1936 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1936 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1932 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1932
Next Election:	1940 United States presidential election in Indiana
Next Year:	1940
Votes For Election:	All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 3, 1936^[1]
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:	14
Popular Vote1:	934,974
Percentage1:	56.63%
Nominee2:	Alf Landon
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Kansas
Running Mate2:	Frank Knox
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	691,570
Percentage2:	41.89%
Map Size:	300px
President
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 Indiana took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner of Texas, with 56.63% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with businessman Frank Knox of Illinois, with 41.89% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}, this is the last election in which Boone County, Rush County, Union County and Wayne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[5] Indiana has only voted for the Democratic candidate twice since this election, in 1964 and in 2008. This marks the only time since 1856 that Indiana has voted Democratic in consecutive presidential elections.

Results

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon Republican		William Frederick Lemke^[6] Union		Norman Mattoon Thomas^[7] Socialist		Earl Russell Browder Communist		Margin		Total votes cast^[8]
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		5,822		63.23%		3,249		35.28%		119		1.29%		15		0.16%		3		0.03%		2,573		27.94%		9,208
	Allen		39,151		59.19%		24,765		37.44%		2,056		3.11%		136		0.21%		38		0.06%		14,386		21.75%		66,146
	Bartholomew		8,536		56.50%		6,484		42.92%		50		0.33%		34		0.23%		3		0.02%		2,052		13.58%		15,107
	Benton		3,211		50.72%		2,989		47.21%		125		1.97%		6		0.09%		0		0.00%		222		3.51%		6,331
	Blackford		4,217		59.02%		2,845		39.82%		68		0.95%		15		0.21%		0		0.00%		1,372		19.20%		7,145
	Boone		6,775		53.80%		5,739		45.57%		65		0.52%		13		0.10%		1		0.01%		1,036		8.23%		12,593
	Brown		1,585		55.73%		1,244		43.74%		8		0.28%		5		0.18%		2		0.07%		341		11.99%		2,844
	Carroll		4,676		51.01%		4,426		48.28%		60		0.65%		1		0.01%		4		0.04%		250		2.73%		9,167
	Cass		10,475		53.93%		8,528		43.91%		384		1.98%		31		0.16%		4		0.02%		1,947		10.02%		19,422
	Clark		10,116		63.64%		5,536		34.83%		213		1.34%		29		0.18%		2		0.01%		4,580		28.81%		15,896
	Clay		8,235		56.09%		6,335		43.15%		51		0.35%		54		0.37%		8		0.05%		1,900		12.94%		14,683
	Clinton		8,340		53.02%		7,265		46.19%		92		0.58%		22		0.14%		11		0.07%		1,075		6.83%		15,730
	Crawford		2,919		52.89%		2,589		46.91%		5		0.09%		5		0.09%		1		0.02%		330		5.98%		5,519
	Daviess		6,848		50.84%		6,459		47.95%		123		0.91%		37		0.27%		3		0.02%		389		2.89%		13,470
	Dearborn		6,366		56.56%		4,669		41.48%		193		1.71%		25		0.22%		3		0.03%		1,697		15.08%		11,256
	Decatur		4,887		48.35%		5,126		50.72%		76		0.75%		15		0.15%		3		0.03%		-239		-2.36%		10,107
	DeKalb		6,970		53.50%		5,848		44.89%		182		1.40%		25		0.19%		2		0.02%		1,122		8.61%		13,027
	Delaware		19,048		56.81%		14,207		42.37%		187		0.56%		69		0.21%		16		0.05%		4,841		14.44%		33,527
	Dubois		6,927		66.87%		3,011		29.07%		393		3.79%		27		0.26%		1		0.01%		3,916		37.80%		10,359
	Elkhart		14,473		47.65%		14,896		49.05%		875		2.88%		100		0.33%		27		0.09%		-423		-1.39%		30,371
	Fayette		5,756		52.70%		5,067		46.39%		75		0.69%		21		0.19%		3		0.03%		689		6.31%		10,922
	Floyd		10,654		58.79%		6,976		38.50%		425		2.35%		63		0.35%		3		0.02%		3,678		20.30%		18,121
	Fountain		5,617		54.45%		4,663		45.20%		26		0.25%		9		0.09%		1		0.01%		954		9.25%		10,316
