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{{col-2}}Roosevelt{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}{{legend|#1666cb|70-80%}}{{col-2}}Landon{{legend|#f2b3be|40-50%}}{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}{{col-end}}| title = President| before_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)}}{{ElectionsWI}}The 1936 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 3, 1936 as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.Wisconsin had since the decline of the Populist movement been substantially a one-party state dominated by the Republican Party.Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896: An Analysis’; in The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 178-179 {{ISBN|0313213798}} The Democratic Party became entirely uncompetitive outside certain German Catholic counties adjoining Lake Michigan as the upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, completely fled from William Jennings Bryan’s agrarian and free silver sympathies.Sundquist, James; Politics and Policy: The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, p. 526 {{ISBN|0815719094}} As Democratic strength weakened severely after 1894 – although the state did develop a strong Socialist Party to provide opposition to the GOP – Wisconsin developed the direct Republican primary in 1903 and this ultimately created competition between the “League” under Robert M. La Follette, and the conservative “Regular” faction.Hansen, John Mark; Shigeo Hirano, and Snyder, James M. Jr.; ‘Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980’; in Gerber, Alan S. and Schickler, Eric; Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America, pp. 165-168 {{ISBN|978-1-107-09509-0}}The beginning of the 1910s would see a minor Democratic revival as many La Follette progressives endorsed Woodrow Wilson,Crews, Kenneth D.; ‘Woodrow Wilson, Wisconsin, and the Election of 1912’; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3: ‘Presidents, Vice Presidents and Political Parties: Performance and Prospects’ (Summer, 1982), pp. 369-376 but this flirtation would not be long-lasting as Wilson’s “Anglophile” foreign policies were severely opposed by Wisconsin’s largely German- and Scandinavian-American populace.Leary, William M. (jr.); ‘Woodrow Wilson, Irish Americans, and the Election of 1916’; The Journal of American History, Vol. 54, No. 1 (June 1967), pp. 57-72 Subsequent federal elections saw the Midwest desert the Democratic Party even more completely due to supposed preferential treatment of Southern farmers,Morello, John A.; Albert D. Lasker, Advertising, and the Election of Warren G. Harding, p. 64 {{ISBN|0275970302}} and in Wisconsin there were never more than three Democrats in the state legislature (and none in the State Senate) between 1921 and 1929.The Great Depression radically altered the state’s politics, as the La Follette family did not support President Herbert Hoover in 1932, with the result that he lost to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt by two-to-one. Following a brief Democratic interlude after the 1932 elections, Robert M. La Follette, Jr. formed the Wisconsin Progressive Party and during the 1934 midterm elections that party captured seven of Wisconsin’s ten House of Representatives seats and most statewide offices under a platform of improved land conservation and a federal referendum and initiative system.Janus, Erika; A