.3
Stephens 2,380 77.3% 681 22.1% 19 3,080 D+55.2
Liberty 2,813 91.6% 244 7.9% 13 3,070 D+83.7
Duval 2,901 94.5% 163 5.3% 5 3,069 D+89.2
Gonzales 2,674 88.1% 352 11.6% 10 3,036 D+76.5
Medina 2,050 67.6% 969 31.9% 14 3,033 D+35.6
Hopkins 2,753 91.2% 261 8.6% 4 3,018 D+82.6
Comanche 2,587 86.1% 355 11.8% 64 3,006 D+74.3
Erath 2,694 89.7% 290 9.7% 21 3,005 D+80.0
Wood 2,751 93.2% 192 6.5% 8 2,951 D+86.7
Parker 2,493 86.1% 375 12.9% 28 2,896 D+73.1
Red River 2,685 93.0% 199 6.9% 3 2,887 D+86.1
Hutchinson 2,478 86.2% 390 13.6% 6 2,874 D+72.7
Haskell 2,713 94.5% 156 5.4% 3 2,872 D+89.0
Wilson 2,573 89.8% 286 10.0% 7 2,866 D+79.8
Brazoria 2,284 82.0% 462 16.6% 39 2,785 D+65.4
Fort Bend 2,588 93.2% 176 6.3% 12 2,776 D+86.9
San Patricio 2,213 81.2% 482 17.7% 31 2,726 D+63.5
Robertson 2,633 96.7% 86 3.2% 3 2,722 D+93.6
Wheeler 2,415 89.2% 277 10.2% 16 2,708 D+79.0
Brazos 2,610 98.1% 45 1.7% 5 2,660 D+96.4
Bosque 2,283 86.5% 350 13.3% 6 2,639 D+73.2
Montgomery 2,443 92.6% 186 7.1% 9 2,638 D+85.6
Cass 2,461 93.5% 169 6.4% 2 2,632 D+87.1
Lamb 2,320 88.2% 300 11.4% 10 2,630 D+76.8
Lavaca 2,204 84.1% 403 15.4% 14 2,621 D+68.7
Starr 2,289 87.4% 320 12.2% 10 2,619 D+75.2
Bastrop 2,395 92.0% 198 7.6% 10 2,603 D+84.4
De Witt 1,977 76.0% 616 23.7% 9 2,602 D+52.3
Kerr 1,586 61.3% 994 38.4% 9 2,589 D+22.9
Upshur 2,243 87.4% 321 12.5% 3 2,567 D+74.9
Houston 2,458 96.1% 99 3.9% 2 2,559 D+92.2
Panola 2,425 95.4% 95 3.7% 23 2,543 D+91.6
Gillespie 1,016 40.3% 1,421 56.4% 81 2,518 R+16.1
Orange 2,281 92.0% 190 7.7% 8 2,479 D+84.3
Hardin 2,351 95.2% 119 4.8% 2,470 D+90.4
Karnes 2,067 84.5% 371 15.2% 9 2,447 D+69.3
Victoria 2,081 85.2% 352 14.4% 9 2,442 D+70.8
Clay 2,168 91.0% 196 8.2% 18 2,382 D+82.8
Atascosa 2,041 86.8% 285 12.1% 25 2,351 D+74.7
Hall 2,195 93.6% 126 5.4% 25 2,346 D+88.2
Childress 2,076 90.0% 209 9.1% 22 2,307 D+80.9
Hays 1,964 86.7% 286 12.6% 14 2,264 D+74.1
Mitchell 2,035 91.2% 192 8.6% 4 2,231 D+82.6
Fisher 2,068 92.8% 155 7.0% 6 2,229 D+85.8
Coryell 2,064 92.8% 150 6.7% 10 2,224 D+86.1
Hardeman 1,991 90.1% 207 9.4% 11 2,209 D+80.8
Tyler 1,076 49.1% 1,116 50.9% 2,192 R+1.8
Washington 1,993 91.7% 176 8.1% 4 2,173 D+83.6
Collingsworth 2,012 92.6% 158 7.3% 2 2,172 D+85.4
Comal 1,611 74.2% 554 25.5% 6 2,171 D+48.7
Matagorda 1,700 78.4% 459 21.2% 10 2,169 D+57.2
Lynn 1,983 91.9% 169 7.8% 6 2,158 D+84.1
Hamilton 1,929 90.5% 202 9.5% 1 2,132 D+81.0
McCulloch 1,772 83.8% 323 15.3% 20 2,115 D+68.5
Floyd 1,863 88.7% 217 10.3% 20 2,100 D+78.4
Uvalde 1,743 83.1% 354 16.9% 1 2,098 D+66.2
Bee 1,462 70.2% 603 29.0% 17 2,082 D+41.3
Freestone 1,929 93.2% 134 6.5% 6 2,069 D+86.8
Jim Wells 1,691 82.9% 338 16.6% 10 2,039 D+66.4
Knox 1,823 91.1% 171 8.5% 7 2,001 D+82.6
