1932 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1932 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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  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 vote30
Popular vote54,37039,583
Percentage56.07%40.82%

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County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Contents

Wyoming was won by the Democratic nominee, the 44th Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt, running with John Nance Garner, the 39th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, with 56.07 percent of the popular vote, against the incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis, with 40.82 percent of the popular vote, a 15.3% margin of victory. [1] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Johnson County and Crook County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, despite the fact that Roosevelt would win statewide by a larger margin 4 years later, in 1936. [2]

Despite the fact that Hoover had easily carried Wyoming by over 28 points in 1928, Roosevelt easily flipped the state, although his 15.3% margin of victory was slightly less than his national popular vote margin of 17.8%; thus Wyoming voted 2.5% to the right of the nation in this election. Roosevelt flipped 21 counties Hoover won in 1928, being Albany, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Goshen, Hot Springs, Johnson, Laramie, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, Park, Platte, Sheridan, Sublette, Teton, Uinta, Washakie, and Weston. Whereas in 1928 Hoover won all 23 of Wyoming's counties with the exception of the heavily unionized Sweetwater, this election would see the reverse, with Roosevelt carrying every county except for Big Horn, which he narrowly lost by 3.9%. Whereas Al Smith only carried Sweetwater by 8%, Roosevelt tripled his victory to a landslide margin of 37%, a leftward swing of 29%. Hoover's performance in the county was the worst for a Republican up until that time, while his statewide vote total was the worst for a Republican since 1912, although due to a strong third party performance by Theodore Roosevelt, a distant cousin of Franklin, Republican William Taft only lost by 2%.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Wyoming [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 54,370 56.07%
Republican Herbert Hoover (incumbent)39,58340.82%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,8292.92%
Communist William Foster 1800.19%
Total votes96,962 100.00%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Norman Mattoon Thomas [3]
Socialist
William Z. Foster [3]
Communist
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %# %
Albany 2,66550.39%2,28143.13%3376.37%60.11%3847.26%5,289
Big Horn 2,15547.23%2,33451.15%731.60%10.02%-179-3.92%4,563
Campbell 1,72857.99%1,16138.96%832.79%80.27%56719.03%2,980
Carbon 2,83655.90%2,08841.16%1242.44%250.49%74814.74%5,073
Converse 1,86053.49%1,56945.13%461.32%20.06%2918.36%3,477
Crook 1,31754.58%1,06244.01%341.41%00.00%25510.57%2,413
Fremont 2,61259.72%1,69638.77%611.39%50.11%91620.95%4,374
Goshen 2,54555.45%1,95442.57%761.66%150.33%59112.88%4,590
Hot Springs 1,46662.30%74231.53%1335.65%120.51%72430.77%2,353
Johnson 1,17150.04%1,10147.05%682.91%00.00%702.99%2,340
Laramie 5,43549.69%5,11646.77%3833.50%40.04%3192.92%10,938
Lincoln 2,27556.79%1,67341.76%551.37%30.07%60215.03%4,006
Natrona 6,77758.76%4,36837.87%3723.23%160.14%2,40920.89%11,533
Niobrara 1,23756.61%90841.56%391.78%10.05%32915.05%2,185
Park 2,04354.38%1,60042.59%1133.01%10.03%44311.79%3,757
Platte 1,89352.24%1,43039.46%2968.17%50.14%46312.78%3,624
Sheridan 4,26059.65%2,73838.34%1432.00%10.01%1,52221.31%7,142
Sublette 63354.01%51243.69%252.13%20.17%12110.32%1,172
Sweetwater 4,63766.40%2,04329.26%2393.42%640.92%2,59437.14%6,983
Teton 69962.69%40636.41%100.90%00.00%29326.28%1,115
Uinta 1,65856.05%1,25042.26%441.49%60.20%40813.79%2,958
Washakie 1,00957.62%71140.61%301.71%10.06%29817.01%1,751
Weston 1,45962.19%84035.81%451.92%20.09%61926.38%2,346
Totals54,37056.07%39,58340.82%2,8292.92%1800.19%14,78715.25%96,962
County flips from 1928:
Democratic
Hold
Gain from Republican
Republican
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County flips from 1928:

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. 1 2 "1932 Presidential Election Results – Wyoming".
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. 1 2 Our Campigns; WY US President Race, November 08, 1932
  4. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 515 ISBN   0405077114