The 1936 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 57.14% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 40.74% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when the following counties have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Boyd, Burt, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Cuming, Custer, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dodge, Dundy, Frontier, Gosper, Grant, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Keith, Kimball, Knox, Madison, Merrick, Morrill, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Red Willow, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux, Stanton, Thomas and Wayne.[5][6]
ResultsEdit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 347,445 | 57.14% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 247,731 | 40.74% | |
| Union | William Lemke | 12,847 | 2.11% | |
| Total votes | 608,023 | 100% | ||
Results by countyEdit
| County[7] | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke Union |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,126 | 57.68% | 4,094 | 38.55% | 401 | 3.78% | 2,032 | 19.13% | 10,621 |
| Antelope | 3,165 | 47.44% | 3,304 | 49.52% | 203 | 3.04% | -139 | -2.08% | 6,672 |
| Arthur | 235 | 42.73% | 312 | 56.73% | 3 | 0.55% | -77 | -14.00% | 550 |
| Banner | 367 | 56.46% | 277 | 42.62% | 6 | 0.92% | 90 | 13.85% | 650 |
| Blaine | 365 | 50.98% | 342 | 47.77% | 9 | 1.26% | 23 | 3.21% | 716 |
| Boone | 3,095 | 51.37% | 2,728 | 45.28% | 202 | 3.35% | 367 | 6.09% | 6,025 |
| Box Butte | 2,900 | 62.19% | 1,711 | 36.69% | 52 | 1.12% | 1,189 | 25.50% | 4,663 |
| Boyd | 1,555 | 53.62% | 1,290 | 44.48% | 55 | 1.90% | 265 | 9.14% | 2,900 |
| Brown | 1,188 | 45.03% | 1,419 | 53.79% | 31 | 1.18% | -231 | -8.76% | 2,638 |
| Buffalo | 6,002 | 54.70% | 4,595 | 41.88% | 375 | 3.42% | 1,407 | 12.82% | 10,972 |
| Burt | 3,120 | 52.87% | 2,710 | 45.92% | 71 | 1.20% | 410 | 6.95% | 5,901 |
| Butler | 4,360 | 62.95% | 2,442 | 35.26% | 124 | 1.79% | 1,918 | 27.69% | 6,926 |
| Cass | 4,922 | 56.93% | 3,669 | 42.44% | 54 | 0.62% | 1,253 | 14.49% | 8,645 |
| Cedar | 3,781 | 55.66% | 2,394 | 35.24% | 618 | 9.10% | 1,387 | 20.42% | 6,793 |
| Chase | 1,493 | 57.71% | 1,031 | 39.85% | 63 | 2.44% | 462 | 17.86% | 2,587 |
| Cherry | 2,010 | 51.03% | 1,874 | 47.58% | 55 | 1.40% | 136 | 3.45% | 3,939 |
| Cheyenne | 2,950 | 66.41% | 1,374 | 30.93% | 118 | 2.66% | 1,576 | 35.48% | 4,442 |
| Clay | 2,932 | 49.54% | 2,856 | 48.26% | 130 | 2.20% | 76 | 1.28% | 5,918 |
| Colfax | 3,210 | 63.25% | 1,644 | 32.39% | 221 | 4.35% | 1,566 | 30.86% | 5,075 |
| Cuming | 3,114 | 53.32% | 2,275 | 38.96% | 451 | 7.72% | 839 | 14.37% | 5,840 |
| Custer | 5,907 | 51.39% | 5,250 | 45.67% | 338 | 2.94% | 657 | 5.72% | 11,495 |
| Dakota | 2,741 | 64.01% | 1,264 | 29.52% | 277 | 6.47% | 1,477 | 34.49% | 4,282 |
| Dawes | 2,784 | 54.35% | 2,083 | 40.67% | 255 | 4.98% | 701 | 13.69% | 5,122 |
