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1932 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1932 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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All 8 Washington 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 353,260 208,645
Percentage 57.46% 33.94%

County Results
Roosevelt
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%


President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Outside a few Presidential and gubernatorial elections, Washington was a virtually one-party Republican state during the “System of 1896”,[3] where the only competition was via Republican primaries.[4] Apart from Woodrow Wilson’s two elections, during the first of which the GOP was severely divided, no Democrat after William Jennings Bryan in 1900 carried a single county in the state until Al Smith won German Catholic Ferry County in 1928.

However, since the 1928 election when Washington state had been won by more than 36 percentage points, the United States had fallen into the Great Depression, which had been particularly severe in the rural western parts of the nation.[5] The New Deal was especially popular in the Pacific States,[6] and as a result Roosevelt was assured of carrying the state.

Washington state was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 57.46 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (RCalifornia), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 33.94 percent of the popular vote. Roosevelt flipped every county won by his rival Hoover in 1928, becoming the first Democrat to sweep every county in Washington state – a feat he would repeat in 1936 but which has never been emulated since. He was the first-ever Democratic victor in the southwestern logging counties of Klickitat, Lewis and Pacific,[7] and also in inland Benton County and Chelan County.[7] Roosevelt was also the first Democrat since William Jennings Bryan in 1896, and only the second overall, to carry the state with an outright majority.

This was the last election in Washington in which voters chose presidential electors directly. The state adopted the modern "short ballot" starting with the 1936 election.

Results

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General Election Results[8]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt William J. Lindberg 353,260
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Eldrige Wheeler 352,463
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Paul A. Newman 352,449
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry S. Volkmar 352,192
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt H. C. Davis 352,179
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Nella W. Hurd 351,891
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Ben Spear 351,458
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt D. N. Judson 350,730
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Reno Odlin 208,645
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Alex Polson 208,479
Republican Party Herbert Hoover E. L. French 208,476
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Charles E. Myers 208,449
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Ione C. Earp 208,296
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Peter Henning 208,285
Republican Party Herbert Hoover William L. McCormick 208,238
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Bruce E. McGregor 207,767
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Charles W. Baum 30,308
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Roy Thomas 30,240
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Edith Kathrens 30,194
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey R. A. Henderson 30,193
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Doreen Eggleton 30,186
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey P. H. Thomson 30,178
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey George Cyre 30,172
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey A. V. Wallis 30,047
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas George W. Scott 17,080
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas A. R. Klein 16,844
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas W. Hitchcock 16,818
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas H. O. Fuhrberg 16,814
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas J. Richard Brown 16,776
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas J. L. Newlun 16,672
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas C. H. Bungay 16,619
Socialist Party Norman M. Thomas Stella K. Garrison 16,502
Communist Party William Z. Foster Floyd E. Nell 2,972
Communist Party William Z. Foster Mrs. C. H. Harter 2,950
Communist Party William Z. Foster Joe Scott 2,946
Communist Party William Z. Foster W. F. Wilson 2,944
Communist Party William Z. Foster G. W. Westbloom 2,943
Communist Party William Z. Foster Charles Goold 2,931
Communist Party William Z. Foster H. G. Price 2,930
Communist Party William Z. Foster Alton E. Casler 2,928
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Charles L. Haggard 1,540
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Louis Ludwig Anderson 1,517
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Alice B. Bacon 1,508
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Canlipe Smith 1,503
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Asenath B. Weakley 1,502
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw William E. Haycox 1,500
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Mary Dixon 1,490
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Alva T. Whig 1,484
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds Lyle Clark 1,009
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds William Klaunig 996
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds Warren Joseph Chamberlain 980
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds Fred Herrick 980
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds Henry Genies 976
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds Paul Swanson 976
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds U. G. Stark 972
Socialist Labor Party Verne L. Reynolds Paul K. Tipton 967
Votes cast[a] 614,814

