1936 United States presidential election in Colorado
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
County Results
|
Elections in Colorado |
---|
The 1936 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Colorado voted for the Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican candidate Alf Landon. Roosevelt won Colorado by a margin of 23.28%, carrying every county except Elbert, Kit Carson and Rio Blanco.[1]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Washington County and Hinsdale County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[2]
Results[]
1936 United States presidential election in Colorado[3] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John Nance Garner | 295,021 | 60.37% | 6 | |
Republican | Alf Landon | Frank Knox | 181,267 | 37.09% | 0 | |
Union | William Lemke | Thomas C. O'Brien | 9,962 | 2.04% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | George A. Nelson | 1,593 | 0.33% | 0 | |
Communist | Earl Browder | James W. Ford | 497 | 0.10% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | Edward A. Teichert | 344 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Total | 488,684 | 100.0% | 6 |
Results by county[]
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt[4] Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon[4] Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[4] Union |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[4] Socialist |
Various candidates[4] Other parties |
Margin | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Lake | 76.02% | 2,146 | 23.03% | 650 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.28% | 8 | 52.99% | 1,496 |
San Juan | 74.94% | 622 | 23.61% | 196 | 0.96% | 8 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.24% | 2 | 51.33% | 426 |
Las Animas | 75.08% | 10,220 | 24.49% | 3,333 | 0.25% | 34 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.08% | 11 | 50.60% | 6,887 |
Teller | 69.74% | 2,349 | 27.91% | 940 | 1.45% | 49 | 0.77% | 26 | 0.12% | 4 | 41.83% | 1,409 |
Alamosa | 68.87% | 2,754 | 29.71% | 1,188 | 1.15% | 46 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.18% | 7 | 39.16% | 1,566 |
Gilpin | 68.34% | 736 | 29.81% | 321 | 1.67% | 18 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 38.53% | 415 |
Mineral | 68.35% | 285 | 30.22% | 126 | 1.44% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 38.13% | 159 |
Chaffee | 66.78% | 2,447 | 29.18% | 1,069 | 3.38% | 124 | 0.49% | 18 | 0.16% | 6 | 37.61% | 1,378 |
Gunnison | 67.78% | 2,179 | 30.42% | 978 | 1.03% | 33 | 0.59% | 19 | 0.19% | 6 | 37.36% | 1,201 |
Pitkin | 65.38% | 659 | 30.26% | 305 | 3.97% | 40 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.30% | 3 | 35.12% | 354 |
Huerfano | 67.17% | 4,793 | 32.22% | 2,299 | 0.38% | 27 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.11% | 8 | 34.95% | 2,494 |
Mesa | 63.10% | 7,824 | 29.47% | 3,654 | 6.86% | 851 | 0.40% | 49 | 0.17% | 21 | 33.63% | 4,170 |
Eagle | 65.66% | 1,541 | 33.06% | 776 | 0.51% | 12 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.38% | 9 | 32.59% | 765 |
Denver | 65.09% | 99,263 | 33.28% | 50,743 | 1.12% | 1,711 | 0.33% | 498 | 0.18% | 277 | 31.82% | 48,520 |
San Miguel | 63.80% | 860 | 32.12% | 433 | 3.49% | 47 | 0.45% | 6 | 0.15% | 2 | 31.68% | 427 |
Clear Creek | 64.55% | 1,340 | 34.68% | 720 | 0.63% | 13 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 29.87% | 620 |
Summit | 64.50% | 496 | 34.85% | 268 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 29.65% | 228 |
Pueblo | 63.85% | 18,660 | 34.46% | 10,071 | 1.37% | 399 | 0.19% | 56 | 0.13% | 38 | 29.39% | 8,589 |
Conejos | 63.26% | 2,347 | 35.18% | 1,305 | 0.70% | 26 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.46% | 17 | 28.09% | 1,042 |
Park | 63.32% | 1,336 | 35.36% | 746 | 0.95% | 20 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.14% | 3 | 27.96% | 590 |
Routt | 61.57% | 2,817 | 33.68% | 1,541 | 3.76% | 172 | 0.66% | 30 | 0.33% | 15 | 27.89% | 1,276 |
Phillips | 61.54% | 1,602 | 36.15% | 941 | 1.42% | 37 | 0.81% | 21 | 0.08% | 2 | 25.39% | 661 |
Costilla | 60.62% | 1,518 | 37.14% | 930 | 1.64% | 41 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.36% | 9 | 23.48% | 588 |
Ouray | 60.66% | 677 | 38.35% | 428 | 0.45% | 5 | 0.45% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 22.31% | 249 |
Adams | 59.69% | 4,865 | 38.33% | 3,124 | 1.58% | 129 | 0.33% | 27 | 0.07% | 6 | 21.36% | 1,741 |
Arapahoe | 58.09% | 6,489 | 38.24% | 4,272 | 2.86% | 320 | 0.64% | 71 | 0.17% | 19 | 19.85% | 2,217 |
Otero | 59.10% | 5,775 | 39.49% | 3,859 | 1.17% | 114 | 0.16% | 16 | 0.08% | 8 | 19.61% | 1,916 |
