1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Party Democratic Republican Home state New York California Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 146,604 115,266 Percentage 55.08% 43.31%

County Results Municipality Results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70% Hoover   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

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.

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]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	John Nance Garner of Texas	146,604	55.08%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Herbert Hoover of California (incumbent)	Charles Curtis of Kansas (incumbent)	115,266	43.31%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania	3,138	1.18%	0	0.00%
	Communist	William Z. Foster of Massachusetts	James W. Ford of Alabama	546	0.21%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Verne L. Reynolds of New York	John W. Aiken of Massachusetts	433	0.16%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	William David Upshaw of Georgia	Frank S. Regan of Illinois	183	0.07%	0	0.00%
Total				266,170	100.00%	4	100.00%

By county

#### United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Herbert Hoover Republican		Other candidates Various parties		Total
	%	#	%	#	%	#	#
Bristol	54.9%	4,775	44.0%	3,833	1.1%	95	8,703
Kent	47.7%	10,398	50.9%	11,096	1.3%	286	21,780
Newport	47.1%	7,838	51.9%	8,633	1.0%	165	16,636
Providence	57.4%	118,546	40.9%	84,397	1.7%	3,601	206,544
Washington	40.4%	5,047	58.4%	7,307	1.2%	153	12,507

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island

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.