Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Texas D+74.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Alf Landon (R) in Texas, 1936. The state ran 50.6 points more Democratic than the nation (D+24.3 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)

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Texas result

849,179 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

739,952

87.1%

Landon (R)

104,661

12.3%

All others

4,566

0.5%

Margin

D+74.8

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1936 presidential election

Texas, 1936

RooseveltD+74.8

How it voted

Share of the 1936 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	87.1%	739,952
Alf LandonRepublican	12.3%	104,661
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	4,566

D+60

R+60

254 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1936 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1936

254 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+85.6%	3,749	289	4,040
Andrews County	D	+87.9%	287	18	306
Angelina County	D	+83.9%	3,943	342	4,290
Aransas County	D	+52.7%	206	60	277
Archer County	D	+83.8%	1,672	146	1,822
Armstrong County	D	+92.6%	897	33	933
Atascosa County	D	+74.7%	2,041	285	2,350
Austin County	D	+69.7%	1,635	290	1,929
Bailey County	D	+60.1%	788	191	993
Bandera County	D	+24.7%	720	431	1,171
Bastrop County	D	+84.4%	2,395	198	2,602
Baylor County	D	+87.8%	1,541	100	1,642
Bee County	D	+41.3%	1,462	603	2,082
Bell County	D	+85.2%	6,119	475	6,621
Bexar County	D	+46.6%	35,781	12,951	48,982
Blanco County	D	+54.2%	1,056	313	1,372
Borden County	D	+78.2%	220	26	248
Bosque County	D	+73.3%	2,283	350	2,638
Bowie County	D	+82.6%	5,030	472	5,521
Brazoria County	D	+65.4%	2,284	462	2,785
Brazos County	D	+96.5%	2,610	45	2,659
Brewster County	D	+69.0%	828	151	981
Briscoe County	D	+86.0%	849	64	913
Brooks County	D	+51.3%	365	117	483
Brown County	D	+79.0%	3,971	448	4,458
Burleson County	D	+83.1%	1,466	135	1,601
Burnet County	D	+86.8%	1,583	111	1,696
Caldwell County	D	+84.2%	3,019	247	3,291
Calhoun County	D	+75.9%	685	92	781
Callahan County	D	+75.0%	1,739	245	1,991
Cameron County	D	+45.4%	5,887	2,160	8,206
Camp County	D	+84.7%	939	78	1,017
Carson County	D	+82.2%	1,568	147	1,728
Cass County	D	+87.1%	2,461	169	2,630
Castro County	D	+86.3%	950	65	1,025
Chambers County	D	+75.8%	984	134	1,121
Cherokee County	D	+85.5%	3,908	302	4,218
Childress County	D	+80.9%	2,076	209	2,307
Clay County	D	+82.9%	2,168	196	2,380
Cochran County	D	+83.4%	683	58	749
Coke County	D	+84.9%	888	68	966
Coleman County	D	+82.8%	2,900	269	3,177
Collin County	D	+82.7%	5,669	531	6,210
Collingsworth County	D	+85.4%	2,012	158	2,172
Colorado County	D	+58.6%	1,435	372	1,815
Comal County	D	+48.7%	1,611	554	2,171
Comanche County	D	+74.3%	2,587	355	3,005
Concho County	D	+87.0%	1,089	76	1,165
Cooke County	D	+68.3%	3,686	686	4,392
Coryell County	D	+86.1%	2,064	150	2,223
Cottle County	D	+86.8%	1,265	86	1,359
Crane County	D	+92.3%	622	25	647
Crockett County	D	+50.6%	231	75	308
Crosby County	D	+83.4%	1,711	153	1,867
Culberson County	D	+82.4%	239	23	262
Dallam County	D	+70.4%	1,436	220	1,727
Dallas County	D	+70.4%	42,153	7,204	49,657
Dawson County	D	+84.0%	1,829	156	1,992
Deaf Smith County	D	+78.9%	1,236	142	1,387
Delta County	D	+89.3%	1,466	82	1,549
Denton County	D	+82.3%	5,021	476	5,523
DeWitt County	D	+52.3%	1,977	616	2,602
Dickens County	D	+85.2%	1,445	115	1,561
Dimmit County	D	+40.0%	704	296	1,021
Donley County	D	+82.9%	1,513	133	1,664
Duval County	D	+89.2%	2,901	163	3,068
Eastland County	D	+72.6%	4,659	724	5,418
Ector County	D	+80.9%	816	81	908
