1932 Presidential Election

November 8, 1932 · The New Deal Order · 531 electoral votes, 266 to win

With a quarter of the workforce unemployed, Roosevelt carried 42 of 48 states on a promise of a New Deal, ending the Republican era at a stroke. The 20th Amendment soon ended the four-month lame-duck wait his crisis transition made intolerable.

Elected

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Electoral vote

472 of 531

Popular vote

57.4%

22,821,277 votes

Turnout

56.8%

VAP 52.5%

The result

EV share
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocraticJohn Nance Garner472
22,821,27757.40%42
Herbert HooverRepublicanCharles Curtis59
15,761,25439.70%6
Norman ThomasSocialistJames H. Maurer—884,8852.23%—
William Z. FosterCommunistJames W. Ford—103,3070.26%—
William David UpshawProhibitionFrank S. Regan—81,9050.21%—
William Hope HarveyLibertyFrank Hemenway—53,4250.13%—

39,706,053 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaFranklin D. Roosevelt84.7%11Herbert Hoover · 14.1%
ArizonaFranklin D. Roosevelt67.0%3Herbert Hoover · 30.5%
ArkansasFranklin D. Roosevelt86.3%9Herbert Hoover · 12.7%
CaliforniaFranklin D. Roosevelt58.4%22Herbert Hoover · 37.4%
ColoradoFranklin D. Roosevelt54.9%6Herbert Hoover · 41.3%
ConnecticutHerbert Hoover48.5%8Franklin D. Roosevelt · 47.4%
DelawareHerbert Hoover50.6%3Franklin D. Roosevelt · 48.1%
FloridaFranklin D. Roosevelt74.9%7Herbert Hoover · 25.1%
GeorgiaFranklin D. Roosevelt91.6%12Herbert Hoover · 7.8%
IdahoFranklin D. Roosevelt58.7%4Herbert Hoover · 38.2%
IllinoisFranklin D. Roosevelt55.2%29Herbert Hoover · 42.0%
IndianaFranklin D. Roosevelt54.7%14Herbert Hoover · 42.9%
IowaFranklin D. Roosevelt57.7%11Herbert Hoover · 40.0%
KansasFranklin D. Roosevelt53.6%9Herbert Hoover · 44.1%
KentuckyFranklin D. Roosevelt59.1%11Herbert Hoover · 40.2%
LouisianaFranklin D. Roosevelt92.8%10Herbert Hoover · 7.0%
MaineHerbert Hoover55.8%5Franklin D. Roosevelt · 43.2%
MarylandFranklin D. Roosevelt61.5%8Herbert Hoover · 36.0%
MassachusettsFranklin D. Roosevelt50.6%17Herbert Hoover · 46.6%
MichiganFranklin D. Roosevelt52.4%19Herbert Hoover · 44.4%
MinnesotaFranklin D. Roosevelt59.9%11Herbert Hoover · 36.3%
MississippiFranklin D. Roosevelt96.0%9Herbert Hoover · 3.5%
MissouriFranklin D. Roosevelt63.7%15Herbert Hoover · 35.1%
MontanaFranklin D. Roosevelt58.8%4Herbert Hoover · 36.0%
NebraskaFranklin D. Roosevelt63.0%7Herbert Hoover · 35.3%
NevadaFranklin D. Roosevelt69.5%3Herbert Hoover · 30.5%
New HampshireHerbert Hoover50.4%4Franklin D. Roosevelt · 49.0%
New JerseyFranklin D. Roosevelt49.5%16Herbert Hoover · 47.6%
New MexicoFranklin D. Roosevelt62.8%3Herbert Hoover · 35.7%
New YorkFranklin D. Roosevelt54.1%47Herbert Hoover · 41.3%
North CarolinaFranklin D. Roosevelt69.9%13Herbert Hoover · 29.3%
North DakotaFranklin D. Roosevelt69.6%4Herbert Hoover · 28.0%
OhioFranklin D. Roosevelt49.9%26Herbert Hoover · 47.0%
OklahomaFranklin D. Roosevelt73.3%11Herbert Hoover · 26.7%
OregonFranklin D. Roosevelt58.0%5Herbert Hoover · 36.9%
PennsylvaniaHerbert Hoover50.8%36Franklin D. Roosevelt · 45.3%
Rhode IslandFranklin D. Roosevelt55.1%4Herbert Hoover · 43.3%
South CarolinaFranklin D. Roosevelt98.0%8Herbert Hoover · 1.9%
South DakotaFranklin D. Roosevelt63.6%4Herbert Hoover · 34.4%
TennesseeFranklin D. Roosevelt66.5%11Herbert Hoover · 32.5%
TexasFranklin D. Roosevelt88.2%23Herbert Hoover · 11.2%
UtahFranklin D. Roosevelt56.6%4Herbert Hoover · 41.0%
VermontHerbert Hoover57.7%3Franklin D. Roosevelt · 41.1%
VirginiaFranklin D. Roosevelt68.5%11Herbert Hoover · 30.1%
WashingtonFranklin D. Roosevelt57.5%8Herbert Hoover · 33.9%
West VirginiaFranklin D. Roosevelt54.5%8Herbert Hoover · 44.5%
WisconsinFranklin D. Roosevelt63.5%12Herbert Hoover · 31.2%
WyomingFranklin D. Roosevelt56.1%3Herbert Hoover · 40.8%

The Congress it seated

73th Congress

1933–1935

Unified government

Senate

59–36

Democratic vs Republican · 1 others

House

313–117

Democratic vs Republican · 5 others