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The 1932 United States presidential election in Washington 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.
Outside a few Presidential and gubernatorial elections, Washington was a virtually one-party Republican state during the “System of 1896”, [3] where the only competition was via Republican primaries. [4] Apart from Woodrow Wilson’s two elections, during the first of which the GOP was severely divided, no Democrat after William Jennings Bryan in 1900 carried a single county in the state until Al Smith won German Catholic Ferry County in 1928.
However, since the 1928 election when Washington state had been won by more than 36 percentage points, the United States had fallen into the Great Depression, which had been particularly severe in the rural western parts of the nation. [5] The New Deal was especially popular in the Pacific States, [6] and as a result Roosevelt was assured of carrying the state.
Washington state was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 57.46 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 33.94 percent of the popular vote. Roosevelt flipped every county won by his rival Hoover in 1928, becoming the first Democrat to sweep every county in Washington state – a feat he would repeat in 1936 but which has never been emulated since. He was the first-ever Democratic victor in the southwestern logging counties of Klickitat, Lewis and Pacific, [7] and also in inland Benton County and Chelan County. [7] Roosevelt was also the first Democrat since William Jennings Bryan in 1896, and only the second overall, to carry the state with an outright majority.
This was the last election in Washington in which voters chose presidential electors directly. The state adopted the modern "short ballot" starting with the 1936 election.
Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | William J. Lindberg | 353,260 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Eldrige Wheeler | 352,463 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Paul A. Newman | 352,449 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Henry S. Volkmar | 352,192 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | H. C. Davis | 352,179 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Nella W. Hurd | 351,891 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Ben Spear | 351,458 | |
Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | D. N. Judson | 350,730 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | Reno Odlin | 208,645 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | Alex Polson | 208,479 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | E. L. French | 208,476 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | Charles E. Myers | 208,449 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | Ione C. Earp | 208,296 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | Peter Henning | 208,285 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | William L. McCormick | 208,238 | |
Republican Party | Herbert Hoover | Bruce E. McGregor | 207,767 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | Charles W. Baum | 30,308 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | Roy Thomas | 30,240 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | Edith Kathrens | 30,194 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | R. A. Henderson | 30,193 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | Doreen Eggleton | 30,186 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | P. H. Thomson | 30,178 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | George Cyre | 30,172 | |
