United States presidential election in California, 1936

The 1936 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1936 United States presidential election. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, Kansas Governor Alfred Landon, carrying every county. As of 2012, this is the last time that a presidential candidate from either political party completely swept all of California's counties in an election. Roosevelt is the last Democrat to carry Orange County in a presidential election, and was the last until John Kerry in 2004 to carry Alpine County. Also, this was the only one of Roosevelt's four presidential campaigns where he carried Riverside County.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1936
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	1,766,836	66.95%	22
	Republican	Alfred Landon	836,431	31.70%	0
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin	12,917	0.49%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	11,331	0.43%	0
	Communist	Earl Russell Browder	10,877	0.41%	0
	No party	Write-ins	490	0.02%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			2,638,882	100.00%	22
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Roosevelt	Votes	Landon	Votes	Others	Votes
Lassen	79.47%	4,193	19.62%	1,035	0.91%	48
Plumas	78.81%	2,707	19.80%	680	1.40%	48
Sacramento	78.53%	47,265	20.14%	12,119	1.33%	800
Solano	78.05%	13,459	20.89%	3,603	1.06%	182
Fresno	77.75%	42,859	20.94%	11,545	1.31%	722
Placer	76.62%	7,959	22.34%	2,321	1.04%	108
Sierra	76.44%	1,152	22.56%	340	1.00%	15
Madera	75.74%	4,646	22.61%	1,387	1.65%	101
El Dorado	75.66%	4,019	23.12%	1,228	1.22%	65
Amador	75.41%	2,506	23.38%	777	1.20%	40
Kings	75.10%	7,062	23.67%	2,226	1.23%	116
Kern	74.61%	25,726	24.20%	8,345	1.18%	408
Mariposa	74.40%	1,907	24.23%	621	1.37%	35
Yuba	74.18%	4,125	23.95%	1,332	1.87%	104
San Francisco	74.04%	196,197	24.69%	65,436	1.27%	3,368
San Joaquin	73.20%	29,078	25.61%	10,172	1.19%	473
Tuolumne	72.72%	3,303	26.40%	1,199	0.88%	40
Merced	72.69%	9,208	25.50%	3,230	1.82%	230
Contra Costa	72.29%	26,007	26.70%	9,604	1.01%	364
Nevada	71.91%	5,128	26.83%	1,913	1.26%	90
Calaveras	71.31%	2,520	27.16%	960	1.53%	54
Colusa	70.38%	2,965	28.15%	1,186	1.47%	62
Sutter	70.04%	4,019	28.11%	1,613	1.85%	106
Shasta	69.72%	5,236	28.75%	2,159	1.53%	115
Siskiyou	69.28%	6,865	29.46%	2,919	1.26%	125
Yolo	68.94%	5,992	29.84%	2,594	1.22%	106
Tulare	67.66%	18,956	30.78%	8,624	1.55%	435
Trinity	67.11%	1,424	30.87%	655	2.03%	43
Los Angeles	67.00%	757,351	31.62%	357,401	1.39%	15,663
Glenn	65.97%	3,288	32.50%	1,620	1.52%	76
Butte	65.86%	10,490	32.04%	5,103	2.10%	335
San Mateo	65.67%	27,087	33.09%	13,650	1.24%	511
Marin	65.43%	12,152	33.44%	6,211	1.13%	209
Mono	64.78%	458	34.09%	241	1.13%	8
Modoc	64.57%	1,828	34.19%	968	1.24%	35
Alameda	63.63%	149,323	35.09%	82,352	1.28%	3,011
San Diego	63.45%	64,628	35.04%	35,686	1.51%	1,540
Ventura	63.14%	13,384	35.75%	7,579	1.11%	235
Stanislaus	63.13%	15,341	35.44%	8,613	1.43%	348
Humboldt	62.93%	11,909	35.97%	6,808	1.10%	208
Mendocino	62.65%	6,432	35.75%	3,670	1.60%	164
Inyo	62.38%	1,560	36.47%	912	1.16%	29
San Benito	61.93%	2,565	36.58%	1,515	1.50%	62
Santa Barbara	61.14%	15,923	37.35%	9,728	1.51%	394
San Luis Obispo	61.13%	7,889	37.28%	4,812	1.59%	205
Monterey	61.13%	12,267	37.70%	7,565	1.17%	235
Imperial	60.75%	7,560	38.34%	4,771	0.91%	113
Napa	60.35%	6,270	38.24%	3,973	1.41%	147
Sonoma	60.17%	17,273	38.96%	11,185	0.86%	248
Tehama	59.68%	3,687	38.46%	2,376	1.86%	115
San Bernardino	59.55%	33,955	38.97%	22,219	1.48%	842
Del Norte	59.43%	1,292	39.24%	853	1.33%	29
Santa Clara	58.48%	38,346	40.41%	26,498	1.12%	732
Orange	55.00%	29,836	43.31%	23,494	1.70%	921
Alpine	53.46%	85	46.54%	74	0.00%	0
Santa Cruz	52.08%	9,326	46.12%	8,260	1.80%	322
Riverside	49.88%	17,011	48.89%	16,674	1.24%	422
Lake	49.82%	1,837	48.74%	1,797	1.44%	53

References

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