Tuesday, November 8, 1932
1932 presidential election results
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) and running mate John Garner won with 472 electoral votes and 57.4% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: Iowa, D+17.7 (nation D+17.8). It delivered electoral vote number 266 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Won | John Garner | Democratic | 472 | 22,818,740 | 57.40% | 42 |
| Herbert Hoover | Charles Curtis | Republican | 59 | 15,760,425 | 39.60% | 6 |
| Total popular votes counted | 39,747,783 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Herbert Hoover | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 84.8% 11 | 14.1% | 70.6 | 11 | 245,303 |
| Arizona | 67.0% 3 | 30.5% | 36.5 | 3 | 118,251 |
| Arkansas | 86.3% 9 | 12.7% | 73.6 | 9 | 216,569 |
| California | 58.4% 22 | 37.4% | 21.0 | 22 | 2,266,972 |
| Colorado | 54.8% 6 | 41.4% | 13.4 | 6 | 457,696 |
| Connecticut | 47.4% | 48.5% 8 | 1.1 | 8 | 594,183 |
| Delaware | 48.1% | 50.6% 3 | 2.4 | 3 | 112,901 |
| Florida | 74.5% 7 | 25.0% | 49.5 | 7 | 276,943 |
| Georgia | 91.6% 12 | 7.8% | 83.8 | 12 | 255,590 |
| Idaho | 58.7% 4 | 38.2% | 20.5 | 4 | 186,520 |
| Illinois | 55.2% 29 | 42.0% | 13.2 | 29 | 3,407,926 |
| Indiana | 54.7% 14 | 42.9% | 11.7 | 14 | 1,576,927 |
| Iowa | 57.7% 11 | 40.0% | 17.7 | 11 | 1,036,687 |
| Kansas | 53.6% 9 | 44.1% | 9.4 | 9 | 791,978 |
| Kentucky | 59.1% 11 | 40.2% | 18.9 | 11 | 983,059 |
| Louisiana | 92.8% 10 | 7.0% | 85.8 | 10 | 268,804 |
| Maine | 43.2% | 55.8% 5 | 12.6 | 5 | 298,444 |
| Maryland | 61.5% 8 | 36.0% | 25.5 | 8 | 511,054 |
| Massachusetts | 50.6% 17 | 46.6% | 4.0 | 17 | 1,580,114 |
| Michigan | 52.4% 19 | 44.4% | 7.9 | 19 | 1,664,765 |
| Minnesota | 59.9% 11 | 36.3% | 23.6 | 11 | 1,002,843 |
| Mississippi | 96.0% 9 | 3.5% | 92.4 | 9 | 146,034 |
| Missouri | 63.7% 15 | 35.1% | 28.6 | 15 | 1,609,894 |
| Montana | 58.8% 4 | 36.1% | 22.7 | 4 | 216,479 |
| Nebraska | 63.0% 7 | 35.3% | 27.7 | 7 | 570,135 |
| Nevada | 69.4% 3 | 30.6% | 38.8 | 3 | 41,430 |
| New Hampshire | 49.0% | 50.4% 4 | 1.4 | 4 | 205,520 |
| New Jersey | 49.5% 16 | 47.6% | 1.9 | 16 | 1,630,063 |
| New Mexico | 62.7% 3 | 35.8% | 27.0 | 3 | 151,606 |
| New York | 54.1% 47 | 41.3% | 12.7 | 47 | 4,688,614 |
| North Carolina | 69.9% 13 | 29.3% | 40.7 | 13 | 711,498 |
| North Dakota | 69.6% 4 | 28.0% | 41.6 | 4 | 256,290 |
| Ohio | 49.9% 26 | 47.0% | 2.9 | 26 | 2,609,728 |
| Oklahoma | 73.3% 11 | 26.7% | 46.6 | 11 | 704,633 |
| Oregon | 58.0% 5 | 36.9% | 21.1 | 5 | 368,751 |
| Pennsylvania | 45.3% | 50.8% 36 | 5.5 | 36 | 2,859,021 |
| Rhode Island | 55.1% 4 | 43.3% | 11.8 | 4 | 266,170 |
| South Carolina | 98.0% 8 | 1.9% | 96.1 | 8 | 104,407 |
| South Dakota | 63.6% 4 | 34.4% | 29.2 | 4 | 288,438 |
| Tennessee | 66.5% 11 | 32.5% | 34.0 | 11 | 390,273 |
| Texas | 88.1% 23 | 11.3% | 76.7 | 23 | 863,406 |
| Utah | 56.5% 4 | 41.0% | 15.5 | 4 | 206,578 |
| Vermont | 41.1% | 57.7% 3 | 16.6 | 3 | 136,980 |
| Virginia | 68.5% 11 | 30.1% | 38.4 | 11 | 297,942 |
| Washington | 57.5% 8 | 33.9% | 23.5 | 8 | 614,814 |
| West Virginia | 54.5% 8 | 44.5% | 10.0 | 8 | 743,774 |
| Wisconsin | 63.5% 12 | 31.2% | 32.3 | 12 | 1,114,814 |
| Wyoming | 56.1% 3 | 40.8% | 15.3 | 3 | 96,962 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1932
- Connecticut Herbert Hoover by 6,788 votes (1.14 pts)
- New Hampshire Herbert Hoover by 2,949 votes (1.43 pts)
- New Jersey Franklin D. Roosevelt by 30,946 votes (1.90 pts)
- Delaware Herbert Hoover by 2,754 votes (2.44 pts)
- Ohio Franklin D. Roosevelt by 74,376 votes (2.85 pts)
- Massachusetts Franklin D. Roosevelt by 63,189 votes (4.00 pts)