Liberty Party | William Hope Harvey | A. V. Wallis | 30,047 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | George W. Scott | 17,080 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | A. R. Klein | 16,844 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | W. Hitchcock | 16,818 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | H. O. Fuhrberg | 16,814 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | J. Richard Brown | 16,776 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | J. L. Newlun | 16,672 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | C. H. Bungay | 16,619 | |
Socialist Party | Norman M. Thomas | Stella K. Garrison | 16,502 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | Floyd E. Nell | 2,972 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | Mrs. C. H. Harter | 2,950 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | Joe Scott | 2,946 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | W. F. Wilson | 2,944 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | G. W. Westbloom | 2,943 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | Charles Goold | 2,931 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | H. G. Price | 2,930 | |
Communist Party | William Z. Foster | Alton E. Casler | 2,928 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Charles L. Haggard | 1,540 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Louis Ludwig Anderson | 1,517 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Alice B. Bacon | 1,508 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Canlipe Smith | 1,503 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Asenath B. Weakley | 1,502 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | William E. Haycox | 1,500 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Mary Dixon | 1,490 | |
Prohibition Party | William D. Upshaw | Alva T. Whig | 1,484 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | Lyle Clark | 1,009 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | William Klaunig | 996 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | Warren Joseph Chamberlain | 980 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | Fred Herrick | 980 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | Henry Genies | 976 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | Paul Swanson | 976 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | U. G. Stark | 972 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Verne L. Reynolds | Paul K. Tipton | 967 | |
Votes cast [lower-alpha 1] | 614,814 |
County [8] | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | Herbert Hoover Republican | William Hope Harvey Liberty | Norman M. Thomas Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,504 | 61.89% | 867 | 35.68% | 8 | 0.33% | 43 | 1.77% | 8 | 0.33% | 637 | 26.21% | 2,430 |
Asotin | 1,994 | 65.33% | 960 | 31.45% | 16 | 0.52% | 58 | 1.90% | 24 | 0.79% | 1,034 | 33.88% | 3,052 |
Benton | 2,633 | 57.28% | 1,694 | 36.85% | 143 | 3.11% | 89 | 1.94% | 38 | 0.83% | 939 | 20.43% | 4,597 |
Chelan | 7,316 | 52.79% | 5,584 | 40.29% | 808 | 5.83% | 109 | 0.79% | 42 | 0.30% | 1,732 | 12.50% | 13,859 |
Clallam | 3,954 | 52.46% | 1,870 | 24.81% | 1,542 | 20.46% | 92 | 1.22% | 79 | 1.05% | 2,084 | 27.65% | 7,537 |
Clark | 9,104 | 60.05% | 4,901 | 32.33% | 727 | 4.80% | 302 | 1.99% | 126 | 0.83% | 4,203 | 27.72% | 15,160 |
Columbia | 1,491 | 64.88% | 714 | 31.07% | 4 | 0.17% | 63 | 2.74% | 26 | 1.13% | 777 | 33.81% | 2,298 |
Cowlitz | 5,443 | 48.98% | 3,767 | 33.90% | 1,666 | 14.99% | 167 | 1.50% | 70 | 0.63% | 1,676 | 15.08% | 11,113 |
