Iowa — 1932 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1932 presidential electionIowa · PresidentRooseveltD+17.7
How it voted
Share of the 1932 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 57.7% | 598,019 |
|---|---|---|
| Herbert HooverRepublican | 40.0% | 414,433 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.3% | 24,235 |
1932presidential margin
D+60R+60
99 counties, each filled by 1932 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Iowa cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (99 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, IA | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Adams County, IA | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Allamakee County, IA | Democratic | D+22.6 |
| Appanoose County, IA | Democratic | D+12.9 |
| Audubon County, IA | Democratic | D+29.8 |
| Benton County, IA | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Black Hawk County, IA | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Boone County, IA | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Bremer County, IA | Democratic | D+36.2 |
| Buchanan County, IA | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Buena Vista County, IA | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Butler County, IA | Democratic | D+14.3 |
| Calhoun County, IA | Democratic | D+28.1 |
| Carroll County, IA | Democratic | D+51.7 |
| Cass County, IA | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Cedar County, IA | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Cerro Gordo County, IA | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| Cherokee County, IA | Democratic | D+28.9 |
| Chickasaw County, IA | Democratic | D+32.1 |
| Clarke County, IA | Democratic | D+18.2 |
| Clay County, IA | Democratic | D+19.9 |
| Clayton County, IA | Democratic | D+32.5 |
| Clinton County, IA | Democratic | D+16.0 |
| Crawford County, IA | Democratic | D+41.9 |
| Dallas County, IA | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Davis County, IA | Democratic | D+30.7 |
| Decatur County, IA | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Delaware County, IA | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Des Moines County, IA | Democratic | D+24.3 |
| Dickinson County, IA | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Dubuque County, IA | Democratic | D+46.2 |
| Emmet County, IA | Democratic | D+7.6 |
| Fayette County, IA | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Floyd County, IA | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Franklin County, IA | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| Fremont County, IA | Democratic | D+32.1 |
| Greene County, IA | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Grundy County, IA | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Guthrie County, IA | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Hamilton County, IA | Democratic | D+37.5 |
| Hancock County, IA | Democratic | D+23.5 |
| Hardin County, IA | Democratic | D+16.2 |
| Harrison County, IA | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Henry County, IA | Democratic | D+13.9 |
| Howard County, IA | Democratic | D+26.3 |
| Humboldt County, IA | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Ida County, IA | Democratic | D+42.6 |
| Iowa County, IA | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Jackson County, IA | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Jasper County, IA | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Jefferson County, IA | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Johnson County, IA | Democratic | D+22.6 |
| Jones County, IA | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Keokuk County, IA | Democratic | D+25.6 |
| Kossuth County, IA | Democratic | D+37.9 |
| Lee County, IA | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Linn County, IA | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Louisa County, IA | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Lucas County, IA | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Lyon County, IA | Democratic | D+35.1 |
| Madison County, IA | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Mahaska County, IA | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Marion County, IA | Democratic | D+30.6 |
| Marshall County, IA | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Mills County, IA | Democratic | D+22.7 |
| Mitchell County, IA | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Monona County, IA | Democratic | D+43.0 |
| Monroe County, IA | Democratic | D+19.6 |
| Montgomery County, IA | Democratic | D+3.4 |