Dawson 1,829 91.7% 156 7.8% 9 1,994 D+83.9
Callahan 1,739 87.3% 245 12.3% 8 1,992 D+75.0
Grimes 1,851 93.1% 136 6.8% 2 1,989 D+86.2
Titus 1,872 95.9% 77 3.9% 3 1,952 D+92.0
Austin 1,635 84.7% 290 15.0% 5 1,930 D+69.7
Scurry 1,746 91.3% 162 8.5% 5 1,913 D+82.8
Crosby 1,711 91.6% 153 8.2% 4 1,868 D+83.4
Leon 1,748 94.6% 97 5.3% 2 1,847 D+89.4
Hockley 1,731 94.4% 90 4.9% 12 1,833 D+89.5
Archer 1,672 91.8% 146 8.0% 4 1,822 D+83.8
Colorado 1,435 79.1% 372 20.5% 8 1,815 D+58.6
Randall 1,656 91.8% 142 7.9% 6 1,804 D+83.9
Walker 1,715 96.0% 69 3.9% 2 1,786 D+92.2
Val Verde 1,262 71.2% 504 28.4% 7 1,773 D+42.8
Polk 1,618 91.9% 141 8.0% 2 1,761 D+83.9
Carson 1,568 90.7% 147 8.5% 14 1,729 D+82.2
Dallam 1,436 83.1% 220 12.7% 72 1,728 D+70.4
Terry 1,619 94.2% 87 5.1% 13 1,719 D+89.1
Kleberg 1,488 87.0% 156 9.1% 66 1,710 D+77.9
Burnet 1,583 93.2% 111 6.5% 4 1,698 D+86.7
Donley 1,513 90.8% 133 8.0% 20 1,666 D+82.8
San Saba 1,505 91.0% 147 8.9% 2 1,654 D+82.1
Baylor 1,541 93.8% 100 6.1% 1 1,642 D+87.8
Jasper 1,500 93.0% 109 6.8% 4 1,613 D+86.2
Burleson 1,466 91.5% 135 8.4% 2 1,603 D+83.0
Lampasas 1,462 91.3% 134 8.4% 6 1,602 D+82.9
Swisher 1,453 90.8% 140 8.7% 8 1,601 D+82.0
Dickens 1,445 92.6% 115 7.4% 1 1,561 D+85.2
Delta 1,466 94.6% 82 5.3% 1 1,549 D+89.3
Goliad 1,184 78.3% 323 21.4% 5 1,512 D+56.9
Pecos 1,330 88.7% 167 11.1% 3 1,500 D+77.5
Midland 1,229 86.1% 190 13.3% 9 1,428 D+72.8
Lee 1,155 80.9% 271 19.0% 1 1,427 D+61.9
Llano 1,302 92.4% 107 7.6% 1,409 D+84.8
Willacy 1,002 71.6% 376 26.9% 21 1,399 D+44.7
Deaf Smith 1,236 89.1% 142 10.2% 9 1,387 D+78.9
Blanco 1,056 77.0% 313 22.8% 3 1,372 D+54.2
Cottle 1,265 92.9% 86 6.3% 10 1,361 D+86.6
Trinity 1,196 88.7% 151 11.2% 2 1,349 D+77.5
Sabine 1,216 91.6% 108 8.1% 3 1,327 D+83.5
Jack 1,113 85.2% 183 14.0% 10 1,306 D+71.2
Refugio 1,058 81.1% 242 18.5% 5 1,305 D+62.5
Shackelford 1,153 88.4% 152 11.6% 1,305 D+76.7
Morris 1,220 95.9% 52 4.1% 1,272 D+91.8
Ochiltree 1,111 87.9% 109 8.6% 44 1,264 D+79.3
Lipscomb 973 77.4% 273 21.7% 11 1,257 D+55.7
Reeves 1,127 91.3% 100 8.1% 8 1,235 D+83.2
Frio 1,019 83.6% 193 15.8% 7 1,219 D+67.8
Ward 1,113 91.6% 98 8.1% 4 1,215 D+83.5
Newton 1,111 92.1% 93 7.7% 2 1,206 D+84.4
Rockwall 1,168 97.7% 26 2.2% 1 1,195 D+95.6
Bandera 720 61.4% 431 36.7% 22 1,173 D+24.6
Madison 1,127 96.2% 45 3.8% 1,172 D+92.3
Mills 1,005 85.9% 165 14.1% 1,170 D+71.8
Concho 1,089 93.5% 76 6.5% 1,165 D+87.0
Mason 787 68.6% 359 31.3% 1 1,147 D+37.3
Live Oak 874 76.3% 231 20.2% 41 1,146 D+56.1
Hemphill 1,008 88.7% 121 10.7% 7 1,136 D+78.1
Jackson 952 84.2% 171 15.1% 7 1,130 D+69.1
Chambers 984 87.6% 134 11.9% 5 1,123 D+75.7
San Augustine 1,054 94.3% 64 5.7% 1,118 D+88.6
Kendall 405 36.7% 693 62.8% 6 1,104 R+26.1
