The 1936 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 19 Michigan votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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Michigan was won by Democratic incumbents president Franklin D. Roosevelt and vice president John Nance Garner, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon and his running mate Frank Knox by 317,061 votes, or a margin of 17.57%.[2][3]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 1,016,794 | 56.33% | |
| Republican | Alf Landon | 699,733 | 38.76% | |
| Union | William Lemke | 75,795 | 4.20% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 8,208 | 0.45% | |
| Communist | Earl Browder | 3,384 | 0.19% | |
| Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | 600 | 0.03% | |
| Prohibition | D. Leigh Colvin | 579 | 0.03% | |
| Write-in | 5 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 1,805,098 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Landon Republican |
William Lemke Union |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Earl Browder Communist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 919 | 38.13% | 1,276 | 52.95% | 212 | 8.80% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -357 | -14.81% | 2,410 |
| Alger | 2,824 | 67.09% | 1,291 | 30.67% | 33 | 0.78% | 12 | 0.29% | 49 | 1.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,533 | 36.42% | 4,209 |
| Allegan | 5,922 | 36.77% | 9,247 | 57.41% | 881 | 5.47% | 32 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.04% | 18 | 0.11% | -3,325 | -20.64% | 16,106 |
| Alpena | 3,231 | 45.66% | 3,536 | 49.97% | 283 | 4.00% | 23 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | -305 | -4.31% | 7,076 |
| Antrim | 2,032 | 44.10% | 2,391 | 51.89% | 167 | 3.62% | 13 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.07% | -359 | -7.79% | 4,608 |
| Arenac | 1,761 | 50.90% | 1,505 | 43.50% | 176 | 5.09% | 9 | 0.26% | 5 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.12% | 256 | 7.40% | 3,460 |
| Baraga | 2,218 | 51.16% | 2,035 | 46.94% | 48 | 1.11% | 34 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 183 | 4.22% | 4,335 |
| Barry | 3,880 | 41.92% | 4,950 | 53.48% | 376 | 4.06% | 33 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.10% | -1,070 | -11.56% | 9,255 |
| Bay | 13,789 | 55.41% | 8,729 | 35.08% | 2,292 | 9.21% | 60 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.03% | 5,060 | 20.33% | 24,885 |
| Benzie | 1,686 | 46.09% | 1,742 | 47.62% | 203 | 5.55% | 21 | 0.57% | 3 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.08% | -56 | -1.53% | 3,658 |
| Berrien | 20,822 | 56.09% | 15,321 | 41.27% | 874 | 2.35% | 92 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.01% | 5,501 | 14.82% | 37,125 |
| Branch | 5,425 | 47.69% | 5,528 | 48.60% | 383 | 3.37% | 22 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.08% | -103 | -0.91% | 11,375 |
| Calhoun | 20,231 | 55.96% | 14,667 | 40.57% | 1,047 | 2.90% | 166 | 0.46% | 25 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.05% | 5,564 | 15.39% | 36,153 |
| Cass | 5,114 | 49.43% | 4,525 | 43.74% | 683 | 6.60% | 16 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.04% | 589 | 5.69% | 10,345 |
| Charlevoix | 2,669 | 46.64% | 2,814 | 49.18% | 168 | 2.94% | 65 | 1.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.09% | -145 | -2.53% | 5,722 |
| Cheboygan | 3,016 | 50.19% | 2,584 | 43.00% | 379 | 6.31% | 25 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.07% | 432 | 7.19% | 6,009 |
