1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina

The 1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina

November 3, 1936[1]
All 13 North Carolina 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 13 0 Popular vote 616,141 223,283 Percentage 73.4% 26.6%
County Results Roosevelt   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% Landon   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%
President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

North Carolina was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, with 73.40 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas), running with Frank Knox, with 26.60 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	616,141	73.40%
	Republican	Alf Landon	223,283	26.60%
	Write-in	Norman Thomas	21[lower-alpha 1]	0.00%
	Write-in	Earl Browder	11[lower-alpha 1]	0.00%
	Write-in	William Lemke	2[lower-alpha 1]	0.00%
	Write-ins	Various candidates	6[lower-alpha 1]	0.00%
Total votes			839,464	100%

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt[5] Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon[5] Republican		Margin
	%	#	%	#	%	#
Martin	97.58%	4,477	2.42%	111	95.16%	4,366
Northampton	97.20%	3,785	2.80%	109	94.40%	3,676
Bertie	97.08%	3,828	2.92%	115	94.17%	3,713
Pitt	96.71%	9,539	3.29%	325	93.41%	9,214
Hertford	96.52%	2,327	3.48%	84	93.03%	2,243
Halifax	96.39%	8,230	3.61%	308	92.79%	7,922
Greene	96.39%	3,097	3.61%	116	92.78%	2,981
Edgecombe	96.17%	6,684	3.83%	266	92.35%	6,418
Granville	95.86%	4,279	4.14%	185	91.71%	4,094
Franklin	95.75%	5,209	4.25%	231	91.51%	4,978
Warren	95.61%	3,047	4.39%	140	91.21%	2,907
Nash	94.38%	8,682	5.62%	517	88.76%	8,165
Lenoir	94.34%	5,854	5.66%	351	88.69%	5,503
Chowan	94.17%	1,550	5.83%	96	88.34%	1,454
Vance	93.51%	4,536	6.49%	315	87.01%	4,221
Robeson	93.35%	10,280	6.65%	732	86.71%	9,548
Hoke	93.27%	1,953	6.73%	141	86.53%	1,812
Wilson	93.20%	7,522	6.80%	549	86.40%	6,973
Currituck	92.70%	1,625	7.30%	128	85.40%	1,497
Union	92.56%	7,480	7.44%	601	85.13%	6,879
Craven	92.44%	5,543	7.56%	453	84.89%	5,090
Anson	92.40%	4,629	7.60%	381	84.79%	4,248
Caswell	92.33%	2,493	7.67%	207	84.67%	2,286
Onslow	92.15%	2,758	7.85%	235	84.30%	2,523
Gates	92.06%	1,484	7.94%	128	84.12%	1,356
Richmond	91.70%	6,709	8.30%	607	83.41%	6,102
Scotland	91.02%	3,183	8.98%	314	82.04%	2,869
Pasquotank	90.87%	3,226	9.13%	324	81.75%	2,902
Camden	89.60%	1,008	10.40%	117	79.20%	891
Jones	89.26%	1,563	10.74%	188	78.53%	1,375
Wake	88.99%	19,850	11.01%	2,456	77.98%	17,394
Person	88.30%	2,898	11.70%	384	76.60%	2,514
Pender	87.72%	2,379	12.28%	333	75.44%	2,046
Beaufort	86.42%	6,133	13.58%	964	72.83%	5,169
Cumberland	86.40%	6,505	13.60%	1,024	72.80%	5,481
Bladen	85.91%	3,360	14.09%	551	71.82%	2,809
Perquimans	85.76%	970	14.24%	161	71.53%	809
Durham	85.40%	12,804	14.60%	2,189	70.80%	10,615
New Hanover	84.96%	7,376	15.04%	1,306	69.91%	6,070
Mecklenburg	84.75%	26,169	15.25%	4,709	69.50%	21,460
Lee	84.75%	3,723	15.25%	670	69.50%	3,053
Cleveland	84.34%	11,393	15.66%	2,116	68.67%	9,277
Columbus	83.97%	6,359	16.03%	1,214	67.94%	5,145
Rockingham	81.84%	11,366	18.16%	2,522	63.68%	8,844