Edwards County	D	+38.3%	354	157	514
El Paso County	D	+73.5%	11,920	1,773	13,809
Ellis County	D	+89.1%	5,644	319	5,975
Erath County	D	+80.3%	2,694	290	2,995
Falls County	D	+92.0%	3,411	140	3,556
Fannin County	D	+86.8%	5,242	368	5,617
Fayette County	D	+65.1%	2,820	595	3,420
Fisher County	D	+85.8%	2,068	155	2,229
Floyd County	D	+78.6%	1,863	217	2,095
Foard County	D	+85.0%	928	74	1,005
Fort Bend County	D	+86.9%	2,588	176	2,775
Franklin County	D	+82.1%	925	90	1,017
Freestone County	D	+86.8%	1,929	134	2,069
Frio County	D	+67.8%	1,019	193	1,219
Gaines County	D	+87.9%	680	42	726
Galveston County	D	+69.4%	9,370	1,666	11,106
Garza County	D	+71.7%	807	132	942
Gillespie County	R	−16.1%	1,016	1,421	2,514
Glasscock County	D	+78.8%	252	29	283
Goliad County	D	+57.0%	1,184	323	1,511
Gonzales County	D	+76.6%	2,674	352	3,033
Gray County	D	+80.2%	4,347	464	4,839
Grayson County	D	+83.5%	10,627	947	11,597
Gregg County	D	+82.4%	6,489	621	7,121
Grimes County	D	+86.2%	1,851	136	1,989
Guadalupe County	D	+40.0%	2,962	1,266	4,237
Hale County	D	+74.2%	3,109	451	3,582
Hall County	D	+88.2%	2,195	126	2,346
Hamilton County	D	+81.0%	1,929	202	2,132
Hansford County	D	+81.7%	826	74	921
Hardeman County	D	+80.8%	1,991	207	2,208
Hardin County	D	+90.4%	2,351	119	2,470
Harris County	D	+75.7%	59,205	8,083	67,533
Harrison County	D	+83.5%	3,400	302	3,708
Hartley County	D	+86.7%	560	40	600
Haskell County	D	+89.0%	2,713	156	2,872
Hays County	D	+74.3%	1,964	286	2,259
Hemphill County	D	+78.2%	1,008	121	1,134
Henderson County	D	+85.1%	3,259	260	3,525
Hidalgo County	D	+38.0%	6,782	2,962	10,053
Hill County	D	+89.3%	4,710	265	4,980
Hockley County	D	+89.5%	1,731	90	1,833
Hood County	D	+81.0%	988	102	1,094
Hopkins County	D	+82.6%	2,753	261	3,018
Houston County	D	+92.2%	2,458	99	2,559
Howard County	D	+86.0%	3,094	230	3,332
Hudspeth County	D	+87.4%	363	24	388
Hunt County	D	+88.9%	5,801	335	6,147
Hutchinson County	D	+72.7%	2,478	390	2,873
Irion County	D	+80.6%	476	49	530
Jack County	D	+71.2%	1,113	183	1,306
Jackson County	D	+69.2%	952	171	1,128
Jasper County	D	+86.3%	1,500	109	1,612
Jeff Davis County	D	+79.4%	291	33	325
Jefferson County	D	+75.2%	18,187	2,544	20,808
Jim Hogg County	D	+87.4%	712	48	760
Jim Wells County	D	+66.4%	1,691	338	2,038
Johnson County	D	+84.9%	4,281	337	4,647
Jones County	D	+83.5%	3,396	305	3,703
Karnes County	D	+69.3%	2,067	371	2,447
Kaufman County	D	+89.0%	3,943	229	4,175
Kendall County	R	−26.1%	405	693	1,104
Kenedy County	D	+52.4%	96	30	126
Kent County	D	+89.0%	533	31	564
Kerr County	D	+22.9%	1,586	994	2,589
Kimble County	D	+63.6%	681	151	833
King County	D	+88.4%	211	13	224
Kinney County	D	+34.2%	357	175	532
Kleberg County	D	+78.0%	1,488	156	1,708
Knox County	D	+82.6%	1,823	171	2,000
La Salle County	D	+81.0%	704	74	778
Lamar County	D	+89.5%	5,621	308	5,939
Lamb County	D	+76.8%	2,320	300	2,630
Lampasas County	D	+83.1%	1,462	134	1,599
Lavaca County	D	+68.7%	2,204	403	2,620
Lee County	D	+61.9%	1,155	271	1,427
Leon County	D	+89.4%	1,748	97	1,846
Liberty County	D	+83.7%	2,813	244	3,068
Limestone County	D	+90.2%	3,857	196	4,058
Lipscomb County	D	+55.9%	973	273	1,253
Live Oak County	D	+56.2%	874	231	1,145
Llano County	D	+84.8%	1,302	107	1,409
Loving County	D	+59.5%	118	21	163
Lubbock County	D	+82.2%	6,425	622	7,063
Lynn County	D	+84.1%	1,983	169	2,158
Madison County	D	+92.3%	1,127	45	1,172
Marion County	D	+75.4%	919	129	1,048
Martin County	D	+82.6%	775	70	854
Mason County	D	+37.3%	787	359	1,147
Matagorda County	D	+57.3%	1,700	459	2,164
Maverick County	D	+66.1%	890	166	1,096
McCulloch County	D	+68.6%	1,772	323	2,111
McLennan County	D	+82.7%	12,489	1,116	13,759
McMullen County	D	+75.5%	265	37	302
