1932 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1932 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1928 November 8, 1932 [1] 1936  
  FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg President Hoover portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote80
Popular vote314,314184,184
Percentage61.50%36.04%

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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 Maryland took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Maryland was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, with 61.50% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (RCalifornia), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 36.04% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Until 2020, this was the last time the Democratic candidate won over 65% of the vote in Howard County. [5] As of 2020, this is also the last time the Republican candidate failed to win a single county on the Eastern Shore. [6]

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Maryland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 314,314 61.50%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.)184,18436.04%
Socialist Norman Thomas 10,4892.05%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 1,0360.20%
Communist William Z. Foster 1,0310.20%
Total votes511,054 100%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Norman Mattoon Thomas [7]
Socialist
Various candidates [7]
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [8]
# %# %# %# %# %
Allegany 12,03345.71%12,91149.05%1,2524.76%1260.48%-878-3.34%26,322
Anne Arundel 9,76161.26%5,77836.26%2801.76%1140.72%3,98325.00%15,933
Baltimore 24,62662.35%13,93835.29%8302.10%1000.25%10,68827.06%39,494
Baltimore City 160,30964.84%78,95431.94%6,8602.77%1,1090.45%81,35532.91%247,232
Calvert 1,69647.41%1,83851.38%90.25%340.95%-142-3.97%3,577
Caroline 3,65164.38%1,99835.23%140.25%80.14%1,65329.15%5,671
Carroll 6,48252.67%5,73246.58%680.55%240.20%7506.09%12,306
Cecil 4,28253.80%3,56944.84%720.90%360.45%7138.96%7,959
Charles 2,47356.58%1,85142.35%150.34%320.73%62214.23%4,371
Dorchester 4,54756.47%3,46643.05%220.27%170.21%1,08113.43%8,052
Frederick 10,68659.29%7,14439.64%1520.84%420.23%3,54219.65%18,024
Garrett 2,23241.01%3,04856.00%1462.68%170.31%-816-14.99%5,443
Harford 6,07359.93%3,95439.02%690.68%380.37%2,11920.91%10,134
Howard 4,16167.22%1,97031.83%360.58%230.37%2,19135.40%6,190
Kent 2,37061.49%1,46838.09%80.21%80.21%90223.40%3,854
Montgomery 9,88262.69%5,69836.15%1320.84%510.32%4,18426.54%15,763
Prince George's 11,58062.41%6,69636.09%1941.05%860.46%4,88426.32%18,556
Queen Anne's 3,68369.57%1,58329.90%140.26%140.26%2,10039.67%5,294
Somerset 4,81156.30%3,67543.01%340.40%250.29%1,13613.29%8,545
St. Mary's 2,88567.09%1,32230.74%110.26%821.91%1,56336.35%4,300
Talbot 4,23360.91%2,67238.45%240.35%210.30%1,56122.46%6,950
Washington 11,37055.39%8,92943.50%2141.04%140.07%2,44111.89%20,527
Wicomico 6,89564.11%3,81235.44%250.23%230.21%3,08328.67%10,755
Worcester 3,59361.93%2,17837.54%80.14%230.40%1,41524.39%5,802
Totals314,31461.50%184,18436.04%10,4892.05%2,0670.40%130,13025.46%511,054

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1932 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)" . Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  3. "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland" . Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1932" . Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. "Biden earned greater backing in Howard County than any presidential candidate in recorded history". Baltimore Sun. November 24, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  6. "Maryland - Google Drive". docs.google.com. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections.
  8. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 207 ISBN   0405077114