	Franklin		3,891		54.31%		2,952		41.21%		311		4.34%		9		0.13%		1		0.01%		939		13.11%		7,164
	Fulton		4,322		48.00%		4,541		50.43%		125		1.39%		13		0.14%		3		0.03%		-219		-2.43%		9,004
	Gibson		9,392		56.21%		7,078		42.36%		172		1.03%		43		0.26%		25		0.15%		2,314		13.85%		16,710
	Grant		13,655		52.00%		11,774		44.84%		722		2.75%		87		0.33%		22		0.08%		1,881		7.16%		26,260
	Greene		9,730		56.10%		7,460		43.01%		50		0.29%		73		0.42%		31		0.18%		2,270		13.09%		17,344
	Hamilton		5,396		41.93%		7,323		56.90%		139		1.08%		12		0.09%		0		0.00%		-1,927		-14.97%		12,870
	Hancock		5,962		58.57%		4,174		41.00%		33		0.32%		11		0.11%		0		0.00%		1,788		17.56%		10,180
	Harrison		5,025		55.92%		3,885		43.23%		64		0.71%		10		0.11%		2		0.02%		1,140		12.69%		8,986
	Hendricks		5,237		47.19%		5,776		52.05%		63		0.57%		20		0.18%		1		0.01%		-539		-4.86%		11,097
	Henry		10,172		52.38%		9,099		46.85%		99		0.51%		44		0.23%		6		0.03%		1,073		5.53%		19,420
	Howard		12,288		54.99%		9,534		42.67%		425		1.90%		86		0.38%		13		0.06%		2,754		12.32%		22,346
	Huntington		8,361		53.26%		7,024		44.75%		275		1.75%		34		0.22%		3		0.02%		1,337		8.52%		15,697
	Jackson		8,018		61.50%		4,951		37.98%		34		0.26%		33		0.25%		1		0.01%		3,067		23.53%		13,037
	Jasper		3,109		46.26%		3,540		52.67%		59		0.88%		10		0.15%		3		0.04%		-431		-6.41%		6,721
	Jay		6,535		54.61%		5,233		43.73%		178		1.49%		18		0.15%		3		0.03%		1,302		10.88%		11,967
	Jefferson		4,805		47.08%		5,320		52.12%		69		0.68%		12		0.12%		1		0.01%		-515		-5.05%		10,207
	Jennings		3,157		46.27%		3,594		52.67%		63		0.92%		6		0.09%		3		0.04%		-437		-6.40%		6,823
	Johnson		6,934		56.24%		5,315		43.11%		66		0.54%		13		0.11%		1		0.01%		1,619		13.13%		12,329
	Knox		13,669		61.02%		8,589		38.34%		53		0.24%		62		0.28%		27		0.12%		5,080		22.68%		22,400
	Kosciusko		6,890		45.39%		8,182		53.90%		94		0.62%		11		0.07%		2		0.01%		-1,292		-8.51%		15,179
	LaGrange		2,821		46.69%		3,125		51.72%		85		1.41%		9		0.15%		2		0.03%		-304		-5.03%		6,042
	Lake		68,551		66.07%		33,689		32.47%		1,064		1.03%		244		0.24%		202		0.19%		34,862		33.60%		103,750
	LaPorte		15,359		56.07%		11,722		42.79%		238		0.87%		63		0.23%		10		0.04%		3,637		13.28%		27,392
	Lawrence		8,062		44.35%		9,982		54.91%		111		0.61%		22		0.12%		1		0.01%		-1,920		-10.56%		18,178
	Madison		27,347		61.46%		16,644		37.41%		391		0.88%		88		0.20%		25		0.06%		10,703		24.05%		44,495
	Marion		124,961		57.71%		87,798		40.54%		2,953		1.36%		669		0.31%		169		0.08%		37,163		17.16%		216,550
	Marshall		6,651		51.28%		6,118		47.17%		182		1.40%		19		0.15%		1		0.01%		533		4.11%		12,971
	Martin		2,923		52.70%		2,583		46.57%		32		0.58%		7		0.13%		1		0.02%		340		6.13%		5,546
	Miami		8,173		54.05%		6,747		44.62%		133		0.88%		61		0.40%		8		0.05%		1,426		9.43%		15,122
	Monroe		9,220		50.91%		8,842		48.82%		24		0.13%		19		0.10%		5		0.03%		378		2.09%		18,110
	Montgomery		8,053		51.79%		7,369		47.39%		59		0.38%		59		0.38%		9		0.06%		684		4.40%		15,549
	Morgan		5,451		48.12%		5,793		51.14%		63		0.56%		18		0.16%		3		0.03%		-342		-3.02%		11,328
	Newton		2,430		44.93%		2,937		54.31%		18		0.33%		21		0.39%		2		0.04%		-507		-9.37%		5,408
	Noble		5,990		50.18%		5,760		48.26%		165		1.38%		16		0.13%		5		0.04%		230		1.93%		11,936
	Ohio		1,362		57.13%		1,022		42.87%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		340		14.26%		2,384
	Orange		4,549		46.94%		5,106		52.68%		31		0.32%		6		0.06%		0		0.00%		-557		-5.75%		9,692
	Owen		3,498		52.62%		3,091		46.50%		40		0.60%		15		0.23%		4		0.06%		407		6.12%		6,648
	Parke		4,811		50.42%		4,665		48.89%		21		0.22%		37		0.39%		8		0.08%		146		1.53%		9,542
	Perry		4,752		55.13%		3,619		41.99%		228		2.65%		19		0.22%		1		0.01%		1,133		13.15%		8,619
	Pike		4,952		55.75%		3,885		43.74%		31		0.35%		13		0.15%		1		0.01%		1,067		12.01%		8,882
