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1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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Main article: 1936 United States presidential election
The 1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 58.51 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 39.92 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
In this election, Kentucky voted 5.65 percentage points more Republican the nation at-large.[5]
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Results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 541,944 | 58.51% | |
Republican | Alf Landon | 369,702 | 39.92% | |
Union | William Lemke | 12,501 | 1.35% | |
Prohibition | D. Leigh Colvin | 929 | 0.10% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 632 | 0.07% | |
Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | 294 | 0.03% | |
Communist | Earl R. Browder | 204 | 0.02% | |
Total votes | 926,206 | 100% |
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Results by county
More information County, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic ...
1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county | |||||||||||
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County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[6] Union |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 2,669 | 44.12% | 3,371 | 55.72% | 2 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.13% | -702 | -11.60% | 6,050 |
Allen | 2,422 | 44.00% | 3,070 | 55.77% | 3 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.18% | -648 | -11.77% | 5,505 |
Anderson | 2,454 | 64.16% | 1,360 | 35.56% | 2 | 0.05% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,094 | 28.60% | 3,825 |
Ballard | 3,523 | 81.87% | 773 | 17.96% | 2 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.12% | 2,750 | 63.91% | 4,303 |
Barren | 5,137 | 60.34% | 3,352 | 39.38% | 4 | 0.05% | 20 | 0.23% | 1,785 | 20.97% | 8,513 |
Bath | 2,795 | 61.70% | 1,725 | 38.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.20% | 1,070 | 23.62% | 4,530 |
Bell | 5,853 | 55.95% | 4,573 | 43.71% | 2 | 0.02% | 33 | 0.32% | 1,280 | 12.24% | 10,461 |
Boone | 2,785 | 71.14% | 1,042 | 26.62% | 82 | 2.09% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,743 | 44.52% | 3,915 |
Bourbon | 3,872 | 60.84% | 2,471 | 38.83% | 10 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,401 | 22.01% | 6,364 |
Boyd | 9,762 | 59.19% | 6,650 | 40.32% | 43 | 0.26% | 37 | 0.22% | 3,112 | 18.87% | 16,492 |
Boyle | 4,148 | 62.79% | 2,431 | 36.80% | 5 | 0.08% | 22 | 0.33% | 1,717 | 25.99% | 6,606 |
Bracken | 1,956 | 56.79% | 1,436 | 41.70% | 38 | 1.10% | 14 | 0.41% | 520 | 15.10% | 3,444 |
Breathitt | 3,980 | 68.85% | 1,790 | 30.96% | 1 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.17% | 2,190 | 37.88% | 5,781 |
Breckinridge | 3,233 | 51.94% | 2,898 | 46.55% | 35 | 0.56% | 59 | 0.95% | 335 | 5.38% | 6,225 |
Bullitt | 2,474 | 78.89% | 647 | 20.63% | 7 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.26% | 1,827 | 58.26% | 3,136 |
Butler | 1,237 | 32.26% | 2,594 | 67.64% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | -1,357 | -35.38% | 3,835 |
Caldwell | 2,699 | 55.67% | 2,121 | 43.75% | 18 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.21% | 578 | 11.92% | 4,848 |
Calloway | 5,523 | 85.34% | 939 | 14.51% | 3 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.11% | 4,584 | 70.83% | 6,472 |
Campbell | 16,780 | 55.57% | 10,327 | 34.20% | 2,984 | 9.88% | 103 | 0.34% | 6,453 | 21.37% | 30,194 |
Carlisle | 2,150 | 82.69% | 420 | 16.15% | 25 | 0.96% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,730 | 66.54% | 2,600 |
Carroll | 2,718 | 76.63% | 794 | 22.39% | 25 | 0.70% | 10 | 0.28% | 1,924 | 54.24% | 3,547 |
Carter | 3,403 | 43.57% | 4,372 | 55.98% | 18 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.22% | -969 | -12.41% | 7,810 |
