Elections / 1932 · President

Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover.

Name: 1932 United States presidential election — results
Creator: Akashic
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

1932 presidentRooseveltD+17.8

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)

The 1932 cycle at a glance

National popular vote

D+17.8

Electoral college

Roosevelt 472

of 531

Counties carried

D 2,717 · R 372

1,829 flipped

Tipping-point state

Iowa

D+17.7

1932 presidential election

Roosevelt 472 +206266to win59 Hoover

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Each state filled by its margin · the number is its electoral votes · cyan outlines a state that flipped party · hover for the detail

The popular vote in the long run

National Democratic-minus-Republican margin, 1892–1932. Blue above the line is a Democratic margin, red below Republican.

The path to 266

Roosevelt's states, safest to closest — the running electoral-vote total crosses 266 at the tipping-point state.

State	Won by	Electoral votes	Running total
South Carolina	+98.0%	8	8
Mississippi	+92.4%	9	17
Louisiana	+85.8%	10	27
Georgia	+83.8%	12	39
Texas	+77.0%	23	62
Arkansas	+73.9%	9	71
Alabama	+70.6%	11	82
Florida	+49.8%	7	89
Oklahoma	+46.6%	11	100
North Dakota	+41.6%	4	104
North Carolina	+40.6%	13	117
Nevada	+38.8%	3	120
Virginia	+38.4%	11	131
Arizona	+36.5%	3	134
Tennessee	+34.0%	11	145
Wisconsin	+32.3%	12	157
South Dakota	+29.2%	4	161
Missouri	+28.6%	15	176
Nebraska	+27.7%	7	183
New Mexico	+27.0%	3	186
Maryland	+25.5%	8	194
Minnesota	+23.6%	11	205
Washington	+23.5%	8	213
Montana	+22.7%	4	217
Oregon	+21.1%	5	222
California	+21.0%	22	244
Idaho	+20.4%	4	248
Kentucky	+18.9%	11	259
Iowa266th vote	+17.7%	11	270
Utah	+15.5%	4	274
Wyoming	+15.3%	3	277
Colorado	+13.4%	6	283
Illinois	+13.2%	29	312
New York	+12.7%	47	359
Rhode Island	+11.8%	4	363
Indiana	+11.7%	14	377
West Virginia	+10.0%	8	385
Kansas	+9.4%	9	394
Michigan	+7.9%	19	413
Massachusetts	+4.0%	17	430
Ohio	+2.8%	26	456
New Jersey	+1.9%	16	472

the swing · 1928 → 1932

How the country moved

Every county that voted in both cycles, placed by how its margin swung and sized by its turnout. 3,072 of 3,088 moved toward the Democrats. The median county swung D+46.8; weighted by turnout — the average voter's county — the shift was D+35.1.

biggest movers

Scurry, TXD+142.7 Hockley, TXD+141.1 Hall, TXD+139.4 Forsyth, GAD+139.3 Dawson, TXD+137.5 Kimble, TXD+137.1 Baker, FLD+133.7 Lamb, TXD+130.8

Each dot is one county, area ∝ votes cast · 3,088 counties · 39,758,958 votes · county returns, MEDSL & Akashic, 1928 & 1932.

The sharpest county swings

Of the counties reporting in both cycles, the biggest shifts in presidential margin since 1928. Each links to the county's full record.

County	State	Swing	1928 margin	1932 margin
Scurry County	TX	D+142.7	R+55.1	D+87.6
Hockley County	TX	D+141.1	R+52.5	D+88.5
Hall County	TX	D+139.4	R+48.2	D+91.2
Forsyth County	GA	D+139.3	R+53.0	D+86.3
Dawson County	TX	D+137.5	R+54.5	D+83.1
Kimble County	TX	D+137.1	R+61.3	D+75.8

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map. Electoral votes reflect the 1932 apportionment. The Swing column is the change in margin since 1928; the faint tick on each bar marks where the state stood then.

