1936 United States presidential election in Montana explained

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The 1936 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Roosevelt won Montana by a landslide margin of 41.69% and remains the only presidential candidate ever to sweep every county in the state.^[1], this was the last election in which Beaverhead County, Sweet Grass County, Stillwater County, Powder River County, and Fallon County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[2]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Montana[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	159,690	69.28%	4
	Republican	Alf Landon	53,598	27.59%	0
	Union	William Lemke	5,549	2.41%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	1,066	0.46%	0
	Communist	Earl Browder	385	0.17%	0
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	224	0.10%	0
Totals			220,512	100.00%	4

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon Republican		William Frederick Lemke[4] Union		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast[5]
		%		%		%		%		%
	Beaverhead		2,153		60.85%		1,304		36.86%		75		2.12%		6		0.17%		849		24.00%		3,538
	Big Horn		2,037		63.94%		1,087		34.12%		55		1.73%		7		0.22%		950		29.82%		3,186
	Blaine		2,166		70.46%		851		27.68%		47		1.53%		10		0.33%		1,315		42.78%		3,074
	Broadwater		1,071		67.06%		502		31.43%		19		1.19%		5		0.31%		569		35.63%		1,597
	Carbon		3,116		63.90%		1,617		33.16%		97		1.99%		46		0.94%		1,499		30.74%		4,876
	Carter		929		65.70%		464		32.81%		18		1.27%		3		0.21%		465		32.89%		1,414
	Cascade		13,325		74.91%		4,077		22.92%		256		1.44%		131		0.74%		9,248		51.99%		17,789
	Chouteau		2,734		74.76%		878		24.01%		21		0.57%		24		0.66%		1,856		50.75%		3,657
	Custer		3,196		67.81%		1,381		29.30%		108		2.29%		28		0.59%		1,815		38.51%		4,713
	Daniels		1,596		75.46%		467		22.08%		27		1.28%		25		1.18%		1,129		53.38%		2,115
	Dawson		2,169		63.61%		1,221		35.81%		9		0.26%		11		0.32%		948		27.80%		3,410
	Deer Lodge		4,813		73.49%		1,640		25.04%		76		1.16%		20		0.31%		3,173		48.45%		6,549
	Fallon		1,015		61.11%		598		36.00%		39		2.35%		9		0.54%		417		25.11%		1,661
	Fergus		4,675		69.31%		1,821		27.00%		212		3.14%		37		0.55%		2,854		42.31%		6,745
	Flathead		5,408		63.38%		2,460		28.83%		539		6.32%		125		1.47%		2,948		34.55%		8,532
	Gallatin		4,697		65.53%		2,151		30.01%		286		3.99%		34		0.47%		2,546		35.52%		7,168
	Garfield		991		62.84%		548		34.75%		31		1.97%		7		0.44%		443		28.09%		1,577
	Glacier		2,453		75.13%		781		23.92%		21		0.64%		10		0.31%		1,672		51.21%		3,265
	Golden Valley		474		57.73%		331		40.32%		12		1.46%		4		0.49%		143		17.42%		821
	Granite		1,227		71.17%		475		27.55%		13		0.75%		9		0.52%		752		43.62%		1,724
	Hill		4,328		78.41%		1,014		18.37%		144		2.61%		34		0.62%		3,314		60.04%		5,520
	Jefferson		1,409		68.30%		573		27.78%		61		2.96%		20		0.97%		836		40.52%		2,063
	Judith Basin		1,534		68.76%		645		28.91%		31		1.39%		21		0.94%		889		39.85%		2,231
	Lake		2,656		60.06%		1,401		31.68%		341		7.71%		24		0.54%		1,255		28.38%		4,422