Douglas | 1,941 | 57.73% | 1,179 | 35.07% | 165 | 4.91% | 66 | 1.96% | 11 | 0.33% | 762 | 22.67% | 3,362 |
Ferry | 1,035 | 71.63% | 322 | 22.28% | 37 | 2.56% | 44 | 3.04% | 7 | 0.48% | 713 | 49.34% | 1,445 |
Franklin | 1,540 | 62.27% | 838 | 33.89% | 12 | 0.49% | 72 | 2.91% | 11 | 0.44% | 702 | 28.39% | 2,473 |
Garfield | 818 | 54.32% | 669 | 44.42% | 10 | 0.66% | 1 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.53% | 149 | 9.89% | 1,506 |
Grant | 1,376 | 57.10% | 840 | 34.85% | 111 | 4.61% | 71 | 2.95% | 12 | 0.50% | 536 | 22.24% | 2,410 |
Grays Harbor | 10,310 | 55.92% | 5,141 | 27.89% | 2,579 | 13.99% | 136 | 0.74% | 270 | 1.46% | 5,169 | 28.04% | 18,436 |
Island | 1,517 | 56.99% | 803 | 30.17% | 270 | 10.14% | 49 | 1.84% | 23 | 0.86% | 714 | 26.82% | 2,662 |
Jefferson | 1,994 | 61.03% | 952 | 29.14% | 266 | 8.14% | 39 | 1.19% | 16 | 0.49% | 1,042 | 31.89% | 3,267 |
King | 108,738 | 59.09% | 63,346 | 34.42% | 4,004 | 2.18% | 6,547 | 3.56% | 1,396 | 0.76% | 45,392 | 24.67% | 184,031 |
Kitsap | 10,002 | 70.57% | 3,465 | 24.45% | 361 | 2.55% | 237 | 1.67% | 108 | 0.76% | 6,537 | 46.12% | 14,173 |
Kittitas | 4,266 | 63.82% | 1,963 | 29.37% | 281 | 4.20% | 97 | 1.45% | 77 | 1.15% | 2,303 | 34.46% | 6,684 |
Klickitat | 2,155 | 59.15% | 1,335 | 36.65% | 29 | 0.80% | 71 | 1.95% | 53 | 1.45% | 820 | 22.51% | 3,643 |
Lewis | 8,454 | 54.21% | 4,647 | 29.80% | 2,305 | 14.78% | 87 | 0.56% | 101 | 0.65% | 3,807 | 24.41% | 15,594 |
Lincoln | 2,725 | 59.30% | 1,748 | 38.04% | 23 | 0.50% | 79 | 1.72% | 20 | 0.44% | 977 | 21.26% | 4,595 |
Mason | 2,181 | 55.89% | 995 | 25.50% | 675 | 17.30% | 39 | 1.00% | 12 | 0.31% | 1,186 | 30.39% | 3,902 |
Okanogan | 3,969 | 57.13% | 2,277 | 32.78% | 578 | 8.32% | 89 | 1.28% | 34 | 0.49% | 1,692 | 24.36% | 6,947 |
Pacific | 3,099 | 55.46% | 1,737 | 31.08% | 612 | 10.95% | 65 | 1.16% | 75 | 1.34% | 1,362 | 24.37% | 5,588 |
Pend Oreille | 1,772 | 64.18% | 855 | 30.97% | 8 | 0.29% | 113 | 4.09% | 13 | 0.47% | 917 | 33.21% | 2,761 |
Pierce | 38,451 | 58.86% | 19,006 | 29.09% | 5,183 | 7.93% | 2,084 | 3.19% | 603 | 0.92% | 19,445 | 29.77% | 65,327 |
San Juan | 786 | 52.37% | 607 | 40.44% | 90 | 6.00% | 12 | 0.80% | 6 | 0.40% | 179 | 11.93% | 1,501 |
Skagit | 8,395 | 60.45% | 4,246 | 30.57% | 592 | 4.26% | 163 | 1.17% | 492 | 3.54% | 4,149 | 29.87% | 13,888 |
Skamania | 934 | 63.89% | 444 | 30.37% | 20 | 1.37% | 53 | 3.63% | 11 | 0.75% | 490 | 33.52% | 1,462 |
Snohomish | 18,352 | 59.27% | 9,310 | 30.07% | 1,936 | 6.25% | 1,052 | 3.40% | 313 | 1.01% | 9,042 | 29.20% | 30,963 |
Spokane | 36,953 | 56.74% | 24,848 | 38.15% | 268 | 0.41% | 2,610 | 4.01% | 446 | 0.68% | 12,105 | 18.59% | 65,125 |
Stevens | 4,262 | 60.94% | 2,247 | 32.13% | 93 | 1.33% | 331 | 4.73% | 61 | 0.87% | 2,015 | 28.81% | 6,994 |
Thurston | 6,308 | 45.97% | 4,241 | 30.91% | 2,876 | 20.96% | 132 | 0.96% | 165 | 1.20% | 2,067 | 15.06% | 13,722 |
Wahkiakum | 730 | 53.52% | 442 | 32.40% | 161 | 11.80% | 14 | 1.03% | 17 | 1.25% | 288 | 21.11% | 1,364 |
Walla Walla | 5,578 | 52.75% | 4,653 | 44.00% | 15 | 0.14% | 275 | 2.60% | 54 | 0.51% | 925 | 8.75% | 10,575 |
Whatcom | 11,355 | 50.44% | 9,254 | 41.11% | 414 | 1.84% | 1,015 | 4.51% | 473 | 2.10% | 2,101 | 9.33% | 22,511 |
Whitman | 5,945 | 53.99% | 4,727 | 42.93% | 18 | 0.16% | 261 | 2.37% | 60 | 0.54% | 1,218 | 11.06% | 11,011 |
Yakima | 13,880 | 51.70% | 11,151 | 41.54% | 1,402 | 5.22% | 253 | 0.94% | 160 | 0.60% | 2,729 | 10.17% | 26,846 |
Totals | 353,260 | 57.46% | 208,645 | 33.94% | 30,308 | 4.93% | 17,080 | 2.78% | 5,521 | 0.90% | 144,615 | 23.52% | 614,814 |
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