1936 United States presidential election in Virginia County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Landon
50-60%
60-70%
The 1936 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1936. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt , over the Republican nominee, Kansas Governor Alf Landon . Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 60.80% of the vote. Roosevelt carried Virginia with the largest percentage since 1832 , and no candidate since has been able to match his performance in the state. As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Page County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 1]
County or Independent City[ 4] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Alfred Mossman Landon Republican Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast[ 5] # % # % # % # % Accomack County 1,583 70.08% 670 29.66% 6 0.27% 913 40.42% 2,259 Albemarle County 1,825 73.98% 635 25.74% 7 0.28% 1,190 48.24% 2,467 Alleghany County 2,013 60.18% 1,319 39.43% 13 0.39% 694 20.75% 3,345 Amelia County 753 75.53% 239 23.97% 5 0.50% 514 51.55% 997 Amherst County 1,734 87.75% 236 11.94% 6 0.30% 1,498 75.81% 1,976 Appomattox County 1,375 86.64% 204 12.85% 8 0.50% 1,171 73.79% 1,587 Arlington County 4,971 63.45% 2,825 36.06% 39 0.50% 2,146 27.39% 7,835 Augusta County 2,872 62.83% 1,668 36.49% 31 0.68% 1,204 26.34% 4,571 Bath County 614 54.34% 514 45.49% 2 0.18% 100 8.85% 1,130 Bedford County 2,276 78.32% 619 21.30% 11 0.38% 1,657 57.02% 2,906 Bland County 778 54.60% 642 45.05% 5 0.35% 136 9.54% 1,425 Botetourt County 1,544 53.22% 1,343 46.29% 14 0.48% 201 6.93% 2,901 Brunswick County 1,303 95.46% 60 4.40% 2 0.15% 1,243 91.06% 1,365 Buchanan County 1,886 69.88% 808 29.94% 5 0.19% 1,078 39.94% 2,699 Buckingham County 945 77.46% 273 22.38% 2 0.16% 672 55.08% 1,220 Campbell County 1,987 84.09% 370 15.66% 6 0.25% 1,617 68.43% 2,363 Caroline County 1,104 80.76% 258 18.87% 5 0.37% 846 61.89% 1,367 Carroll County 2,122 39.53% 3,245 60.45% 1 0.02% -1,123 -20.92% 5,368 Charles City County 233 74.68% 79 25.32% 0 0.00% 154 49.36% 312 Charlotte County 1,727 89.85% 190 9.89% 5 0.26% 1,537 79.97% 1,922 Chesterfield County 2,522 79.48% 621 19.57% 30 0.95% 1,901 59.91% 3,173 Clarke County 940 82.38% 198 17.35% 3 0.26% 742 65.03% 1,141 Craig County 653 62.25% 395 37.65% 1 0.10% 258 24.59% 1,049 Culpeper County 1,266 69.41% 551 30.21% 7 0.38% 715 39.20% 1,824 Cumberland County 476 77.27% 136 22.08% 4 0.65% 340 55.19% 616 Dickenson County 2,683 70.05% 1,146 29.92% 1 0.03% 1,537 40.13% 3,830 Dinwiddie County 1,343 91.05% 127 8.61% 5 0.34% 1,216 82.44% 1,475 Elizabeth City County 1,925 75.79% 597 23.50% 18 0.71% 1,328 52.28% 2,540 Essex County 527 81.71% 116 17.98% 2 0.31% 411 63.72% 645 Fairfax County 2,913 64.35% 1,584 34.99% 30 0.66% 1,329 29.36% 4,527 Fauquier County 2,037 76.24% 629 23.54% 6 0.22% 1,408 52.69% 2,672 Floyd County 699 30.75% 1,566 68.90% 8 0.35% -867 -38.14% 2,273 Fluvanna County 586 72.52% 217 26.86% 5 0.62% 369 45.67% 808 Franklin County 2,285 69.83% 975 