Medina County	D	+35.7%	2,050	969	3,031
Menard County	D	+72.6%	734	115	853
Midland County	D	+72.8%	1,229	190	1,428
Milam County	D	+86.4%	4,077	288	4,383
Mills County	D	+71.8%	1,005	165	1,170
Mitchell County	D	+82.6%	2,035	192	2,231
Montague County	D	+78.8%	2,789	324	3,128
Montgomery County	D	+85.6%	2,443	186	2,638
Moore County	D	+84.9%	583	47	631
Morris County	D	+91.8%	1,220	52	1,272
Motley County	D	+86.1%	867	64	933
Nacogdoches County	D	+90.1%	4,075	209	4,289
Navarro County	D	+90.2%	5,815	293	6,120
Newton County	D	+84.4%	1,111	93	1,206
Nolan County	D	+82.8%	2,913	268	3,196
Nueces County	D	+67.5%	6,597	1,234	7,940
Ochiltree County	D	+79.4%	1,111	109	1,262
Oldham County	D	+90.3%	437	20	462
Orange County	D	+84.3%	2,281	190	2,479
Palo Pinto County	D	+75.8%	2,738	371	3,123
Panola County	D	+91.6%	2,425	95	2,543
Parker County	D	+73.1%	2,493	375	2,896
Parmer County	D	+74.3%	936	135	1,078
Pecos County	D	+77.6%	1,330	167	1,498
Polk County	D	+83.9%	1,618	141	1,760
Potter County	D	+71.7%	6,496	1,018	7,643
Presidio County	D	+79.3%	938	106	1,049
Rains County	D	+82.7%	676	63	741
Randall County	D	+83.9%	1,656	142	1,804
Reagan County	D	+75.7%	477	66	543
Real County	D	+58.5%	210	55	265
Red River County	D	+86.1%	2,685	199	2,887
Reeves County	D	+83.5%	1,127	100	1,230
Refugio County	D	+62.5%	1,058	242	1,305
Roberts County	D	+88.1%	426	27	453
Robertson County	D	+93.6%	2,633	86	2,721
Rockwall County	D	+95.6%	1,168	26	1,195
Runnels County	D	+80.6%	2,985	313	3,317
Rusk County	D	+86.7%	6,107	433	6,548
Sabine County	D	+83.6%	1,216	108	1,326
San Augustine County	D	+88.6%	1,054	64	1,118
San Jacinto County	D	+78.8%	564	67	631
San Patricio County	D	+63.5%	2,213	482	2,725
San Saba County	D	+82.1%	1,505	147	1,654
Schleicher County	D	+71.4%	469	78	548
Scurry County	D	+82.8%	1,746	162	1,912
Shackelford County	D	+76.7%	1,153	152	1,305
Shelby County	D	+91.5%	3,167	136	3,312
Sherman County	D	+88.7%	568	34	602
Smith County	D	+82.9%	7,116	660	7,788
Somervell County	D	+68.8%	317	57	378
Starr County	D	+75.2%	2,289	320	2,618
Stephens County	D	+55.2%	2,380	681	3,080
Sterling County	D	+93.0%	384	14	398
Stonewall County	D	+88.8%	1,001	59	1,061
Sutton County	D	+72.3%	398	64	462
Swisher County	D	+82.2%	1,453	140	1,597
Tarrant County	D	+77.0%	29,791	3,781	33,762
Taylor County	D	+79.6%	6,169	678	6,898
Terrell County	D	+58.8%	324	84	408
Terry County	D	+89.1%	1,619	87	1,719
Throckmorton County	D	+75.4%	949	132	1,083
Titus County	D	+92.0%	1,872	77	1,952
Tom Green County	D	+75.9%	4,803	627	5,499
Travis County	D	+81.5%	12,092	1,154	13,425
Trinity County	D	+77.5%	1,196	151	1,348
Tyler County	D	+80.5%	1,076	116	1,192
Upshur County	D	+74.9%	2,243	321	2,567
Upton County	D	+79.6%	728	81	813
Uvalde County	D	+66.2%	1,743	354	2,098
Val Verde County	D	+42.8%	1,262	504	1,771
Van Zandt County	D	+85.3%	3,257	245	3,531
Victoria County	D	+71.0%	2,081	352	2,435
Walker County	D	+92.2%	1,715	69	1,786
Waller County	D	+77.6%	889	111	1,002
Ward County	D	+83.7%	1,113	98	1,213
Washington County	D	+83.6%	1,993	176	2,173
Webb County	D	+67.6%	3,594	696	4,290
Wharton County	D	+81.3%	3,034	307	3,355
Wheeler County	D	+79.1%	2,415	277	2,704
Wichita County	D	+75.1%	9,428	1,327	10,788
Wilbarger County	D	+82.0%	3,279	316	3,613
Willacy County	D	+44.7%	1,002	376	1,399
Williamson County	D	+85.8%	4,995	375	5,383
Wilson County	D	+79.9%	2,573	286	2,864
Winkler County	D	+86.2%	903	63	975
Wise County	D	+77.3%	2,737	348	3,090
Wood County	D	+86.7%	2,751	192	2,950
Yoakum County	D	+87.3%	227	13	245
Young County	D	+81.7%	3,065	304	3,381
Zapata County	D	+78.5%	282	34	316
Zavala County	D	+57.8%	788	209	1,002