1936 United States presidential election in Oregon

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1936 United States presidential election in Oregon
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All 5 Oregon votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon William Lemke
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Alliance Union
Home state New York Kansas North Dakota
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox Thomas C. O'Brien
Electoral vote500
Popular vote266,733122,70621,831
Percentage64.42%29.64%5.27%
Oregon Presidential Election Results 1936.svg
County Results
Roosevelt
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

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

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Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Vice President John Nance Garner, won Oregon in a landslide over Governor Alf Landon (R–Kansas) and running mate Frank Knox. Roosevelt took 64.42% of the popular vote to Landon's 29.64%, in what remains the strongest Democratic presidential performance in Oregon history.

Oregon was essentially a one-party Republican state during the Fourth Party System from 1896 to 1928, with the party winning almost every statewide election during the period. However, in 1932, due to massive economic discontent caused by the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first Democrat since Horatio Seymour in 1868 to win a majority of the state's vote, carrying the Beaver State by an overwhelming 21 point margin. [3] [4] In 1936, the extremely popular Roosevelt greatly improved upon his 1932 margin, winning Oregon by nearly 35 percentage points. Even amidst a massive Democratic landslide, Oregon weighed in more than 10 points to the left of the nation, a striking departure from its historical status as a Republican stronghold.

Before the election, the primary focus was on power development in the water-rich and mountainous Pacific Northwest, especially the construction of major Federal dams [5] and whether power rates for all users should be uniform. [6] The Republican Party strongly supported private utilities, whilst Democrats generally supported at least some degree of public ownership and control of electric utilities. [7]

As of 2020, Roosevelt remains the only Democrat (and the last candidate of any party) to sweep all of Oregon's counties in a presidential election. Out of FDR's four campaigns for president, this is the only one in which Benton County would support him. Additionally, the 1936 election remains the last in which a Democratic presidential candidate won Josephine County. [8]

Results

1936 United States presidential election in Oregon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 266,733 64.42%
Republican Alf Landon 122,70629.64%
Independent William Lemke 21,8315.27%
Independent Norman Thomas 2,1430.52%
Independent John W. Aiken 5040.12%
Write-in Earl Browder 1040.03%
Write-in D. Leigh Colvin 40.00%
Total votes414,021 100%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon
Republican		William Frederick Lemke [9]
Independent		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast [10]
# %# %# %# %# %
Baker 4,99169.79%1,76824.72%3625.06%300.42%3,22345.07%7,151
Benton 3,54747.78%3,39045.67%4466.01%400.54%1572.12%7,423
Clackamas 14,20366.67%5,83027.37%1,1145.23%1560.73%8,37339.30%21,303
Clatsop 6,26770.96%2,26125.60%2572.91%470.53%4,00645.36%8,832
Columbia 5,58771.62%1,81523.27%3564.56%430.55%3,77248.35%7,801
Coos 7,16767.42%2,57624.23%8347.85%530.50%4,59143.19%10,630
Crook 1,08661.99%58933.62%714.05%60.34%49728.37%1,752
Curry 91354.35%49729.58%24714.70%231.37%41624.76%1,680
Deschutes 4,27872.71%1,29922.08%2574.37%500.85%2,97950.63%5,884
Douglas 4,89348.40%4,25442.08%9199.09%440.44%6396.32%10,110
Gilliam 98369.67%36225.66%654.61%10.07%62144.01%1,411
Grant 1,43657.69%69728.00%34213.74%140.56%73929.69%2,489
Harney 1,26265.05%54628.14%1226.29%100.52%71636.91%1,940
Hood River 2,75965.77%1,24929.77%1553.69%320.76%1,51036.00%4,195
Jackson 7,52054.05%4,86634.97%1,44910.41%790.57%2,65419.07%13,914
Jefferson 51464.01%25331.51%344.23%20.25%26132.50%803
Josephine 2,84047.69%1,99233.45%1,06717.92%560.94%84814.24%5,955
Klamath 8,56270.05%3,22526.39%3693.02%660.54%5,33743.67%12,222
Lake 1,27456.55%72532.18%24710.96%70.31%54924.37%2,253
Lane 13,92657.51%8,30934.31%1,7047.04%2761.14%5,61723.20%24,215
Lincoln 3,02459.98%1,58531.44%4017.95%320.63%1,43928.54%5,042
Linn 5,85652.23%4,11036.66%1,17510.48%700.62%1,74615.57%11,211
Malheur 2,63059.64%1,38531.41%3658.28%300.68%1,24528.23%4,410
Marion 15,53659.59%8,59532.97%1,7106.56%2300.88%6,94126.62%26,071
Morrow 1,18163.02%51827.64%1618.59%140.75%66335.38%1,874
Multnomah 106,56169.96%41,40527.18%3,3582.20%9950.65%65,15642.78%152,319
Polk 3,69456.85%2,24634.56%5147.91%440.68%1,44822.28%6,498
Sherman 82367.85%33727.78%504.12%30.25%48640.07%1,213
Tillamook 2,78160.68%1,38030.11%3998.71%230.50%1,40130.57%4,583
Umatilla 5,75361.13%2,94331.27%6767.18%390.41%2,81029.86%9,411
Union 4,64369.17%1,51722.60%5207.75%320.48%3,12646.57%6,712
Wallowa 2,00063.86%81125.89%2959.42%260.83%1,18937.96%3,132
Wasco 3,57368.92%1,27824.65%3186.13%150.29%2,29544.27%5,184
Washington 8,64163.48%4,14830.47%7215.30%1020.75%4,49333.01%13,612
Wheeler 66355.71%50242.18%221.85%30.25%16113.53%1,190
Yamhill 5,36655.92%3,44335.88%7297.60%580.60%1,92320.04%9,596
Totals266,73364.55%122,70629.69%21,1025.11%2,6930.65%144,02734.85%413,234

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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 - Oregon" . Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1936" . Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Tollefson, Gene; BPA and the Struggle for Power at Cost, p. 185 Published 1987 by Bonneville Power Association
  6. ↑ Tollefson; BPA and the Struggle for Power at Cost, p. 127
  7. ↑ Blumm, Michael C.; ‘The Northwest's Hydroelectric Heritage: Prologue to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act’; Washington Law Review, volume 58|Issue 2 (April 1, 1983)
  8. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  9. ↑ Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  10. ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 372 ISBN   0405077114
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