1932 United States presidential election in Maine

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1932 United States presidential election in Maine
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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 vote50
Popular vote166,631128,907
Percentage55.83%43.19%

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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 Maine 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Maine 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 Maine by a margin of 12.64%, and with 55.83% of the popular vote, it would be his second strongest state in the nation after nearby Vermont. [1] The state was also one of only six states (the other five being Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont), four of them in New England, which voted to re-elect the embattled Republican incumbent Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address the Great Depression. Maine would also be one of the only two states in the nation (the other being nearby Vermont) to not vote for Roosevelt in any of his four election campaigns.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Maine [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 166,63155.83%5100.00%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 128,90743.19%00.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 2,4890.83%00.00%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds of New York John W. Aiken of Massachusetts 2550.09%00.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts James W. Ford of Alabama 1620.05%00.00%
Total 298,444100.00%5100.00%

Results by county

CountyHerbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Normal Mattoon Thomas [3]
Socialist
Verne L. Reynolds [3]
Socialist Labor
William Z. Foster [3]
Communist
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Androscoggin 9,83840.05%14,44158.79%2511.02%170.07%150.06%-4,603-18.74%24,562
Aroostook 14,05459.47%9,40939.82%1220.52%250.11%210.09%4,64519.66%23,631
Cumberland 32,86460.82%20,65538.23%4650.86%240.04%250.05%12,20922.60%54,033
Franklin 4,52158.46%3,17141.01%350.45%40.05%20.03%1,35017.46%7,733
Hancock 7,94264.07%4,36935.25%750.61%90.07%10.01%3,57328.82%12,396
Kennebec 14,45153.93%12,11045.19%1880.70%280.10%200.07%2,3418.74%26,797
Knox 6,16955.28%4,76542.70%1681.51%340.30%230.21%1,40412.58%11,159
Lincoln 4,66663.84%2,60235.60%370.51%20.03%20.03%2,06428.24%7,309
Oxford 8,26452.73%7,17945.80%1941.24%190.12%170.11%1,0856.92%15,673
Penobscot 18,98758.75%13,05840.41%2470.76%180.06%70.02%5,92918.35%32,317
Piscataquis 4,19859.14%2,84940.13%450.63%50.07%20.03%1,34919.00%7,099
Sagadahoc 4,22059.97%2,76339.26%440.63%50.07%50.07%1,45720.70%7,037
Somerset 7,14453.07%6,04044.87%2581.92%110.08%80.06%1,1048.20%13,461
Waldo 4,50553.21%3,90746.14%510.60%30.04%10.01%5987.06%8,467
Washington 7,50751.95%6,82947.26%850.59%250.17%50.03%6784.69%14,451
York 17,30153.53%14,76045.67%2240.69%260.08%80.02%2,5417.86%32,319
Totals166,63155.83%128,90743.19%2,4890.83%2550.09%1620.05%37,72412.64%298,444

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  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 223-224 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press