Election in Idaho
Main article: 1936 United States presidential election
1936 United States presidential election in Idaho
Nominee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
New York
Kansas
Running mate
John Nance Garner
Frank Knox
Electoral vote
4
0
Popular vote
125,683
66,256
Percentage
63.0%
33.2%
County Results
Roosevelt
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Landon
50–60%
President before election
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Elected President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
The 1936 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election . State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Idaho was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D –New York ), running with Vice President John Nance Garner , with 62.96 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R –Kansas ), running with Frank Knox , with 33.19 percent of the popular vote.[3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last time when Ada County , Canyon County , Gooding County , Jerome County , Lincoln County , Payette County and Twin Falls County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5] [6]
Results [ ]
1936 United States presidential election in Idaho
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc. )
125,683
62.96%
Republican
Alf Landon
66,256
33.19%
Union
William Lemke
7,678
3.85%
Total votes
199,617
100%
Results by county [ ]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican
William Frederick Lemke Union
Margin
Ada
12,027
58.46%
7,581
36.85%
966
4.70%
4,446
21.61%
20,574
Adams
770
59.41%
434
33.49%
92
7.10%
336
25.93%
1,296
Bannock
9,443
70.51%
3,830
28.60%
120
0.90%
5,613
41.91%
13,393
Bear Lake
2,078
59.61%
1,404
40.28%
4
0.11%
674
19.33%
3,486
Benewah
1,906
65.70%
897
30.92%
98
3.38%
1,009
34.78%
2,901
Bingham
4,215
62.42%
2,354
34.86%
184
2.72%
1,861
27.56%
6,753
Blaine
1,361
64.59%
735
34.88%
11
0.52%
626
29.71%
2,107
Boise
780
65.55%
368
30.92%
42
3.53%
412
34.62%
1,190
Bonner
3,521
58.75%
2,016
33.64%
456
7.61%
1,505
25.11%
5,993
Bonneville
5,439
69.85%
2,213
28.42%
135
1.73%
3,226
41.43%
7,787
Boundary
1,304
60.31%
732
33.86%
126
5.83%
572
26.46%
2,162
Butte
546
62.83%
312
35.90%
11
1.27%
234
26.93%
869
Camas
442
60.47%
274
37.48%
15
2.05%
168
22.98%
731
Canyon
8,290
56.99%
4,910
33.75%
1,347
9.26%
3,380
23.24%
14,547
Caribou
640
66.53%
321
33.37%
1
0.10%
319
33.16%
962
Cassia
3,100
64.62%
1,629
33.96%
68
1.42%
1,471
30.66%
4,797
Clark
272
46.90%
304
52.41%
4
0.69%
-32
-5.52%
580
Clearwater
1,959
66.95%
812
27.75%
155
5.30%
1,147
39.20%
2,926
Custer
875
61.58%
530
37.30%
16
1.13%
345
24.28%
1,421
Elmore
1,567
65.84%
688
28.91%
125
5.25%
879
36.93%
2,380
Franklin
2,255
61.44%
1,396
38.04%
19
0.52%
859
23.41%
3,670
Fremont
2,904
66.51%
1,423
32.59%
39
0.89%
1,481
33.92%
4,366
Gem
2,468
69.17%
879
24.64%
221
6.19%
1,589
44.53%
3,568
Gooding
2,100
56.68%
1,505
40.62%
100
2.70%
595
16.06%
3,705
Idaho
3,104
62.97%
1,535
31.14%
290
5.88%
1,569
31.83%
4,929
Jefferson
2,776
71.84%
1,037
26.84%
51
1.32%
1,739
45.01%
3,864
Jerome
2,374
62.84%
1,297
34.33%
107
2.83%
1,077
28.51%
3,778
Kootenai
5,752
63.92%
2,586
28.74%
661
7.35%
3,166
35.18%
8,999
Latah
4,359
58.45%
2,838
38.05%
261
3.50%
1,521
20.39%
7,458
Lemhi
1,648
61.82%
943
35.37%
75
2.81%
705
26.44%
2,666
Lewis
1,612
74.35%
507
23.39%
49
2.26%
1,105
50.97%
2,168
Lincoln
916
53.22%
766
44.51%
39
2.27%
150
8.72%
1,721
Madison
2,455
68.35%
1,114
31.01%
23
0.64%
1,341
37.33%
3,592
Minidoka
2,095
67.65%
948
30.61%
54
1.74%
1,147
37.04%
3,097
Nez Perce
5,705
71.45%
1,988
24.90%
292
3.66%
3,717
46.55%
7,985
Oneida
1,673
63.42%
955
36.20%
10
0.38%
718
27.22%
2,638
Owyhee
1,106
64.00%
500
28.94%
122
7.06%
606
35.07%
1,728
Payette
1,677
45.78%
1,524
41.61%
462
12.61%
153
4.18%
3,663
Power
1,075
59.33%
708
39.07%
29
1.60%
367
20.25%
1,812
Shoshone
5,377
70.92%
2,146
28.30%
59
0.78%
3,231
42.61%
7,582
Teton
834
59.19%
542
38.47%
33
2.34%
292
20.72%
1,409
Twin Falls
7,476
58.28%
4,966
38.71%
386
3.01%
2,510
19.57%
12,828
Valley
1,260
63.64%
575
29.04%
145
7.32%
685
34.60%
1,980
Washington
2,147
60.38%
1,234
34.70%
175
4.92%
913
25.67%
3,556
Totals
125,683
62.96%
66,256
33.19%
7,678
3.85%
59,427
29.77%
199,617
References [ ]
^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)" . Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho" . Retrieved December 30, 2018 .
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936" . Retrieved December 30, 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
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , pp. 178-179 ISBN 0786422173
^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964 ; p. 119 ISBN 0405077114
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