| Chippewa | 5,259 | 50.58% | 4,901 | 47.13% | 186 | 1.79% | 22 | 0.21% | 26 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.04% | 358 | 3.44% | 10,398 |
| Clare | 1,494 | 40.29% | 1,979 | 53.37% | 217 | 5.85% | 16 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | -485 | -13.08% | 3,708 |
| Clinton | 4,296 | 43.73% | 4,915 | 50.04% | 570 | 5.80% | 36 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.05% | -619 | -6.30% | 9,823 |
| Crawford | 876 | 58.67% | 580 | 38.85% | 25 | 1.67% | 12 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 296 | 19.83% | 1,493 |
| Delta | 8,954 | 64.93% | 4,527 | 32.83% | 192 | 1.39% | 82 | 0.59% | 32 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.03% | 4,427 | 32.10% | 13,791 |
| Dickinson | 7,952 | 61.48% | 4,563 | 35.28% | 330 | 2.55% | 60 | 0.46% | 24 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.04% | 3,389 | 26.20% | 12,934 |
| Eaton | 6,780 | 48.32% | 6,649 | 47.39% | 522 | 3.72% | 69 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.02% | 8 | 0.06% | 131 | 0.93% | 14,031 |
| Emmet | 3,075 | 47.39% | 2,893 | 44.58% | 495 | 7.63% | 24 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 182 | 2.80% | 6,489 |
| Genesee | 49,891 | 67.48% | 21,097 | 28.54% | 2,578 | 3.49% | 273 | 0.37% | 75 | 0.10% | 17 | 0.02% | 28,794 | 38.95% | 73,931 |
| Gladwin | 1,533 | 45.86% | 1,645 | 49.21% | 158 | 4.73% | 6 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -112 | -3.35% | 3,343 |
| Gogebic | 8,461 | 63.82% | 4,649 | 35.07% | 16 | 0.12% | 50 | 0.38% | 79 | 0.60% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,812 | 28.75% | 13,257 |
| Grand Traverse | 3,827 | 47.96% | 3,676 | 46.07% | 453 | 5.68% | 18 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.05% | 151 | 1.89% | 7,980 |
| Gratiot | 5,457 | 48.30% | 5,322 | 47.11% | 432 | 3.82% | 39 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.01% | 47 | 0.42% | 135 | 1.19% | 11,298 |
| Hillsdale | 5,023 | 41.11% | 6,723 | 55.03% | 429 | 3.51% | 30 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.07% | -1,700 | -13.92% | 12,217 |
| Houghton | 11,642 | 54.90% | 9,345 | 44.07% | 129 | 0.61% | 23 | 0.11% | 66 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.00% | 2,297 | 10.83% | 21,206 |
| Huron | 3,949 | 35.24% | 5,240 | 46.76% | 1,966 | 17.54% | 43 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,291 | -11.52% | 11,207 |
| Ingham | 27,086 | 56.06% | 19,434 | 40.23% | 1,579 | 3.27% | 167 | 0.35% | 25 | 0.05% | 22 | 0.05% | 7,652 | 15.84% | 48,313 |
| Ionia | 7,140 | 48.30% | 6,487 | 43.88% | 1,113 | 7.53% | 34 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.04% | 653 | 4.42% | 14,782 |
| Iosco | 1,547 | 44.52% | 1,768 | 50.88% | 143 | 4.12% | 12 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.03% | -221 | -6.36% | 3,475 |
| Iron | 5,216 | 57.13% | 3,834 | 41.99% | 16 | 0.18% | 17 | 0.19% | 43 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,382 | 15.14% | 9,130 |
| Isabella | 3,871 | 44.71% | 4,051 | 46.79% | 695 | 8.03% | 26 | 0.30% | 7 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.09% | -180 | -2.08% | 8,658 |
| Jackson | 19,288 | 52.86% | 16,350 | 44.81% | 687 | 1.88% | 98 | 0.27% | 40 | 0.11% | 23 | 0.06% | 2,938 | 8.05% | 36,486 |
| Kalamazoo | 17,870 | 47.81% | 17,824 | 47.68% | 1,396 | 3.73% | 151 | 0.40% | 36 | 0.10% | 103 | 0.28% | 46 | 0.12% | 37,380 |
