November 5, 1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins 1932

Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Herbert Hoover with 488 electoral votes, winning 42 states.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

488 EV

270 to win

Herbert Hoover

40 EV

488

270

Franklin D. Roosevelt wins

488

Electoral Votes

57.4%

Popular Vote

States Carried

39,759,928

Total Votes Cast

Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election with 488 electoral votes to Herbert Hoover's 40. Franklin D. Roosevelt received 57.4% of the popular vote and carried 42 states. Compared to the previous election, 1826 counties changed parties—0 flipped Republican and 1826 flipped Democratic.

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Herbert Hoover	488-40	D+17.8%	DEM
1928	Al Smith	Herbert Hoover	69-459	R+17.5%	GOP
1924	John W. Davis	Calvin Coolidge	171-357	R+25.1%	GOP
1920	James M. Cox	Warren G. Harding	161-367	R+26.2%	GOP
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Charles E. Hughes	352-176	D+3.2%	DEM

State-by-State Results

42 Dem6 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1932	1928	1924	1920	1916
South Carolina	9	D+98.0	D+82.8	D+94.3	D+92.1	D+94.3
Mississippi	6	D+92.4	D+64.3	D+81.8	D+69.9	D+88.4
Louisiana	8	D+85.8	D+52.6	D+56.2	D+38.8	D+78.9
Georgia	16	D+83.8	D+12.0	D+55.9	D+42.3	D+72.9
Texas	40	D+77.0	R+3.9	D+52.6	D+36.6	D+59.6
Arkansas	6	D+73.9	D+20.9	D+31.9	D+18.9	D+40.9
Alabama	9	D+70.6	D+3.0	D+42.8	D+34.8	D+54.1
Florida	30	D+49.8	R+16.7	D+28.8	D+31.3	D+51.3
Oklahoma	7	D+46.6	R+28.3	D+5.7	R+5.7	D+17.4
North Dakota	3	D+41.6	R+10.3	R+40.7	R+59.6	D+1.5
North Carolina	16	D+40.6	R+9.9	D+19.4	D+13.5	D+16.4
Nevada	6	D+38.8	R+13.1	R+19.8	R+20.7	D+17.0
Virginia	13	D+38.4	R+8.0	D+29.7	D+23.5	D+34.7
Arizona	11	D+36.5	R+15.3	R+5.8	R+11.2	D+21.8
Tennessee	11	D+34.0	R+11.1	D+9.3	R+2.8	D+13.6
Wisconsin	10	D+32.3	R+9.2	R+29.0	R+54.9	R+6.6
South Dakota	3	D+29.2	R+21.0	R+36.3	R+41.0	D+3.9
Missouri	10	D+28.6	R+11.4	R+5.6	R+11.4	D+3.6
Nebraska	5	D+27.7	R+27.0	R+17.5	R+33.4	D+14.3
New Mexico	5	D+27.0	R+18.2	R+5.5	R+10.4	D+3.6
Maryland	10	D+25.5	R+14.7	R+4.0	R+12.9	D+8.0
Minnesota	10	D+23.6	R+16.9	R+44.4	R+51.2	R+0.1
Washington	12	D+23.5	R+35.8	R+42.1	R+34.8	D+4.3
Montana	4	D+22.7	R+17.9	R+23.1	R+29.1	D+19.3
Oregon	8	D+21.1	R+30.0	R+26.8	R+26.6	R+2.6
California	54	D+21.0	R+30.5	R+49.0	R+41.9	D+0.4
Idaho	4	D+20.4	R+29.3	R+30.8	R+31.3	D+10.9
Kentucky	8	D+18.9	R+18.9	R+2.9	D+0.4	D+5.4
Iowa	6	D+17.7	R+24.2	R+38.6	R+45.5	R+11.4
Utah	6	D+15.5	R+7.7	R+19.3	R+17.1	D+21.0
Wyoming	3	D+15.3	R+28.3	R+20.9	R+32.3	D+12.8
Colorado	10	D+13.4	R+30.8	R+35.0	R+23.4	D+26.0
Illinois	19	D+13.2	R+14.7	R+35.5	R+42.3	R+9.2
New York	28	D+12.7	R+2.4	R+26.6	R+37.6	R+7.0
Rhode Island	4	D+11.8	D+0.6	R+23.2	R+31.2	R+5.1
Indiana	11	D+11.7	R+20.1	R+16.6	R+14.7	R+0.9
West Virginia	4	D+10.0	R+17.4	R+5.4	R+12.0	R+0.9
Kansas	6	D+9.4	R+45.0	R+37.9	R+32.2	D+5.9
Michigan	15	D+7.9	R+41.4	R+62.2	R+50.6	R+8.3
Massachusetts	11	D+4.0	D+1.1	R+37.3	R+40.7	R+3.9
Ohio	17	D+2.9	R+30.4	R+34.6	R+19.9	D+7.7
New Jersey	14	D+1.9	R+20.0	R+34.8	R+39.2	R+11.7
Connecticut	7	R+1.1	R+8.1	R+34.0	R+29.7	R+3.1
New Hampshire	4	R+1.4	R+17.6	R+25.1	R+20.4	D+0.1
Delaware	3	R+2.4	R+32.0	R+20.9	R+13.7	R+2.4
Pennsylvania	19	R+5.5	R+31.4	R+46.3	R+38.6	R+14.0
Maine	4	R+12.6	R+37.7	R+50.2	R+39.1	R+4.0
Vermont	3	R+16.6	R+34.0	R+62.5	R+52.6	R+27.2

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Democratic

1826 total

Scurry County, Texas, TXD+142.7%Hockley County, Texas, TXD+141.1%Hall County, Texas, TXD+139.4%Forsyth County, Georgia, GAD+139.3%Andrews County, Texas, TXD+138.3%

1821 more counties(Seeker)

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