Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Iowa D+17.7.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Iowa, 1932. The state ran 0.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+17.8 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,036,687 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

598,019

57.7%

Hoover (R)

414,433

40.0%

All others

24,235

2.3%

Margin

D+17.7

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1932 presidential election

Iowa, 1932

RooseveltD+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

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1932 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

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%

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County results — 1932

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	D	+6.1%	2,607	2,305	4,949
Adams County	D	+7.7%	2,097	1,795	3,939
Allamakee County	D	+22.6%	4,783	3,009	7,848
Appanoose County	D	+12.9%	5,519	4,229	10,017
Audubon County	D	+29.8%	2,986	1,604	4,633
Benton County	D	+26.9%	6,070	3,424	9,819
Black Hawk County	R	−0.3%	14,660	14,746	29,765
Boone County	D	+16.4%	5,293	3,694	9,722
Bremer County	D	+36.2%	5,411	2,520	7,994
Buchanan County	D	+6.3%	5,004	4,401	9,500
Buena Vista County	D	+20.4%	4,835	3,162	8,210
Butler County	D	+14.3%	4,028	3,012	7,116
Calhoun County	D	+28.1%	4,368	2,404	6,977
Carroll County	D	+51.7%	7,174	2,265	9,499
Cass County	D	+1.4%	4,339	4,215	8,645
Cedar County	D	+17.9%	4,718	3,277	8,068
Cerro Gordo County	D	+8.8%	8,752	7,317	16,218
Cherokee County	D	+28.9%	4,701	2,570	7,382
Chickasaw County	D	+32.1%	5,047	2,585	7,676
Clarke County	D	+18.2%	2,342	1,608	4,030
Clay County	D	+19.9%	3,944	2,599	6,769
Clayton County	D	+32.5%	7,347	3,725	11,134
Clinton County	D	+16.0%	12,587	9,085	21,880
Crawford County	D	+41.9%	6,084	2,334	8,942
Dallas County	D	+3.9%	4,887	4,516	9,611
Davis County	D	+30.7%	3,351	1,757	5,195
Decatur County	D	+24.8%	3,591	2,148	5,830
Delaware County	D	+5.4%	4,559	4,088	8,754
Des Moines County	D	+24.3%	9,395	5,590	15,675
Dickinson County	D	+9.1%	2,500	2,074	4,706
Dubuque County	D	+46.2%	19,210	6,747	26,999
Emmet County	D	+7.6%	2,486	2,129	4,709
Fayette County	D	+19.4%	7,690	5,166	13,022
Floyd County	D	+5.5%	4,563	4,083	8,781
Franklin County	D	+29.0%	3,782	2,013	6,110
Fremont County	D	+32.1%	4,585	2,339	6,989
Greene County	D	+7.3%	2,747	2,360	5,278
Grundy County	D	+20.2%	3,661	2,419	6,134
Guthrie County	D	+7.9%	3,099	2,637	5,812
Hamilton County	D	+37.5%	5,191	2,330	7,624
Hancock County	D	+23.5%	3,822	2,355	6,254
Hardin County	D	+16.2%	5,022	3,523	9,246
Harrison County	D	+35.6%	7,427	3,513	11,008
Henry County	D	+13.9%	4,518	3,398	8,074
Howard County	D	+26.3%	4,176	2,426	6,658
Humboldt County	D	+15.9%	2,804	2,028	4,889
Ida County	D	+42.6%	3,661	1,452	5,187
Iowa County	D	+23.3%	4,376	2,628	7,499
Jackson County	D	+25.9%	5,094	2,892	8,499
Jasper County	D	+11.1%	6,781	5,399	12,401
Jefferson County	D	+15.5%	4,056	2,955	7,110
Johnson County	D	+22.6%	8,764	5,484	14,483
Jones County	D	+17.1%	4,952	3,500	8,501
Keokuk County	D	+25.6%	5,839	3,442	9,369
Kossuth County	D	+37.9%	6,925	3,075	10,148
Lee County	D	+19.8%	10,624	7,084	17,902
Linn County	R	−2.8%	17,693	18,733	36,915
Louisa County	D	+16.3%	2,856	2,045	4,989
Lucas County	D	+17.6%	3,434	2,381	5,976
Lyon County	D	+35.1%	3,543	1,684	5,297
Madison County	D	+4.6%	2,923	2,663	5,655
Mahaska County	D	+8.7%	5,586	4,655	10,713
Marion County	D	+30.6%	7,067	3,695	11,034
Marshall County	R	−1.6%	6,385	6,604	13,483
Mills County	D	+22.7%	3,861	2,420	6,356
Mitchell County	D	+21.6%	3,940	2,527	6,549
Monona County	D	+43.0%	5,537	2,181	7,812
Monroe County	D	+19.6%	3,716	2,458	6,426
Montgomery County	D	+3.4%	3,760	3,507	7,401
Muscatine County	D	+2.0%	6,423	6,160	12,917
O'Brien County	D	+16.4%	4,503	3,213	7,848
Osceola County	D	+36.6%	2,590	1,190	3,829
Page County	D	+3.7%	4,863	4,512	9,507
Palo Alto County	D	+26.1%	4,094	2,378	6,568
Plymouth County	D	+44.3%	7,565	2,888	10,563
Pocahontas County	D	+38.7%	4,245	1,800	6,321
Polk County	R	−3.6%	31,517	34,023	68,672
Pottawattamie County	D	+26.7%	16,674	9,565	26,616
Poweshiek County	D	+13.9%	4,649	3,490	8,355
Ringgold County	D	+8.6%	2,480	2,082	4,623
Sac County	D	+14.0%	4,165	3,131	7,369
Scott County	D	+8.2%	16,887	14,218	32,455
Shelby County	D	+32.7%	4,940	2,478	7,540
Sioux County	D	+21.8%	6,170	3,943	10,202
Story County	R	−8.4%	5,638	6,735	12,992
Tama County	D	+24.3%	6,704	4,051	10,920
Taylor County	D	+8.3%	3,159	2,670	5,924
Union County	D	+13.0%	3,967	3,043	7,083
Van Buren County	D	+13.6%	3,135	2,375	5,581
Wapello County	D	+13.2%	9,504	7,256	17,076
Warren County	R	−2.5%	3,542	3,725	7,408
Washington County	D	+7.7%	4,554	3,889	8,595
Wayne County	D	+25.0%	3,896	2,311	6,328
Webster County	D	+24.6%	8,957	5,243	15,117
Winnebago County	D	+23.1%	3,281	2,012	5,499
Winneshiek County	D	+33.6%	6,823	3,348	10,333
Woodbury County	D	+34.1%	26,397	12,764	39,922
Worth County	D	+21.6%	2,640	1,690	4,395
Wright County	D	+19.9%	4,922	3,262	8,334