1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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

All 8 West Virginia 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 vote80
Popular vote405,124330,731
Percentage54.5%44.5%

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

Contents

West Virginia was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 54.47 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 44.47 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Despite Roosevelt being the first Democrat to win a majority of West Virginia’s vote since Grover Cleveland as far back as 1884, West Virginia was Hoover’s tenth-best state by popular vote share and twelfth-best by percentage margin, voting overall 7.76 points more Republican than the nation at-large. The election nonetheless marked the beginning of West Virginia's transition to a strongly Democratic-leaning state during the 20th century. It voted Democratic in every election from 1932 through 1996 save the national Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984; it did not vote for a Republican in a close election until 2000 or for a losing Republican until 2008. Roosevelt was the first Democratic victor in Hancock County since James Buchanan in 1856, the first Democrat to win Monongalia County since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, and the first Democratic victor in Brooke County since Horatio Seymour in 1868. [5]

Results

1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 405,124 54.47%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.)330,73144.47%
Socialist Norman Thomas 5,1330.69%
Prohibition William David Upshaw 2,3420.31%
Communist William Z. Foster 4440.06%
Total votes743,774 100%

Results by county

1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county [6]
CountyFranklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Hoover
Republican
Norman Thomas
Socialist
William D. Upshaw
Prohibition
William Z. Foster
Workers
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Barbour 4,22852.71%3,65245.52%1021.27%370.46%30.04%5767.18%8,022
Berkeley 7,00951.81%6,37047.09%950.70%510.38%20.01%6394.72%13,527
Boone 5,97362.26%3,55537.06%440.46%190.20%20.02%2,41825.21%9,593
Braxton 6,04362.55%3,56036.85%160.17%350.36%70.07%2,48325.70%9,661
Brooke 4,91953.43%4,01043.56%2212.40%370.40%190.21%9099.87%9,206
Cabell 23,49856.01%17,99942.91%3180.76%1350.32%00.00%5,49913.11%41,950
Calhoun 3,13966.45%1,56433.11%30.06%180.38%00.00%1,57533.34%4,724
Clay 3,03855.25%2,44344.43%120.22%50.09%10.02%59510.82%5,499
Doddridge 1,94341.14%2,78058.86%00.00%00.00%00.00%-837-17.72%4,723
Fayette 17,12758.04%12,17041.24%1160.39%910.31%50.02%4,95716.80%29,509
Gilmer 3,51169.14%1,53030.13%100.20%270.53%00.00%1,98139.01%5,078
Grant 92026.80%2,47772.15%170.50%180.52%10.03%-1,557-45.35%3,433
Greenbrier 9,46764.47%5,11134.81%630.43%380.26%50.03%4,35629.66%14,684
Hampshire 3,68173.80%1,25825.22%160.32%320.64%10.02%2,42348.58%4,988
Hancock 4,60349.92%4,32846.94%2192.38%480.52%220.24%2752.98%9,220
Hardy 2,82468.61%1,26730.78%50.12%200.49%00.00%1,55737.83%4,116
Harrison 18,08154.21%14,64143.90%4361.31%1650.49%310.09%3,44010.31%33,354
Jackson 4,13150.29%4,08449.71%00.00%00.00%00.00%470.57%8,215
Jefferson 5,35075.15%1,73424.36%180.25%160.22%10.01%3,61650.79%7,119
Kanawha 38,61751.61%35,45547.39%5950.80%1210.16%330.04%3,1624.23%74,821
Lewis 5,54653.42%4,70445.31%740.71%550.53%20.02%8428.11%10,381
Lincoln 4,87655.68%3,88144.32%00.00%00.00%00.00%99511.36%8,757
Logan 12,52953.81%10,68345.88%310.13%290.12%110.05%1,8467.93%23,283
Marion 15,97554.22%12,63842.89%6502.21%1680.57%330.11%3,33711.33%29,464
Marshall 7,99451.09%7,41647.40%1320.84%680.43%370.24%5783.69%15,647
Mason 5,02751.52%4,65547.70%400.41%350.36%10.01%3723.81%9,758
McDowell 12,36543.36%16,06956.35%250.09%450.16%100.04%-3,704-12.99%28,514
Mercer 15,90058.69%11,08840.93%440.16%580.21%30.01%4,81217.76%27,093
Mineral 4,09846.21%4,51950.95%2292.58%200.23%30.03%-421-4.75%8,869
Mingo 8,65752.46%7,80147.28%140.08%240.15%50.03%8565.19%16,501
Monongalia 10,31953.69%8,41743.79%3661.90%590.31%600.31%1,9029.90%19,221
Monroe 3,26752.30%2,97847.67%20.03%00.00%00.00%2894.63%6,247
Morgan 1,35838.99%2,08259.78%280.80%130.37%20.06%-724-20.79%3,483
Nicholas 5,32758.56%3,68440.50%210.23%650.71%00.00%1,64318.06%9,097
Ohio 18,62553.22%15,83645.25%4141.18%860.25%320.09%2,7897.97%34,993
Pendleton 2,53062.52%1,50237.11%150.37%00.00%00.00%1,02825.40%4,047
Pleasants 1,92154.50%1,58044.82%140.40%90.26%10.03%3419.67%3,525
Pocahontas 3,53157.00%2,62342.34%140.23%260.42%10.02%90814.66%6,195
Preston 4,87242.94%6,35956.05%780.69%340.30%30.03%-1,487-13.11%11,346
Putnam 4,09853.99%3,41144.94%640.84%160.21%10.01%6879.05%7,590
Raleigh 15,45657.08%11,44142.25%860.32%430.16%520.19%4,01514.83%27,078
Randolph 7,39767.72%3,41831.29%610.56%430.39%40.04%3,97936.43%10,923
Ritchie 3,17943.45%4,05555.42%250.34%560.77%20.03%-876-11.97%7,317
Roane 5,09453.88%4,36146.12%00.00%00.00%00.00%7337.75%9,455
Summers 5,72463.53%3,22035.74%320.36%340.38%00.00%2,50427.79%9,010
Taylor 4,29351.82%3,85646.54%831.00%470.57%60.07%4375.27%8,285
Tucker 3,24458.45%2,20439.71%621.12%340.61%60.11%1,04018.74%5,550
Tyler 2,58240.41%3,73458.44%180.28%490.77%70.11%-1,152-18.03%6,390
Upshur 3,14737.95%5,07761.23%370.45%270.33%40.05%-1,930-23.28%8,292
Wayne 8,64864.44%4,68234.89%260.19%620.46%20.01%3,96629.55%13,420
Webster 3,66466.92%1,78132.53%110.20%190.35%00.00%1,88334.39%5,475
Wetzel 6,11864.08%3,35135.10%450.47%300.31%30.03%2,76728.98%9,547
Wirt 1,94455.93%1,48642.75%80.23%381.09%00.00%45813.18%3,476
Wood 13,29451.78%12,14447.30%930.36%1220.48%200.08%1,1504.48%25,673
Wyoming 4,39652.31%4,00747.69%00.00%00.00%00.00%3894.63%8,403
Totals405,12454.47%330,73144.47%5,1330.69%2,3420.31%4440.06%74,39310.00%743,774

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