Short History of Wisconsin, p. 138 {{ISBN|0870204734}} La Follette, despite his respect for Union Party nominee William Lemke, strongly endorsed Roosevelt,’Roosevelt Assets Large in Wisconsin: Backed by La Follettes and Labor, His Forces Count on Retaining State’; The New York Times, October 22, 1936, p. 13 whilst Landon based his hopes on traditional Democrats responding to Al Smith’s backing of him and the state’s farmers’ dislike of trade treaties as reducing their access to foreign markets.At the beginning of the poll it was thought that Union Party candidate Lemke would threaten Roosevelt’s hold on Wisconsin’s electoral votes as the Midwest had gone through a record heatwave and extreme drought.Blair, Edson; ‘Washington: Both Sides of the Curtain: Lemke’s Part in the National Election Campaign – La Follette and Discriminating Wisconsin Voters – Landon and Illinois’; Barron’s (Boston, Massachusetts), August 24, 1936, p. 4 Republican nominee Alf Landon campaigned in Wisconsin in late September, arguing that Roosevelt’s trade agreements with Canada were hurting Wisconsin’s farmers,Hagerty, James A.; ‘Drive in Wisconsin Began by Landon: Leaders Pledge State Victory When They Board His Train on Way to Milwaukee’; The New York Times, September 26, 1936, p. 1 and that racial tolerance in a state where virtually all areas outside inner Milwaukee had become sundown townsSee Loewen, James W.; Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, pp. 56, 68 {{ISBN|1595586741}} alongside academic freedom were critical issues for the state and the nation.’Landon Demands Racial Tolerance: In Wisconsin Wayside Talks Candidate Also Calls for Academic Freedom’; Special to The New York Times, September 27, 1936, p. 30 Landon did receive a good reception in Milwaukee, but had his hotel invaded in Oshkosh. Senator La Follette did much of the campaigning for Roosevelt in the state, whilst the President focused his campaign on other states of the Midwest.’La Follette Urges Roosevelt Return: Senator Radios a Call From Chicago to All Liberals to Back the President’; The New York Times, September 29, 1936, p. 23Late in September, polls showed Roosevelt narrowly leading Landon,’Close Race Seen in Four States Landon Will Visit: Trend of Democratic Popularity in Four States’; Daily Boston Globe, September 22, 1936, p. 3 although a Gallup poll showed him increasing his lead in Wisconsin.Gallup, George; ‘Roosevelt Is Gaining According to Nationwide Poll: Delaware, Minnesota Shift Gives 306 Electoral Votes’; Daily Boston Globe, October 4, 1936, p. 5 Although no later polls were conducted, as it turned out Roosevelt won convincingly and held his two-to-one 1932 margin, carrying all but four counties. Vis-à-vis the 1932 election, Roosevelt gained significantly in the industrial areas of the northwest – in Douglas County he gained 24 percent on his 1932 figures – and in the urban southeast,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 387-388 {{ISBN|978-0-691-16324-6}} but lost in the rural areas lying between these two groups. A substantial vote for Lemke from isolationist German Catholics would pave the way for the traditionally Democratic areas in the east to permanently leave the party with the following election, as this group could not accept the urban bias of the New Deal.As of 2020, this remains the strongest performance by a Democrat in Wisconsin.WEB, Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections,uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/, 2022-12-29, uselectionatlas.org,

