1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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All 8 West Virginia 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 8 0
Popular vote 405,124 330,731
Percentage 54.47% 44.47%
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Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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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.

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
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 405,124 54.47%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 330,731 44.47%
Socialist Norman Thomas 5,133 0.69%
Prohibition William David Upshaw 2,342 0.31%
Communist William Z. Foster 444 0.06%
Total votes 743,774 100%

Results by county

1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[6]
County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic 		Herbert Hoover
Republican 		Norman Thomas
Socialist 		William D. Upshaw
Prohibition 		William Z. Foster
Workers 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Barbour 4,228 52.71% 3,652 45.52% 102 1.27% 37 0.46% 3 0.04% 576 7.18% 8,022
Berkeley 7,009 51.81% 6,370 47.09% 95 0.70% 51 0.38% 2 0.01% 639 4.72% 13,527
Boone 5,973 62.26% 3,555 37.06% 44 0.46% 19 0.20% 2 0.02% 2,418 25.21% 9,593
Braxton 6,043 62.55% 3,560 36.85% 16 0.17% 35 0.36% 7 0.07% 2,483 25.70% 9,661
Brooke 4,919 53.43% 4,010 43.56% 221 2.40% 37 0.40% 19 0.21% 909 9.87% 9,206
Cabell 23,498 56.01% 17,999 42.91% 318 0.76% 135 0.32% 0 0.00% 5,499 13.11% 41,950
Calhoun 3,139 66.45% 1,564 33.11% 3 0.06% 18 0.38% 0 0.00% 1,575 33.34% 4,724
Clay 3,038 55.25% 2,443 44.43% 12 0.22% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 595 10.82% 5,499
Doddridge 1,943 41.14% 2,780 58.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -837 -17.72% 4,723
Fayette 17,127 58.04% 12,170 41.24% 116 0.39% 91 0.31% 5 0.02% 4,957 16.80% 29,509
Gilmer 3,511 69.14% 1,530 30.13% 10 0.20% 27 0.53% 0 0.00% 1,981 39.01% 5,078
Grant 920 26.80% 2,477 72.15% 17 0.50% 18 0.52% 1 0.03% -1,557 -45.35% 3,433
Greenbrier 9,467 64.47% 5,111 34.81% 63 0.43% 38 0.26% 5 0.03% 4,356 29.66% 14,684
Hampshire 3,681 73.80% 1,258 25.22% 16 0.32% 32 0.64% 1 0.02% 2,423 48.58% 4,988
Hancock 4,603 49.92% 4,328 46.94% 219 2.38% 48 0.52% 22 0.24% 275 2.98% 9,220
Hardy 2,824 68.61% 1,267 30.78% 5 0.12% 20 0.49% 0 0.00% 1,557 37.83% 4,116
Harrison 18,081 54.21% 14,641 43.90% 436 1.31% 165 0.49% 31 0.09% 3,440 10.31% 33,354
Jackson 4,131 50.29% 4,084 49.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 47 0.57% 8,215
Jefferson 5,350 75.15% 1,734 24.36% 18 0.25% 16 0.22% 1 0.01% 3,616 50.79% 7,119
Kanawha 38,617 51.61% 35,455 47.39% 595 0.80% 121 0.16% 33 0.04% 3,162 4.23% 74,821
Lewis 5,546 53.42% 4,704 45.31% 74 0.71% 55 0.53% 2 0.02% 842 8.11% 10,381
Lincoln 4,876 55.68% 3,881 44.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 995 11.36% 8,757
Logan 12,529 53.81% 10,683 45.88% 31 0.13% 29 0.12% 11 0.05% 1,846 7.93% 23,283
Marion 15,975 54.22% 12,638 42.89% 650 2.21% 168 0.57% 33 0.11% 3,337 11.33% 29,464