	Porter		5,560		46.58%		6,278		52.60%		68		0.57%		28		0.23%		2		0.02%		-718		-6.02%		11,936
	Posey		5,630		63.34%		3,088		34.74%		152		1.71%		12		0.14%		6		0.07%		2,542		28.60%		8,888
	Pulaski		3,274		53.50%		2,780		45.42%		31		0.51%		35		0.57%		0		0.00%		494		8.07%		6,120
	Putnam		6,177		55.12%		4,961		44.27%		24		0.21%		41		0.37%		4		0.04%		1,216		10.85%		11,207
	Randolph		6,487		48.84%		6,682		50.30%		91		0.69%		20		0.15%		3		0.02%		-195		-1.47%		13,283
	Ripley		5,546		51.84%		4,919		45.98%		205		1.92%		24		0.22%		4		0.04%		627		5.86%		10,698
	Rush		5,999		52.17%		5,457		47.45%		34		0.30%		8		0.07%		2		0.02%		542		4.71%		11,500
	St. Joseph		43,131		61.32%		25,807		36.69%		1,135		1.61%		4		0.08%		2		0.04%		17,324		24.63%		70,339
	Scott		2,696		56.81%		2,034		42.86%		10		0.21%		14		0.10%		1		0.01%		662		13.95%		4,746
	Shelby		8,552		58.11%		6,026		40.95%		124		0.84%		15		0.16%		4		0.04%		2,526		17.16%		14,717
	Spencer		4,966		51.32%		4,567		47.20%		124		1.28%		154		0.22%		112		0.16%		399		4.12%		9,676
	Starke		3,143		52.11%		2,846		47.18%		23		0.38%		14		0.23%		6		0.10%		297		4.92%		6,032
	Steuben		3,402		45.09%		3,998		52.99%		133		1.76%		11		0.15%		1		0.01%		-596		-7.90%		7,545
	Sullivan		10,203		67.33%		4,685		30.92%		79		0.52%		161		1.06%		26		0.17%		5,518		36.41%		15,154
	Switzerland		2,840		56.06%		2,212		43.66%		8		0.16%		6		0.12%		0		0.00%		628		12.40%		5,066
	Tippecanoe		12,732		48.74%		13,081		50.08%		249		0.95%		54		0.21%		6		0.02%		-349		-1.34%		26,122
	Tipton		4,796		54.88%		3,842		43.96%		88		1.01%		12		0.14%		1		0.01%		954		10.92%		8,739
	Union		1,662		50.17%		1,630		49.20%		21		0.63%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		32		0.97%		3,313
	Vanderburgh		41,490		72.68%		14,725		25.79%		655		1.15%		174		0.30%		41		0.07%		26,765		46.89%		57,085
	Vermillion		7,188		61.78%		4,320		37.13%		56		0.48%		42		0.36%		29		0.25%		2,868		24.65%		11,635
	Vigo		33,018		65.08%		17,278		34.05%		239		0.47%		139		0.27%		64		0.13%		15,740		31.02%		50,738
	Wabash		6,200		45.51%		7,223		53.02%		171		1.26%		20		0.15%		9		0.07%		-1,023		-7.51%		13,623
	Warren		2,242		44.44%		2,780		55.10%		13		0.26%		9		0.18%		1		0.02%		-538		-10.66%		5,045
	Warrick		5,343		56.67%		3,968		42.08%		107		1.13%		10		0.11%		1		0.01%		1,375		14.58%		9,429
	Washington		4,766		56.19%		3,690		43.50%		22		0.26%		3		0.04%		1		0.01%		1,076		12.69%		8,482
	Wayne		13,696		51.93%		12,126		45.98%		489		1.85%		45		0.17%		17		0.06%		1,570		5.95%		26,373
	Wells		6,189		62.81%		3,606		36.59%		48		0.49%		9		0.09%		2		0.02%		2,583		26.21%		9,854
	White		4,863		52.57%		4,245		45.89%		132		1.43%		10		0.11%		0		0.00%		618		6.68%		9,250
	Whitley		5,115		55.90%		3,959		43.27%		62		0.68%		13		0.14%		1		0.01%		1,156		12.63%		9,150
Totals	934,974	56.63%	691,570	41.89%	19,407	1.18%	3,856	0.23%	1,090	0.07%	243,404	14.74%	1,650,897

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Decatur
• Elkhart
• Fulton
• Jasper
• Jefferson
• Jennings
• Kosciusko
• LaGrange
• Morgan
• Newton
• Orange
• Steuben
• Tippecanoe
• Warren

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Delaware
• Henry
• Rush
• Union

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica. January 15, 2019.
2. Web site: 1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41). January 15, 2019.
3. Web site: 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana. January 15, 2019.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936. January 15, 2019.
5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
6. Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
7. Web site: IN US President Race, November 03, 1936. Our Campaigns.
8. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 141-142