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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election.
1932 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Hoover, blue denotes states won by Roosevelt. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic gain: Seats contested: 34 of 96 seats (32 Class 3 seats + 5 special elections) [1] Net seat change: Democratic +12: 1932 Senate results
This is the electoral history of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served as the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945) and the 44th governor of New York (1929–1932). A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1910, representing the 26th district.
Roosevelt's 12.74% victory margin over Hoover was the widest victory margin ever for a Democratic presidential candidate in New York State up to that point, although it would be surpassed just 4 years later by Roosevelt's own 20-point re-election victory in 1936. Roosevelt's support in the state did not appear spontaneously in 1932; his winning ...
As Roosevelt won the state with the same coalition that had propelled Al Smith to victory four years earlier, the county map in 1932 remained the same as it was in 1928, with only percentages, margins, and turnout shifting. Roosevelt won the state despite carrying only 4 of the state's 14 counties.
1932 United States presidential election in New Hampshire [2] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Republican: Herbert Hoover of California (incumbent) Charles Curtis of Kansas (incumbent) 103,629: 50.42%: 4: 100.00%: Democratic: Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York: John Nance Garner of Texas: 100,680 48.99 ...
Overall, the Northeast was Roosevelt's weakest region in 1932, with all 6 of Hoover's state victories coming from this region amid a nationwide Democratic landslide. However, the overwhelming urban vote in FDR's favor in 1932 helped to narrowly tip New Jersey into the Democratic column, even as much of the state's geographic area remained ...
1932 United States presidential election in South Carolina [1] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Democratic: Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York: John Nance Garner of Texas: 102,347: 98.03%: 8: 100.00%: Republican: Herbert Hoover of California: Charles Curtis of Kansas: 1,978 1.89% 0 0.00% Socialist ...