1936 United States presidential election in Colorado
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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
Results
[edit]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 | William Lemke | 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 |
Results by county
[edit]County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt[4] Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon[4] Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[4] Union |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[4] Socialist |
Various candidates[4] Other parties |
Margin | ||||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Lake | 76.02% | 2,146 | 23.03% | 650 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.28% | 8 | 52.99% | 1,496 |
San Juan | 74.94% | 622 | 23.61% | 196 | 0.96% | 8 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.24% | 2 | 51.33% | 426 |
Las Animas | 75.08% | 10,220 | 24.49% | 3,333 | 0.25% | 34 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.08% | 11 | 50.60% | 6,887 |
Teller | 69.74% | 2,349 | 27.91% | 940 | 1.45% | 49 | 0.77% | 26 | 0.12% | 4 | 41.83% | 1,409 |
Alamosa | 68.87% | 2,754 | 29.71% | 1,188 | 1.15% | 46 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.18% | 7 | 39.16% | 1,566 |
Gilpin | 68.34% | 736 | 29.81% | 321 | 1.67% | 18 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 38.53% | 415 |
Mineral | 68.35% | 285 | 30.22% | 126 | 1.44% | 6 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 38.13% | 159 |
Chaffee | 66.78% | 2,447 | 29.18% | 1,069 | 3.38% | 124 | 0.49% | 18 | 0.16% | 6 | 37.61% | 1,378 |
Gunnison | 67.78% | 2,179 | 30.42% | 978 | 1.03% | 33 | 0.59% | 19 | 0.19% | 6 | 37.36% | 1,201 |
Pitkin | 65.38% | 659 | 30.26% | 305 | 3.97% | 40 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.30% | 3 | 35.12% | 354 |
Huerfano | 67.17% | 4,793 | 32.22% | 2,299 | 0.38% | 27 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.11% | 8 | 34.95% | 2,494 |
Mesa | 63.10% | 7,824 | 29.47% | 3,654 | 6.86% | 851 | 0.40% | 49 | 0.17% | 21 | 33.63% | 4,170 |
Eagle | 65.66% | 1,541 | 33.06% | 776 | 0.51% | 12 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.38% | 9 | 32.59% | 765 |
Denver | 65.09% | 99,263 | 33.28% | 50,743 | 1.12% | 1,711 | 0.33% | 498 | 0.18% | 277 | 31.82% | 48,520 |
San Miguel | 63.80% | 860 | 32.12% | 433 | 3.49% | 47 | 0.45% | 6 | 0.15% | 2 | 31.68% | 427 |
Clear Creek | 64.55% | 1,340 | 34.68% | 720 | 0.63% | 13 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 29.87% | 620 |
Summit | 64.50% | 496 | 34.85% | 268 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.00% | 0 | 29.65% | 228 |
Pueblo | 63.85% | 18,660 | 34.46% | 10,071 | 1.37% | 399 | 0.19% | 56 | 0.13% | 38 | 29.39% | 8,589 |
Conejos | 63.26% | 2,347 | 35.18% | 1,305 | 0.70% | 26 | 0.40% | 15 | 0.46% | 17 | 28.09% | 1,042 |
Park | 63.32% | 1,336 | 35.36% | 746 | 0.95% | 20 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.14% | 3 | 27.96% | 590 |
Routt | 61.57% | 2,817 | 33.68% | 1,541 | 3.76% | 172 | 0.66% | 30 | 0.33% | 15 | 27.89% | 1,276 |
Phillips | 61.54% | 1,602 | 36.15% | 941 | 1.42% | 37 | 0.81% | 21 | 0.08% | 2 | 25.39% | 661 |
Costilla | 60.62% | 1,518 | 37.14% | 930 | 1.64% | 41 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.36% | 9 | 23.48% | 588 |
Ouray | 60.66% | 677 | 38.35% | 428 | 0.45% | 5 | 0.45% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 22.31% | 249 |
Adams | 59.69% | 4,865 | 38.33% | 3,124 | 1.58% | 129 | 0.33% | 27 | 0.07% | 6 | 21.36% | 1,741 |
Arapahoe | 58.09% | 6,489 | 38.24% | 4,272 | 2.86% | 320 | 0.64% | 71 | 0.17% | 19 | 19.85% | 2,217 |
Otero | 59.10% | 5,775 | 39.49% | 3,859 | 1.17% | 114 | 0.16% | 16 | 0.08% | 8 | 19.61% | 1,916 |
Montezuma | 56.49% | 1,579 | 38.89% | 1,087 | 3.61% | 101 | 0.72% | 20 | 0.29% | 8 | 17.60% | 492 |
El Paso | 56.84% | 15,652 | 39.82% | 10,965 | 2.92% | 804 | 0.31% | 84 | 0.12% | 32 | 17.02% | 4,687 |
Dolores | 55.50% | 323 | 38.66% | 225 | 1.72% | 10 | 0.17% | 1 | 3.95% | 23 | 16.84% | 98 |
