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Election 1936 Results

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1936 presidential election in Wisconsin

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Alf Landon (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1936, 63.8% to 30.3%, a margin of 33.5 points and 422,156 votes.

Wisconsin voted 9.3 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 67 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 296,958 votes and went to the Democrat by 56.1 points. The closest was Pierce, where 126 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	802,984	63.8%
Alf Landon	Republican	380,828	30.3%
All other candidates		74,748	5.9%
Total		1,258,560

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	221,512 74.6%	54,811 18.5%	20,635	296,958	D+56.1
Dane	35,856 67.8%	15,233 28.8%	1,819	52,908	D+39.0
Racine	24,474 64.8%	10,850 28.7%	2,447	37,771	D+36.1
Rock	17,991 53.3%	14,693 43.6%	1,045	33,729	D+9.8
Winnebago	18,522 58.6%	11,679 36.9%	1,420	31,621	D+21.6
Brown	21,417 68.9%	8,433 27.1%	1,227	31,077	D+41.8
Sheboygan	17,415 62.1%	8,865 31.6%	1,783	28,063	D+30.5
Outagamie	16,163 59.1%	9,485 34.7%	1,716	27,364	D+24.4
Kenosha	18,137 66.6%	7,268 26.7%	1,840	27,245	D+39.9
Marathon	17,898 66.1%	7,328 27.1%	1,850	27,076	D+39.0
Fond Du Lac	14,821 57.2%	9,179 35.4%	1,931	25,931	D+21.8
Waukesha	14,982 59.5%	8,921 35.4%	1,291	25,194	D+24.1
Manitowoc	15,539 64.7%	5,094 21.2%	3,393	24,026	D+43.5
La Crosse	14,455 63.3%	7,558 33.1%	827	22,840	D+30.2
Dodge	14,782 65.4%	6,829 30.2%	988	22,599	D+35.2
Douglas	16,684 75.3%	5,079 22.9%	400	22,163	D+52.4
Grant	9,170 52.4%	7,196 41.1%	1,137	17,503	D+11.3
Jefferson	11,144 64.3%	5,599 32.3%	581	17,324	D+32.0
Eau Claire	10,065 58.3%	6,802 39.4%	393	17,260	D+18.9
Walworth	7,093 44.1%	8,462 52.7%	511	16,066	R+8.5
Wood	9,982 62.6%	4,902 30.7%	1,069	15,953	D+31.8
Columbia	8,936 59.4%	5,607 37.2%	511	15,054	D+22.1
Portage	10,576 71.2%	3,969 26.7%	299	14,844	D+44.5
Sauk	8,355 56.4%	5,626 38.0%	831	14,812	D+18.4
Chippewa	7,854 53.1%	5,760 38.9%	1,182	14,796	D+14.2
Waupaca	6,920 47.5%	6,680 45.9%	961	14,561	D+1.6
Marinette	8,884 62.2%	4,938 34.6%	450	14,272	D+27.6
Barron	7,419 55.6%	5,067 37.9%	869	13,355	D+17.6
Clark	6,931 52.8%	5,196 39.6%	1,005	13,132	D+13.2
Shawano	8,865 68.6%	3,679 28.5%	381	12,925	D+40.1
Washington	7,129 59.0%	3,589 29.7%	1,374	12,092	D+29.3
Monroe	6,491 54.1%	4,695 39.1%	822	12,008	D+15.0
Vernon	6,044 53.2%	4,811 42.4%	502	11,357	D+10.9
St. Croix	4,679 41.7%	4,316 38.5%	2,223	11,218	D+3.2
Oconto	6,729 61.0%	3,774 34.2%	531	11,034	D+26.8
Dunn	5,619 51.2%	4,570 41.6%	786	10,975	D+9.6
Polk	5,618 53.5%	3,596 34.3%	1,285	10,499	D+19.3
Green	5,941 60.3%	3,700 37.5%	218	9,859	D+22.7
Trempealeau	5,929 60.3%	3,339 34.0%	564	9,832	D+26.3
Lafayette	4,976 53.8%	3,801 41.1%	470	9,247	D+12.7
Lincoln	5,520 59.9%	3,120 33.8%	582	9,222	D+26.0
Pierce	4,061 44.1%	3,935 42.7%	1,220	9,216	D+1.4
Iowa	4,988 54.8%	3,623 39.8%	483	9,094	D+15.0
Richland	4,080 47.0%	4,245 48.9%	361	8,686	R+1.9
Langlade	5,837 67.2%	2,635 30.3%	212	8,684	D+36.9
Ashland	5,904 68.0%	2,439 28.1%	338	8,681	D+39.9
Juneau	4,544 55.7%	3,084 37.8%	524	8,152	D+17.9
Oneida	5,208 64.6%	2,294 28.5%	554	8,056	D+36.2
Crawford	4,377 55.0%	2,857 35.9%	722	7,956	D+19.1
Ozaukee	5,594 70.6%	1,785 22.5%	539	7,918	D+48.1
Door	3,952 51.6%	3,146 41.0%	566	7,664	D+10.5
Price	5,098 66.6%	2,215 28.9%	339	7,652	D+37.7
Calumet	4,694 66.0%	1,972 27.7%	447	7,113	D+38.3
Taylor	4,721 67.5%	1,758 25.2%	510	6,989	D+42.4
Jackson	4,537 65.0%	2,235 32.0%	207	6,979	D+33.0
Green Lake	3,840 55.8%	2,926 42.5%	111	6,877	D+13.3
Rusk	3,877 57.2%	2,453 36.2%	450	6,780	D+21.0
Kewaunee	4,971 74.0%	1,527 22.7%	219	6,717	D+51.3
Bayfield	4,366 65.5%	2,071 31.1%	226	6,663	D+34.4
Waushara	2,636 41.1%	3,302 51.4%	483	6,421	R+10.4
Buffalo	3,434 55.4%	2,481 40.1%	279	6,194	D+15.4
Washburn	3,220 61.7%	1,650 31.6%	345	5,215	D+30.1
Sawyer	2,834 59.9%	1,726 36.5%	173	4,733	D+23.4
Forest	3,092 68.2%	1,334 29.4%	109	4,535	D+38.8
Burnett	2,801 62.8%	1,422 31.9%	237	4,460	D+30.9
Iron	3,319 76.5%	902 20.8%	120	4,341	D+55.7
Vilas	2,559 61.7%	1,298 31.3%	288	4,145	D+30.4
Marquette	1,812 46.3%	1,957 50.0%	148	3,917	R+3.7
Adams	2,289 64.0%	1,191 33.3%	99	3,579	D+30.7
Pepin	1,785 51.8%	1,466 42.5%	195	3,446	D+9.3
Florence	1,037 53.7%	800 41.4%	95	1,932	D+12.3

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+0.8
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+13.9
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+0.4
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+0.2
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+3.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+9.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+4.7
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.7
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.6
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.3
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+3.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+23.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+4.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+1.8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+1.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+33.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+32.3
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+9.2
1924	Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+54.9
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+6.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+8.4
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+17.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+35.2
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.1
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+22.9
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+1.7
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+6.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+4.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+11.1
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+2.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+9.2
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+12.5

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