State	Won	Electoral votes	Margin	Swing	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	11	1928: D+3.0+70.6%	D+67.6	207,472	34,650	244,862
Arkansas	D	9	1928: D+20.9+73.9%	D+53.0	189,529	27,465	219,269
Arizona	D	3	1928: R+15.3+36.5%	D+51.8	79,264	36,104	118,251
California	D	22	1928: R+30.5+21.0%	D+51.5	1,324,157	847,902	2,267,966
Colorado	D	6	1928: R+30.8+13.4%	D+44.2	250,877	189,617	457,696
Connecticut	R	8	1928: R+8.1−1.1%	D+6.9	281,625	288,414	594,171
Delaware	R	3	1928: R+32.0−2.4%	D+29.6	54,319	57,073	112,901
Florida	D	7	1928: R+16.7+49.8%	D+66.5	206,307	69,170	275,477
Georgia	D	12	1928: D+12.0+83.8%	D+71.8	234,118	19,863	255,590
Iowa	D	11	1928: R+24.2+17.7%	D+41.9	598,019	414,433	1,036,687
Idaho	D	4	1928: R+29.3+20.4%	D+49.7	109,479	71,417	186,625
Illinois	D	29	1928: R+14.7+13.2%	D+27.8	1,882,304	1,432,756	3,407,926
Indiana	D	14	1928: R+20.1+11.7%	D+31.8	862,054	677,184	1,576,897
Kansas	D	9	1928: R+45.0+9.4%	D+54.4	424,204	349,498	791,978
Kentucky	D	11	1928: R+18.9+18.9%	D+37.8	580,574	394,716	983,063
Louisiana	D	10	1928: D+52.6+85.8%	D+33.2	249,418	18,853	268,804
Massachusetts	D	17	1928: D+1.1+4.0%	D+2.9	800,148	736,959	1,580,114
Maryland	D	8	1928: R+14.7+25.5%	D+40.2	314,314	184,184	511,054
Maine	R	5	1928: R+37.7−12.6%	D+25.0	128,907	166,631	298,444
Michigan	D	19	1928: R+41.4+7.9%	D+49.4	871,701	739,894	1,664,766
Minnesota	D	11	1928: R+16.9+23.6%	D+40.6	600,806	363,959	1,002,843
Missouri	D	15	1928: R+11.4+28.6%	D+40.0	1,025,406	564,713	1,609,894
Mississippi	D	9	1928: D+64.3+92.4%	D+28.1	140,168	5,180	146,034
Montana	D	4	1928: R+17.9+22.7%	D+40.6	127,286	78,078	216,479
North Carolina	D	13	1928: R+9.9+40.6%	D+50.5	497,566	208,344	711,498
North Dakota	D	4	1928: R+10.3+41.6%	D+51.9	178,350	71,718	256,236
Nebraska	D	7	1928: R+27.0+27.7%	D+54.7	359,082	201,177	570,135
New Hampshire	R	4	1928: R+17.6−1.4%	D+16.2	100,680	103,629	205,520
New Jersey	D	16	1928: R+20.0+1.9%	D+21.9	806,394	775,406	1,629,500
New Mexico	D	3	1928: R+18.2+27.0%	D+45.2	95,089	54,217	151,606
Nevada	D	3	1928: R+13.1+38.8%	D+51.9	28,756	12,674	41,430
New York	D	47	1928: R+2.3+12.7%	D+15.1	2,534,959	1,937,963	4,688,614
Ohio	D	26	1928: R+30.4+2.8%	D+33.3	1,301,695	1,227,319	2,609,728
Oklahoma	D	11	1928: R+28.3+46.6%	D+74.9	516,468	188,165	704,633
Oregon	D	5	1928: R+30.0+21.1%	D+51.2	213,871	136,019	368,808
Pennsylvania	R	36	1928: R+31.4−5.5%	D+25.8	1,295,948	1,453,540	2,859,124
Rhode Island	D	4	1928: D+0.6+11.8%	D+11.2	146,604	115,266	266,170
South Carolina	D	8	1928: D+82.9+98.0%	D+15.2	102,347	0	104,407
South Dakota	D	4	1928: R+21.0+29.2%	D+50.2	183,515	99,212	288,438
Tennessee	D	11	1928: R+11.1+34.0%	D+45.1	259,463	126,752	390,263
Texas	D	23	1928: R+3.9+77.0%	D+80.8	771,109	98,218	874,191
Utah	D	4	1928: R+7.7+15.5%	D+23.2	116,750	84,795	206,578
Virginia	D	11	1928: R+8.0+38.4%	D+46.4	203,979	89,637	297,942
Vermont	R	3	1928: R+34.0−16.6%	D+17.4	56,266	78,984	136,980
Washington	D	8	1928: R+35.8+23.5%	D+59.3	353,260	208,645	614,814
Wisconsin	D	12	1928: R+9.2+32.3%	D+41.5	707,410	347,741	1,114,801
West Virginia	D	8	1928: R+17.4+10.0%	D+27.4	405,097	330,731	743,747
Wyoming	D	3	1928: R+28.3+15.3%	D+43.6	54,370	39,583	96,962

Source. Compiled historical county records — 1932 presidential returns · official state + county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Roosevelt (D)	22,831,484	57.4%
Hoover (R)	15,758,448	39.6%
All others	1,169,984	2.9%
Margin	7,073,036	D+17.8

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.7%
1896	−6.1%
1900	−7.5%
1904	−19.7%
1908	−9.6%
1912	+19.5%
1916	+3.1%
1920	−26.2%
1924	−25.2%
1928	−17.5%
1932	+17.8%