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Election Name: | 1936 United States presidential election in Colorado |
Country: | Colorado |
Flag Year: | 1911 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1932 United States presidential election in Colorado |
Previous Year: | 1932 |
Next Election: | 1940 United States presidential election in Colorado |
Next Year: | 1940 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1936 |
Image1: | FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State1: | New York |
Running Mate1: | John Nance Garner |
Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 295,021 |
Percentage1: | 60.37% |
Nominee2: | Alf Landon |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Kansas |
Running Mate2: | Frank Knox |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 181,267 |
Percentage2: | 37.09% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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] The state would vote Republican in 15 of 18 the next Presidential Elections. Democrats would only win a majority of the vote 2 times until 2008
1936 United States presidential election in Colorado[3] | |||||||
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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 | 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 |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt[4] Democratic | Alfred Mossman Landon Republican | William Frederick Lemke Union | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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align="center" | Lake | align="center" | 76.02% | align="center" | 2,146 | align="center" | 23.03% | align="center" | 650 | align="center" | 0.43% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.28% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 52.99% | align="center" | 1,496 | |
align="center" | San Juan | align="center" | 74.94% | align="center" | 622 | align="center" | 23.61% | align="center" | 196 | align="center" | 0.96% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 51.33% | align="center" | 426 | |
align="center" | Las Animas | align="center" | 75.08% | align="center" | 10,220 | align="center" | 24.49% | align="center" | 3,333 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 34 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 50.60% | align="center" | 6,887 | |
align="center" | Teller | align="center" | 69.74% | align="center" | 2,349 | align="center" | 27.91% | align="center" | 940 | align="center" | 1.45% | align="center" | 49 | align="center" | 0.77% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 41.83% | align="center" | 1,409 | |
align="center" | Alamosa | align="center" | 68.87% | align="center" | 2,754 | align="center" | 29.71% | align="center" | 1,188 | align="center" | 1.15% | align="center" | 46 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 39.16% | align="center" | 1,566 | |
align="center" | Gilpin | align="center" | 68.34% | align="center" | 736 | align="center" | 29.81% | align="center" | 321 | align="center" | 1.67% | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 38.53% | align="center" | 415 | |
align="center" | Mineral | align="center" | 68.35% | align="center" | 285 | align="center" | 30.22% | align="center" | 126 | align="center" | 1.44% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 38.13% | align="center" | 159 | |
align="center" | Chaffee | align="center" | 66.78% | align="center" | 2,447 | align="center" | 29.18% | align="center" | 1,069 | align="center" | 3.38% | align="center" | 124 | align="center" | 0.49% | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 37.61% | align="center" | 1,378 | |
align="center" | Gunnison | align="center" | 67.78% | align="center" | 2,179 | align="center" | 30.42% | align="center" | 978 | align="center" | 1.03% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.59% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 37.36% | align="center" | 1,201 | |
align="center" | Pitkin | align="center" | 65.38% | align="center" | 659 | align="center" | 30.26% | align="center" | 305 | align="center" | 3.97% | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 35.12% | align="center" | 354 | |
align="center" | Huerfano | align="center" | 67.17% | align="center" | 4,793 | align="center" | 32.22% | align="center" | 2,299 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 34.95% | align="center" | 2,494 | |
align="center" | Mesa | align="center" | 63.10% | align="center" | 7,824 | align="center" | 29.47% | align="center" | 3,654 | align="center" | 6.86% | align="center" | 851 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 49 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 33.63% | align="center" | 4,170 | |
align="center" | Eagle | align="center" | 65.66% | align="center" | 1,541 | align="center" | 33.06% | align="center" | 776 | align="center" | 0.51% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 32.59% | align="center" | 765 | |
align="center" | Denver | align="center" | 65.09% | align="center" | 99,263 | align="center" | 33.28% | align="center" | 50,743 | align="center" | 1.12% | align="center" | 1,711 | align="center" | 0.33% | align="center" | 498 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 277 | align="center" | 31.82% | align="center" | 48,520 | |
align="center" | San Miguel | align="center" | 63.80% | align="center" | 860 | align="center" | 32.12% | align="center" | 433 | align="center" | 3.49% | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 31.68% | align="center" | 427 | |
align="center" | Clear Creek | align="center" | 64.55% | align="center" | 1,340 | align="center" | 34.68% | align="center" | 720 | align="center" | 0.63% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 29.87% | align="center" | 620 | |
align="center" | Summit | align="center" | 64.50% | align="center" | 496 | align="center" | 34.85% | align="center" | 268 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.39% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 29.65% | align="center" | 228 | |
align="center" | Pueblo | align="center" | 63.85% | align="center" | 18,660 | align="center" | 34.46% | align="center" | 10,071 | align="center" | 1.37% | align="center" | 399 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 56 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 29.39% | align="center" | 8,589 | |