Maverick 890 81.1% 166 15.1% 41 1,097 D+66.0
Hood 988 90.1% 102 9.3% 6 1,096 D+80.8
Throckmorton 949 87.5% 132 12.2% 3 1,084 D+75.4
Parmer 936 86.6% 135 12.5% 10 1,081 D+74.1
Stonewall 1,001 94.3% 59 5.6% 1 1,061 D+88.8
Presidio 938 89.4% 106 10.1% 5 1,049 D+79.3
Marion 919 87.7% 129 12.3% 1,048 D+75.4
Castro 950 92.5% 65 6.3% 12 1,027 D+86.2
Dimmit 704 68.9% 296 29.0% 22 1,022 D+39.9
Camp 939 92.3% 78 7.7% 1,017 D+84.7
Franklin 925 91.0% 90 8.8% 2 1,017 D+82.1
Foard 928 92.1% 74 7.3% 6 1,008 D+84.7
Zavala 788 78.6% 209 20.8% 6 1,003 D+57.7
Waller 889 88.7% 111 11.1% 2 1,002 D+77.6
Bailey 788 79.2% 191 19.2% 16 995 D+60.0
Brewster 828 84.1% 151 15.3% 6 985 D+68.7
Winkler 903 92.5% 63 6.5% 10 976 D+86.1
Coke 888 91.9% 68 7.0% 10 966 D+84.9
Garza 807 85.7% 132 14.0% 3 942 D+71.7
Armstrong 897 95.9% 33 3.5% 5 935 D+92.4
Motley 867 92.9% 64 6.9% 2 933 D+86.1
Hansford 826 89.6% 74 8.0% 22 922 D+81.6
Briscoe 849 92.6% 64 7.0% 4 917 D+85.6
Ector 816 89.8% 81 8.9% 12 909 D+80.9
Martin 775 90.7% 70 8.2% 9 854 D+82.6
Menard 734 86.0% 115 13.5% 4 853 D+72.6
Kimble 681 81.8% 151 18.1% 1 833 D+63.6
Upton 728 89.5% 81 10.0% 4 813 D+79.6
Calhoun 685 87.7% 92 11.8% 4 781 D+75.9
La Salle 704 90.5% 74 9.5% 778 D+81.0
Jim Hogg 712 93.7% 48 6.3% 760 D+87.4
Cochran 683 91.1% 58 7.7% 9 750 D+83.3
Rains 676 91.2% 63 8.5% 2 741 D+82.7
Gaines 680 93.7% 42 5.8% 4 726 D+87.9
Crane 622 96.1% 25 3.9% 647 D+92.3
Moore 583 92.4% 47 7.4% 1 631 D+84.9
San Jacinto 564 89.4% 67 10.6% 631 D+78.8
Sherman 568 94.4% 34 5.6% 602 D+88.7
Hartley 560 93.3% 40 6.7% 600 D+86.7
Kent 533 94.5% 31 5.5% 564 D+89.0
Schleicher 469 85.6% 78 14.2% 1 548 D+71.4
Reagan 477 87.8% 66 12.2% 543 D+75.7
Kinney 357 67.1% 175 32.9% 532 D+34.2
Irion 476 89.6% 49 9.2% 6 531 D+80.4
Edwards 354 68.7% 157 30.5% 4 515 D+38.3
Brooks 365 75.6% 117 24.2% 1 483 D+51.3
Oldham 437 94.6% 20 4.3% 5 462 D+90.3
Sutton 398 86.1% 64 13.9% 462 D+72.3
Roberts 426 94.0% 27 6.0% 453 D+88.1
Terrell 324 79.4% 84 20.6% 408 D+58.8
Sterling 384 96.5% 14 3.5% 398 D+93.0
Hudspeth 363 93.6% 24 6.2% 1 388 D+87.4
Somervell 317 83.9% 57 15.1% 4 378 D+68.8
Jeff Davis 291 89.5% 33 10.2% 1 325 D+79.4
Zapata 282 89.2% 34 10.8% 316 D+78.5
Crockett 231 75.0% 75 24.4% 2 308 D+50.6
Andrews 287 93.8% 18 5.9% 1 306 D+87.9
McMullen 265 87.7% 37 12.3% 302 D+75.5
Glasscock 252 89.0% 29 10.2% 2 283 D+78.8
Aransas 206 73.8% 60 21.5% 13 279 D+52.3
Real 210 79.2% 55 20.8% 265 D+58.5
Culberson 239 91.2% 23 8.8% 262 D+82.4
Borden 220 88.7% 26 10.5% 2 248 D+78.2
Yoakum 227 91.5% 13 5.2% 8 248 D+86.3
King 211 94.2% 13 5.8% 224 D+88.4
Loving 118 70.2% 21 12.5% 29 168 D+57.7
Kenedy 96 76.2% 30 23.8% 126 D+52.4

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)