Minnesota — 1936 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1936 presidential electionMinnesota · PresidentRooseveltD+30.8
How it voted
Share of the 1936 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 61.8% | 698,811 |
|---|---|---|
| Alf LandonRepublican | 31.0% | 350,461 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 7.1% | 80,703 |
1936presidential margin
D+60R+60
87 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Minnesota cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (87 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County, MN | Democratic | D+20.3 |
| Anoka County, MN | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Becker County, MN | Democratic | D+40.0 |
| Beltrami County, MN | Democratic | D+48.3 |
| Benton County, MN | Democratic | D+22.8 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Democratic | D+38.3 |
| Blue Earth County, MN | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Brown County, MN | Democratic | D+38.6 |
| Carlton County, MN | Democratic | D+52.5 |
| Carver County, MN | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Cass County, MN | Democratic | D+24.6 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Democratic | D+27.5 |
| Chisago County, MN | Democratic | D+14.8 |
| Clay County, MN | Democratic | D+35.4 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Democratic | D+53.3 |
| Cook County, MN | Democratic | D+33.7 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Democratic | D+21.4 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | Democratic | D+27.6 |
| Dakota County, MN | Democratic | D+31.5 |
| Dodge County, MN | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Douglas County, MN | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Faribault County, MN | Democratic | D+18.6 |
| Fillmore County, MN | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Freeborn County, MN | Democratic | D+22.1 |
| Goodhue County, MN | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Grant County, MN | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Hennepin County, MN | Democratic | D+25.7 |
| Houston County, MN | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Hubbard County, MN | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Isanti County, MN | Democratic | D+39.1 |
| Itasca County, MN | Democratic | D+41.4 |
| Jackson County, MN | Democratic | D+48.8 |
| Kanabec County, MN | Democratic | D+30.1 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | Democratic | D+43.0 |
| Kittson County, MN | Democratic | D+48.0 |
| Koochiching County, MN | Democratic | D+57.6 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | Democratic | D+19.6 |
| Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+61.9 |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN | Democratic | D+57.6 |
| Le Sueur County, MN | Democratic | D+25.1 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Democratic | D+33.8 |
| Lyon County, MN | Democratic | D+31.0 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | Democratic | D+58.9 |
| Marshall County, MN | Democratic | D+42.3 |
| Martin County, MN | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| McLeod County, MN | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Meeker County, MN | Democratic | D+23.4 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Morrison County, MN | Democratic | D+34.8 |
| Mower County, MN | Democratic | D+25.8 |
| Murray County, MN | Democratic | D+39.7 |
| Nicollet County, MN | Democratic | D+25.4 |
| Nobles County, MN | Democratic | D+28.7 |
| Norman County, MN | Democratic | D+40.1 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Democratic | D+24.4 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Pennington County, MN | Democratic | D+48.1 |
| Pine County, MN | Democratic | D+38.7 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Democratic | D+22.1 |
| Polk County, MN | Democratic | D+49.1 |
| Pope County, MN | Democratic | D+25.4 |
| Ramsey County, MN | Democratic | D+42.6 |
| Red Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+59.2 |
| Redwood County, MN | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Renville County, MN | Democratic | D+24.3 |
| Rice County, MN | Democratic | D+8.4 |
| Rock County, MN | Democratic | D+23.9 |
| Roseau County, MN | Democratic | D+46.2 |
| Scott County, MN | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Sherburne County, MN | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Sibley County, MN | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| St. Louis County, MN | Democratic | D+50.3 |
| Stearns County, MN | Democratic | D+33.2 |
| Steele County, MN | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Stevens County, MN | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Swift County, MN | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Todd County, MN | Democratic | D+18.5 |
| Traverse County, MN | Democratic | D+48.9 |
| Wabasha County, MN | Democratic | D+19.0 |
| Wadena County, MN | Democratic | D+15.2 |
| Waseca County, MN | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Washington County, MN | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Watonwan County, MN | Democratic | D+30.1 |
| Wilkin County, MN | Democratic | D+29.2 |
| Winona County, MN | Democratic | D+25.2 |
| Wright County, MN | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Democratic | D+28.3 |
Minnesota results by county
