1932 United States presidential election in Iowa
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All 11 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 598,019 414,433
Percentage 57.69% 39.98%
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The 1932 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 57.69% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 39.98% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the only occasion since the Civil War when Cass County and Page County have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5][6]

As a result of his win, Roosevelt became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to win Iowa and the first since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state with a majority of the popular vote (Wilson had won Iowa in 1912, but only with a plurality).

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 598,019 57.69%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 414,433 39.98%
Socialist Norman Thomas 20,467 1.97%
Prohibition William Upshaw 2,111 0.20%
Farmer–Labor Jacob Coxey 1,094 0.11%
Communist William Z. Foster 559 0.05%
Write-in 4 0.00%
Total votes 1,036,687 100%

Results by county

County[7] Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,607 52.68% 2,305 46.58% 37 0.75% 302 6.10% 4,949
Adams 2,097 53.24% 1,795 45.57% 47 1.19% 302 7.67% 3,939
Allamakee 4,783 60.95% 3,009 38.34% 56 0.71% 1,774 22.60% 7,848
Appanoose 5,519 55.10% 4,229 42.22% 269 2.69% 1,290 12.88% 10,017
Audubon 2,986 64.45% 1,604 34.62% 43 0.93% 1,382 29.83% 4,633
Benton 6,070 61.82% 3,424 34.87% 325 3.31% 2,646 26.95% 9,819
Black Hawk 14,660 49.25% 14,746 49.54% 359 1.21% -86 -0.29% 29,765
Boone 5,293 54.44% 3,694 38.00% 735 7.56% 1,599 16.45% 9,722
Bremer 5,411 67.69% 2,520 31.52% 63 0.79% 2,891 36.16% 7,994
Buchanan 5,004 52.67% 4,401 46.33% 95 1.00% 603 6.35% 9,500
Buena Vista 4,835 58.89% 3,162 38.51% 213 2.59% 1,673 20.38% 8,210
Butler 4,028 56.60% 3,012 42.33% 76 1.07% 1,016 14.28% 7,116
Calhoun 4,368 62.61% 2,404 34.46% 205 2.94% 1,964 28.15% 6,977
Carroll 7,174 75.52% 2,265 23.84% 60 0.63% 4,909 51.68% 9,499
Cass 4,339 50.19% 4,215 48.76% 91 1.05% 124 1.43% 8,645
Cedar 4,718 58.48% 3,277 40.62% 73 0.90% 1,441 17.86% 8,068
Cerro Gordo 8,752 53.96% 7,317 45.12% 149 0.92% 1,435 8.85% 16,218
Cherokee 4,701 63.68% 2,570 34.81% 111 1.50% 2,131 28.87% 7,382
Chickasaw 5,047 65.75% 2,585 33.68% 44 0.57% 2,462 32.07% 7,676
Clarke 2,342 58.11% 1,608 39.90% 80 1.99% 734 18.21% 4,030
Clay 3,944 58.27% 2,599 38.40% 226 3.34% 1,345 19.87% 6,769
Clayton 7,347 65.99% 3,725 33.46% 62 0.56% 3,622 32.53% 11,134
Clinton 12,587 57.53% 9,085 41.52% 208 0.95% 3,502 16.01% 21,880
Crawford 6,084 68.04% 2,334 26.10% 524 5.86% 3,750 41.94% 8,942
Dallas 4,887 50.85% 4,516 46.99% 208 2.16% 371 3.86% 9,611
Davis 3,351 64.50% 1,757 33.82% 87 1.67% 1,594 30.68% 5,195
Decatur 3,591 61.60% 2,148 36.84% 91 1.56% 1,443 24.75% 5,830
Delaware 4,559 52.08% 4,088 46.70% 107 1.22% 471 5.38% 8,754
Des Moines 9,395 59.94% 5,590 35.66% 690 4.40% 3,805 24.27% 15,675
Dickinson 2,500 53.12% 2,074 44.07% 132 2.80% 426 9.05% 4,706
Dubuque 19,210 71.15% 6,747 24.99% 1,042 3.86% 12,463 46.16% 26,999
Emmet 2,486 52.79% 2,129 45.21% 94 2.00% 357 7.58% 4,709
Fayette 7,690 59.05% 5,166 39.67% 166 1.27% 2,524 19.38% 13,022
Floyd 4,563 51.96% 4,083 46.50% 135 1.54% 480 5.47% 8,781
Franklin 3,782 61.90% 2,013 32.95% 315 5.16% 1,769 28.95% 6,110
Fremont 4,585 65.60% 2,339 33.47% 65 0.93% 2,246 32.14% 6,989
Greene 2,747 52.05% 2,360 44.71% 171 3.24% 387 7.33% 5,278
Grundy 3,661 59.68% 2,419 39.44% 54 0.88% 1,242 20.25% 6,134
Guthrie 3,099 53.32% 2,637 45.37% 76 1.31% 462 7.95% 5,812
Hamilton 5,191 68.09% 2,330 30.56% 103 1.35% 2,861 37.53% 7,624
Hancock 3,822 61.11% 2,355 37.66% 77 1.23% 1,467 23.46% 6,254
Hardin 5,022 54.32% 3,523 38.10% 701 7.58% 1,499 16.21% 9,246
