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1936 United States presidential election in Illinois

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The 1936 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1936 United States presidential election in Illinois
← 1932 November 3, 1936[1] 1940 →
All 29 Illinois 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 29 0
Popular vote 2,282,999 1,570,393
Percentage 57.70% 39.69%
County Results
President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 57.70% of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.69% of the popular vote.[3][4] In this election, Cook County became the first county in American history to give over a million votes to a presidential candidate. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Iroquois County and Woodford County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][6]

Primaries

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The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[7]

Turnout

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The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 2,331,597.[7]

The total vote in the general election was 3,956,522.[7] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 14.[7]

Democratic

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1936 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
 
← 1932 April 14, 1936 (1936-04-14) 1940 →
   
Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home state New York
Popular vote 1,416,411
Percentage 99.97%

The 1936 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 14, 1936, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1936 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[7]

1936 Illinois Democratic presidential primary[7]
Candidate Votes %
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,416,411 99.97
Scattering 411 0.03
Total 1,416,822 100

Republican

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1936 Illinois Republican presidential primary
 
← 1932 April 14, 1936 (1936-04-14) 1940 →
     
Candidate Frank Knox William Borah
Home state Illinois Idaho
Popular vote 491,575 419,220
Percentage 53.74% 45.83%

The 1936 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 14, 1936, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1936 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[7]

1936 Illinois Republican presidential primary[7]
Candidate Votes %
Frank Knox 491,575 53.74
William E. Borah 419,220 45.83
Alf M. Landon (write-in) 3,775 0.41
Scattering 205 0.02
Total 914,775 100

Results

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1936 United States presidential election in Illinois[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 2,282,999 57.70%
Republican Alf Landon 1,570,393 39.69%
Union William Lemke 89,439 2.26%
Socialist Norman Thomas 7,530 0.19%
Prohibition D. Leigh Colvin 3,439 0.09%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 1,921 0.05%
n/a Write-ins 801 0.02%
Total votes 3,956,522 100%

