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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Virginia

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Virginia in 1936, 70.2% to 29.4%, a margin of 40.8 points and 136,644 votes.

Virginia voted 16.6 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 117 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Richmond, cast 23,348 votes and went to the Democrat by 61.3 points. The closest was Highland, where 7 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	234,980	70.2%
Alf Landon	Republican	98,336	29.4%
All other candidates		1,274	0.4%
Total		334,590

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	18,784 80.5%	4,478 19.2%	86	23,348	D+61.3
Norfolk	10,561 76.3%	3,229 23.3%	59	13,849	D+52.9
Roanoke	7,087 67.5%	3,363 32.0%	54	10,504	D+35.5
Arlington	4,971 63.4%	2,825 36.1%	39	7,835	D+27.4
Wise	5,399 72.3%	2,057 27.5%	14	7,470	D+44.7
Portsmouth	5,617 86.3%	861 13.2%	31	6,509	D+73.1
Grayson	3,005 47.3%	3,343 52.6%	4	6,352	R+5.3
Lee	4,120 66.5%	2,066 33.3%	13	6,199	D+33.1
Shenandoah	2,861 47.5%	3,152 52.3%	15	6,028	R+4.8
Rockingham	2,916 50.3%	2,834 48.9%	44	5,794	D+1.4
Roanoke	3,422 61.6%	2,105 37.9%	31	5,558	D+23.7
Carroll	2,122 39.5%	3,245 60.5%	1	5,368	R+20.9
Lynchburg	3,697 72.6%	1,373 27.0%	22	5,092	D+45.6
Tazewell	2,992 59.9%	1,981 39.7%	22	4,995	D+20.2
Newport News	4,021 81.0%	919 18.5%	22	4,962	D+62.5
Henrico	3,610 73.4%	1,285 26.1%	24	4,919	D+47.3
Wythe	2,089 42.8%	2,781 57.0%	8	4,878	R+14.2
Russell	3,143 66.0%	1,599 33.6%	18	4,760	D+32.4
Washington	2,595 55.8%	2,047 44.0%	12	4,654	D+11.8
Alexandria	3,381 72.7%	1,225 26.3%	44	4,650	D+46.4
Halifax	4,331 93.3%	302 6.5%	9	4,642	D+86.8
Augusta	2,872 62.8%	1,668 36.5%	31	4,571	D+26.3
Fairfax	2,913 64.3%	1,584 35.0%	30	4,527	D+29.4
Smyth	2,337 52.9%	2,067 46.8%	17	4,421	D+6.1
Norfolk (Ext)	3,734 84.7%	652 14.8%	20	4,406	D+70.0
Pittsylvania	3,694 86.8%	556 13.1%	5	4,255	D+73.7
Scott	2,122 50.9%	2,046 49.1%		4,168	D+1.8
Danville	3,266 84.9%	549 14.3%	30	3,845	D+70.7
Dickenson	2,683 70.1%	1,146 29.9%	1	3,830	D+40.1
Montgomery	1,832 49.3%	1,852 49.9%	29	3,713	R+0.5
Pulaski	2,337 66.4%	1,180 33.5%	4	3,521	D+32.9
Page	1,888 54.8%	1,551 45.0%	8	3,447	D+9.8
Alleghany	2,013 60.2%	1,319 39.4%	13	3,345	D+20.7
Franklin	2,285 69.8%	975 29.8%	12	3,272	D+40.0
Chesterfield	2,522 79.5%	621 19.6%	30	3,173	D+59.9
Loudoun	2,287 72.3%	867 27.4%	8	3,162	D+44.9
Mecklenburg	2,730 93.0%	202 6.9%	2	2,934	D+86.2
Bedford	2,276 78.3%	619 21.3%	11	2,906	D+57.0
Botetourt	1,544 53.2%	1,343 46.3%	14	2,901	D+6.9
Buchanan	1,886 69.9%	808 29.9%	5	2,699	D+39.9
Fauquier	2,037 76.2%	629 23.5%	6	2,672	D+52.7
Petersburg	2,192 82.7%	444 16.7%	15	2,651	D+65.9
Giles	1,547 59.6%	1,047 40.3%	2	2,596	D+19.3
Elizabeth City (Ext)	1,925 75.8%	597 23.5%	18	2,540	D+52.3
Rockbridge	1,635 65.0%	868 34.5%	13	2,516	D+30.5
Albemarle	1,825 74.0%	635 25.7%	7	2,467	D+48.2
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,925 81.3%	436 18.4%	7	2,368	D+62.9
Campbell	1,987 84.1%	370 15.7%	6	2,363	D+68.4
Patrick	1,588 68.4%	726 31.3%	6	2,320	D+37.2
Harrisonburg	1,390 60.5%	894 38.9%	13	2,297	D+21.6
Floyd	699 30.8%	1,566 68.9%	8	2,273	R+38.1
Accomack	1,583 70.1%	670 29.7%	6	2,259	D+40.4
Henry	1,790 79.5%	458 20.3%	4	2,252	D+59.1
Frederick	1,386 67.3%	665 32.3%	7	2,058	D+35.0