| Muscatine County, IA | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| O'Brien County, IA | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Osceola County, IA | Democratic | D+36.6 |
| Page County, IA | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Palo Alto County, IA | Democratic | D+26.1 |
| Plymouth County, IA | Democratic | D+44.3 |
| Pocahontas County, IA | Democratic | D+38.7 |
| Polk County, IA | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Pottawattamie County, IA | Democratic | D+26.7 |
| Poweshiek County, IA | Democratic | D+13.9 |
| Ringgold County, IA | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| Sac County, IA | Democratic | D+14.0 |
| Scott County, IA | Democratic | D+8.2 |
| Shelby County, IA | Democratic | D+32.7 |
| Sioux County, IA | Democratic | D+21.8 |
| Story County, IA | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Tama County, IA | Democratic | D+24.3 |
| Taylor County, IA | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Union County, IA | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Van Buren County, IA | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Wapello County, IA | Democratic | D+13.2 |
| Warren County, IA | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Washington County, IA | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Wayne County, IA | Democratic | D+25.0 |
| Webster County, IA | Democratic | D+24.6 |
| Winnebago County, IA | Democratic | D+23.1 |
| Winneshiek County, IA | Democratic | D+33.6 |
| Woodbury County, IA | Democratic | D+34.1 |
| Worth County, IA | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Wright County, IA | Democratic | D+19.9 |
Iowa results by county
99 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+302 | 2,60752.7% | 2,30546.6% | 370.7% | 4,949 |
| Adams County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+302 | 2,09753.2% | 1,79545.6% | 471.2% | 3,939 |
| Allamakee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,774 | 4,78360.9% | 3,00938.3% | 560.7% | 7,848 |
| Appanoose County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,290 | 5,51955.1% | 4,22942.2% | 2692.7% | 10,017 |
| Audubon County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,382 | 2,98664.5% | 1,60434.6% | 430.9% | 4,633 |
| Benton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,646 | 6,07061.8% | 3,42434.9% | 3253.3% | 9,819 |
| Black Hawk County | Herbert Hoover+86 | 14,66049.3% | 14,74649.5% | 3591.2% | 29,765 |
| Boone County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,599 | 5,29354.4% | 3,69438.0% | 7357.6% | 9,722 |
| Bremer County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,891 | 5,41167.7% | 2,52031.5% | 630.8% | 7,994 |
| Buchanan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+603 | 5,00452.7% | 4,40146.3% | 951.0% | 9,500 |
| Buena Vista County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,673 | 4,83558.9% | 3,16238.5% | 2132.6% | 8,210 |
| Butler County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,016 | 4,02856.6% | 3,01242.3% | 761.1% | 7,116 |
| Calhoun County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,964 | 4,36862.6% | 2,40434.5% | 2052.9% | 6,977 |
| Carroll County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,909 | 7,17475.5% | 2,26523.8% | 600.6% | 9,499 |
| Cass County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+124 | 4,33950.2% | 4,21548.8% | 911.1% | 8,645 |
| Cedar County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,441 | 4,71858.5% | 3,27740.6% | 730.9% | 8,068 |
| Cerro Gordo County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,435 | 8,75254.0% | 7,31745.1% | 1490.9% | 16,218 |
| Cherokee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,131 | 4,70163.7% | 2,57034.8% | 1111.5% | 7,382 |
| Chickasaw County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,462 | 5,04765.8% | 2,58533.7% | 440.6% | 7,676 |
| Clarke County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+734 | 2,34258.1% | 1,60839.9% | 802.0% | 4,030 |
| Clay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,345 | 3,94458.3% | 2,59938.4% | 2263.3% | 6,769 |
| Clayton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,622 | 7,34766.0% | 3,72533.5% | 620.6% | 11,134 |
| Clinton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,502 | 12,58757.5% | 9,08541.5% | 2081.0% | 21,880 |
| Crawford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,750 | 6,08468.0% | 2,33426.1% | 5245.9% | 8,942 |
| Dallas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+371 | 4,88750.8% | 4,51647.0% | 2082.2% | 9,611 |
| Davis County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,594 | 3,35164.5% | 1,75733.8% | 871.7% | 5,195 |