| Kalkaska | 952 | 50.91% | 855 | 45.72% | 45 | 2.41% | 17 | 0.91% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 97 | 5.19% | 1,870 |
| Kent | 44,823 | 52.55% | 36,633 | 42.94% | 3,232 | 3.79% | 449 | 0.53% | 121 | 0.14% | 46 | 0.05% | 8,190 | 9.60% | 85,304 |
| Keweenaw | 1,060 | 49.21% | 1,070 | 49.68% | 2 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.56% | 1 | 0.05% | -10 | -0.46% | 2,154 |
| Lake | 1,337 | 53.63% | 1,091 | 43.76% | 51 | 2.05% | 9 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.12% | 246 | 9.87% | 2,493 |
| Lapeer | 3,868 | 41.31% | 5,081 | 54.26% | 372 | 3.97% | 26 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.01% | 16 | 0.17% | -1,213 | -12.95% | 9,364 |
| Leelanau | 1,542 | 45.29% | 1,692 | 49.69% | 158 | 4.64% | 9 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.03% | -150 | -4.41% | 3,405 |
| Lenawee | 8,299 | 38.72% | 12,154 | 56.70% | 893 | 4.17% | 73 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.06% | -3,855 | -17.98% | 21,435 |
| Livingston | 4,117 | 43.05% | 5,117 | 53.51% | 311 | 3.25% | 18 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,000 | -10.46% | 9,563 |
| Luce | 1,297 | 51.57% | 1,199 | 47.67% | 4 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.08% | 98 | 3.90% | 2,515 |
| Mackinac | 2,286 | 52.60% | 1,984 | 45.65% | 62 | 1.43% | 10 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 6.95% | 4,346 |
| Macomb | 17,593 | 60.05% | 9,383 | 32.02% | 2,168 | 7.40% | 93 | 0.32% | 50 | 0.17% | 12 | 0.04% | 8,210 | 28.02% | 29,299 |
| Manistee | 4,542 | 54.40% | 3,509 | 42.02% | 256 | 3.07% | 34 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,033 | 12.37% | 8,350 |
| Marquette | 11,994 | 60.44% | 7,607 | 38.33% | 138 | 0.70% | 41 | 0.21% | 59 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,387 | 22.11% | 19,844 |
| Mason | 4,598 | 56.14% | 3,224 | 39.37% | 319 | 3.89% | 28 | 0.34% | 16 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,374 | 16.78% | 8,190 |
| Mecosta | 2,621 | 41.33% | 3,176 | 50.09% | 516 | 8.14% | 17 | 0.27% | 8 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.05% | -555 | -8.75% | 6,341 |
| Menominee | 6,447 | 61.13% | 3,556 | 33.72% | 483 | 4.58% | 45 | 0.43% | 10 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.05% | 2,891 | 27.41% | 10,546 |
| Midland | 3,751 | 47.14% | 3,829 | 48.12% | 334 | 4.20% | 32 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.06% | -78 | -0.98% | 7,957 |
| Missaukee | 1,385 | 43.79% | 1,730 | 54.69% | 40 | 1.26% | 5 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | -345 | -10.91% | 3,163 |
| Monroe | 11,075 | 52.03% | 8,330 | 39.14% | 1,817 | 8.54% | 31 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.03% | 25 | 0.12% | 2,745 | 12.90% | 21,284 |
| Montcalm | 4,950 | 45.31% | 5,031 | 46.05% | 851 | 7.79% | 64 | 0.59% | 1 | 0.01% | 28 | 0.26% | -81 | -0.74% | 10,925 |
| Montmorency | 958 | 53.28% | 792 | 44.05% | 37 | 2.06% | 11 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 | 9.23% | 1,798 |
| Muskegon | 17,252 | 63.58% | 9,366 | 34.52% | 328 | 1.21% | 123 | 0.45% | 51 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.05% | 7,886 | 29.06% | 27,133 |
| Newaygo | 3,288 | 43.01% | 3,930 | 51.41% | 372 | 4.87% | 46 | 0.60% | 5 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.04% | -642 | -8.40% | 7,644 |
| Oakland | 40,329 | 54.50% | 30,071 | 40.64% | 3,139 | 4.24% | 316 | 0.43% | 97 | 0.13% | 45 | 0.06% | 10,258 | 13.86% | 73,997 |