87 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,340 | 3,80657.6% | 2,46637.3% | 3395.1% | 6,611 |
| Anoka County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,915 | 4,50156.9% | 2,58632.7% | 82210.4% | 7,909 |
| Becker County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,790 | 6,47368.4% | 2,68328.3% | 3103.3% | 9,466 |
| Beltrami County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,325 | 6,50772.6% | 2,18224.4% | 2683.0% | 8,957 |
| Benton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,328 | 3,11153.5% | 1,78330.7% | 91915.8% | 5,813 |
| Big Stone County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,532 | 2,64866.2% | 1,11627.9% | 2355.9% | 3,999 |
| Blue Earth County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,705 | 8,25555.9% | 5,55037.6% | 9646.5% | 14,769 |
| Brown County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,958 | 6,63764.6% | 2,67926.1% | 9519.3% | 10,267 |
| Carlton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,973 | 7,13675.3% | 2,16322.8% | 1791.9% | 9,478 |
| Carver County | Alf Landon+281 | 2,81438.6% | 3,09542.4% | 1,38319.0% | 7,292 |
| Cass County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,806 | 4,44060.5% | 2,63435.9% | 2603.5% | 7,334 |
| Chippewa County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,804 | 4,02761.4% | 2,22333.9% | 3094.7% | 6,559 |
| Chisago County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+898 | 3,36055.3% | 2,46240.5% | 2584.2% | 6,080 |
| Clay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,402 | 6,28265.3% | 2,88029.9% | 4594.8% | 9,621 |
| Clearwater County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,269 | 3,20875.3% | 93922.1% | 1112.6% | 4,258 |
| Cook County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+406 | 79365.9% | 38732.1% | 242.0% | 1,204 |
| Cottonwood County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,420 | 3,92959.3% | 2,50937.9% | 1852.8% | 6,623 |
| Crow Wing County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,950 | 6,56161.5% | 3,61133.8% | 5014.7% | 10,673 |
| Dakota County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,847 | 8,89057.7% | 4,04326.3% | 2,46516.0% | 15,398 |
| Dodge County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+674 | 2,81254.7% | 2,13841.6% | 1883.7% | 5,138 |
| Douglas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,505 | 4,18656.8% | 2,68136.4% | 4976.7% | 7,364 |
| Faribault County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,830 | 5,60356.9% | 3,77338.3% | 4714.8% | 9,847 |
| Fillmore County | Alf Landon+290 | 4,76445.8% | 5,05448.6% | 5865.6% | 10,404 |
| Freeborn County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,725 | 7,37860.0% | 4,65337.8% | 2742.2% | 12,305 |
| Goodhue County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,575 | 8,25757.5% | 5,68239.6% | 4222.9% | 14,361 |
| Grant County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+792 | 2,35857.9% | 1,56638.4% | 1513.7% | 4,075 |
| Hennepin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+63,083 | 144,28958.8% | 81,20633.1% | 19,9858.1% | 245,480 |
| Houston County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+455 | 3,15651.7% | 2,70144.3% | 2434.0% | 6,100 |
| Hubbard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+694 | 2,31256.9% | 1,61839.8% | 1323.2% | 4,062 |
| Isanti County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,005 | 3,44267.2% | 1,43728.0% | 2444.8% | 5,123 |
| Itasca County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,302 | 8,89669.4% | 3,59428.0% | 3292.6% | 12,819 |
| Jackson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,511 | 5,18772.1% | 1,67623.3% | 3324.6% | 7,195 |
| Kanabec County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,229 | 2,57963.1% | 1,35033.0% | 1593.9% | 4,088 |
| Kandiyohi County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,095 | 6,59569.2% | 2,50026.2% | 4294.5% | 9,524 |
| Kittson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,047 | 3,12773.2% | 1,08025.3% | 621.5% | 4,269 |
| Koochiching County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,749 | 5,06577.8% | 1,31620.2% | 1322.0% | 6,513 |
| Lac qui Parle County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,177 | 3,24354.1% | 2,06634.5% | 68711.5% | 5,996 |
| Lake County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,100 | 2,71780.1% | 61718.2% | 561.7% | 3,390 |
| Lake of the Woods County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,181 | 1,56676.3% | 38518.8% | 1014.9% | 2,052 |
| Le Sueur County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,228 | 5,07757.3% | 2,84932.1% | 93910.6% | 8,865 |
| Lincoln County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,463 | 2,66261.4% | 1,19927.7% | 47310.9% | 4,334 |
| Lyon County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,612 | 5,16361.3% | 2,55130.3% | 7108.4% | 8,424 |
| Mahnomen County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,551 | 2,02576.9% | 47418.0% | 1355.1% | 2,634 |
| Marshall County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,898 | 4,80270.1% | 1,90427.8% | 1462.1% | 6,852 |
| Martin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,402 | 6,49266.1% | 3,09031.5% | 2432.5% | 9,825 |
| McLeod County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,508 | 4,44955.2% | 2,94136.5% | 6688.3% | 8,058 |
| Meeker County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,763 | 4,24256.2% | 2,47932.9% | 82110.9% | 7,542 |