- Pennsylvania Herbert Hoover by 157,592 votes (5.51 pts)
- Michigan Franklin D. Roosevelt by 131,806 votes (7.92 pts)
Flipped since 1928
- Arizona: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- California: Republican → Democratic (22 EV)
- Colorado: Republican → Democratic (6 EV)
- Florida: Republican → Democratic (7 EV)
- Idaho: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Illinois: Republican → Democratic (29 EV)
- Indiana: Republican → Democratic (14 EV)
- Iowa: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Kansas: Republican → Democratic (9 EV)
- Kentucky: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Maryland: Republican → Democratic (8 EV)
- Michigan: Republican → Democratic (19 EV)
- Minnesota: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Missouri: Republican → Democratic (15 EV)
- Montana: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Nebraska: Republican → Democratic (7 EV)
- Nevada: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- New Jersey: Republican → Democratic (16 EV)
- New Mexico: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- New York: Republican → Democratic (47 EV)
- North Carolina: Republican → Democratic (13 EV)
- North Dakota: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Ohio: Republican → Democratic (26 EV)
- Oklahoma: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Oregon: Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
- South Dakota: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Tennessee: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Texas: Republican → Democratic (23 EV)
- Utah: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Virginia: Republican → Democratic (11 EV)
- Washington: Republican → Democratic (8 EV)
- West Virginia: Republican → Democratic (8 EV)
- Wisconsin: Republican → Democratic (12 EV)
- Wyoming: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
Source: 1932
Questions and answers
Who won the 1932 presidential election?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1932 election with 472 electoral votes, with John Garner as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1932?
Franklin D. Roosevelt 472; Herbert Hoover 59 (out of 531).
Who won the popular vote in 1932?
Franklin D. Roosevelt received the most popular votes: 22,818,740 (57.4%) of 39,747,783 counted.
What was the closest state in 1932?
Connecticut, which Herbert Hoover won by 6,788 votes (1.14 points).
Which states flipped in 1932?
Compared with 1928, 34 states changed party: Arizona (to Democratic), California (to Democratic), Colorado (to Democratic), Florida (to Democratic), Idaho (to Democratic), Illinois (to Democratic), Indiana (to Democratic), Iowa (to Democratic), Kansas (to Democratic), Kentucky (to Democratic), Maryland (to Democratic), Michigan (to Democratic), Minnesota (to Democratic), Missouri (to Democratic), Montana (to Democratic), Nebraska (to Democratic), Nevada (to Democratic), New Jersey (to Democratic), New Mexico (to Democratic), New York (to Democratic), North Carolina (to Democratic), North Dakota (to Democratic), Ohio (to Democratic), Oklahoma (to Democratic), Oregon (to Democratic), South Dakota (to Democratic), Tennessee (to Democratic), Texas (to Democratic), Utah (to Democratic), Virginia (to Democratic), Washington (to Democratic), West Virginia (to Democratic), Wisconsin (to Democratic) and Wyoming (to Democratic).
What was the tipping-point state in 1932?
Iowa. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 266; it voted Democratic by 17.7 points, against Democratic by 17.8 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data