Marshall 7,994 51.09% 7,416 47.40% 132 0.84% 68 0.43% 37 0.24% 578 3.69% 15,647
Mason 5,027 51.52% 4,655 47.70% 40 0.41% 35 0.36% 1 0.01% 372 3.81% 9,758
McDowell 12,365 43.36% 16,069 56.35% 25 0.09% 45 0.16% 10 0.04% -3,704 -12.99% 28,514
Mercer 15,900 58.69% 11,088 40.93% 44 0.16% 58 0.21% 3 0.01% 4,812 17.76% 27,093
Mineral 4,098 46.21% 4,519 50.95% 229 2.58% 20 0.23% 3 0.03% -421 -4.75% 8,869
Mingo 8,657 52.46% 7,801 47.28% 14 0.08% 24 0.15% 5 0.03% 856 5.19% 16,501
Monongalia 10,319 53.69% 8,417 43.79% 366 1.90% 59 0.31% 60 0.31% 1,902 9.90% 19,221
Monroe 3,267 52.30% 2,978 47.67% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 289 4.63% 6,247
Morgan 1,358 38.99% 2,082 59.78% 28 0.80% 13 0.37% 2 0.06% -724 -20.79% 3,483
Nicholas 5,327 58.56% 3,684 40.50% 21 0.23% 65 0.71% 0 0.00% 1,643 18.06% 9,097
Ohio 18,625 53.22% 15,836 45.25% 414 1.18% 86 0.25% 32 0.09% 2,789 7.97% 34,993
Pendleton 2,530 62.52% 1,502 37.11% 15 0.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,028 25.40% 4,047
Pleasants 1,921 54.50% 1,580 44.82% 14 0.40% 9 0.26% 1 0.03% 341 9.67% 3,525
Pocahontas 3,531 57.00% 2,623 42.34% 14 0.23% 26 0.42% 1 0.02% 908 14.66% 6,195
Preston 4,872 42.94% 6,359 56.05% 78 0.69% 34 0.30% 3 0.03% -1,487 -13.11% 11,346
Putnam 4,098 53.99% 3,411 44.94% 64 0.84% 16 0.21% 1 0.01% 687 9.05% 7,590
Raleigh 15,456 57.08% 11,441 42.25% 86 0.32% 43 0.16% 52 0.19% 4,015 14.83% 27,078
Randolph 7,397 67.72% 3,418 31.29% 61 0.56% 43 0.39% 4 0.04% 3,979 36.43% 10,923
Ritchie 3,179 43.45% 4,055 55.42% 25 0.34% 56 0.77% 2 0.03% -876 -11.97% 7,317
Roane 5,094 53.88% 4,361 46.12% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 733 7.75% 9,455
Summers 5,724 63.53% 3,220 35.74% 32 0.36% 34 0.38% 0 0.00% 2,504 27.79% 9,010
Taylor 4,293 51.82% 3,856 46.54% 83 1.00% 47 0.57% 6 0.07% 437 5.27% 8,285
Tucker 3,244 58.45% 2,204 39.71% 62 1.12% 34 0.61% 6 0.11% 1,040 18.74% 5,550
Tyler 2,582 40.41% 3,734 58.44% 18 0.28% 49 0.77% 7 0.11% -1,152 -18.03% 6,390
Upshur 3,147 37.95% 5,077 61.23% 37 0.45% 27 0.33% 4 0.05% -1,930 -23.28% 8,292
Wayne 8,648 64.44% 4,682 34.89% 26 0.19% 62 0.46% 2 0.01% 3,966 29.55% 13,420
Webster 3,664 66.92% 1,781 32.53% 11 0.20% 19 0.35% 0 0.00% 1,883 34.39% 5,475
Wetzel 6,118 64.08% 3,351 35.10% 45 0.47% 30 0.31% 3 0.03% 2,767 28.98% 9,547
Wirt 1,944 55.93% 1,486 42.75% 8 0.23% 38 1.09% 0 0.00% 458 13.18% 3,476
Wood 13,294 51.78% 12,144 47.30% 93 0.36% 122 0.48% 20 0.08% 1,150 4.48% 25,673
Wyoming 4,396 52.31% 4,007 47.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 389 4.63% 8,403
Totals 405,124 54.47% 330,731 44.47% 5,133 0.69% 2,342 0.31% 444 0.06% 74,393 10.00% 743,774

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933–37)". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – West Virginia". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1932". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 334–336. ISBN 0786422173.
  6. ^ "WV US President — November 08, 1932". Our Campaigns.
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