1932 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1932 United States presidential election in Nevada
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  1928 November 8, 1932 [1] 1936  

All 3 Nevada votes to the Electoral College
  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 vote30
Popular vote28,75612,674
Percentage69.41%30.59%

Nevada Presidential Election Results 1932.svg
County Results
Roosevelt
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

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

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Nevada was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 69.41% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (RCalifornia), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 30.59% of the popular vote. [3] Roosevelt carried all 17 counties in Nevada, including Douglas County which had not voted for a Democrat since 1900.

Results

General Election Results [4]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Democratic Party Franklin D. RooseveltEdward W. Clark28,756
Democratic Party Franklin D. RooseveltFrances Friedhoff28,690
Democratic Party Franklin D. RooseveltA. W. Hesson28,527
Republican Party Herbert HooverAllen Rives12,674
Republican Party Herbert HooverH. U. Castle12,622
Republican Party Herbert HooverW. H. Moffat12,622
Votes cast [a] 41,430

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [b]
# %# %# %
Churchill 1,51869.25%67430.75%84438.50%2,192
Clark 5,83781.25%1,34718.75%4,49062.50%7,184
Douglas 39854.60%33145.40%679.19%729
Elko 2,56265.91%1,32534.09%1,23731.82%3,887
Esmeralda 42674.35%14725.65%27948.69%573
Eureka 38573.90%13626.10%24947.79%521
Humboldt 1,12673.55%40526.45%72147.09%1,531
Lander 53666.34%27233.66%26432.67%808
Lincoln 1,10578.93%29521.07%81057.86%1,400
Lyon 98368.31%45631.69%52736.62%1,439
Mineral 64773.11%23826.89%40946.21%885
Nye 1,29671.92%50628.08%79043.84%1,802
Ormsby 57954.37%48645.63%938.73%1,065
Pershing 79276.23%24723.77%54552.45%1,039
Storey 24766.58%12433.42%12333.15%371
Washoe 8,14165.26%4,33334.74%3,80830.53%12,474
White Pine 2,17861.70%1,35238.30%82623.40%3,530
Totals28,75669.41%12,67430.59%16,08238.82%41,430

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1932 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)" . Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  3. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada" . Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. Official Returns of the General Election of 1932. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 12.