| Mille Lacs County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,676 | 3,76760.6% | 2,09133.6% | 3625.8% | 6,220 |
| Morrison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,430 | 6,11262.1% | 2,68227.2% | 1,05410.7% | 9,848 |
| Mower County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,485 | 8,22861.0% | 4,74335.2% | 5163.8% | 13,487 |
| Murray County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,325 | 3,92667.1% | 1,60127.3% | 3285.6% | 5,855 |
| Nicollet County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,776 | 4,13659.1% | 2,36033.7% | 5077.2% | 7,003 |
| Nobles County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,318 | 4,91960.9% | 2,60132.2% | 5526.8% | 8,072 |
| Norman County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,208 | 3,77868.7% | 1,57028.5% | 1542.8% | 5,502 |
| Olmsted County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,642 | 8,95860.0% | 5,31635.6% | 6454.3% | 14,919 |
| Otter Tail County | Alf Landon+257 | 8,64247.7% | 8,89949.1% | 5693.1% | 18,110 |
| Pennington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,478 | 3,73672.5% | 1,25824.4% | 1613.1% | 5,155 |
| Pine County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,345 | 5,79767.1% | 2,45228.4% | 3894.5% | 8,638 |
| Pipestone County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,145 | 3,02658.5% | 1,88136.4% | 2635.1% | 5,170 |
| Polk County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,586 | 11,33773.4% | 3,75124.3% | 3492.3% | 15,437 |
| Pope County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,331 | 3,20061.0% | 1,86935.7% | 1733.3% | 5,242 |
| Ramsey County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+55,733 | 86,28666.0% | 30,55323.4% | 13,88910.6% | 130,728 |
| Red Lake County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,570 | 2,05777.5% | 48718.4% | 1094.1% | 2,653 |
| Redwood County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,679 | 4,96555.3% | 3,28636.6% | 7218.0% | 8,972 |
| Renville County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,295 | 5,34456.5% | 3,04932.3% | 1,06011.2% | 9,453 |
| Rice County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,040 | 5,92848.1% | 4,88839.7% | 1,51112.3% | 12,327 |
| Rock County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,158 | 2,91060.1% | 1,75236.2% | 1763.6% | 4,838 |
| Roseau County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,435 | 3,76171.4% | 1,32625.2% | 1793.4% | 5,266 |
| Scott County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,333 | 3,86158.9% | 1,52823.3% | 1,17017.8% | 6,559 |
| Sherburne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+258 | 1,88150.3% | 1,62343.4% | 2336.2% | 3,737 |
| Sibley County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,956 | 4,14061.5% | 2,18432.4% | 4116.1% | 6,735 |
| St. Louis County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+47,033 | 69,36574.2% | 22,33223.9% | 1,8131.9% | 93,510 |
| Stearns County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,498 | 12,76056.5% | 5,26223.3% | 4,55820.2% | 22,580 |
| Steele County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,108 | 4,48154.5% | 3,37341.0% | 3704.5% | 8,224 |
| Stevens County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+921 | 2,35259.4% | 1,43136.2% | 1754.4% | 3,958 |
| Swift County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,131 | 3,74962.6% | 1,61827.0% | 61910.3% | 5,986 |
| Todd County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,847 | 5,62756.3% | 3,78037.8% | 5955.9% | 10,002 |
| Traverse County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,536 | 2,29773.1% | 76124.2% | 862.7% | 3,144 |
| Wabasha County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,459 | 4,12253.6% | 2,66334.6% | 91211.8% | 7,697 |
| Wadena County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+707 | 2,60556.0% | 1,89840.8% | 1463.1% | 4,649 |
| Waseca County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,038 | 3,52055.5% | 2,48239.1% | 3465.5% | 6,348 |
| Washington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,905 | 6,76857.8% | 3,86333.0% | 1,0799.2% | 11,710 |
| Watonwan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,738 | 3,66863.5% | 1,93033.4% | 1743.0% | 5,772 |
| Wilkin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,150 | 2,42861.7% | 1,27832.5% | 2325.9% | 3,938 |
| Winona County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,915 | 9,26859.6% | 5,35334.4% | 9306.0% | 15,551 |
| Wright County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,276 | 5,36347.2% | 4,08736.0% | 1,90116.7% | 11,351 |
| Yellow Medicine County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,892 | 3,92158.7% | 2,02930.4% | 72910.9% | 6,679 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)
Minnesota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.3% |
| 1896 | −15.7% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −55.1% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +23.6% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +3.8% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +17.3% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −7.6% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −5.5% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | +3.9% |
| 1984 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.1% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +7.7% |
| 2016 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1936 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.