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! colspan=“6” | 1936 United States presidential election in WisconsinWEB,uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1936&fips=55&off=0&elect=0&f=0, 1936 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin, August 19, 2016, ! colspan=“2” style="width: 15em” |Party! style="width: 17em” |Candidate! style="width: 5em” |Votes! style="width: 7em” |Percentage! style="width: 5em” |Electoral votes! style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px” |Democratic| Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 802,984 63.80% 12! style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px” |Republican| Alf Landon 380,828 30.26% 0! style="background-color:#7F3300; width: 3px” |Union| William Lemke 60,297 4.79% 0! style="background-color:#CD3700; width: 3px” |Socialist| Norman Thomas 10,626 0.84% 0! style="background-color:#D50000; width: 3px” |Communist| Earl R. Browder 2,197 0.17% 0! style="background-color:#FF00FF; width: 3px” |Prohibition| D. Leigh Colvin 1,071 0.09% 0! style="background-color:#DD051D; width: 3px” |Socialist Labor| John W. Aiken 557 0.04% 0bgcolor=“#EEEEEE” Totals 1,258,560 100.0% 12TITLEWI US PRESIDENT RACE, NOVEMBER 03, 1936, urwww.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID2899, publisherOur Campaigns, “>

Results by county{| class“wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed nowrap”TITLEWI US PRESIDENT RACE, NOVEMBER 03, 1936, urwww.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID2899, publisherOur Campaigns,

style="text-align:center;“! rowspan=“2” |County! colspan=“2” |Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic! colspan=“2” |Alf LandonRepublican! colspan=“2” |William LemkeUnion! colspan=“2” |Norman ThomasSocialist! colspan=“2” |Various candidatesOther parties! colspan=“2” |Margin! rowspan=“2” |Total votes cast style="text-align:center;“! data-sort-type=“number” |#! data-sort-type=“number” |%! data-sort-type=“number” |#! data-sort-type=“number” |%! data-sort-type=“number” |#! data-sort-type=“number” |%! data-sort-type=“number” |#! data-sort-type=“number” |%! data-sort-type=“number” |#! data-sort-type=“number” |%! data-sort-type=“number” |#! data-sort-type=“number” |% style="text-align:center;” Adams 2,289 63.96% 1,191 33.28% 85 2.37% 5 0.14% 9 0.25% 1,098 30.68% 3,579 style="text-align:center;” Ashland 5,904 68.01% 2,439 28.10% 226 2.60% 52 0.60% 60 0.69% 3,465 39.91% 8,681 style="text-align:center;” Barron 7,419 55.55% 5,067 37.94% 714 5.35% 97 0.73% 58 0.43% 2,352 17.61% 13,355 style="text-align:center;” Bayfield 4,336 65.37% 2,071 31.22% 109 1.64% 64 0.96% 53 0.80% 2,265 34.15% 6,633 style="text-align:center;” Brown 21,417 68.92% 8,433 27.14% 1,088 3.50% 108 0.35% 31 0.10% 12,984 41.78% 31,077 style="text-align:center;” Buffalo 3,434 55.44% 2,481 40.05% 249 4.02% 27 0.44% 3 0.05% 953 15.39% 6,194 style="text-align:center;” Burnett 2,801 62.80% 1,422 31.88% 191 4.28% 33 0.74% 13 0.29% 1,379 30.92% 4,460 style="text-align:center;” Calumet 4,694 65.99% 1,972 27.72% 424 5.96% 14 0.20% 9 0.13% 2,722 38.27% 7,113 style="text-align:center;” Chippewa 7,854 53.08% 5,760 38.93% 1,107 7.48% 50 0.34% 25 0.17% 2,094 14.15% 14,796 style="text-align:center;” Clark 6,931 52.78% 5,196 39.57% 845 6.43% 84 0.64% 76 0.58% 1,735 13.21% 13,132 style="text-align:center;” Columbia 8,936 