Franklin D. Roosevelt carried California D+21.0.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in California, 1932. The state ran 3.2 points more Democratic than the nation (D+17.8 nationally).

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

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California result

2,267,966 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

1,324,157

58.4%

Hoover (R)

847,902

37.4%

All others

95,907

4.2%

Margin

D+21.0

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1932 presidential election

California, 1932

RooseveltD+21.0

How it voted

Share of the 1932 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	58.4%	1,324,157
Herbert HooverRepublican	37.4%	847,902
OtherAll other candidates	4.2%	95,907

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1932 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1932 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1932

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+8.4%	106,388	89,303	204,452
Alpine County	D	+2.7%	56	53	112
Amador County	D	+47.6%	2,367	822	3,244
Butte County	D	+35.9%	9,645	4,322	14,832
Calaveras County	D	+38.1%	1,744	754	2,599
Colusa County	D	+41.6%	2,752	1,095	3,982
Contra Costa County	D	+21.6%	17,218	10,907	29,214
Del Norte County	D	+33.1%	1,319	637	2,059
El Dorado County	D	+50.3%	3,034	956	4,135
Fresno County	D	+43.8%	32,528	12,134	46,537
Glenn County	D	+33.7%	2,973	1,432	4,569
Humboldt County	D	+12.0%	8,723	6,795	16,095
Imperial County	D	+38.3%	8,772	3,783	13,039
Inyo County	D	+33.7%	1,459	698	2,258
Kern County	D	+45.2%	19,634	7,011	27,920
Kings County	D	+42.3%	5,191	2,009	7,518
Lake County	D	+27.9%	2,344	1,301	3,744
Lassen County	D	+43.5%	3,056	1,167	4,340
Los Angeles County	D	+18.6%	554,476	373,738	969,594
Madera County	D	+44.9%	3,457	1,243	4,928
Marin County	D	+19.3%	9,764	6,480	16,996
Mariposa County	D	+40.5%	1,386	560	2,038
Mendocino County	D	+26.2%	5,867	3,365	9,551
Merced County	D	+39.9%	7,202	2,920	10,734
Modoc County	D	+41.4%	1,643	655	2,386
Mono County	D	+30.1%	374	199	581
Monterey County	D	+17.4%	8,942	6,200	15,750
Napa County	D	+23.4%	5,745	3,521	9,524
Nevada County	D	+30.4%	3,544	1,842	5,596
Orange County	D	+2.5%	23,835	22,623	49,276
Placer County	D	+45.6%	6,200	2,242	8,683
Plumas County	D	+54.1%	2,035	582	2,684
Riverside County	R	−4.8%	12,755	14,112	28,112
Sacramento County	D	+41.6%	36,370	14,553	52,465
San Benito County	D	+27.1%	2,283	1,269	3,744
San Bernardino County	D	+5.6%	24,889	22,094	49,548
San Diego County	D	+12.1%	45,622	35,305	85,150
San Francisco County	D	+33.2%	144,236	70,152	223,197
San Joaquin County	D	+31.1%	21,929	11,145	34,626
San Luis Obispo County	D	+37.2%	7,933	3,449	12,062
San Mateo County	D	+16.7%	19,094	13,442	33,879
Santa Barbara County	D	+19.4%	13,373	8,864	23,291
Santa Clara County	D	+1.6%	28,272	27,353	57,531
Santa Cruz County	D	+14.9%	8,246	6,005	14,990
Shasta County	D	+48.2%	4,170	1,382	5,782
Sierra County	D	+43.9%	796	292	1,147
Siskiyou County	D	+42.6%	6,367	2,458	9,184
Solano County	D	+36.9%	9,712	4,382	14,461
Sonoma County	D	+25.4%	15,686	9,161	25,669
Stanislaus County	D	+22.4%	12,336	7,614	21,042
Sutter County	D	+44.7%	3,807	1,392	5,407
Tehama County	D	+26.2%	3,534	2,001	5,851
Trinity County	D	+51.9%	1,101	318	1,508
Tulare County	D	+30.3%	15,631	8,066	24,999
Tuolumne County	D	+36.3%	2,521	1,145	3,794
Ventura County	D	+21.6%	10,903	6,908	18,535
Yolo County	D	+38.3%	5,780	2,515	8,529
Yuba County	D	+43.7%	3,138	1,176	4,493