Archuleta | 57.09% | 761 | 40.59% | 541 | 1.88% | 25 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.08% | 1 | 16.50% | 220 |
Bent | 57.25% | 1,821 | 40.84% | 1,299 | 1.73% | 55 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.06% | 2 | 16.41% | 522 |
Sedgwick | 56.40% | 1,358 | 40.57% | 977 | 2.82% | 68 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.08% | 2 | 15.82% | 381 |
Jefferson | 56.79% | 7,283 | 41.10% | 5,271 | 1.46% | 187 | 0.35% | 45 | 0.30% | 39 | 15.69% | 2,012 |
Baca | 55.06% | 1,797 | 39.46% | 1,288 | 4.93% | 161 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.15% | 5 | 15.59% | 509 |
Rio Grande | 56.90% | 2,574 | 41.64% | 1,884 | 1.19% | 54 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.07% | 3 | 15.25% | 690 |
Weld | 55.77% | 12,993 | 41.23% | 9,606 | 2.55% | 594 | 0.31% | 72 | 0.13% | 31 | 14.54% | 3,387 |
Boulder | 55.93% | 9,788 | 41.39% | 7,244 | 2.02% | 354 | 0.59% | 103 | 0.07% | 12 | 14.54% | 2,544 |
Montrose | 54.16% | 2,938 | 41.44% | 2,248 | 3.47% | 188 | 0.57% | 31 | 0.37% | 20 | 12.72% | 690 |
Logan | 55.30% | 4,070 | 42.61% | 3,136 | 1.75% | 129 | 0.31% | 23 | 0.03% | 2 | 12.69% | 934 |
La Plata | 54.49% | 3,040 | 42.19% | 2,354 | 2.85% | 159 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.36% | 20 | 12.30% | 686 |
Custer | 55.25% | 674 | 43.11% | 526 | 0.82% | 10 | 0.66% | 8 | 0.16% | 2 | 12.13% | 148 |
Crowley | 54.50% | 1,163 | 43.11% | 920 | 1.87% | 40 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.23% | 5 | 11.39% | 243 |
Saguache | 54.01% | 1,321 | 43.79% | 1,071 | 1.92% | 47 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.20% | 5 | 10.22% | 250 |
Garfield | 53.14% | 2,406 | 42.95% | 1,945 | 3.51% | 159 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.20% | 9 | 10.18% | 461 |
Fremont | 52.84% | 4,471 | 42.91% | 3,631 | 3.92% | 332 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.11% | 9 | 9.93% | 840 |
Washington | 53.29% | 2,071 | 44.34% | 1,723 | 2.11% | 82 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 8.96% | 348 |
Delta | 49.94% | 3,230 | 41.14% | 2,661 | 8.21% | 531 | 0.57% | 37 | 0.14% | 9 | 8.80% | 569 |
Kiowa | 53.00% | 918 | 44.57% | 772 | 1.73% | 30 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.23% | 4 | 8.43% | 146 |
Grand | 53.95% | 846 | 45.54% | 714 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 8.42% | 132 |
Prowers | 52.28% | 2,896 | 43.91% | 2,432 | 3.56% | 197 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.14% | 8 | 8.38% | 464 |
Cheyenne | 52.81% | 903 | 44.85% | 767 | 1.70% | 29 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.23% | 4 | 7.95% | 136 |
Yuma | 52.90% | 2,878 | 45.26% | 2,462 | 0.55% | 30 | 0.53% | 29 | 0.75% | 41 | 7.65% | 416 |
Lincoln | 52.48% | 1,660 | 44.89% | 1,420 | 2.37% | 75 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.09% | 3 | 7.59% | 240 |
Douglas | 53.05% | 1,044 | 45.48% | 895 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.30% | 6 | 1.07% | 21 | 7.57% | 149 |
Moffat | 48.14% | 1,090 | 42.14% | 954 | 9.28% | 210 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.09% | 2 | 6.01% | 136 |
Hinsdale | 50.74% | 137 | 47.78% | 129 | 1.48% | 4 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 2.96% | 8 |
Larimer | 49.41% | 7,521 | 47.59% | 7,243 | 2.56% | 390 | 0.35% | 53 | 0.09% | 14 | 1.83% | 278 |
Jackson | 48.87% | 433 | 47.29% | 419 | 3.61% | 32 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 1.58% | 14 |
Morgan | 48.54% | 3,146 | 47.18% | 3,058 | 3.95% | 256 | 0.25% | 16 | 0.08% | 5 | 1.36% | 88 |
Elbert | 47.51% | 1,319 | 49.50% | 1,374 | 2.74% | 76 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.11% | 3 | -1.98% | -55 |
Kit Carson | 44.35% | 1,730 | 50.76% | 1,980 | 4.56% | 178 | 0.31% | 12 | 0.03% | 1 | -6.41% | -250 |
Rio Blanco | 39.45% | 587 | 55.78% | 830 | 4.50% | 67 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.13% | 2 | -16.33% | -243 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Colorado counties: plurality winners, 1936". Political Graveyard. Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 03, 1936