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1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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All 11 Oklahoma 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 11 0
Popular vote 501,069 245,122
Percentage 66.83% 32.69%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 66.83 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (RKansas), running with Frank Knox, with 32.69 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

To date, the 1936 election is the last in which the following counties voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Alfalfa, Blaine, Ellis, Garfield, Kingfisher, Tulsa, Washington and Woodward.[5]

Results

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1936 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 501,069 66.83%
Republican Alf Landon 245,122 32.69%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,221 0.30%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 1,328 0.18%
Total votes 749,740 100%

Results by county

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County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6]
Socialist
David Leigh Colvin[6]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast[7]
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 3,257 54.54% 2,699 45.19% 9 0.15% 7 0.12% 558 9.34% 5,972
Alfalfa 3,398 56.39% 2,573 42.70% 17 0.28% 38 0.63% 825 13.69% 6,026
Atoka 3,173 73.40% 1,141 26.39% 6 0.14% 3 0.07% 2,032 47.00% 4,323
Beaver 2,502 64.77% 1,340 34.69% 8 0.21% 13 0.34% 1,162 30.08% 3,863
Beckham 5,372 79.23% 1,352 19.94% 34 0.50% 22 0.32% 4,020 59.29% 6,780
Blaine 4,242 58.95% 2,877 39.98% 49 0.68% 28 0.39% 1,365 18.97% 7,196
Bryan 8,106 85.43% 1,362 14.35% 5 0.05% 15 0.16% 6,744 71.08% 9,488
Caddo 8,358 61.15% 5,205 38.08% 77 0.56% 29 0.21% 3,153 23.07% 13,669
Canadian 6,135 64.52% 3,325 34.97% 32 0.34% 16 0.17% 2,810 29.55% 9,508
Carter 9,387 80.44% 2,247 19.26% 23 0.20% 12 0.10% 7,140 61.19% 11,669
Cherokee 3,966 57.44% 2,917 42.25% 17 0.25% 4 0.06% 1,049 15.19% 6,904
Choctaw 4,624 78.24% 1,269 21.47% 14 0.24% 3 0.05% 3,355 56.77% 5,910
Cimarron 1,342 70.26% 555 29.06% 6 0.31% 7 0.37% 787 41.20% 1,910
Cleveland 6,304 69.87% 2,643 29.30% 55 0.61% 20 0.22% 3,661 40.58% 9,022
Coal 2,550 80.70% 603 19.08% 6 0.19% 1 0.03% 1,947 61.61% 3,160
Comanche 7,026 69.29% 3,039 29.97% 64 0.63% 11 0.11% 3,987 39.32% 10,140
Cotton 3,842 76.23% 1,181 23.43% 14 0.28% 3 0.06% 2,661 52.80% 5,040
Craig 4,377 59.52% 2,964 40.30% 7 0.10% 6 0.08% 1,413 19.21% 7,354
Creek 12,540 63.01% 7,257 36.46% 74 0.37% 32 0.16% 5,283 26.54% 19,903
Custer 5,093 67.68% 2,386 31.71% 30 0.40% 16 0.21% 2,707 35.97% 7,525
Delaware 3,398 56.21% 2,632 43.54% 11 0.18% 4 0.07% 766 12.67% 6,045
Dewey 2,980 61.28% 1,846 37.96% 22 0.45% 15 0.31% 1,134 23.32% 4,863
Ellis 2,493 64.80% 1,324 34.42% 22 0.57% 8 0.21% 1,169 30.39% 3,847
Garfield 11,142 59.51% 7,457 39.83% 22 0.12% 102 0.54% 3,685 19.68% 18,723
Garvin 6,276 78.12% 1,700 21.16% 40 0.50% 18 0.22% 4,576 56.96% 8,034
Grady 9,025 74.59% 3,013 24.90% 37 0.31% 24 0.20% 6,012 49.69% 12,099
Grant 3,955 62.84% 2,307 36.65% 10 0.16% 22 0.35% 1,648 26.18% 6,294
Greer 3,745 82.82% 766 16.94% 6 0.13% 5 0.11% 2,979 65.88% 4,522
Harmon 2,570 88.26% 331 11.37% 8 0.27% 3 0.10% 2,239 76.89% 2,912
Harper 1,836 63.07% 1,068 36.69% 4 0.14% 3 0.10% 768 26.38% 2,911
Haskell 3,961 64.47% 2,182 35.51% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,779 28.96% 6,144
Hughes 5,990 74.60% 2,032 25.31% 5 0.06% 3 0.04% 3,958 49.29% 8,030
Jackson 5,435 82.71% 1,095 16.66% 22 0.33% 19 0.29% 4,340 66.05% 6,571