Casey | 1,925 | 34.77% | 3,588 | 64.81% | 7 | 0.13% | 16 | 0.29% | -1,663 | -30.04% | 5,536 |
Christian | 6,660 | 55.36% | 5,370 | 44.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,290 | 10.72% | 12,030 |
Clark | 4,396 | 66.02% | 2,246 | 33.73% | 6 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.17% | 2,150 | 32.29% | 6,659 |
Clay | 1,572 | 27.78% | 4,087 | 72.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,515 | -44.44% | 5,659 |
Clinton | 701 | 24.61% | 2,147 | 75.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,446 | -50.77% | 2,848 |
Crittenden | 1,926 | 44.02% | 2,441 | 55.79% | 4 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.09% | -515 | -11.77% | 4,375 |
Cumberland | 935 | 30.51% | 2,127 | 69.40% | 2 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,192 | -38.89% | 3,065 |
Daviess | 9,957 | 64.88% | 4,636 | 30.21% | 736[note 1] | 4.80% | 18[note 1] | 0.12% | 5,321 | 34.67% | 15,347 |
Edmonson | 1,329 | 34.43% | 2,526 | 65.44% | 5 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,197 | -31.01% | 3,860 |
Elliott | 1,539 | 76.23% | 480 | 23.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,059 | 52.45% | 2,019 |
Estill | 2,646 | 47.33% | 2,931 | 52.43% | 2 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.20% | -285 | -5.10% | 5,590 |
Fayette | 14,428 | 55.12% | 11,544 | 44.10% | 130 | 0.50% | 73 | 0.28% | 2,884 | 11.02% | 26,175 |
Fleming | 2,879 | 50.96% | 2,749 | 48.66% | 12 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.16% | 130 | 2.30% | 5,649 |
Floyd | 7,962 | 70.23% | 3,375 | 29.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,587 | 40.46% | 11,337 |
Franklin | 6,222 | 75.35% | 2,010 | 24.34% | 18 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.10% | 4,212 | 51.01% | 8,258 |
Fulton | 3,727 | 82.35% | 782 | 17.28% | 6 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.24% | 2,945 | 65.07% | 4,526 |
Gallatin | 1,456 | 77.65% | 404 | 21.55% | 13 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.11% | 1,052 | 56.11% | 1,875 |
Garrard | 2,276 | 50.19% | 2,252 | 49.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.53% | 4,535 |
Grant | 2,560 | 64.99% | 1,353 | 34.35% | 20 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,207 | 30.64% | 3,939 |
Graves | 9,231 | 83.43% | 1,692 | 15.29% | 123 | 1.11% | 19 | 0.17% | 7,539 | 68.13% | 11,065 |
Grayson | 2,676 | 47.76% | 2,907 | 51.88% | 9 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.20% | -231 | -4.12% | 5,603 |
Green | 1,970 | 45.69% | 2,336 | 54.17% | 2 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.09% | -366 | -8.49% | 4,312 |
Greenup | 4,686 | 54.12% | 3,973 | 45.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 713 | 8.23% | 8,659 |
Hancock | 1,317 | 54.38% | 1,087 | 44.88% | 13 | 0.54% | 5 | 0.21% | 230 | 9.50% | 2,422 |
Hardin | 4,480 | 65.75% | 2,284 | 33.52% | 37 | 0.54% | 13 | 0.19% | 2,196 | 32.23% | 6,814 |
Harlan | 11,060 | 59.56% | 7,510 | 40.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,550 | 19.12% | 18,570 |
Harrison | 4,378 | 71.20% | 1,756 | 28.56% | 2 | 0.03% | 13 | 0.21% | 2,622 | 42.64% | 6,149 |
Hart | 3,341 | 51.31% | 3,147 | 48.33% | 5 | 0.08% | 18 | 0.28% | 194 | 2.98% | 6,511 |
Henderson | 6,835 | 77.38% | 1,811 | 20.50% | 132 | 1.49% | 55 | 0.62% | 5,024 | 56.88% | 8,833 |
Henry | 3,545 | 69.99% | 1,516 | 29.93% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,029 | 40.06% | 5,065 |
Hickman | 2,548 | 86.31% | 385 | 13.04% | 13 | 0.44% | 6 | 0.20% | 2,163 | 73.27% | 2,952 |
Hopkins | 8,193 | 69.21% | 3,602 | 30.43% | 15 | 0.13% | 28 | 0.24% | 4,591 | 38.78% | 11,838 |
Jackson | 420 | 10.87% | 3,440 | 89.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.08% | -3,020 | -78.18% | 3,863 |
Jefferson | 85,748 | 60.23% | 53,043 | 37.26% | 3,150 | 2.21% | 428 | 0.30% | 32,705 | 22.97% | 142,369 |
Jessamine | 2,813 | 57.38% | 2,066 | 42.15% | 4 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.39% | 747 | 15.24% | 4,902 |