align="center" | Conejos | align="center" | 63.26% | align="center" | 2,347 | align="center" | 35.18% | align="center" | 1,305 | align="center" | 0.70% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.46% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 28.09% | align="center" | 1,042 | |
align="center" | Park | align="center" | 63.32% | align="center" | 1,336 | align="center" | 35.36% | align="center" | 746 | align="center" | 0.95% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 27.96% | align="center" | 590 | |
align="center" | Routt | align="center" | 61.57% | align="center" | 2,817 | align="center" | 33.68% | align="center" | 1,541 | align="center" | 3.76% | align="center" | 172 | align="center" | 0.66% | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 0.33% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 27.89% | align="center" | 1,276 | |
align="center" | Phillips | align="center" | 61.54% | align="center" | 1,602 | align="center" | 36.15% | align="center" | 941 | align="center" | 1.42% | align="center" | 37 | align="center" | 0.81% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 25.39% | align="center" | 661 | |
align="center" | Costilla | align="center" | 60.62% | align="center" | 1,518 | align="center" | 37.14% | align="center" | 930 | align="center" | 1.64% | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.36% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 23.48% | align="center" | 588 | |
align="center" | Ouray | align="center" | 60.66% | align="center" | 677 | align="center" | 38.35% | align="center" | 428 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 22.31% | align="center" | 249 | |
align="center" | Adams | align="center" | 59.69% | align="center" | 4,865 | align="center" | 38.33% | align="center" | 3,124 | align="center" | 1.58% | align="center" | 129 | align="center" | 0.33% | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 21.36% | align="center" | 1,741 | |
align="center" | Arapahoe | align="center" | 58.09% | align="center" | 6,489 | align="center" | 38.24% | align="center" | 4,272 | align="center" | 2.86% | align="center" | 320 | align="center" | 0.64% | align="center" | 71 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 19.85% | align="center" | 2,217 | |
align="center" | Otero | align="center" | 59.10% | align="center" | 5,775 | align="center" | 39.49% | align="center" | 3,859 | align="center" | 1.17% | align="center" | 114 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 19.61% | align="center" | 1,916 | |
align="center" | Montezuma | align="center" | 56.49% | align="center" | 1,579 | align="center" | 38.89% | align="center" | 1,087 | align="center" | 3.61% | align="center" | 101 | align="center" | 0.72% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 17.60% | align="center" | 492 | |
align="center" | El Paso | align="center" | 56.84% | align="center" | 15,652 | align="center" | 39.82% | align="center" | 10,965 | align="center" | 2.92% | align="center" | 804 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 84 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 32 | align="center" | 17.02% | align="center" | 4,687 | |
align="center" | Dolores | align="center" | 55.50% | align="center" | 323 | align="center" | 38.66% | align="center" | 225 | align="center" | 1.72% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3.95% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 16.84% | align="center" | 98 | |
align="center" | Archuleta | align="center" | 57.09% | align="center" | 761 | align="center" | 40.59% | align="center" | 541 | align="center" | 1.88% | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 16.50% | align="center" | 220 | |
align="center" | Bent | align="center" | 57.25% | align="center" | 1,821 | align="center" | 40.84% | align="center" | 1,299 | align="center" | 1.73% | align="center" | 55 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.06% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 16.41% | align="center" | 522 | |
align="center" | Sedgwick | align="center" | 56.40% | align="center" | 1,358 | align="center" | 40.57% | align="center" | 977 | align="center" | 2.82% | align="center" | 68 | align="center" | 0.12% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 15.82% | align="center" | 381 | |
align="center" | Jefferson | align="center" | 56.79% | align="center" | 7,283 | align="center" | 41.10% | align="center" | 5,271 | align="center" | 1.46% | align="center" | 187 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 45 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 39 | align="center" | 15.69% | align="center" | 2,012 | |
align="center" | Baca | align="center" | 55.06% | align="center" | 1,797 | align="center" | 39.46% | align="center" | 1,288 | align="center" | 4.93% | align="center" | 161 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 15.59% | align="center" | 509 | |
align="center" | Rio Grande | align="center" | 56.90% | align="center" | 2,574 | align="center" | 41.64% | align="center" | 1,884 | align="center" | 1.19% | align="center" | 54 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 15.25% | align="center" | 690 | |
align="center" | Weld | align="center" | 55.77% | align="center" | 12,993 | align="center" | 41.23% | align="center" | 9,606 | align="center" | 2.55% | align="center" | 594 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 72 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 14.54% | align="center" | 3,387 | |
align="center" | Boulder | align="center" | 55.93% | align="center" | 9,788 | align="center" | 41.39% | align="center" | 7,244 | align="center" | 2.02% | align="center" | 354 | align="center" | 0.59% | align="center" | 103 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 14.54% | align="center" | 2,544 | |
align="center" | Montrose | align="center" | 54.16% | align="center" | 2,938 | align="center" | 41.44% | align="center" | 2,248 | align="center" | 3.47% | align="center" | 188 | align="center" | 0.57% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 0.37% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 12.72% | align="center" | 690 | |
align="center" | Logan | align="center" | 55.30% | align="center" | 4,070 | align="center" | 42.61% | align="center" | 3,136 | align="center" | 1.75% | align="center" | 129 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 12.69% | align="center" | 934 | |