Jefferson 3,719 77.92% 1,032 21.62% 12 0.25% 10 0.21% 2,687 56.30% 4,773
Johnston 3,099 80.18% 743 19.22% 12 0.31% 11 0.28% 2,356 60.96% 3,865
Kay 11,846 63.52% 6,671 35.77% 45 0.24% 87 0.47% 5,175 27.75% 18,649
Kingfisher 4,081 61.35% 2,539 38.17% 8 0.12% 24 0.36% 1,542 23.18% 6,652
Kiowa 5,624 76.40% 1,684 22.88% 38 0.52% 15 0.20% 3,940 53.53% 7,361
Latimer 2,923 68.20% 1,344 31.36% 14 0.33% 5 0.12% 1,579 36.84% 4,286
Le Flore 8,061 67.35% 3,894 32.53% 4 0.03% 10 0.08% 4,167 34.81% 11,969
Lincoln 5,903 51.75% 5,452 47.80% 36 0.32% 16 0.14% 451 3.95% 11,407
Logan 5,425 53.74% 4,609 45.66% 30 0.30% 31 0.31% 816 8.08% 10,095
Love 2,227 82.88% 440 16.38% 15 0.56% 5 0.19% 1,787 66.51% 2,687
Major 1,929 45.88% 2,230 53.04% 23 0.55% 22 0.52% -301 -7.16% 4,204
Marshall 2,840 86.64% 415 12.66% 17 0.52% 6 0.18% 2,425 73.98% 3,278
Mayes 3,920 59.19% 2,690 40.62% 5 0.08% 8 0.12% 1,230 18.57% 6,623
McClain 4,092 77.21% 1,191 22.47% 10 0.19% 7 0.13% 2,901 54.74% 5,300
McCurtain 5,089 81.80% 1,119 17.99% 12 0.19% 1 0.02% 3,970 63.82% 6,221
McIntosh 3,898 61.06% 2,470 38.69% 10 0.16% 6 0.09% 1,428 22.37% 6,384
Murray 3,181 78.99% 823 20.44% 11 0.27% 12 0.30% 2,358 58.55% 4,027
Muskogee 13,344 67.30% 6,452 32.54% 14 0.07% 19 0.10% 6,892 34.76% 19,829
Noble 3,901 61.19% 2,461 38.60% 8 0.13% 5 0.08% 1,440 22.59% 6,375
Nowata 3,512 57.73% 2,552 41.95% 11 0.18% 9 0.15% 960 15.78% 6,084
Okfuskee 4,843 68.68% 2,162 30.66% 40 0.57% 7 0.10% 2,681 38.02% 7,052
Oklahoma 50,946 67.36% 24,312 32.15% 230 0.30% 143 0.19% 26,634 35.22% 75,631
Okmulgee 12,061 70.56% 4,975 29.11% 32 0.19% 25 0.15% 7,086 41.46% 17,093
Osage 10,090 67.02% 4,917 32.66% 28 0.19% 21 0.14% 5,173 34.36% 15,056
Ottawa 7,658 61.70% 4,697 37.84% 42 0.34% 15 0.12% 2,961 23.86% 12,412
Pawnee 4,031 57.06% 2,961 41.92% 56 0.79% 16 0.23% 1,070 15.15% 7,064
Payne 8,081 62.54% 4,783 37.02% 39 0.30% 18 0.14% 3,298 25.52% 12,921
Pittsburg 9,974 72.97% 3,651 26.71% 23 0.17% 20 0.15% 6,323 46.26% 13,668
Pontotoc 8,079 79.71% 2,015 19.88% 32 0.32% 10 0.10% 6,064 59.83% 10,136
Pottawatomie 12,187 71.82% 4,703 27.72% 51 0.30% 27 0.16% 7,484 44.11% 16,968
Pushmataha 3,389 75.23% 1,097 24.35% 17 0.38% 2 0.04% 2,292 50.88% 4,505
Roger Mills 3,383 76.38% 989 22.33% 46 1.04% 11 0.25% 2,394 54.05% 4,429
Rogers 4,290 57.58% 3,119 41.86% 30 0.40% 12 0.16% 1,171 15.72% 7,451
Seminole 11,695 74.17% 4,001 25.37% 56 0.36% 16 0.10% 7,694 48.80% 15,768
Sequoyah 4,281 62.13% 2,609 37.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,672 24.27% 6,890
Stephens 6,390 79.17% 1,636 20.27% 38 0.47% 7 0.09% 4,754 58.90% 8,071
Texas 3,229 72.22% 1,223 27.35% 10 0.22% 9 0.20% 2,006 44.87% 4,471
Tillman 5,268 82.18% 1,126 17.57% 9 0.14% 7 0.11% 4,142 64.62% 6,410
Tulsa 41,256 58.65% 28,759 40.88% 254 0.36% 74 0.11% 12,497 17.77% 70,343
Wagoner 2,977 58.18% 2,119 41.41% 17 0.33% 4 0.08% 858 16.77% 5,117
Washington 6,202 54.27% 5,201 45.51% 15 0.13% 11 0.10% 1,001 8.76% 11,429
Washita 5,205 74.05% 1,792 25.49% 20 0.28% 12 0.17% 3,413 48.56% 7,029
Woods 4,179 63.62% 2,346 35.71% 14 0.21% 30 0.46% 1,833 27.90% 6,569
Woodward 3,361 57.64% 2,430 41.67% 20 0.34% 20 0.34% 931 15.97% 5,831
Total 501,069 66.83% 245,122 32.69% 2,221 0.30% 1,328 0.18% 255,947 34.14% 749,740

Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican

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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 – Oklahoma". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  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. ^ a b Our Campaigns; OK US Presidential Election, November 03, 1936
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 361-362 ISBN 0405077114