Results by county

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County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican 		William Frederick Lemke
Union 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		David Leigh Colvin
Prohibition 		John W. Aiken
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast[8]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 18,857 56.33% 13,114 39.18% 1,406 4.20% 42 0.13% 38 0.11% 16 0.05% 5,743 17.16% 33,473
Alexander 6,972 55.10% 5,553 43.89% 62 0.49% 18 0.14% 26 0.21% 22 0.17% 1,419 11.21% 12,653
Bond 3,541 45.19% 4,046 51.63% 136 1.74% 23 0.29% 89 1.14% 1 0.01% -505 -6.44% 7,836
Boone 2,383 29.71% 5,375 67.00% 241 3.00% 10 0.12% 7 0.09% 6 0.07% -2,992 -37.30% 8,022
Brown 2,873 63.16% 1,591 34.97% 72 1.58% 13 0.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,282 28.18% 4,549
Bureau 9,516 46.83% 10,462 51.48% 280 1.38% 19 0.09% 28 0.14% 17 0.08% -946 -4.66% 20,322
Calhoun 2,058 50.17% 1,883 45.90% 153 3.73% 1 0.02% 3 0.07% 4 0.10% 175 4.27% 4,102
Carroll 4,368 46.83% 4,886 52.38% 50 0.54% 11 0.12% 12 0.13% 1 0.01% -518 -5.55% 9,328
Cass 5,786 63.65% 3,209 35.30% 78 0.86% 8 0.09% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 2,577 28.35% 9,090
Champaign 18,203 52.71% 15,808 45.77% 400 1.16% 77 0.22% 37 0.11% 10 0.03% 2,395 6.93% 34,535
Christian 11,400 55.55% 8,145 39.69% 870 4.24% 61 0.30% 32 0.16% 13 0.06% 3,255 15.86% 20,521
Clark 5,836 51.58% 5,426 47.96% 20 0.18% 4 0.04% 28 0.25% 0 0.00% 410 3.62% 11,314
Clay 4,752 50.64% 4,528 48.25% 65 0.69% 9 0.10% 28 0.30% 2 0.02% 224 2.39% 9,384
Clinton 5,355 48.05% 3,653 32.78% 2,082 18.68% 31 0.28% 17 0.15% 7 0.06% 1,702 15.27% 11,145
Coles 11,931 57.17% 8,800 42.17% 97 0.46% 13 0.06% 21 0.10% 6 0.03% 3,131 15.00% 20,868
Cook 1,253,164 62.36% 701,206 34.90% 48,995 2.44% 3,835 0.19% 630 0.03% 839 0.04% 551,958 27.47% 2,009,457[a]
Crawford 6,164 50.95% 5,823 48.13% 67 0.55% 7 0.06% 35 0.29% 3 0.02% 341 2.82% 12,099
Cumberland 3,290 51.76% 3,016 47.45% 39 0.61% 2 0.03% 6 0.09% 3 0.05% 274 4.31% 6,356
DeKalb 7,899 43.22% 9,826 53.77% 490 2.68% 20 0.11% 33 0.18% 7 0.04% -1,927 -10.54% 18,275
DeWitt 5,676 55.21% 4,544 44.20% 36 0.35% 7 0.07% 16 0.16% 1 0.01% 1,132 11.01% 10,280
Douglas 5,029 51.88% 4,606 47.51% 40 0.41% 2 0.02% 14 0.14% 3 0.03% 423 4.36% 9,694
DuPage 21,684 42.00% 28,380 54.97% 1,330 2.58% 177 0.34% 46 0.09% 15 0.03% -6,696 -12.97% 51,632
Edgar 7,822 52.50% 6,929 46.51% 115 0.77% 6 0.04% 25 0.17% 1 0.01% 893 5.99% 14,898
Edwards 2,211 43.35% 2,813 55.16% 43 0.84% 3 0.06% 30 0.59% 0 0.00% -602 -11.80% 5,100
Effingham 6,030 56.98% 4,293 40.57% 224 2.12% 7 0.07% 25 0.24% 4 0.04% 1,737 16.41% 10,583
Fayette 6,824 51.04% 6,419 48.01% 69 0.52% 11 0.08% 44 0.33% 4 0.03% 405 3.03% 13,371
Ford 3,715 44.17% 4,524 53.79% 159 1.89% 4 0.05% 6 0.07% 2 0.02% -809 -9.62% 8,410
Franklin 15,254 57.29% 10,708 40.22% 483 1.81% 97 0.36% 33 0.12% 50 0.19% 4,546 17.07% 26,625
Fulton 12,864 54.92% 10,130 43.25% 239 1.02% 61 0.26% 64 0.27% 64 0.27% 2,734 11.67% 23,422
Gallatin 3,701 64.10% 2,004 34.71% 31 0.54% 11 0.19% 20 0.35% 7 0.12% 1,697 29.39% 5,774
Greene 6,510 61.74% 3,916 37.14% 95 0.90% 4 0.04% 10 0.09% 9 0.09% 2,594 24.60% 10,544
Grundy 4,481 44.00% 5,360 52.63% 330 3.24% 7 0.07% 5 0.05% 2 0.02% -879 -8.63% 10,185
Hamilton 4,152 55.10% 3,321 44.07% 40 0.53% 6 0.08% 10 0.13% 6 0.08% 831 11.03% 7,535
Hancock 7,726 49.82% 7,383 47.61% 337 2.17% 11 0.07% 43 0.28% 7 0.05% 343 2.21% 15,507
Hardin 1,984 49.46% 2,008 50.06% 5 0.12% 4 0.10% 8 0.20% 2 0.05% -24 -0.60% 4,011
Henderson 2,496 47.82% 2,663 51.02% 47 0.90% 3 0.06% 9 0.17% 2 0.04% -167 -3.20% 5,220