	Lewis and Clark		5,614		64.34%		2,951		33.82%		108		1.24%		52		0.60%		2,663		30.52%		8,725
	Liberty		758		71.17%		276		25.92%		25		2.35%		6		0.56%		482		45.26%		1,065
	Lincoln		2,117		69.41%		745		24.43%		150		4.92%		38		1.25%		1,372		44.98%		3,050
	Madison		1,819		62.94%		1,006		34.81%		52		1.80%		13		0.45%		813		28.13%		2,890
	McCone		1,366		78.55%		332		19.09%		7		0.40%		34		1.96%		1,034		59.46%		1,739
	Meagher		767		59.92%		495		38.67%		9		0.70%		9		0.70%		272		21.25%		1,280
	Mineral		657		68.44%		215		22.40%		73		7.60%		15		1.56%		442		46.04%		960
	Missoula		7,690		71.18%		2,697		24.97%		325		3.01%		91		0.84%		4,993		46.22%		10,803
	Musselshell		2,092		69.41%		771		25.58%		105		3.48%		46		1.53%		1,321		43.83%		3,014
	Park		2,968		70.40%		1,006		23.86%		212		5.03%		30		0.71%		1,962		46.54%		4,216
	Petroleum		523		64.89%		258		32.01%		25		3.10%		0		0.00%		265		32.88%		806
	Phillips		2,555		73.13%		850		24.33%		70		2.00%		19		0.54%		1,705		48.80%		3,494
	Pondera		2,213		75.43%		658		22.43%		45		1.53%		18		0.61%		1,555		53.00%		2,934
	Powder River		758		56.19%		545		40.40%		33		2.45%		13		0.96%		213		15.79%		1,349
	Powell		2,060		70.69%		799		27.42%		33		1.13%		22		0.75%		1,261		43.27%		2,914
	Prairie		877		64.34%		454		33.31%		23		1.69%		9		0.66%		423		31.03%		1,363
	Ravalli		2,859		60.42%		1,580		33.39%		253		5.35%		40		0.85%		1,279		27.03%		4,732
	Richland		2,516		68.43%		1,066		28.99%		83		2.26%		12		0.33%		1,450		39.43%		3,677
	Roosevelt		2,923		71.14%		1,052		25.60%		115		2.80%		19		0.46%		1,871		45.53%		4,109
	Rosebud		1,624		60.82%		866		32.43%		142		5.32%		38		1.42%		758		28.39%		2,670
	Sanders		1,788		65.37%		718		26.25%		181		6.62%		48		1.76%		1,070		39.12%		2,735
	Sheridan		2,503		79.01%		513		16.19%		91		2.87%		61		1.93%		1,990		62.82%		3,168
	Silver Bow		17,697		78.23%		4,528		20.02%		201		0.89%		197		0.87%		13,169		58.21%		22,623
	Stillwater		1,292		53.34%		1,034		42.69%		78		3.22%		18		0.74%		258		10.65%		2,422
	Sweet Grass		783		50.71%		664		43.01%		85		5.51%		12		0.78%		119		7.71%		1,544
	Teton		1,917		75.18%		604		23.69%		23		0.90%		6		0.24%		1,313		51.49%		2,550
	Toole		2,120		73.51%		654		22.68%		101		3.50%		9		0.31%		1,466		50.83%		2,884
	Treasure		398		59.49%		244		36.47%		25		3.74%		2		0.30%		154		23.02%		669
	Valley		5,862		83.07%		996		14.11%		144		2.04%		55		0.78%		4,866		68.95%		7,057
	Wheatland		1,037		62.51%		602		36.29%		18		1.08%		2		0.12%		435		26.22%		1,659
	Wibaux		790		68.04%		362		31.18%		6		0.52%		3		0.26%		428		36.86%		1,161
	Yellowstone		8,575		61.18%		5,193		37.05%		160		1.14%		88		0.63%		3,382		24.13%		14,016
Totals	159,690	69.45%	63,021	27.41%	5,539	2.41%	1,675	0.73%	96,669	42.04%	229,925

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Sweet Grass

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana

Notes and References

1. Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 437
2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
3. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Montana
4. Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 271