59.36% 5,607 37.25% 445 2.96% 38 0.25% 28 0.19% 3,329 22.11% 15,054 style="text-align:center;” Crawford 4,377 55.02% 2,857 35.91% 699 8.79% 12 0.15% 11 0.14% 1,520 19.11% 7,956 style="text-align:center;” Dane 35,856 67.77% 15,233 28.79% 1,333 2.52% 268 0.51% 218 0.41% 20,623 38.98% 52,908 style="text-align:center;” Dodge 14,782 65.41% 6,829 30.22% 900 3.98% 66 0.29% 22 0.10% 7,953 35.19% 22,599 style="text-align:center;” Door 3,952 51.57% 3,146 41.05% 535 6.98% 11 0.14% 20 0.26% 806 10.52% 7,664 style="text-align:center;” Douglas 16,684 75.28% 5,079 22.92% 192 0.87% 90 0.41% 118 0.53% 11,605 52.36% 22,163 style="text-align:center;” Dunn 5,619 51.20% 4,570 41.64% 702 6.40% 53 0.48% 31 0.28% 1,049 9.56% 10,975 style="text-align:center;” Eau Claire 10,065 58.31% 6,802 39.41% 331 1.92% 43 0.25% 19 0.11% 3,263 18.90% 17,260 style="text-align:center;” Florence 1,037 53.67% 800 41.41% 70 3.62% 17 0.88% 8 0.41% 237 12.27% 1,932 style="text-align:center;” Fond du Lac 14,821 57.16% 9,179 35.40% 1,785 6.88% 70 0.27% 76 0.29% 5,642 21.76% 25,931 style="text-align:center;” Forest 3,092 68.18% 1,334 29.42% 89 1.96% 13 0.29% 7 0.15% 1,758 38.77% 4,535 style="text-align:center;” Grant 9,170 52.39% 7,196 41.11% 1,072 6.12% 34 0.19% 31 0.18% 1,974 11.28% 17,503 style="text-align:center;” Green 5,941 60.26% 3,700 37.53% 165 1.67% 27 0.27% 26 0.26% 2,241 22.73% 9,859 style="text-align:center;” Green Lake 3,840 55.84% 2,926 42.55% 94 1.37% 8 0.12% 9 0.13% 914 13.29% 6,877 style="text-align:center;” Iowa 4,988 54.85% 3,623 39.84% 445 4.89% 12 0.13% 26 0.29% 1,365 15.01% 9,094 style="text-align:center;” Iron 3,319 76.46% 902 20.78% 47 1.08% 5 0.12% 68 1.57% 2,417 55.68% 4,341 style="text-align:center;” Jackson 4,537 65.01% 2,235 32.02% 181 2.59% 18 0.26% 8 0.11% 2,302 32.98% 6,979 style="text-align:center;” Jefferson 11,144 64.33% 5,599 32.32% 524 3.02% 40 0.23% 17 0.10% 5,545 32.01% 17,324 style="text-align:center;” Juneau 4,544 55.74% 3,084 37.83% 488 5.99% 19 0.23% 17 0.21% 1,460 17.91% 8,152 style="text-align:center;” Kenosha 18,137 66.57% 7,268 26.68% 1,537 5.64% 199 0.73% 104 0.38% 10,869 39.89% 27,245 style="text-align:center;” Kewaunee 4,971 74.01% 1,527 22.73% 213 3.17% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 3,444 51.27% 6,717 style="text-align:center;” La Crosse 14,455 63.29% 7,558 33.09% 769 3.37% 37 0.16% 21 0.09% 6,897 30.20% 22,840 style="text-align:center;” Lafayette 4,976 53.81% 3,801 41.11% 432 4.67% 18 0.19% 20 0.22% 1,175 12.71% 9,247 style="text-align:center;” Langlade 5,837 67.22% 2,635 30.34% 126 1.45% 38 0.44% 48 0.55% 3,202 36.87% 8,684 style="text-align:center;” Lincoln 5,520 59.86% 3,120 33.83% 523 5.67% 36 0.39% 23 0.25% 2,400 26.02% 9,222 style="text-align:center;” Manitowoc 15,539 64.68% 5,094 21.20% 3,274 13.63% 90 0.37% 29 0.12% 10,445 43.47% 24,026 style="text-align:center;” Marathon 17,898 66.10% 7,328 27.06% 1,661 6.13% 150 0.55% 39 0.14% 10,570 39.04% 27,076 style="text-align:center;” Marinette 8,884 62.25% 4,938 34.60% 369 2.59% 65 0.46% 16 0.11% 3,946 27.65% 14,272 style="text-align:center;” Marquette 1,812 46.26% 1,957 49.96% 135 3.45% 8 0.20% 5 0.13% -145 -3.70% 3,917 style="text-align:center;” Milwaukee 221,512 74.59% 54,811 18.46% 13,100 4.41% 6,311 2.13% 1,224 0.41% 166,701 56.14% 296,958 style="text-align:center;” Monroe 6,491 54.06% 4,695 39.10% 750 6.25% 40 0.33% 32 0.27% 1,796 14.96% 12,008 style="text-align:center;” Oconto 6,729 60.98% 3,774 34.20% 454 4.11% 67 