Henry 11,490 47.69% 11,953 49.61% 497 2.06% 116 0.48% 26 0.11% 12 0.05% -463 -1.92% 24,094
Iroquois 8,654 50.39% 7,908 46.05% 570 3.32% 16 0.09% 20 0.12% 5 0.03% 746 4.34% 17,173
Jackson 9,971 48.53% 10,363 50.44% 124 0.60% 36 0.18% 45 0.22% 7 0.03% -392 -1.91% 20,546
Jasper 4,149 55.31% 3,221 42.94% 114 1.52% 2 0.03% 15 0.20% 1 0.01% 928 12.37% 7,502
Jefferson 10,240 57.96% 7,290 41.26% 65 0.37% 15 0.08% 54 0.31% 4 0.02% 2,950 16.70% 17,668
Jersey 3,955 56.01% 3,023 42.81% 57 0.81% 14 0.20% 7 0.10% 5 0.07% 932 13.20% 7,061
Jo Daviess 5,079 46.38% 5,619 51.32% 229 2.09% 9 0.08% 13 0.12% 1 0.01% -540 -4.93% 10,950
Johnson 2,497 41.27% 3,537 58.46% 5 0.08% 4 0.07% 6 0.10% 1 0.02% -1,040 -17.19% 6,050
Kane 28,187 44.23% 33,491 52.55% 1,884 2.96% 114 0.18% 34 0.05% 19 0.03% -5,304 -8.32% 63,729
Kankakee 13,162 49.60% 10,935 41.21% 2,377 8.96% 12 0.05% 23 0.09% 29 0.11% 2,227 8.39% 26,538
Kendall 2,374 41.50% 3,138 54.86% 205 3.58% 1 0.02% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% -764 -13.36% 5,720
Knox 13,697 47.03% 14,712 50.52% 644 2.21% 38 0.13% 26 0.09% 7 0.02% -1,015 -3.49% 29,124
Lake 24,524 45.69% 27,548 51.32% 1,380 2.57% 167 0.31% 19 0.04% 34 0.06% -3,024 -5.63% 53,675[b]
LaSalle 26,926 52.59% 22,240 43.44% 1,846 3.61% 141 0.28% 25 0.05% 23 0.04% 4,686 9.15% 51,201
Lawrence 6,168 54.11% 5,060 44.39% 87 0.76% 4 0.04% 76 0.67% 3 0.03% 1,108 9.72% 11,398
Lee 6,845 42.16% 8,914 54.91% 456 2.81% 9 0.06% 5 0.03% 6 0.04% -2,069 -12.74% 16,235
Livingston 9,190 45.20% 10,801 53.12% 309 1.52% 12 0.06% 20 0.10% 2 0.01% -1,611 -7.92% 20,334
Logan 7,886 52.27% 7,019 46.52% 149 0.99% 18 0.12% 10 0.07% 5 0.03% 867 5.75% 15,087
Macon 27,360 62.92% 15,585 35.84% 366 0.84% 77 0.18% 77 0.18% 20 0.05% 11,775 27.08% 43,486[c]
Macoupin 14,896 57.62% 9,502 36.76% 950 3.67% 406 1.57% 61 0.24% 36 0.14% 5,394 20.87% 25,851
Madison 42,172 64.20% 22,073 33.60% 1,085 1.65% 242 0.37% 51 0.08% 63 0.10% 20,099 30.60% 65,686
Marion 10,820 55.64% 8,321 42.79% 186 0.96% 36 0.19% 67 0.34% 16 0.08% 2,499 12.85% 19,446
Marshall 4,149 53.47% 3,544 45.67% 63 0.81% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 605 7.80% 7,760
Mason 5,278 60.45% 3,395 38.88% 44 0.50% 1 0.01% 13 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,883 21.57% 8,731
Massac 3,039 43.52% 3,894 55.76% 30 0.43% 10 0.14% 7 0.10% 3 0.04% -855 -12.24% 6,983
McDonough 7,138 44.58% 8,723 54.48% 106 0.66% 12 0.07% 29 0.18% 4 0.02% -1,585 -9.90% 16,012
McHenry 6,893 34.70% 12,031 60.56% 898 4.52% 19 0.10% 6 0.03% 19 0.10% -5,138 -25.86% 19,866
McLean 21,508 54.96% 16,826 43.00% 663 1.69% 58 0.15% 65 0.17% 12 0.03% 4,682 11.96% 39,132
Menard 3,152 50.22% 3,067 48.86% 38 0.61% 6 0.10% 11 0.18% 3 0.05% 85 1.35% 6,277
Mercer 4,751 48.07% 5,028 50.87% 84 0.85% 4 0.04% 16 0.16% 1 0.01% -277 -2.80% 9,884
Monroe 3,477 50.76% 3,226 47.09% 140 2.04% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 2 0.03% 251 3.66% 6,850
Montgomery 10,132 53.43% 8,140 42.92% 536 2.83% 72 0.38% 63 0.33% 12 0.06% 1,992 10.50% 18,964[d]
Morgan 9,800 52.10% 8,844 47.02% 111 0.59% 32 0.17% 19 0.10% 5 0.03% 956 5.08% 18,811
Moultrie 4,110 56.70% 3,074 42.41% 40 0.55% 4 0.06% 20 0.28% 1 0.01% 1,036 14.29% 7,249
Ogle 5,776 37.15% 9,576 61.60% 158 1.02% 9 0.06% 21 0.14% 6 0.04% -3,800 -24.44% 15,546
Peoria 48,063 64.20% 25,425 33.96% 1,223 1.63% 75 0.10% 34 0.05% 45 0.06% 22,638 30.24% 74,865
Perry 7,043 55.16% 5,482 42.94% 172 1.35% 40 0.31% 27 0.21% 4 0.03% 1,561 12.23% 12,768
Piatt 4,084 50.66% 3,931 48.77% 29 0.36% 6 0.07% 11 0.14% 0 0.00% 153 1.90% 8,061
Pike 8,187 58.59% 5,589 40.00% 140 1.00% 28 0.20% 23 0.16% 7 0.05% 2,598 18.59% 13,974