| Decatur County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,443 | 3,59161.6% | 2,14836.8% | 911.6% | 5,830 |
| Delaware County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+471 | 4,55952.1% | 4,08846.7% | 1071.2% | 8,754 |
| Des Moines County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,805 | 9,39559.9% | 5,59035.7% | 6904.4% | 15,675 |
| Dickinson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+426 | 2,50053.1% | 2,07444.1% | 1322.8% | 4,706 |
| Dubuque County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+12,463 | 19,21071.2% | 6,74725.0% | 1,0423.9% | 26,999 |
| Emmet County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+357 | 2,48652.8% | 2,12945.2% | 942.0% | 4,709 |
| Fayette County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,524 | 7,69059.1% | 5,16639.7% | 1661.3% | 13,022 |
| Floyd County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+480 | 4,56352.0% | 4,08346.5% | 1351.5% | 8,781 |
| Franklin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,769 | 3,78261.9% | 2,01332.9% | 3155.2% | 6,110 |
| Fremont County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,246 | 4,58565.6% | 2,33933.5% | 650.9% | 6,989 |
| Greene County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+387 | 2,74752.0% | 2,36044.7% | 1713.2% | 5,278 |
| Grundy County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,242 | 3,66159.7% | 2,41939.4% | 540.9% | 6,134 |
| Guthrie County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+462 | 3,09953.3% | 2,63745.4% | 761.3% | 5,812 |
| Hamilton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,861 | 5,19168.1% | 2,33030.6% | 1031.4% | 7,624 |
| Hancock County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,467 | 3,82261.1% | 2,35537.7% | 771.2% | 6,254 |
| Hardin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,499 | 5,02254.3% | 3,52338.1% | 7017.6% | 9,246 |
| Harrison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,914 | 7,42767.5% | 3,51331.9% | 680.6% | 11,008 |
| Henry County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,120 | 4,51856.0% | 3,39842.1% | 1582.0% | 8,074 |
| Howard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,750 | 4,17662.7% | 2,42636.4% | 560.8% | 6,658 |
| Humboldt County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+776 | 2,80457.4% | 2,02841.5% | 571.2% | 4,889 |
| Ida County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,209 | 3,66170.6% | 1,45228.0% | 741.4% | 5,187 |
| Iowa County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,748 | 4,37658.4% | 2,62835.0% | 4956.6% | 7,499 |
| Jackson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,202 | 5,09459.9% | 2,89234.0% | 5136.0% | 8,499 |
| Jasper County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,382 | 6,78154.7% | 5,39943.5% | 2211.8% | 12,401 |
| Jefferson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,101 | 4,05657.0% | 2,95541.6% | 991.4% | 7,110 |
| Johnson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,280 | 8,76460.5% | 5,48437.9% | 2351.6% | 14,483 |
| Jones County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,452 | 4,95258.3% | 3,50041.2% | 490.6% | 8,501 |
| Keokuk County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,397 | 5,83962.3% | 3,44236.7% | 880.9% | 9,369 |
| Kossuth County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,850 | 6,92568.2% | 3,07530.3% | 1481.5% | 10,148 |
| Lee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,540 | 10,62459.3% | 7,08439.6% | 1941.1% | 17,902 |
| Linn County | Herbert Hoover+1,040 | 17,69347.9% | 18,73350.7% | 4891.3% | 36,915 |
| Louisa County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+811 | 2,85657.2% | 2,04541.0% | 881.8% | 4,989 |
| Lucas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,053 | 3,43457.5% | 2,38139.8% | 1612.7% | 5,976 |
| Lyon County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,859 | 3,54366.9% | 1,68431.8% | 701.3% | 5,297 |
| Madison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+260 | 2,92351.7% | 2,66347.1% | 691.2% | 5,655 |
| Mahaska County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+931 | 5,58652.1% | 4,65543.5% | 4724.4% | 10,713 |
| Marion County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,372 | 7,06764.0% | 3,69533.5% | 2722.5% | 11,034 |
| Marshall County | Herbert Hoover+219 | 6,38547.4% | 6,60449.0% | 4943.7% | 13,483 |
| Mills County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,441 | 3,86160.7% | 2,42038.1% | 751.2% | 6,356 |
| Mitchell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,413 | 3,94060.2% | 2,52738.6% | 821.3% | 6,549 |
| Monona County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,356 | 5,53770.9% | 2,18127.9% | 941.2% | 7,812 |