align="center" | La Plata | align="center" | 54.49% | align="center" | 3,040 | align="center" | 42.19% | align="center" | 2,354 | align="center" | 2.85% | align="center" | 159 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.36% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 12.30% | align="center" | 686 | |
align="center" | Custer | align="center" | 55.25% | align="center" | 674 | align="center" | 43.11% | align="center" | 526 | align="center" | 0.82% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.66% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 12.13% | align="center" | 148 | |
align="center" | Crowley | align="center" | 54.50% | align="center" | 1,163 | align="center" | 43.11% | align="center" | 920 | align="center" | 1.87% | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 0.28% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 11.39% | align="center" | 243 | |
align="center" | Saguache | align="center" | 54.01% | align="center" | 1,321 | align="center" | 43.79% | align="center" | 1,071 | align="center" | 1.92% | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 10.22% | align="center" | 250 | |
align="center" | Garfield | align="center" | 53.14% | align="center" | 2,406 | align="center" | 42.95% | align="center" | 1,945 | align="center" | 3.51% | align="center" | 159 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 10.18% | align="center" | 461 | |
align="center" | Fremont | align="center" | 52.84% | align="center" | 4,471 | align="center" | 42.91% | align="center" | 3,631 | align="center" | 3.92% | align="center" | 332 | align="center" | 0.21% | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9.93% | align="center" | 840 | |
align="center" | Washington | align="center" | 53.29% | align="center" | 2,071 | align="center" | 44.34% | align="center" | 1,723 | align="center" | 2.11% | align="center" | 82 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 8.96% | align="center" | 348 | |
align="center" | Delta | align="center" | 49.94% | align="center" | 3,230 | align="center" | 41.14% | align="center" | 2,661 | align="center" | 8.21% | align="center" | 531 | align="center" | 0.57% | align="center" | 37 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 8.80% | align="center" | 569 | |
align="center" | Kiowa | align="center" | 53.00% | align="center" | 918 | align="center" | 44.57% | align="center" | 772 | align="center" | 1.73% | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 0.46% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 8.43% | align="center" | 146 | |
align="center" | Grand | align="center" | 53.95% | align="center" | 846 | align="center" | 45.54% | align="center" | 714 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 8.42% | align="center" | 132 | |
align="center" | Prowers | align="center" | 52.28% | align="center" | 2,896 | align="center" | 43.91% | align="center" | 2,432 | align="center" | 3.56% | align="center" | 197 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 8.38% | align="center" | 464 | |
align="center" | Cheyenne | align="center" | 52.81% | align="center" | 903 | align="center" | 44.85% | align="center" | 767 | align="center" | 1.70% | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 0.41% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 7.95% | align="center" | 136 | |
align="center" | Yuma | align="center" | 52.90% | align="center" | 2,878 | align="center" | 45.26% | align="center" | 2,462 | align="center" | 0.55% | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 0.53% | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 0.75% | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 7.65% | align="center" | 416 | |
align="center" | Lincoln | align="center" | 52.48% | align="center" | 1,660 | align="center" | 44.89% | align="center" | 1,420 | align="center" | 2.37% | align="center" | 75 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 7.59% | align="center" | 240 | |
align="center" | Douglas | align="center" | 53.05% | align="center" | 1,044 | align="center" | 45.48% | align="center" | 895 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 1.07% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 7.57% | align="center" | 149 | |
align="center" | Moffat | align="center" | 48.14% | align="center" | 1,090 | align="center" | 42.14% | align="center" | 954 | align="center" | 9.28% | align="center" | 210 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 6.01% | align="center" | 136 | |
align="center" | Hinsdale | align="center" | 50.74% | align="center" | 137 | align="center" | 47.78% | align="center" | 129 | align="center" | 1.48% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 2.96% | align="center" | 8 | |
align="center" | Larimer | align="center" | 49.41% | align="center" | 7,521 | align="center" | 47.59% | align="center" | 7,243 | align="center" | 2.56% | align="center" | 390 | align="center" | 0.35% | align="center" | 53 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 1.83% | align="center" | 278 | |
align="center" | Jackson | align="center" | 48.87% | align="center" | 433 | align="center" | 47.29% | align="center" | 419 | align="center" | 3.61% | align="center" | 32 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1.58% | align="center" | 14 | |
align="center" | Morgan | align="center" | 48.54% | align="center" | 3,146 | align="center" | 47.18% | align="center" | 3,058 | align="center" | 3.95% | align="center" | 256 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1.36% | align="center" | 88 | |
align="center" | Elbert | align="center" | 47.51% | align="center" | 1,319 | align="center" | 49.50% | align="center" | 1,374 | align="center" | 2.74% | align="center" | 76 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | -1.98% | align="center" | -55 | |
align="center" | Kit Carson | align="center" | 44.35% | align="center" | 1,730 | align="center" | 50.76% | align="center" | 1,980 | align="center" | 4.56% | align="center" | 178 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | -6.41% | align="center" | -250 | |
align="center" | Rio Blanco | align="center" | 39.45% | align="center" | 587 | align="center" | 55.78% | align="center" | 830 | align="center" | 4.50% | align="center" | 67 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | -16.33% | align="center" | -243 |