Pope 1,728 37.99% 2,787 61.28% 22 0.48% 5 0.11% 4 0.09% 2 0.04% -1,059 -23.28% 4,548
Pulaski 3,804 49.76% 3,774 49.37% 38 0.50% 17 0.22% 12 0.16% 0 0.00% 30 0.39% 7,645
Putnam 1,437 49.53% 1,435 49.47% 24 0.83% 3 0.10% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 2 0.07% 2,901
Randolph 8,247 52.53% 7,057 44.95% 355 2.26% 23 0.15% 17 0.11% 2 0.01% 1,190 7.58% 15,701
Richland 4,268 50.26% 4,040 47.58% 136 1.60% 3 0.04% 42 0.49% 2 0.02% 228 2.69% 8,491
Rock Island 32,741 61.74% 19,487 36.75% 680 1.28% 70 0.13% 32 0.06% 17 0.03% 13,254 24.99% 53,027
Saline 10,253 52.27% 9,055 46.16% 204 1.04% 42 0.21% 38 0.19% 24 0.12% 1,198 6.11% 19,616
Sangamon 32,281 50.70% 29,562 46.43% 1,630 2.56% 106 0.17% 56 0.09% 35 0.05% 2,719 4.27% 63,670
Schuyler 3,885 55.84% 3,029 43.54% 20 0.29% 1 0.01% 21 0.30% 1 0.01% 856 12.30% 6,957
Scott 2,945 57.32% 2,165 42.14% 23 0.45% 1 0.02% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 780 15.18% 5,138
Shelby 8,186 57.64% 5,795 40.81% 135 0.95% 8 0.06% 74 0.52% 3 0.02% 2,391 16.84% 14,201
St. Clair 54,238 64.75% 26,684 31.86% 2,388 2.85% 251 0.30% 71 0.08% 130 0.16% 27,554 32.90% 83,762
Stark 2,220 44.78% 2,696 54.38% 41 0.83% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -476 -9.60% 4,958
Stephenson 10,567 49.51% 9,943 46.59% 729 3.42% 43 0.20% 53 0.25% 7 0.03% 624 2.92% 21,342
Tazewell 16,487 66.55% 7,946 32.07% 297 1.20% 20 0.08% 20 0.08% 4 0.02% 8,541 34.48% 24,774
Union 6,260 59.84% 4,165 39.81% 15 0.14% 10 0.10% 7 0.07% 4 0.04% 2,095 20.03% 10,461
Vermilion 25,016 56.65% 18,350 41.56% 616 1.40% 53 0.12% 104 0.24% 17 0.04% 6,666 15.10% 44,156
Wabash 4,214 58.33% 2,860 39.59% 61 0.84% 4 0.06% 82 1.14% 3 0.04% 1,354 18.74% 7,224
Warren 5,409 43.39% 6,919 55.51% 98 0.79% 12 0.10% 22 0.18% 5 0.04% -1,510 -12.11% 12,465
Washington 4,119 46.45% 4,540 51.20% 181 2.04% 13 0.15% 15 0.17% 0 0.00% -421 -4.75% 8,868
Wayne 5,752 50.77% 5,528 48.79% 25 0.22% 4 0.04% 19 0.17% 2 0.02% 224 1.98% 11,330
White 6,511 59.68% 4,322 39.62% 48 0.44% 5 0.05% 17 0.16% 6 0.06% 2,189 20.07% 10,909
Whiteside 7,982 37.57% 12,666 59.62% 558 2.63% 12 0.06% 20 0.09% 5 0.02% -4,684 -22.05% 21,243
Will 28,135 50.86% 25,028 45.25% 2,041 3.69% 71 0.13% 19 0.03% 20 0.04% 3,107 5.62% 55,314
Williamson 14,663 53.64% 12,319 45.07% 230 0.84% 52 0.19% 57 0.21% 13 0.05% 2,344 8.58% 27,334
Winnebago 27,200 50.38% 24,997 46.30% 1,468 2.72% 212 0.39% 57 0.11% 55 0.10% 2,203 4.08% 53,989
Woodford 5,122 50.75% 4,845 48.00% 93 0.92% 5 0.05% 25 0.25% 3 0.03% 277 2.74% 10,093
Totals 2,282,999 57.70% 1,570,393 39.69% 89,439 2.26% 7,530 0.19% 3,439 0.09% 1,921 0.05% 712,606 18.01% 3,956,522

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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Notes

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  1. ^ 788 write-in votes were recorded from this county.
  2. ^ Three write-in votes were recorded from this county.
  3. ^ One write-in vote was recorded from this county.
  4. ^ 9 write-in votes were recorded from this county.

References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936". Retrieved December 27, 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. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 181-186 ISBN 0786422173
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, November 3, 1936 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, April 14, 1936 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE, APRIL 14 1936" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 5 August 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Our Campaigns; IL US President 1936
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