| Monroe County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,258 | 3,71657.8% | 2,45838.3% | 2523.9% | 6,426 |
| Montgomery County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+253 | 3,76050.8% | 3,50747.4% | 1341.8% | 7,401 |
| Muscatine County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+263 | 6,42349.7% | 6,16047.7% | 3342.6% | 12,917 |
| O'Brien County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,290 | 4,50357.4% | 3,21340.9% | 1321.7% | 7,848 |
| Osceola County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,400 | 2,59067.6% | 1,19031.1% | 491.3% | 3,829 |
| Page County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+351 | 4,86351.2% | 4,51247.5% | 1321.4% | 9,507 |
| Palo Alto County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,716 | 4,09462.3% | 2,37836.2% | 961.5% | 6,568 |
| Plymouth County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,677 | 7,56571.6% | 2,88827.3% | 1101.0% | 10,563 |
| Pocahontas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,445 | 4,24567.2% | 1,80028.5% | 2764.4% | 6,321 |
| Polk County | Herbert Hoover+2,506 | 31,51745.9% | 34,02349.5% | 3,1324.6% | 68,672 |
| Pottawattamie County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,109 | 16,67462.6% | 9,56535.9% | 3771.4% | 26,616 |
| Poweshiek County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,159 | 4,64955.6% | 3,49041.8% | 2162.6% | 8,355 |
| Ringgold County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+398 | 2,48053.6% | 2,08245.0% | 611.3% | 4,623 |
| Sac County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,034 | 4,16556.5% | 3,13142.5% | 731.0% | 7,369 |
| Scott County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,669 | 16,88752.0% | 14,21843.8% | 1,3504.2% | 32,455 |
| Shelby County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,462 | 4,94065.5% | 2,47832.9% | 1221.6% | 7,540 |
| Sioux County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,227 | 6,17060.5% | 3,94338.6% | 890.9% | 10,202 |
| Story County | Herbert Hoover+1,097 | 5,63843.4% | 6,73551.8% | 6194.8% | 12,992 |
| Tama County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,653 | 6,70461.4% | 4,05137.1% | 1651.5% | 10,920 |
| Taylor County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+489 | 3,15953.3% | 2,67045.1% | 951.6% | 5,924 |
| Union County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+924 | 3,96756.0% | 3,04343.0% | 731.0% | 7,083 |
| Van Buren County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+760 | 3,13556.2% | 2,37542.6% | 711.3% | 5,581 |
| Wapello County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,248 | 9,50455.7% | 7,25642.5% | 3161.9% | 17,076 |
| Warren County | Herbert Hoover+183 | 3,54247.8% | 3,72550.3% | 1411.9% | 7,408 |
| Washington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+665 | 4,55453.0% | 3,88945.2% | 1521.8% | 8,595 |
| Wayne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,585 | 3,89661.6% | 2,31136.5% | 1211.9% | 6,328 |
| Webster County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,714 | 8,95759.3% | 5,24334.7% | 9176.1% | 15,117 |
| Winnebago County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,269 | 3,28159.7% | 2,01236.6% | 2063.7% | 5,499 |
| Winneshiek County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,475 | 6,82366.0% | 3,34832.4% | 1621.6% | 10,333 |
| Woodbury County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+13,633 | 26,39766.1% | 12,76432.0% | 7611.9% | 39,922 |
| Worth County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+950 | 2,64060.1% | 1,69038.5% | 651.5% | 4,395 |
| Wright County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,660 | 4,92259.1% | 3,26239.1% | 1501.8% | 8,334 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)
Iowa's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1932 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −5.3% |
| 1896 | −12.6% |
| 1900 | −18.6% |
| 1904 | −32.7% |
| 1908 | −15.0% |
| 1912 | +13.3% |
| 1916 | −11.4% |
| 1920 | −45.5% |
| 1924 | −38.6% |
| 1928 | −24.2% |
| 1932 | +17.7% |
| 1936 | +11.7% |
| 1940 | −4.4% |
| 1944 | −4.5% |
| 1948 | +2.7% |
| 1952 | −28.2% |
| 1956 | −18.4% |
| 1960 | −13.5% |
| 1964 | +24.0% |
| 1968 | −12.2% |
| 1972 | −17.1% |
| 1976 | −1.0% |
| 1980 | −12.7% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | +10.2% |
| 1992 | +6.0% |
| 1996 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | −0.7% |
| 2008 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | +5.8% |
| 2016 | −9.3% |
| 2020 | −8.2% |
| 2024 | −13.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1932 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.