| Dawson | 4,021 | 52.21% | 3,573 | 46.39% | 108 | 1.40% | 448 | 5.82% | 7,702 |
| Deuel | 1,020 | 56.42% | 747 | 41.32% | 41 | 2.27% | 273 | 15.10% | 1,808 |
| Dixon | 2,640 | 54.21% | 2,108 | 43.29% | 122 | 2.51% | 532 | 10.92% | 4,870 |
| Dodge | 6,317 | 55.71% | 4,561 | 40.22% | 461 | 4.07% | 1,756 | 15.49% | 11,339 |
| Douglas | 70,245 | 65.60% | 35,349 | 33.01% | 1,482 | 1.38% | 34,896 | 32.59% | 107,076 |
| Dundy | 1,328 | 55.15% | 1,054 | 43.77% | 26 | 1.08% | 274 | 11.38% | 2,408 |
| Fillmore | 3,154 | 52.03% | 2,858 | 47.15% | 50 | 0.82% | 296 | 4.88% | 6,062 |
| Franklin | 2,350 | 56.42% | 1,685 | 40.46% | 130 | 3.12% | 665 | 15.97% | 4,165 |
| Frontier | 1,883 | 53.66% | 1,576 | 44.91% | 50 | 1.42% | 307 | 8.75% | 3,509 |
| Furnas | 2,482 | 45.76% | 2,842 | 52.40% | 100 | 1.84% | -360 | -6.64% | 5,424 |
| Gage | 7,227 | 56.70% | 5,291 | 41.51% | 227 | 1.78% | 1,936 | 15.19% | 12,745 |
| Garden | 986 | 49.13% | 996 | 49.63% | 25 | 1.25% | -10 | -0.50% | 2,007 |
| Garfield | 697 | 47.22% | 744 | 50.41% | 35 | 2.37% | -47 | -3.18% | 1,476 |
| Gosper | 1,118 | 62.70% | 647 | 36.29% | 18 | 1.01% | 471 | 26.42% | 1,783 |
| Grant | 321 | 54.41% | 267 | 45.25% | 2 | 0.34% | 54 | 9.15% | 590 |
| Greeley | 1,988 | 56.40% | 1,107 | 31.40% | 430 | 12.20% | 881 | 24.99% | 3,525 |
| Hall | 6,295 | 53.30% | 5,146 | 43.57% | 369 | 3.12% | 1,149 | 9.73% | 11,810 |
| Hamilton | 2,653 | 48.69% | 2,748 | 50.43% | 48 | 0.88% | -95 | -1.74% | 5,449 |
| Harlan | 2,084 | 54.64% | 1,692 | 44.36% | 38 | 1.00% | 392 | 10.28% | 3,814 |
| Hayes | 818 | 55.20% | 654 | 44.13% | 10 | 0.67% | 164 | 11.07% | 1,482 |
| Hitchcock | 1,738 | 57.08% | 1,285 | 42.20% | 22 | 0.72% | 453 | 14.88% | 3,045 |
| Holt | 3,902 | 50.26% | 3,714 | 47.84% | 148 | 1.91% | 188 | 2.42% | 7,764 |
| Hooker | 191 | 39.63% | 288 | 59.75% | 3 | 0.62% | -97 | -20.12% | 482 |
| Howard | 3,148 | 70.05% | 1,223 | 27.21% | 123 | 2.74% | 1,925 | 42.83% | 4,494 |
| Jefferson | 4,526 | 59.37% | 3,048 | 39.98% | 50 | 0.66% | 1,478 | 19.39% | 7,624 |
| Johnson | 2,359 | 52.13% | 2,126 | 46.98% | 40 | 0.88% | 233 | 5.15% | 4,525 |
| Kearney | 2,445 | 65.89% | 1,214 | 32.71% | 52 | 1.40% | 1,231 | 33.17% | 3,711 |
| Keith | 2,000 | 63.45% | 1,094 | 34.71% | 58 | 1.84% | 906 | 28.74% | 3,152 |
| Keya Paha | 556 | 39.91% | 830 | 59.58% | 7 | 0.50% | -274 | -19.67% | 1,393 |
| Kimball | 1,137 | 55.95% | 842 | 41.44% | 53 | 2.61% | 295 | 14.52% | 2,032 |
| Knox | 4,449 | 58.67% | 2,949 | 38.89% | 185 | 2.44% | 1,500 | 19.78% | 7,583 |
| Lancaster | 22,366 | 50.71% | 20,902 | 47.39% | 838 | 1.90% | 1,464 | 3.32% | 44,106 |
| Lincoln | 6,742 | 62.45% | 3,857 | 35.73% | 197 | 1.82% | 2,885 | 26.72% | 10,796 |
| Logan | 456 | 52.17% | 410 | 46.91% | 8 | 0.92% | 46 | 5.26% | 874 |
| Loup | 335 | 42.57% | 438 | 55.65% | 14 | 1.78% | -103 | -13.09% | 787 |
| Madison | 6,044 | 53.30% | 5,149 | 45.41% | 147 | 1.30% | 895 | 7.89% | 11,340 |
| McPherson | 250 | 42.81% | 326 | 55.82% | 8 | 1.37% | -76 | -13.01% | 584 |
