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.
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[update], this is the last occasion when Iroquois County and Woodford County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][6]
Primaries
[edit]The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[7]
Turnout
[edit]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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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]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,416,411 | 99.97 |
| Scattering | 411 | 0.03 |
| Total | 1,416,822 | 100 |
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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]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 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
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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
[edit]| 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] | |||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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
[edit]- Bond
- Bureau
- Ford
- Grundy
- Hardin
- Henderson
- Jackson
- Jo Daviess
- Knox
- Livingston
- McDonough
- Stark
- Warren
- Washington
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 788 write-in votes were recorded from this county.
- ^ Three write-in votes were recorded from this county.
- ^ One write-in vote was recorded from this county.
- ^ 9 write-in votes were recorded from this county.
References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1936 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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