29.80% 12 0.37% 1,310 40.04% 3,272 Frederick County 1,386 67.35% 665 32.31% 7 0.34% 721 35.03% 2,058 Giles County 1,547 59.59% 1,047 40.33% 2 0.08% 500 19.26% 2,596 Gloucester County 1,012 78.03% 281 21.67% 4 0.31% 731 56.36% 1,297 Goochland County 638 73.33% 228 26.21% 4 0.46% 410 47.13% 870 Grayson County 3,005 47.31% 3,343 52.63% 4 0.06% -338 -5.32% 6,352 Greene County 341 51.43% 321 48.42% 1 0.15% 20 3.02% 663 Greensville County 884 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 884 100.00% 884 Halifax County 4,331 93.30% 302 6.51% 9 0.19% 4,029 86.79% 4,642 Hanover County 1,397 80.47% 327 18.84% 12 0.69% 1,070 61.64% 1,736 Henrico County 3,610 73.39% 1,285 26.12% 24 0.49% 2,325 47.27% 4,919 Henry County 1,790 79.48% 458 20.34% 4 0.18% 1,332 59.15% 2,252 Highland County 515 49.52% 522 50.19% 3 0.29% -7 -0.67% 1,040 Isle of Wight County 1,025 83.00% 207 16.76% 3 0.24% 818 66.23% 1,235 James City County 302 81.18% 70 18.82% 0 0.00% 232 62.37% 372 King and Queen County 372 74.85% 124 24.95% 1 0.20% 248 49.90% 497 King George County 469 61.23% 295 38.51% 2 0.26% 174 22.72% 766 King William County 696 76.48% 211 23.19% 3 0.33% 485 53.30% 910 Lancaster County 689 67.95% 322 31.76% 3 0.30% 367 36.19% 1,014 Lee County 4,120 66.46% 2,066 33.33% 13 0.21% 2,054 33.13% 6,199 Loudoun County 2,287 72.33% 867 27.42% 8 0.25% 1,420 44.91% 3,162 Louisa County 1,100 68.84% 486 30.41% 12 0.75% 614 38.42% 1,598 Lunenburg County 1,291 94.23% 77 5.62% 2 0.15% 1,214 88.61% 1,370 Madison County 804 54.81% 662 45.13% 1 0.07% 142 9.68% 1,467 Mathews County 622 57.65% 452 41.89% 5 0.46% 170 15.76% 1,079 Mecklenburg County 2,730 93.05% 202 6.88% 2 0.07% 2,528 86.16% 2,934 Middlesex County 653 83.61% 123 15.75% 5 0.64% 530 67.86% 781 Montgomery County 1,832 49.34% 1,852 49.88% 29 0.78% -20 -0.54% 3,713 Nansemond County 1,478 89.36% 175 10.58% 1 0.06% 1,303 78.78% 1,654 Nelson County 1,204 76.35% 370 23.46% 3 0.19% 834 52.89% 1,577 New Kent County 307 71.90% 120 28.10% 0 0.00% 187 43.79% 427 Norfolk County 3,734 84.75% 652 14.80% 20 0.45% 3,082 69.95% 4,406 Northampton County 975 77.69% 277 22.07% 3 0.24% 698 55.62% 1,255 Northumberland County 618 70.39% 260 29.61% 0 0.00% 358 40.77% 878 Nottoway County 1,297 82.72% 260 16.58% 11 0.70% 1,037 66.14% 1,568 Orange County 1,227 75.00% 402 24.57% 7 0.43% 825 50.43% 1,636 Page County 1,888 54.77% 1,551 45.00% 8 0.23% 337 9.78% 3,447 Patrick County 1,588 68.45% 726 31.29% 6 0.26% 862 37.16% 2,320 Pittsylvania County 3,694 86.82% 556 13.07% 5 0.12% 3,138 73.75% 4,255 Powhatan County 438 73.49% 158 26.51% 0 0.00% 280 46.98% 596 Prince Edward County 1,153 81.77% 253 17.94% 4 0.28% 900 63.83% 1,410 Prince George County 713 84.48% 128 15.17% 3 0.36% 585 69.31% 844 Prince William County 1,512 76.29% 457 23.06% 13 0.66% 1,055 53.23% 1,982 Princess Anne County 1,925 81.29% 436 18.41% 7 0.30% 1,489 62.88% 2,368 Pulaski County 2,337 66.37% 1,180 33.51% 4 0.11% 1,157 32.86% 3,521 Rappahannock County 686 73.92% 241 25.97% 1 0.11% 445 47.95% 928 Richmond County 451 67.51% 217 32.49% 