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
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic · 57.40% of votes
472
electoral votes
Herbert Hoover
Republican · 39.70% of votes
59
electoral votes
Norman Thomas
Socialist · 2.23% of votes
—
electoral votes
William Z. Foster
Communist · 0.26% of votes
—
electoral votes
William David Upshaw
Prohibition · 0.21% of votes
—
electoral votes
William Hope Harvey
Liberty · 0.13% of votes
—
electoral votes
EV share
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
John Nance Garner
472
22,821,277
57.40%
42
Herbert Hoover
Republican
Charles Curtis
59
15,761,254
39.70%
6
Norman Thomas
Socialist
James H. Maurer
—
884,885
2.23%
—
William Z. Foster
Communist
James W. Ford
—
103,307
0.26%
—
William David Upshaw
Prohibition
Frank S. Regan
—
81,905
0.21%
—
William Hope Harvey
Liberty
Frank Hemenway
—
53,425
0.13%
—
39,706,053 votes recorded for the candidates listed.
Results by state
Alabama
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 84.7% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 14.1%
11
electoral votes
Arizona
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 67.0% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 30.5%
3
electoral votes
Arkansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 86.3% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 12.7%
9
electoral votes
California
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 58.4% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 37.4%
22
electoral votes
Colorado
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 54.9% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 41.3%
6
electoral votes
Connecticut
Herbert Hoover · 48.5% · runner-up Franklin D. Roosevelt 47.4%
8
electoral votes
Delaware
Herbert Hoover · 50.6% · runner-up Franklin D. Roosevelt 48.1%
3
electoral votes
Florida
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 74.9% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 25.1%
7
electoral votes
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 91.6% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 7.8%
12
electoral votes
Idaho
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 58.7% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 38.2%
4
electoral votes
Illinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 55.2% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 42.0%
29
electoral votes
Indiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 54.7% · runner-up Herbert Hoover 42.9%
14
electoral votes
Alabama
Franklin D. Roosevelt
84.7%
11
Herbert Hoover · 14.1%
Arizona
Franklin D. Roosevelt
67.0%
3
Herbert Hoover · 30.5%
Arkansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
86.3%
9
Herbert Hoover · 12.7%
California
Franklin D. Roosevelt
58.4%
22
Herbert Hoover · 37.4%
Colorado
Franklin D. Roosevelt
54.9%
6
Herbert Hoover · 41.3%
Connecticut
Herbert Hoover
48.5%
8
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 47.4%
Delaware
Herbert Hoover
50.6%
3
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 48.1%
Florida
Franklin D. Roosevelt
74.9%
7
Herbert Hoover · 25.1%
Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
91.6%
12
Herbert Hoover · 7.8%
Idaho
Franklin D. Roosevelt
58.7%
4
Herbert Hoover · 38.2%
Illinois
Franklin D. Roosevelt
55.2%
29
Herbert Hoover · 42.0%
Indiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
54.7%
14
Herbert Hoover · 42.9%
Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
57.7%
11
Herbert Hoover · 40.0%
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
53.6%
9
Herbert Hoover · 44.1%
Kentucky
Franklin D. Roosevelt
59.1%
11
Herbert Hoover · 40.2%
Louisiana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
92.8%
10
Herbert Hoover · 7.0%
Maine
Herbert Hoover
55.8%
5
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 43.2%
Maryland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
61.5%
8
Herbert Hoover · 36.0%
Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
50.6%
17
Herbert Hoover · 46.6%
Michigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
52.4%
19
Herbert Hoover · 44.4%
Minnesota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
59.9%
11
Herbert Hoover · 36.3%
Mississippi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
96.0%
9
Herbert Hoover · 3.5%
Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
63.7%
15
Herbert Hoover · 35.1%
Montana
Franklin D. Roosevelt
58.8%
4
Herbert Hoover · 36.0%
Nebraska
Franklin D. Roosevelt
63.0%
7
Herbert Hoover · 35.3%
Nevada
Franklin D. Roosevelt
69.5%
3
Herbert Hoover · 30.5%
New Hampshire
Herbert Hoover
50.4%
4
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 49.0%
New Jersey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
49.5%
16
Herbert Hoover · 47.6%
New Mexico
Franklin D. Roosevelt
62.8%
3
Herbert Hoover · 35.7%
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
54.1%
47
Herbert Hoover · 41.3%
North Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
69.9%
13
Herbert Hoover · 29.3%
North Dakota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
69.6%
4
Herbert Hoover · 28.0%
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
49.9%
26
Herbert Hoover · 47.0%
Oklahoma
Franklin D. Roosevelt
73.3%
11
Herbert Hoover · 26.7%
Oregon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
58.0%
5
Herbert Hoover · 36.9%
Pennsylvania
Herbert Hoover
50.8%
36
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 45.3%
Rhode Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
55.1%
4
Herbert Hoover · 43.3%
South Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt
98.0%
8
Herbert Hoover · 1.9%
South Dakota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
63.6%
4
Herbert Hoover · 34.4%
Tennessee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
66.5%
11
Herbert Hoover · 32.5%
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
88.2%
23
Herbert Hoover · 11.2%
Utah
Franklin D. Roosevelt
56.6%
4
Herbert Hoover · 41.0%
Vermont
Herbert Hoover
57.7%
3
Franklin D. Roosevelt · 41.1%
Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
68.5%
11
Herbert Hoover · 30.1%
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
57.5%
8
Herbert Hoover · 33.9%
West Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
54.5%
8
Herbert Hoover · 44.5%
Wisconsin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
63.5%
12
Herbert Hoover · 31.2%
Wyoming
Franklin D. Roosevelt
56.1%
3
Herbert Hoover · 40.8%
The Congress it seated
73th Congress
1933–1935
Unified government
Senate
59–36 +1
Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +1 independent
House
313–117 +5
Democratic control · Democratic–Republican +5 independents