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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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^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936" (PDF) . Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives . p. 38.
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