1932 United States presidential election in California

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1932 United States presidential election in California

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Turnout	80.65% (of registered voters) 0.87 pp 65.22% (of eligible voters) 8.24 pp [1]
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Party Democratic Republican Home state New York California Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis Electoral vote 22 0 Popular vote 1,324,157 847,902 Percentage 58.39% 37.39%
County results Roosevelt   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Hoover   50-60%
President before election Herbert Hoover Republican Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in California took place on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California voted for the Democratic challenger, New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican incumbent, Herbert Hoover, carrying every county except Riverside.

Roosevelt became the first Democrat to gain an absolute majority of the vote in California since Franklin Pierce in 1852, and in winning all but one county he broke numerous long streaks of Republican dominance. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Alpine and Orange Counties had never voted Democratic before this election, ^[2] Alameda County had last voted for a Democrat in 1856, ^[3] Humboldt County had never been Democratic since Stephen Douglas carried it in 1860, ^[4] San Bernardino and Santa Clara Counties had not voted Democratic since Horatio Seymour in 1868, ^[2] and Los Angeles County previously supported a Democrat with Samuel J. Tilden in 1876. ^[2]

FDR’s victory was the first of five consecutive Democratic victories in the state, as California would not vote Republican again until Dwight Eisenhower won the state in 1952. This would also be the last time until 1992 that a non-incumbent Democrat would carry California in a presidential election.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in California [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,324,157	58.39%	22
	Republican	Herbert Hoover (incumbent)	847,902	37.39%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	63,299	2.79%	0
	Prohibition	William D. Upshaw	20,637	0.91%	0
	Liberty	William Hope Harvey	9,827	0.43%	0
	No party	Write-ins	1,121	0.05%	0
	No party	William Z. Foster (write-in)	1,023	0.05%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			2,267,966	100.00%	22
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Roosevelt	Votes	Hoover	Votes	Thomas	Votes	Others	Votes
Plumas	75.82%	2,035	21.68%	582	2.01%	54	0.48%	13
El Dorado	73.37%	3,034	23.12%	956	2.03%	84	1.48%	61
Trinity	73.01%	1,101	21.09%	318	3.51%	53	2.39%	36
Amador	72.97%	2,367	25.34%	822	0.71%	23	0.99%	32
Shasta	72.12%	4,170	23.90%	1,382	2.59%	150	1.38%	80
Placer	71.40%	6,200	25.82%	2,242	1.79%	155	0.99%	86
Lassen	70.41%	3,056	26.89%	1,167	1.77%	77	0.92%	40
Sutter	70.41%	3,807	25.74%	1,392	1.94%	105	1.90%	103
Kern	70.32%	19,634	25.11%	7,011	3.45%	962	1.12%	313
Madera	70.15%	3,457	25.22%	1,243	1.91%	94	2.72%	134
Fresno	69.90%	32,528	26.07%	12,134	2.60%	1,211	1.43%	664
Yuba	69.84%	3,138	26.17%	1,176	2.00%	90	1.98%	89
Sierra	69.40%	796	25.46%	292	3.92%	45	1.22%	14
Siskiyou	69.33%	6,367	26.76%	2,458	2.78%	255	1.13%	104
Sacramento	69.32%	36,370	27.74%	14,553	1.86%	978	1.08%	564
Colusa	69.11%	2,752	27.50%	1,095	0.80%	32	2.59%	103
Kings	69.05%	5,191	26.72%	2,009	1.94%	146	2.29%	172
Modoc	68.86%	1,643	27.45%	655	1.76%	42	1.93%	46
Mariposa	68.01%	1,386	27.48%	560	2.40%	49	2.11%	43
Yolo	67.77%	5,780	29.49%	2,515	1.00%	85	1.75%	149
Imperial	67.28%	8,772	29.01%	3,783	2.10%	274	1.61%	210
Solano	67.16%	9,712	30.30%	4,382	1.80%	260	0.74%	107
Calaveras	67.10%	1,744	29.01%	754	2.54%	66	1.35%	35
Merced	67.10%	7,202	27.20%	2,920	3.51%	377	2.19%	235
Tuolumne	66.45%	2,521	30.18%	1,145	2.03%	77	1.34%	51
San Luis Obispo	65.77%	7,933	28.59%	3,449	3.46%	417	2.18%	263
Glenn	65.07%	2,973	31.34%	1,432	1.60%	73	1.99%	91
Butte	65.03%	9,645	29.14%	4,322	3.53%	524	2.30%	341
San Francisco	64.62%	144,236	31.43%	70,152	2.60%	5,802	1.35%	3,007
Inyo	64.61%	1,459	30.91%	698	2.83%	64	1.64%	37
Mono	64.37%	374	34.25%	199	1.03%	6	0.34%	2
Del Norte	64.06%	1,319	30.94%	637	3.50%	72	1.51%	31
San Joaquin	63.33%	21,929	32.19%	11,145	3.28%	1,137	1.20%	415
Nevada	63.33%	3,544	32.92%	1,842	2.43%	136	1.32%	74
Lake	62.61%	2,344	34.75%	1,301	1.60%	60	1.04%	39
Tulare	62.53%	15,631	32.27%	8,066	2.52%	629	2.69%	673
Mendocino	61.43%	5,867	35.23%	3,365	1.97%	188	1.37%	131
Sonoma	61.11%	15,686	35.69%	9,161	2.27%	583	0.93%	239
San Benito	60.98%	2,283	33.89%	1,269	1.39%	52	3.74%	140
Tehama	60.40%	3,534	34.20%	2,001	2.55%	149	2.85%	167
Napa	60.32%	5,745	36.97%	3,521	1.60%	152	1.11%	106
Contra Costa	58.94%	17,218	37.33%	10,907	2.78%	811	0.95%	278
Ventura	58.82%	10,903	37.27%	6,908	2.34%	433	1.57%	291
Stanislaus	58.63%	12,336	36.18%	7,614	2.83%	595	2.36%	497
Marin	57.45%	9,764	38.13%	6,480	3.85%	654	0.58%	98
Santa Barbara	57.42%	13,373	38.06%	8,864	3.04%	707	1.49%	347
Los Angeles	57.19%	554,476	38.55%	373,738	2.84%	27,518	1.43%	13,862
Monterey	56.77%	8,942	39.37%	6,200	2.05%	323	1.81%	285
San Mateo	56.36%	19,094	39.68%	13,442	2.90%	982	1.07%	361
Santa Cruz	55.01%	8,246	40.06%	6,005	2.04%	306	2.89%	433
Humboldt	54.20%	8,723	42.22%	6,795	2.02%	325	1.57%	252
San Diego	53.58%	45,622	41.46%	35,305	3.65%	3,108	1.31%	1,115
Alameda	52.04%	106,388	43.68%	89,303	3.23%	6,598	1.06%	2,163
San Bernardino	50.23%	24,889	44.59%	22,094	3.03%	1,502	2.15%	1,063
Alpine	50.00%	56	47.32%	53	1.79%	2	0.89%	1
Santa Clara	49.14%	28,272	47.54%	27,353	2.39%	1,377	0.92%	529
Orange	48.37%	23,835	45.91%	22,623	3.20%	1,577	2.52%	1,241
Riverside	45.37%	12,755	50.20%	14,112	2.47%	693	1.96%	552

References

1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 152-155 ISBN   0786422173
3. Géographie Électorale; 1856 Presidential Election by County
4. Géographie Électorale; 1860 Presidential Election by County
5. "1932 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.

Notes

1. William Howard Taft, the national Republican nominee, was not on the ballot in California in 1912, but those counties won by Theodore Roosevelt in that election are counted as part of these streaks.