0 0.00% 234 35.03% 668 Roanoke County 3,422 61.57% 2,105 37.87% 31 0.56% 1,317 23.70% 5,558 Rockbridge County 1,635 64.98% 868 34.50% 13 0.52% 767 30.48% 2,516 Rockingham County 2,916 50.33% 2,834 48.91% 44 0.76% 82 1.42% 5,794 Russell County 3,143 66.03% 1,599 33.59% 18 0.38% 1,544 32.44% 4,760 Scott County 2,122 50.91% 2,046 49.09% 0 0.00% 76 1.82% 4,168 Shenandoah County 2,861 47.46% 3,152 52.29% 15 0.25% -291 -4.83% 6,028 Smyth County 2,337 52.86% 2,067 46.75% 17 0.38% 270 6.11% 4,421 Southampton County 1,673 91.62% 148 8.11% 5 0.27% 1,525 83.52% 1,826 Spotsylvania County 836 64.61% 453 35.01% 5 0.39% 383 29.60% 1,294 Stafford County 651 52.08% 596 47.68% 3 0.24% 55 4.40% 1,250 Surry County 715 88.93% 87 10.82% 2 0.25% 628 78.11% 804 Sussex County 880 87.48% 126 12.52% 0 0.00% 754 74.95% 1,006 Tazewell County 2,992 59.90% 1,981 39.66% 22 0.44% 1,011 20.24% 4,995 Warren County 1,174 73.19% 426 26.56% 4 0.25% 748 46.63% 1,604 Warwick County 870 80.93% 200 18.60% 5 0.47% 670 62.33% 1,075 Washington County 2,595 55.76% 2,047 43.98% 12 0.26% 548 11.77% 4,654 Westmoreland County 871 74.64% 296 25.36% 0 0.00% 575 49.27% 1,167 Wise County 5,399 72.28% 2,057 27.54% 14 0.19% 3,342 44.74% 7,470 Wythe County 2,089 42.82% 2,781 57.01% 8 0.16% -692 -14.19% 4,878 York County 729 73.79% 228 23.08% 31 3.14% 501 50.71% 988 Alexandria City 3,381 72.71% 1,225 26.34% 44 0.95% 2,156 46.37% 4,650 Bristol City 1,364 81.09% 311 18.49% 7 0.42% 1,053 62.60% 1,682 Buena Vista City 363 67.22% 177 32.78% 0 0.00% 186 34.44% 540 Charlottesville City 1,393 79.97% 335 19.23% 14 0.80% 1,058 60.73% 1,742 Clifton Forge City 1,199 77.35% 343 22.13% 8 0.52% 856 55.23% 1,550 Danville City 3,266 84.94% 549 14.28% 30 0.78% 2,717 70.66% 3,845 Fredericksburg City 944 69.57% 411 30.29% 2 0.15% 533 39.28% 1,357 Hampton City 971 83.56% 190 16.35% 1 0.09% 781 67.21% 1,162 Harrisonburg City 1,390 60.51% 894 38.92% 13 0.57% 496 21.59% 2,297 Hopewell City 1,309 79.29% 332 20.11% 10 0.61% 977 59.18% 1,651 Lynchburg City 3,697 72.60% 1,373 26.96% 22 0.43% 2,324 45.64% 5,092 Martinsville City 949 78.56% 255 21.11% 4 0.33% 694 57.45% 1,208 Newport News City 4,021 81.04% 919 18.52% 22 0.44% 3,102 62.52% 4,962 Norfolk City 10,561 76.26% 3,229 23.32% 59 0.43% 7,332 52.94% 13,849 Petersburg City 2,192 82.69% 444 16.75% 15 0.57% 1,748 65.94% 2,651 Portsmouth City 5,617 86.30% 861 13.23% 31 0.48% 4,756 73.07% 6,509 Radford City 650 60.30% 421 39.05% 7 0.65% 229 21.24% 1,078 Richmond City 18,784 80.45% 4,478 19.18% 86 0.37% 14,306 61.27% 23,348 Roanoke City 7,087 67.47% 3,363 32.02% 54 0.51% 3,724 35.45% 10,504 South Norfolk City 823 82.14% 172 17.17% 7 0.70% 651 64.97% 1,002 Staunton City 1,091 65.41% 568 34.05% 9 0.54% 523 31.35% 1,668 Suffolk City 1,360 82.88% 281 17.12% 0 0.00% 1,079 65.75% 1,641 Williamsburg City 389 79.55% 96 19.63% 4 0.82% 293 59.92% 489 Winchester City 1,096 59.21% 743 40.14% 12 0.65% 353 19.07% 1,851 Totals 234,980 70.23% 98,336 29.39% 1,274 0.38% 136,644 40.84% 334,590
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