Montezuma | 56.49% | 1,579 | 38.89% | 1,087 | 3.61% | 101 | 0.72% | 20 | 0.29% | 8 | 17.60% | 492 |
El Paso | 56.84% | 15,652 | 39.82% | 10,965 | 2.92% | 804 | 0.31% | 84 | 0.12% | 32 | 17.02% | 4,687 |
Dolores | 55.50% | 323 | 38.66% | 225 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.17% | 1 | 3.95% | 23 | 16.84% | 98 |
Archuleta | 57.09% | 761 | 40.59% | 541 | 1.88% | 25 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.08% | 1 | 16.50% | 220 |
Bent | 57.25% | 1,821 | 40.84% | 1,299 | 1.73% | 55 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.06% | 2 | 16.41% | 522 |
Sedgwick | 56.40% | 1,358 | 40.57% | 977 | 2.82% | 68 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.08% | 2 | 15.82% | 381 |
Jefferson | 56.79% | 7,283 | 41.10% | 5,271 | 1.46% | 187 | 0.35% | 45 | 0.30% | 39 | 15.69% | 2,012 |
Baca | 55.06% | 1,797 | 39.46% | 1,288 | 4.93% | 161 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.15% | 5 | 15.59% | 509 |
Rio Grande | 56.90% | 2,574 | 41.64% | 1,884 | 1.19% | 54 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.07% | 3 | 15.25% | 690 |
Weld | 55.77% | 12,993 | 41.23% | 9,606 | 2.55% | 594 | 0.31% | 72 | 0.13% | 31 | 14.54% | 3,387 |
Boulder | 55.93% | 9,788 | 41.39% | 7,244 | 2.02% | 354 | 0.59% | 103 | 0.07% | 12 | 14.54% | 2,544 |
Montrose | 54.16% | 2,938 | 41.44% | 2,248 | 3.47% | 188 | 0.57% | 31 | 0.37% | 20 | 12.72% | 690 |
Logan | 55.30% | 4,070 | 42.61% | 3,136 | 1.75% | 129 | 0.31% | 23 | 0.03% | 2 | 12.69% | 934 |
La Plata | 54.49% | 3,040 | 42.19% | 2,354 | 2.85% | 159 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.36% | 20 | 12.30% | 686 |
Custer | 55.25% | 674 | 43.11% | 526 | 0.82% | 10 | 0.66% | 8 | 0.16% | 2 | 12.13% | 148 |
Crowley | 54.50% | 1,163 | 43.11% | 920 | 1.87% | 40 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.23% | 5 | 11.39% | 243 |
Saguache | 54.01% | 1,321 | 43.79% | 1,071 | 1.92% | 47 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.20% | 5 | 10.22% | 250 |
Garfield | 53.14% | 2,406 | 42.95% | 1,945 | 3.51% | 159 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.20% | 9 | 10.18% | 461 |
Fremont | 52.84% | 4,471 | 42.91% | 3,631 | 3.92% | 332 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.11% | 9 | 9.93% | 840 |
Washington | 53.29% | 2,071 | 44.34% | 1,723 | 2.11% | 82 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 8.96% | 348 |
Delta | 49.94% | 3,230 | 41.14% | 2,661 | 8.21% | 531 | 0.57% | 37 | 0.14% | 9 | 8.80% | 569 |
Kiowa | 53.00% | 918 | 44.57% | 772 | 1.73% | 30 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.23% | 4 | 8.43% | 146 |
Grand | 53.95% | 846 | 45.54% | 714 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.42% | 132 |
Prowers | 52.28% | 2,896 | 43.91% | 2,432 | 3.56% | 197 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.14% | 8 | 8.38% | 464 |
Cheyenne | 52.81% | 903 | 44.85% | 767 | 1.70% | 29 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.23% | 4 | 7.95% | 136 |
Yuma | 52.90% | 2,878 | 45.26% | 2,462 | 0.55% | 30 | 0.53% | 29 | 0.75% | 41 | 7.65% | 416 |
Lincoln | 52.48% | 1,660 | 44.89% | 1,420 | 2.37% | 75 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.09% | 3 | 7.59% | 240 |
Douglas | 53.05% | 1,044 | 45.48% | 895 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.30% | 6 | 1.07% | 21 | 7.57% | 149 |
Moffat | 48.14% | 1,090 | 42.14% | 954 | 9.28% | 210 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.09% | 2 | 6.01% | 136 |
Hinsdale | 50.74% | 137 | 47.78% | 129 | 1.48% | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.96% | 8 |
Larimer | 49.41% | 7,521 | 47.59% | 7,243 | 2.56% | 390 | 0.35% | 53 | 0.09% | 14 | 1.83% | 278 |
Jackson | 48.87% | 433 | 47.29% | 419 | 3.61% | 32 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 1.58% | 14 |
Morgan | 48.54% | 3,146 | 47.18% | 3,058 | 3.95% | 256 | 0.25% | 16 | 0.08% | 5 | 1.36% | 88 |
Elbert | 47.51% | 1,319 | 49.50% | 1,374 | 2.74% | 76 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.11% | 3 | -1.98% | -55 |
Kit Carson | 44.35% | 1,730 | 50.76% | 1,980 | 4.56% | 178 | 0.31% | 12 | 0.03% | 1 | -6.41% | -250 |
Rio Blanco | 39.45% | 587 | 55.78% | 830 | 4.50% | 67 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.13% | 2 | -16.33% | -243 |
References[]
- ^ "Colorado counties: plurality winners, 1936". Political Graveyard. Political Graveyard. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 03, 1936
Categories:
- 1936 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in Colorado
- 1936 Colorado elections
- Western United States election stubs
- Colorado stubs