| Oceana | 2,902 | 49.51% | 2,663 | 45.44% | 264 | 4.50% | 24 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.05% | 239 | 4.08% | 5,861 |
| Ogemaw | 1,774 | 49.21% | 1,631 | 45.24% | 179 | 4.97% | 19 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 143 | 3.97% | 3,605 |
| Ontonagon | 3,233 | 58.12% | 2,162 | 38.86% | 37 | 0.67% | 15 | 0.27% | 114 | 2.05% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,071 | 19.25% | 5,563 |
| Osceola | 1,992 | 36.09% | 3,107 | 56.29% | 398 | 7.21% | 17 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,115 | -20.20% | 5,520 |
| Oscoda | 492 | 51.46% | 456 | 47.70% | 7 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 3.77% | 956 |
| Otsego | 1,280 | 52.31% | 1,102 | 45.03% | 56 | 2.29% | 6 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 178 | 7.27% | 2,447 |
| Ottawa | 9,579 | 44.26% | 11,114 | 51.35% | 849 | 3.92% | 85 | 0.39% | 10 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.04% | -1,535 | -7.09% | 21,645 |
| Presque Isle | 2,905 | 63.08% | 1,621 | 35.20% | 65 | 1.41% | 11 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,284 | 27.88% | 4,605 |
| Roscommon | 782 | 46.44% | 836 | 49.64% | 51 | 3.03% | 13 | 0.77% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -54 | -3.21% | 1,684 |
| Saginaw | 22,592 | 54.56% | 15,527 | 37.50% | 3,059 | 7.39% | 195 | 0.47% | 15 | 0.04% | 22 | 0.05% | 7,065 | 17.06% | 41,410 |
| Sanilac | 3,285 | 29.77% | 6,975 | 63.20% | 749 | 6.79% | 20 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.05% | -3,690 | -33.44% | 11,036 |
| Schoolcraft | 2,333 | 60.05% | 1,430 | 36.81% | 97 | 2.50% | 19 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.10% | 903 | 23.24% | 3,885 |
| Shiawassee | 6,666 | 48.03% | 6,017 | 43.36% | 1,072 | 7.72% | 46 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.06% | 69 | 0.50% | 649 | 4.68% | 13,878 |
| St. Clair | 12,663 | 45.58% | 12,760 | 45.93% | 2,280 | 8.21% | 71 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.02% | -97 | -0.35% | 27,782 |
| St. Joseph | 6,048 | 43.80% | 7,160 | 51.85% | 560 | 4.06% | 30 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.07% | -1,112 | -8.05% | 13,809 |
| Tuscola | 3,743 | 33.91% | 6,188 | 56.07% | 1,079 | 9.78% | 22 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.04% | -2,445 | -22.15% | 11,037 |
| Van Buren | 6,720 | 40.35% | 9,110 | 54.70% | 729 | 4.38% | 57 | 0.34% | 31 | 0.19% | 8 | 0.05% | -2,390 | -14.35% | 16,655 |
| Washtenaw | 13,589 | 46.05% | 14,986 | 50.78% | 727 | 2.46% | 166 | 0.56% | 33 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.03% | -1,397 | -4.73% | 29,510 |
| Wayne | 404,055 | 64.53% | 190,732 | 30.46% | 24,928 | 3.98% | 3,958 | 0.63% | 2,052 | 0.33% | 395 | 0.06% | 213,323 | 34.07% | 626,120 |
| Wexford | 3,771 | 53.05% | 3,153 | 44.35% | 149 | 2.10% | 20 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.04% | 13 | 0.18% | 618 | 8.69% | 7,109 |
| Totals | 1,016,794 | 56.33% | 699,733 | 38.76% | 75,795 | 4.20% | 8,242 | 0.46% | 3,369 | 0.19% | 1,165 | 0.06% | 317,061 | 17.56% | 1,805,098 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
edit- Alcona
- Alpena
- Branch
- Clare
- Clinton
- Gladwin
- Huron
- Isabella
- Leelanau
- Livingston
- Montcalm
- Roscommon
- St. Joseph
- Van Buren
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-Eighth Term (1937-1941)". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1936