Prince William	1,512 76.3%	457 23.1%	13	1,982	D+53.2
Amherst	1,734 87.8%	236 11.9%	6	1,976	D+75.8
Charlotte	1,727 89.9%	190 9.9%	5	1,922	D+80.0
Winchester	1,096 59.2%	743 40.1%	12	1,851	D+19.1
Southampton	1,673 91.6%	148 8.1%	5	1,826	D+83.5
Culpeper	1,266 69.4%	551 30.2%	7	1,824	D+39.2
Charlottesville	1,393 80.0%	335 19.2%	14	1,742	D+60.7
Hanover	1,397 80.5%	327 18.8%	12	1,736	D+61.6
Bristol	1,364 81.1%	311 18.5%	7	1,682	D+62.6
Staunton	1,091 65.4%	568 34.1%	9	1,668	D+31.4
Nansemond (Ext)	1,478 89.4%	175 10.6%	1	1,654	D+78.8
Hopewell	1,309 79.3%	332 20.1%	10	1,651	D+59.2
Suffolk	1,360 82.9%	281 17.1%		1,641	D+65.8
Orange	1,227 75.0%	402 24.6%	7	1,636	D+50.4
Warren	1,174 73.2%	426 26.6%	4	1,604	D+46.6
Louisa	1,100 68.8%	486 30.4%	12	1,598	D+38.4
Appomattox	1,375 86.6%	204 12.9%	8	1,587	D+73.8
Nelson	1,204 76.3%	370 23.5%	3	1,577	D+52.9
Nottoway	1,297 82.7%	260 16.6%	11	1,568	D+66.1
Clifton Forge	1,199 77.4%	343 22.1%	8	1,550	D+55.2
Dinwiddie	1,343 91.1%	127 8.6%	5	1,475	D+82.4
Madison	804 54.8%	662 45.1%	1	1,467	D+9.7
Bland	778 54.6%	642 45.1%	5	1,425	D+9.5
Prince Edward	1,153 81.8%	253 17.9%	4	1,410	D+63.8
Lunenburg	1,291 94.2%	77 5.6%	2	1,370	D+88.6
Caroline	1,104 80.8%	258 18.9%	5	1,367	D+61.9
Brunswick	1,303 95.5%	60 4.4%	2	1,365	D+91.1
Fredericksburg	944 69.6%	411 30.3%	2	1,357	D+39.3
Gloucester	1,012 78.0%	281 21.7%	4	1,297	D+56.4
Spotsylvania	836 64.6%	453 35.0%	5	1,294	D+29.6
Northampton	975 77.7%	277 22.1%	3	1,255	D+55.6
Stafford	651 52.1%	596 47.7%	3	1,250	D+4.4
Isle Of Wight	1,025 83.0%	207 16.8%	3	1,235	D+66.2
Buckingham	945 77.5%	273 22.4%	2	1,220	D+55.1
Martinsville	949 78.6%	255 21.1%	4	1,208	D+57.5
Westmoreland	871 74.6%	296 25.4%		1,167	D+49.3
Hampton	971 83.6%	190 16.4%	1	1,162	D+67.2
Clarke	940 82.4%	198 17.4%	3	1,141	D+65.0
Bath	614 54.3%	514 45.5%	2	1,130	D+8.8
Mathews	622 57.6%	452 41.9%	5	1,079	D+15.8
Radford	650 60.3%	421 39.1%	7	1,078	D+21.2
Warwick (Ext)	870 80.9%	200 18.6%	5	1,075	D+62.3
Craig	653 62.2%	395 37.7%	1	1,049	D+24.6
Highland	515 49.5%	522 50.2%	3	1,040	R+0.7
Lancaster	689 67.9%	322 31.8%	3	1,014	D+36.2
Sussex	880 87.5%	126 12.5%		1,006	D+75.0
South Norfolk	823 82.1%	172 17.2%	7	1,002	D+65.0
Amelia	753 75.5%	239 24.0%	5	997	D+51.6
York	729 73.8%	228 23.1%	31	988	D+50.7
Rappahannock	686 73.9%	241 26.0%	1	928	D+48.0
King William	696 76.5%	211 23.2%	3	910	D+53.3
Greensville	884 100.0%	0 0.0%		884	D+100.0
Northumberland	618 70.4%	260 29.6%		878	D+40.8
Goochland	638 73.3%	228 26.2%	4	870	D+47.1
Prince George	713 84.5%	128 15.2%	3	844	D+69.3
Fluvanna	586 72.5%	217 26.9%	5	808	D+45.7
Surry	715 88.9%	87 10.8%	2	804	D+78.1
Middlesex	653 83.6%	123 15.7%	5	781	D+67.9
King George	469 61.2%	295 38.5%	2	766	D+22.7
Richmond	451 67.5%	217 32.5%		668	D+35.0
Greene	341 51.4%	321 48.4%	1	663	D+3.0
Essex	527 81.7%	116 18.0%	2	645	D+63.7
Cumberland	476 77.3%	136 22.1%	4	616	D+55.2
Powhatan	438 73.5%	158 26.5%		596	D+47.0
Buena Vista	363 67.2%	177 32.8%		540	D+34.4
King And Queen	372 74.8%	124 24.9%	1	497	D+49.9
Williamsburg	389 79.6%	96 19.6%	4	489	D+59.9
New Kent	307 71.9%	120 28.1%		427	D+43.8
James City	302 81.2%	70 18.8%		372	D+62.4
Charles City	233 74.7%	79 25.3%		312	D+49.4

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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