Johnson | 3,106 | 41.81% | 4,305 | 57.95% | 9 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.12% | -1,199 | -16.14% | 7,429 |
Kenton | 21,879 | 63.11% | 8,885 | 25.63% | 3,768 | 10.87% | 134 | 0.39% | 12,994 | 37.48% | 34,666 |
Knott | 3,488 | 80.13% | 865 | 19.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,623 | 60.26% | 4,353 |
Knox | 3,419 | 40.97% | 4,921 | 58.97% | 5 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,502 | -18.00% | 8,345 |
Larue | 2,305 | 66.48% | 1,151 | 33.20% | 7 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,154 | 33.29% | 3,467 |
Laurel | 2,677 | 35.76% | 4,798 | 64.08% | 6 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.08% | -2,121 | -28.33% | 7,487 |
Lawrence | 3,175 | 51.81% | 2,944 | 48.04% | 4 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.08% | 231 | 3.77% | 6,128 |
Lee | 1,440 | 44.25% | 1,812 | 55.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.06% | -372 | -11.43% | 3,254 |
Leslie | 618 | 18.52% | 2,716 | 81.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.09% | -2,098 | -62.87% | 3,337 |
Letcher | 6,240 | 61.65% | 3,871 | 38.24% | 5 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.06% | 2,369 | 23.40% | 10,122 |
Lewis | 1,985 | 37.76% | 3,255 | 61.92% | 9 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.15% | -1,270 | -24.16% | 5,257 |
Lincoln | 3,575 | 52.37% | 3,211 | 47.04% | 12 | 0.18% | 28 | 0.41% | 364 | 5.33% | 6,826 |
Livingston | 1,897 | 64.37% | 1,039 | 35.26% | 2 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.31% | 858 | 29.11% | 2,947 |
Logan | 4,912 | 72.82% | 1,812 | 26.86% | 5 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.24% | 3,100 | 45.96% | 6,745 |
Lyon | 1,861 | 66.49% | 929 | 33.19% | 5 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.14% | 932 | 33.30% | 2,799 |
Madison | 6,259 | 50.57% | 6,034 | 48.76% | 7 | 0.06% | 76 | 0.61% | 225 | 1.82% | 12,376 |
Magoffin | 2,554 | 49.72% | 2,577 | 50.17% | 2 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.08% | -23 | -0.45% | 5,137 |
Marion | 3,526 | 68.52% | 1,567 | 30.45% | 39 | 0.76% | 14 | 0.27% | 1,959 | 38.07% | 5,146 |
Marshall | 3,472 | 75.09% | 1,141 | 24.68% | 2 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.19% | 2,331 | 50.41% | 4,624 |
Martin | 817 | 28.62% | 2,037 | 71.35% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,220 | -42.73% | 2,855 |
Mason | 4,503 | 56.52% | 3,317 | 41.63% | 122 | 1.53% | 25 | 0.31% | 1,186 | 14.89% | 7,967 |
McCracken | 10,557 | 76.34% | 3,160 | 22.85% | 54 | 0.39% | 58 | 0.42% | 7,397 | 53.49% | 13,829 |
McCreary | 1,105 | 27.16% | 2,953 | 72.57% | 3 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.20% | -1,848 | -45.42% | 4,069 |
McLean | 2,496 | 64.35% | 1,338 | 34.49% | 30 | 0.77% | 15 | 0.39% | 1,158 | 29.85% | 3,879 |
Meade | 2,102 | 70.85% | 785 | 26.46% | 73 | 2.46% | 7 | 0.24% | 1,317 | 44.39% | 2,967 |
Menifee | 1,123 | 66.61% | 559 | 33.16% | 4 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 564 | 33.45% | 1,686 |
Mercer | 3,659 | 62.59% | 2,161 | 36.97% | 5 | 0.09% | 21 | 0.36% | 1,498 | 25.62% | 5,846 |
Metcalfe | 1,748 | 49.52% | 1,777 | 50.34% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.08% | -29 | -0.82% | 3,530 |
Monroe | 1,352 | 36.48% | 2,345 | 63.28% | 5 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.11% | -993 | -26.79% | 3,706 |
Montgomery | 2,594 | 60.79% | 1,649 | 38.65% | 16 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.19% | 945 | 22.15% | 4,267 |
Morgan | 3,256 | 71.86% | 1,269 | 28.01% | 5 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,987 | 43.85% | 4,531 |
Muhlenberg | 6,385 | 60.08% | 4,168 | 39.22% | 60 | 0.56% | 15 | 0.14% | 2,217 | 20.86% | 10,628 |
Nelson | 4,234 | 66.59% | 1,913 | 30.09% | 188 | 2.96% | 23 | 0.36% | 2,321 | 36.51% | 6,358 |
Nicholas | 2,325 | 64.23% | 1,277 | 35.28% | 8 | 0.22% | 10 | 0.28% | 1,048 | 28.95% | 3,620 |