0.61% 10 0.09% 2,955 26.78% 11,034 style="text-align:center;” Oneida 5,208 64.65% 2,294 28.48% 483 6.00% 60 0.74% 11 0.14% 2,914 36.17% 8,056 style="text-align:center;” Outagamie 16,163 59.07% 9,485 34.66% 1,642 6.00% 50 0.18% 24 0.09% 6,678 24.40% 27,364 style="text-align:center;” Ozaukee 5,594 70.65% 1,785 22.54% 489 6.18% 36 0.45% 14 0.18% 3,809 48.11% 7,918 style="text-align:center;” Pepin 1,785 51.80% 1,466 42.54% 177 5.14% 11 0.32% 7 0.20% 319 9.26% 3,446 style="text-align:center;” Pierce 4,061 44.06% 3,935 42.70% 1,139 12.36% 61 0.66% 20 0.22% 126 1.37% 9,216 style="text-align:center;” Polk 5,618 53.51% 3,596 34.25% 920 8.76% 334 3.18% 31 0.30% 2,022 19.26% 10,499 style="text-align:center;” Portage 10,576 71.25% 3,969 26.74% 246 1.66% 32 0.22% 21 0.14% 6,607 44.51% 14,844 style="text-align:center;” Price 5,098 66.62% 2,215 28.95% 220 2.88% 43 0.56% 76 0.99% 2,883 37.68% 7,652 style="text-align:center;” Racine 24,474 64.80% 10,850 28.73% 2,052 5.43% 244 0.65% 151 0.40% 13,624 36.07% 37,771 style="text-align:center;” Richland 4,080 46.97% 4,245 48.87% 294 3.38% 17 0.20% 50 0.58% -165 -1.90% 8,686 style="text-align:center;” Rock 17,991 53.34% 14,693 43.56% 907 2.69% 72 0.21% 66 0.20% 3,298 9.78% 33,729 style="text-align:center;” Rusk 3,877 57.18% 2,453 36.18% 338 4.99% 80 1.18% 32 0.47% 1,424 21.00% 6,780 style="text-align:center;” Sauk 8,355 56.41% 5,626 37.98% 757 5.11% 37 0.25% 37 0.25% 2,729 18.42% 14,812 style="text-align:center;” Sawyer 2,834 59.88% 1,726 36.47% 140 2.96% 23 0.49% 10 0.21% 1,108 23.41% 4,733 style="text-align:center;” Shawano 8,865 68.59% 3,679 28.46% 274 2.12% 79 0.61% 28 0.22% 5,186 40.12% 12,925 style="text-align:center;” Sheboygan 17,415 62.06% 8,865 31.59% 1,442 5.14% 234 0.83% 107 0.38% 8,550 30.47% 28,063 style="text-align:center;” St. Croix 4,679 41.71% 4,316 38.47% 2,153 19.19% 52 0.46% 18 0.16% 363 3.24% 11,218 style="text-align:center;” Taylor 4,721 67.55% 1,758 25.15% 355 5.08% 112 1.60% 43 0.62% 2,963 42.40% 6,989 style="text-align:center;” Trempealeau 5,929 60.30% 3,339 33.96% 525 5.34% 21 0.21% 18 0.18% 2,590 26.34% 9,832 style="text-align:center;” Vernon 6,044 53.22% 4,811 42.36% 459 4.04% 17 0.15% 26 0.23% 1,233 10.86% 11,357 style="text-align:center;” Vilas 2,559 61.69% 1,298 31.29% 216 5.21% 22 0.53% 53 1.28% 1,261 30.40% 4,148 style="text-align:center;” Walworth 7,093 44.15% 8,462 52.67% 444 2.76% 52 0.32% 15 0.09% -1,369 -8.52% 16,066 style="text-align:center;” Washburn 3,220 61.74% 1,650 31.64% 303 5.81% 29 0.56% 13 0.25% 1,570 30.11% 5,215 style="text-align:center;” Washington 7,129 58.96% 3,589 29.68% 1,297 10.73% 60 0.50% 17 0.14% 3,540 29.28% 12,092 style="text-align:center;” Waukesha 14,982 59.47% 8,921 35.41% 1,125 4.47% 121 0.48% 45 0.18% 6,061 24.06% 25,194 style="text-align:center;” Waupaca 6,920 47.52% 6,680 45.88% 895 6.15% 46 0.32% 20 0.14% 240 1.65% 14,561 style="text-align:center;” Waushara 2,636 41.05% 3,302 51.43% 423 6.59% 34 0.53% 26 0.40% -666 -10.37% 6,421 style="text-align:center;” Winnebago 18,522 58.57% 11,679 36.93% 1,201 3.80% 140 0.44% 79 0.25% 6,843 21.64% 31,621 style="text-align:center;” Wood 9,982 62.57% 4,902 30.73% 903 5.66% 66 0.41% 100 0.63% 5,080 31.84% 15,953 style="text-align:center;“!Totals!!802,984!!63.80%!!380,828!!30.26%!!60,297!!4.79%!!10,626!!0.84%!!3,825!!0.30%!!422,156!!33.54%!!1,258,560

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

References

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