1932 United States presidential election in Delaware

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1932 United States presidential election in Delaware
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  1928 November 8, 1932 1936  
  President Hoover portrait (cropped).jpg FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg
Nominee Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis John Nance Garner
Electoral vote30
Popular vote57,07354,319
Percentage50.55%48.11%

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County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Delaware voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Hoover's running mate was incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Roosevelt ran with incumbent Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas.

Hoover won the state by a narrow margin of 2.44%, making Delaware one of the only six states (the other five being Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont) which voted to re-elect the embattled Republican incumbent president, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address the Great Depression. With 50.55% of the popular vote. it was his fourth strongest state in the nation after Vermont, Maine, and neighboring Pennsylvania. [1]

As of 2023, this is the most recent time that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying New Castle County. This election marks one of three times in the 20th century that the state voted for the losing candidate, along with 1916 and 1948.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Delaware [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Herbert Hoover of California (incumbent) Charles Curtis of Kansas (incumbent)57,07350.55%3100.00%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 54,31948.11%00.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 1,3761.22%00.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts James W. Ford of Alabama 1330.12%00.00%
Total112,901100.00%3100.00%

Results by county

CountyHerbert Hoover
Republican
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Kent 6,59742.59%8,82957.00%640.41%-2,232-14.41%15,490
New Castle 39,84453.76%32,87244.36%1,3931.88%6,9729.40%74,109
Sussex 10,63245.63%12,61854.15%520.22%-1,986-8.52%23,302
Totals57,07350.55%54,31948.11%1,5091.34%2,7542.44%112,901

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "1932 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.