Ohio | 4,030 | 46.92% | 4,532 | 52.77% | 9 | 0.10% | 18 | 0.21% | -502 | -5.84% | 8,589 |
Oldham | 2,020 | 72.30% | 760 | 27.20% | 7 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.25% | 1,260 | 45.10% | 2,794 |
Owen | 3,392 | 83.44% | 661 | 16.26% | 6 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,731 | 67.18% | 4,065 |
Owsley | 464 | 16.95% | 2,273 | 83.02% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,809 | -66.07% | 2,738 |
Pendleton | 2,432 | 56.41% | 1,837 | 42.61% | 21 | 0.49% | 21 | 0.49% | 595 | 13.80% | 4,311 |
Perry | 6,753 | 59.45% | 4,595 | 40.45% | 6 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.04% | 2,158 | 19.00% | 11,359 |
Pike | 11,382 | 58.06% | 8,210 | 41.88% | 1 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.05% | 3,172 | 16.18% | 19,603 |
Powell | 1,185 | 53.94% | 998 | 45.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 0.64% | 187 | 8.51% | 2,197 |
Pulaski | 4,711 | 38.29% | 7,570 | 61.52% | 5 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.15% | -2,859 | -23.23% | 12,305 |
Robertson | 897 | 63.93% | 498 | 35.50% | 1 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.50% | 399 | 28.44% | 1,403 |
Rockcastle | 1,568 | 28.81% | 3,875 | 71.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,307 | -42.38% | 5,443 |
Rowan | 1,989 | 53.99% | 1,687 | 45.79% | 3 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.14% | 302 | 8.20% | 3,684 |
Russell | 1,235 | 31.33% | 2,688 | 68.19% | 3 | 0.08% | 16 | 0.41% | -1,453 | -36.86% | 3,942 |
Scott | 3,966 | 67.93% | 1,861 | 31.88% | 4 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.12% | 2,105 | 36.06% | 5,838 |
Shelby | 4,384 | 69.40% | 1,898 | 30.05% | 12 | 0.19% | 23 | 0.36% | 2,486 | 39.35% | 6,317 |
Simpson | 3,027 | 70.72% | 1,240 | 28.97% | 1 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,787 | 41.75% | 4,280 |
Spencer | 1,647 | 71.80% | 638 | 27.81% | 7 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,009 | 43.98% | 2,294 |
Taylor | 2,732 | 49.75% | 2,738 | 49.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 0.38% | -6 | -0.11% | 5,491 |
Todd | 2,987 | 71.53% | 1,178 | 28.21% | 1 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.24% | 1,809 | 43.32% | 4,176 |
Trigg | 2,928 | 65.53% | 1,521 | 34.04% | 15 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,407 | 31.49% | 4,468 |
Trimble | 1,659 | 85.16% | 271 | 13.91% | 4 | 0.21% | 14 | 0.72% | 1,388 | 71.25% | 1,948 |
Union | 4,713 | 81.47% | 965 | 16.68% | 104 | 1.80% | 3 | 0.05% | 3,748 | 64.79% | 5,785 |
Warren | 8,113 | 64.83% | 4,347 | 34.74% | 16 | 0.13% | 38 | 0.30% | 3,766 | 30.09% | 12,514 |
Washington | 2,516 | 50.90% | 2,391 | 48.37% | 23 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.26% | 125 | 2.53% | 4,943 |
Wayne | 2,546 | 46.46% | 2,924 | 53.36% | 4 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.11% | -378 | -6.90% | 5,480 |
Webster | 4,788 | 70.49% | 1,983 | 29.20% | 5 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.24% | 2,805 | 41.30% | 6,792 |
Whitley | 3,175 | 35.59% | 5,733 | 64.27% | 4 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.09% | -2,558 | -28.68% | 8,920 |
Wolfe | 1,577 | 61.87% | 972 | 38.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 605 | 23.73% | 2,549 |
Woodford | 2,574 | 62.20% | 1,558 | 37.65% | 3 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,016 | 24.55% | 4,138 |
Totals | 541,944 | 58.51% | 369,702 | 39.92% | 12,501 | 1.35% | 2,059 | 0.22% | 172,242 | 18.60% | 926,214 |
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Notes
- Totals for Lemke and “other” candidates in this county are different from those in Géoelections, whose Lemke figure is greater than the total non-major-party vote from America at the Polls. They have been adjusted to match the totals found in Dave Leip’s Atlas.
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