| Merrick | 2,401 | 49.13% | 2,367 | 48.43% | 119 | 2.44% | 34 | 0.70% | 4,887 |
| Morrill | 1,999 | 58.73% | 1,354 | 39.78% | 51 | 1.50% | 645 | 18.95% | 3,404 |
| Nance | 2,012 | 52.52% | 1,770 | 46.20% | 49 | 1.28% | 242 | 6.32% | 3,831 |
| Nemaha | 3,459 | 55.77% | 2,720 | 43.86% | 23 | 0.37% | 739 | 11.92% | 6,202 |
| Nuckolls | 2,778 | 53.72% | 2,317 | 44.81% | 76 | 1.47% | 461 | 8.92% | 5,171 |
| Otoe | 4,173 | 48.33% | 4,399 | 50.95% | 62 | 0.72% | -226 | -2.62% | 8,634 |
| Pawnee | 2,297 | 52.16% | 2,074 | 47.09% | 33 | 0.75% | 223 | 5.06% | 4,404 |
| Perkins | 1,584 | 64.39% | 861 | 35.00% | 15 | 0.61% | 723 | 29.39% | 2,460 |
| Phelps | 2,587 | 57.62% | 1,884 | 41.96% | 19 | 0.42% | 703 | 15.66% | 4,490 |
| Pierce | 2,357 | 52.44% | 2,016 | 44.85% | 122 | 2.71% | 341 | 7.59% | 4,495 |
| Platte | 6,249 | 65.70% | 2,850 | 29.96% | 413 | 4.34% | 3,399 | 35.73% | 9,512 |
| Polk | 2,519 | 52.23% | 2,256 | 46.78% | 48 | 1.00% | 263 | 5.45% | 4,823 |
| Red Willow | 3,445 | 60.52% | 2,078 | 36.51% | 169 | 2.97% | 1,367 | 24.02% | 5,692 |
| Richardson | 5,813 | 59.57% | 3,908 | 40.05% | 37 | 0.38% | 1,905 | 19.52% | 9,758 |
| Rock | 710 | 42.46% | 944 | 56.46% | 18 | 1.08% | -234 | -14.00% | 1,672 |
| Saline | 5,480 | 66.78% | 2,637 | 32.14% | 89 | 1.08% | 2,843 | 34.65% | 8,206 |
| Sarpy | 3,030 | 65.18% | 1,569 | 33.75% | 50 | 1.08% | 1,461 | 31.43% | 4,649 |
| Saunders | 5,514 | 57.52% | 3,773 | 39.36% | 300 | 3.13% | 1,741 | 18.16% | 9,587 |
| Scotts Bluff | 5,768 | 57.70% | 4,051 | 40.53% | 177 | 1.77% | 1,717 | 17.18% | 9,996 |
| Seward | 3,866 | 54.92% | 3,123 | 44.37% | 50 | 0.71% | 743 | 10.56% | 7,039 |
| Sheridan | 2,428 | 54.14% | 1,907 | 42.52% | 150 | 3.34% | 521 | 11.62% | 4,485 |
| Sherman | 2,701 | 66.81% | 1,294 | 32.01% | 48 | 1.19% | 1,407 | 34.80% | 4,043 |
| Sioux | 956 | 57.66% | 674 | 40.65% | 28 | 1.69% | 282 | 17.01% | 1,658 |
| Stanton | 1,917 | 59.94% | 1,169 | 36.55% | 112 | 3.50% | 748 | 23.39% | 3,198 |
| Thayer | 3,418 | 55.80% | 2,628 | 42.91% | 79 | 1.29% | 790 | 12.90% | 6,125 |
| Thomas | 374 | 49.67% | 366 | 48.61% | 13 | 1.73% | 8 | 1.06% | 753 |
| Thurston | 2,676 | 65.88% | 1,195 | 29.42% | 191 | 4.70% | 1,481 | 36.46% | 4,062 |
| Valley | 1,960 | 47.86% | 2,033 | 49.65% | 102 | 2.49% | -73 | -1.78% | 4,095 |
| Washington | 3,426 | 59.75% | 2,263 | 39.47% | 45 | 0.78% | 1,163 | 20.28% | 5,734 |
| Wayne | 2,322 | 51.07% | 2,149 | 47.26% | 76 | 1.67% | 173 | 3.80% | 4,547 |
| Webster | 2,408 | 55.13% | 1,912 | 43.77% | 48 | 1.10% | 496 | 11.36% | 4,368 |
| Wheeler | 484 | 52.61% | 358 | 38.91% | 78 | 8.48% | 126 | 13.70% | 920 |
| York | 3,741 | 44.46% | 4,554 | 54.12% | 120 | 1.43% | -813 | -9.66% | 8,415 |
| Totals | 347,445 | 57.14% | 247,731 | 40.74% | 12,847 | 2.11% | 99,714 | 16.40% | !608,023 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 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. 252-255 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.