1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Flag of Rhode Island.svg
  1928 November 8, 1932 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 vote40
Popular vote146,604115,266
Percentage55.08%43.31%

Rhode Island Presidential Election Results 1932.svg
County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

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

Roosevelt won Rhode Island by a margin of 11.77%.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 146,60455.08%4100.00%
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 115,26643.31%00.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 3,1381.18%00.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts James W. Ford of Alabama 5460.21%00.00%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds of New York John W. Aiken of Massachusetts 4330.16%00.00%
Prohibition William David Upshaw of Georgia Frank S. Regan of Illinois 1830.07%00.00%
Total266,170100.00%4100.00%

By county

#### United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
CountyFranklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Herbert Hoover

Republican

Other candidates

Various parties

Total
 %# %# %##
Bristol 54.9%4,77544.0%3,8331.1%958,703
Kent 47.7%10,39850.9%11,0961.3%28621,780
Newport 47.1%7,83851.9%8,6331.0%16516,636
Providence 57.4%118,54640.9%84,3971.7%3,601206,544
Washington 40.4%5,04758.4%7,3071.2%15312,507

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References

  1. "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2024.