Cabarrus	81.32%	12,297	18.68%	2,825	62.64%	9,472
Wayne	80.19%	7,087	19.81%	1,751	60.38%	5,336
Duplin	79.42%	5,966	20.58%	1,546	58.84%	4,420
Hyde	79.30%	1,157	20.70%	302	58.60%	855
Gaston	78.63%	17,555	21.37%	4,772	57.25%	12,783
Forsyth	78.09%	18,734	21.91%	5,256	56.18%	13,478
Harnett	77.98%	8,018	22.02%	2,264	55.96%	5,754
Washington	77.80%	1,875	22.20%	535	55.60%	1,340
Tyrrell	77.53%	1,049	22.47%	304	55.06%	745
Rowan	74.84%	12,808	25.16%	4,306	49.68%	8,502
Iredell	74.76%	11,308	25.24%	3,817	49.53%	7,491
Alamance	74.13%	11,025	25.87%	3,847	48.27%	7,178
Guilford	72.89%	25,579	27.11%	9,514	45.78%	16,065
Orange	72.75%	3,860	27.25%	1,446	45.50%	2,414
Johnston	72.17%	11,253	27.83%	4,339	44.34%	6,914
Dare	71.93%	1,389	28.07%	542	43.86%	847
Buncombe	71.40%	23,646	28.60%	9,470	42.81%	14,176
Haywood	71.05%	8,175	28.95%	3,331	42.10%	4,844
Rutherford	67.23%	9,911	32.77%	4,830	34.47%	5,081
Chatham	66.71%	4,373	33.29%	2,182	33.42%	2,191
Carteret	66.68%	3,780	33.32%	1,889	33.36%	1,891
Caldwell	66.56%	6,809	33.44%	3,421	33.12%	3,388
Pamlico	65.42%	1,627	34.58%	860	30.84%	767
Surry	64.95%	8,833	35.05%	4,766	29.91%	4,067
Moore	64.29%	4,466	35.71%	2,481	28.57%	1,985
Catawba	63.30%	11,017	36.70%	6,387	26.60%	4,630
McDowell	63.22%	5,352	36.78%	3,114	26.44%	2,238
Brunswick	62.51%	2,710	37.49%	1,625	25.03%	1,085
Lincoln	61.17%	5,515	38.83%	3,501	22.34%	2,014
Alleghany	61.02%	2,345	38.98%	1,498	22.04%	847
Jackson	59.94%	4,580	40.06%	3,061	19.88%	1,519
Stanly	58.99%	6,505	41.01%	4,523	17.97%	1,982
Transylvania	58.71%	2,845	41.29%	2,001	17.42%	844
Davidson	58.62%	10,844	41.38%	7,656	17.23%	3,188
Polk	58.42%	2,521	41.58%	1,794	16.85%	727
Montgomery	58.16%	3,484	41.84%	2,506	16.33%	978
Burke	57.52%	7,454	42.48%	5,506	15.03%	1,948
Stokes	57.36%	4,384	42.64%	3,259	14.72%	1,125
Yancey	57.24%	3,603	42.76%	2,691	14.49%	912
Alexander	57.10%	3,262	42.90%	2,451	14.20%	811
Macon	56.45%	3,311	43.55%	2,554	12.91%	757
Swain	55.69%	2,619	44.31%	2,084	11.38%	535
Ashe	54.92%	5,552	45.08%	4,557	9.84%	995
Sampson	54.54%	5,937	45.46%	4,948	9.09%	989
Randolph	53.87%	8,090	46.13%	6,927	7.74%	1,163
Watauga	53.23%	3,880	46.77%	3,409	6.46%	471
Henderson	52.99%	5,747	47.01%	5,099	5.97%	648
Graham	52.64%	1,473	47.36%	1,325	5.29%	148
Cherokee	51.94%	3,473	48.06%	3,214	3.87%	259
Davie	49.74%	2,476	50.26%	2,502	-0.52%	-26
Clay	46.77%	1,340	53.23%	1,525	-6.46%	-185
Wilkes	43.77%	6,506	56.23%	8,358	-12.46%	-1,852
Yadkin	43.31%	3,209	56.69%	4,200	-13.38%	-991
Madison	38.06%	3,133	61.94%	5,099	-23.88%	-1,966
Mitchell	33.29%	1,687	66.71%	3,380	-33.41%	-1,693
Avery	22.02%	839	77.98%	2,971	-55.96%	-2,132

Notes

1. None of these write-in candidates had their votes separated by county; they were given only as a statewide total.

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1936 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
2. "1936 Election for the Thirty-eighth Term (1937-41)". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
3. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1936". Retrieved December 25, 2018.
5. Our Campaigns; NC US President Race, November 03, 1936