The 1936 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running with John Nance Garner, who was the 39th and incumbent Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, with 60.58 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican candidate, Alf Landon, who was the Governor of Kansas, running with future Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, with 37.47 percent of the popular vote. Despite Landon losing by over 23 percent, Wyoming was nonetheless his strongest state West of the Great Plains and voted overall 0.93 percent more Republican than the nation at large. Roosevelt won Wyoming by 23 points, outperforming his victory in 1932 by 8 points.
, this is the best ever performance by a Democratic presidential nominee in Wyoming, and the last election in which a Democrat has carried the following counties: Campbell, Converse, Niobrara, Sublette, Washakie and Weston, as even Lyndon B. Johnson failed to carry them when he won Wyoming by 13 points against Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
Results
Results by county CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticAlf LandonRepublicanWilliam LemkeUnionOther candidatesVarious partiesMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # % Albany 3,685 66.53% 1,777 32.08% 49 0.88% 28 0.51% 1,908 34.45% 5,539 Big Horn 3,156 60.28% 1,996 38.12% 73 1.39% 11 0.21% 1,160 22.15% 5,236 Campbell 1,435 51.54% 1,322 47.49% 21 0.75% 6 0.22% 113 4.06% 2,784 Carbon 3,257 60.62% 2,041 37.99% 51 0.95% 24 0.45% 1,216 22.63% 5,373 Converse 1,639 50.42% 1,556 47.86% 34 1.05% 22 0.68% 83 2.55% 3,251 Crook 1,088 46.30% 1,218 51.83% 38 1.62% 6 0.26% -130 -5.53% 2,350 Fremont 3,050 55.12% 2,357 42.60% 107 1.93% 19 0.34% 693 12.52% 5,533 Goshen 2,639 55.55% 2,047 43.09% 47 0.99% 18 0.38% 592 12.46% 4,751 Hot Springs 1,419 61.19% 796 34.33% 89 3.84% 15 0.65% 623 26.87% 2,319 Johnson 949 40.68% 1,266 54.26% 109 4.67% 9 0.39% -317 -13.59% 2,333 Laramie 7,594 62.55% 4,356 35.88% 151 1.24% 39 0.32% 3,238 26.67% 12,140 Lincoln 2,747 66.03% 1,376 33.08% 31 0.75% 6 0.14% 1,371 32.96% 4,160 Natrona 7,819 65.67% 3,810 32.00% 241 2.02% 37 0.31% 4,009 33.67% 11,907 Niobrara 1,124 50.07% 1,086 48.37% 28 1.25% 7 0.31% 38 1.69% 2,245 Park 2,594 60.12% 1,618 37.50% 92 2.13% 11 0.25% 976 22.62% 4,315 Platte 1,730 50.79% 1,546 45.39% 108 3.17% 22 0.65% 184 5.40% 3,406 Sheridan 4,731 61.60% 2,726 35.49% 204 2.66% 19 0.25% 2,005 26.11% 7,680 Sublette 667 49.85% 638 47.68% 27 2.02% 6 0.45% 29 2.17% 1,338 Sweetwater 6,232 76.97% 1,797 22.19% 32 0.40% 36 0.44% 4,435 54.77% 8,097 Teton 795 58.80% 501 37.06% 51 3.77% 5 0.37% 294 21.75% 1,352 Uinta 1,972 65.41% 1,015 33.67% 21 0.70% 7 0.23% 957 31.74% 3,015 Washakie 1,109 56.50% 810 41.26% 34 1.73% 10 0.51% 299 15.23% 1,963 Weston 1,193 51.98% 1,084 47.23% 15 0.65% 3 0.13% 109 4.75% 2,295Totals 62,62460.58%38,73937.47%1,6531.60%3660.35%23,88523.10%103,382
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Big Horn
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Crook Johnson
See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming
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