Harrison 7,427 67.47% 3,513 31.91% 68 0.62% 3,914 35.56% 11,008
Henry 4,518 55.96% 3,398 42.09% 158 1.96% 1,120 13.87% 8,074
Howard 4,176 62.72% 2,426 36.44% 56 0.84% 1,750 26.28% 6,658
Humboldt 2,804 57.35% 2,028 41.48% 57 1.17% 776 15.87% 4,889
Ida 3,661 70.58% 1,452 27.99% 74 1.43% 2,209 42.59% 5,187
Iowa 4,376 58.35% 2,628 35.04% 495 6.60% 1,748 23.31% 7,499
Jackson 5,094 59.94% 2,892 34.03% 513 6.04% 2,202 25.91% 8,499
Jasper 6,781 54.68% 5,399 43.54% 221 1.78% 1,382 11.14% 12,401
Jefferson 4,056 57.05% 2,955 41.56% 99 1.39% 1,101 15.49% 7,110
Johnson 8,764 60.51% 5,484 37.87% 235 1.62% 3,280 22.65% 14,483
Jones 4,952 58.25% 3,500 41.17% 49 0.58% 1,452 17.08% 8,501
Keokuk 5,839 62.32% 3,442 36.74% 88 0.94% 2,397 25.58% 9,369
Kossuth 6,925 68.24% 3,075 30.30% 148 1.46% 3,850 37.94% 10,148
Lee 10,624 59.35% 7,084 39.57% 194 1.08% 3,540 19.77% 17,902
Linn 17,693 47.93% 18,733 50.75% 489 1.32% -1,040 -2.82% 36,915
Louisa 2,856 57.25% 2,045 40.99% 88 1.76% 811 16.26% 4,989
Lucas 3,434 57.46% 2,381 39.84% 161 2.69% 1,053 17.62% 5,976
Lyon 3,543 66.89% 1,684 31.79% 70 1.32% 1,859 35.10% 5,297
Madison 2,923 51.69% 2,663 47.09% 69 1.22% 260 4.60% 5,655
Mahaska 5,586 52.14% 4,655 43.45% 472 4.41% 931 8.69% 10,713
Marion 7,067 64.05% 3,695 33.49% 272 2.47% 3,372 30.56% 11,034
Marshall 6,385 47.36% 6,604 48.98% 494 3.66% -219 -1.62% 13,483
Mills 3,861 60.75% 2,420 38.07% 75 1.18% 1,441 22.67% 6,356
Mitchell 3,940 60.16% 2,527 38.59% 82 1.25% 1,413 21.58% 6,549
Monona 5,537 70.88% 2,181 27.92% 94 1.20% 3,356 42.96% 7,812
Monroe 3,716 57.83% 2,458 38.25% 252 3.92% 1,258 19.58% 6,426
Montgomery 3,760 50.80% 3,507 47.39% 134 1.81% 253 3.42% 7,401
Muscatine 6,423 49.73% 6,160 47.69% 334 2.59% 263 2.04% 12,917
O'Brien 4,503 57.38% 3,213 40.94% 132 1.68% 1,290 16.44% 7,848
Osceola 2,590 67.64% 1,190 31.08% 49 1.28% 1,400 36.56% 3,829
Page 4,863 51.15% 4,512 47.46% 132 1.39% 351 3.69% 9,507
Palo Alto 4,094 62.33% 2,378 36.21% 96 1.46% 1,716 26.13% 6,568
Plymouth 7,565 71.62% 2,888 27.34% 110 1.04% 4,677 44.28% 10,563
Pocahontas 4,245 67.16% 1,800 28.48% 276 4.37% 2,445 38.68% 6,321
Polk 31,517 45.89% 34,023 49.54% 3,132 4.56% -2,506 -3.65% 68,672
Pottawattamie 16,674 62.65% 9,565 35.94% 377 1.42% 7,109 26.71% 26,616
Poweshiek 4,649 55.64% 3,490 41.77% 216 2.59% 1,159 13.87% 8,355
Ringgold 2,480 53.64% 2,082 45.04% 61 1.32% 398 8.61% 4,623
Sac 4,165 56.52% 3,131 42.49% 73 0.99% 1,034 14.03% 7,369
Scott 16,887 52.03% 14,218 43.81% 1,350 4.16% 2,669 8.22% 32,455
Shelby 4,940 65.52% 2,478 32.86% 122 1.62% 2,462 32.65% 7,540
Sioux 6,170 60.48% 3,943 38.65% 89 0.87% 2,227 21.83% 10,202
Story 5,638 43.40% 6,735 51.84% 619 4.76% -1,097 -8.44% 12,992
Tama 6,704 61.39% 4,051 37.10% 165 1.51% 2,653 24.29% 10,920
Taylor 3,159 53.33% 2,670 45.07% 95 1.60% 489 8.25% 5,924
Union 3,967 56.01% 3,043 42.96% 73 1.03% 924 13.05% 7,083
Van Buren 3,135 56.17% 2,375 42.56% 71 1.27% 760 13.62% 5,581
Wapello 9,504 55.66% 7,256 42.49% 316 1.85% 2,248 13.16% 17,076
Warren 3,542 47.81% 3,725 50.28% 141 1.90% -183 -2.47% 7,408
Washington 4,554 52.98% 3,889 45.25% 152 1.77% 665 7.74% 8,595
Wayne 3,896 61.57% 2,311 36.52% 121 1.91% 1,585 25.05% 6,328
Webster 8,957 59.25% 5,243 34.68% 917 6.07% 3,714 24.57% 15,117
Winnebago 3,281 59.67% 2,012 36.59% 206 3.75% 1,269 23.08% 5,499
Winneshiek 6,823 66.03% 3,348 32.40% 162 1.57% 3,475 33.63% 10,333
Woodbury 26,397 66.12% 12,764 31.97% 761 1.91% 13,633 34.15% 39,922
Worth 2,640 60.07% 1,690 38.45% 65 1.48% 950 21.62% 4,395
Wright 4,922 59.06% 3,262 39.14% 150 1.80% 1,660 19.92% 8,334
Totals 598,019 57.69% 414,433 39.98% 24,235 2.34% 183,586 17.71% 1,036,687

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1932". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 191-199 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 152-153 ISBN 0405077114
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