1936 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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.

1936 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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All 7 Nebraska votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 347,445 247,731
Percentage 57.14% 40.74%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Nebraska was won by the incumbent Democratic President, Franklin Roosevelt from New York, running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 57.14% of the popular vote, against the Republican nominee, Governor of Kansas Alf Landon, running with Frank Knox, with 40.74% of the popular vote.[3][4] Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 16.4%, a significantly reduced margin from his 27.7% victory over Herbert Hoover just 4 years earlier in 1932, thus making Nebraska one of the sole states to trend Republican in 1936, an election that would otherwise represent a sea of blue, with Roosevelt winning one of the largest landslides in American history and the largest ever for a Democrat. With its 7 electoral votes, Nebraska would weigh in as 7.9% more Republican than the rest of the nation.

Key to Roosevelt's victory were his margins in the rural counties, where he ran up massive margins among farmers, as his New Deal programs were popular among voters who believed they were responsible for easing The Great Depression. Additionally, Nebraska had been hard hit by the Dust Bowl, a period of severe dust storms and droughts that greatly damaged the agriculture economy in the state. Indeed, Roosevelt's margins in these counties have been unmatched by any Democrat presidential nominee since.

However, even with his sizable victory, cracks in Roosevelt's favorability in rural communities were evident, as Nebraska trended to the right by 11.3%, an unusually large shift given the heavily Democratic national environment, with Roosevelt increasing his victory margin and Democrats expanding their supermajorities in Congress. This can likely be attributed to controversial parts of The New Deal which required farmers to destroy extra parts of their food supply if they overproduced, oftentimes causing food shortages and forcing America to import food from other countries, raising prices.[5]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time in which Nebraska's 3rd congressional district selected the Democratic nominee for president. This is also 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, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Red Willow, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sioux, Stanton, Thomas and Wayne.[6][7]

Results

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1936 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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 county

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County[8] 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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "F.D.R.'s Disastrous Experiment". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 252-255 ISBN 0786422173
  8. ^ "NE US President Race, November 03, 1936". Our Campaigns.