Results by county

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County[8] Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Hoover
Republican
William Hope Harvey
Liberty
Norman M. Thomas
Socialist
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,504 61.89% 867 35.68% 8 0.33% 43 1.77% 8 0.33% 637 26.21% 2,430
Asotin 1,994 65.33% 960 31.45% 16 0.52% 58 1.90% 24 0.79% 1,034 33.88% 3,052
Benton 2,633 57.28% 1,694 36.85% 143 3.11% 89 1.94% 38 0.83% 939 20.43% 4,597
Chelan 7,316 52.79% 5,584 40.29% 808 5.83% 109 0.79% 42 0.30% 1,732 12.50% 13,859
Clallam 3,954 52.46% 1,870 24.81% 1,542 20.46% 92 1.22% 79 1.05% 2,084 27.65% 7,537
Clark 9,104 60.05% 4,901 32.33% 727 4.80% 302 1.99% 126 0.83% 4,203 27.72% 15,160
Columbia 1,491 64.88% 714 31.07% 4 0.17% 63 2.74% 26 1.13% 777 33.81% 2,298
Cowlitz 5,443 48.98% 3,767 33.90% 1,666 14.99% 167 1.50% 70 0.63% 1,676 15.08% 11,113
Douglas 1,941 57.73% 1,179 35.07% 165 4.91% 66 1.96% 11 0.33% 762 22.67% 3,362
Ferry 1,035 71.63% 322 22.28% 37 2.56% 44 3.04% 7 0.48% 713 49.34% 1,445
Franklin 1,540 62.27% 838 33.89% 12 0.49% 72 2.91% 11 0.44% 702 28.39% 2,473
Garfield 818 54.32% 669 44.42% 10 0.66% 1 0.07% 8 0.53% 149 9.89% 1,506
Grant 1,376 57.10% 840 34.85% 111 4.61% 71 2.95% 12 0.50% 536 22.24% 2,410
Grays Harbor 10,310 55.92% 5,141 27.89% 2,579 13.99% 136 0.74% 270 1.46% 5,169 28.04% 18,436
Island 1,517 56.99% 803 30.17% 270 10.14% 49 1.84% 23 0.86% 714 26.82% 2,662
Jefferson 1,994 61.03% 952 29.14% 266 8.14% 39 1.19% 16 0.49% 1,042 31.89% 3,267
King 108,738 59.09% 63,346 34.42% 4,004 2.18% 6,547 3.56% 1,396 0.76% 45,392 24.67% 184,031
Kitsap 10,002 70.57% 3,465 24.45% 361 2.55% 237 1.67% 108 0.76% 6,537 46.12% 14,173
Kittitas 4,266 63.82% 1,963 29.37% 281 4.20% 97 1.45% 77 1.15% 2,303 34.46% 6,684
Klickitat 2,155 59.15% 1,335 36.65% 29 0.80% 71 1.95% 53 1.45% 820 22.51% 3,643
Lewis 8,454 54.21% 4,647 29.80% 2,305 14.78% 87 0.56% 101 0.65% 3,807 24.41% 15,594
Lincoln 2,725 59.30% 1,748 38.04% 23 0.50% 79 1.72% 20 0.44% 977 21.26% 4,595
Mason 2,181 55.89% 995 25.50% 675 17.30% 39 1.00% 12 0.31% 1,186 30.39% 3,902
Okanogan 3,969 57.13% 2,277 32.78% 578 8.32% 89 1.28% 34 0.49% 1,692 24.36% 6,947
Pacific 3,099 55.46% 1,737 31.08% 612 10.95% 65 1.16% 75 1.34% 1,362 24.37% 5,588
Pend Oreille 1,772 64.18% 855 30.97% 8 0.29% 113 4.09% 13 0.47% 917 33.21% 2,761
Pierce 38,451 58.86% 19,006 29.09% 5,183 7.93% 2,084 3.19% 603 0.92% 19,445 29.77% 65,327
San Juan 786 52.37% 607 40.44% 90 6.00% 12 0.80% 6 0.40% 179 11.93% 1,501
Skagit 8,395 60.45% 4,246 30.57% 592 4.26% 163 1.17% 492 3.54% 4,149 29.87% 13,888
Skamania 934 63.89% 444 30.37% 20 1.37% 53 3.63% 11 0.75% 490 33.52% 1,462
Snohomish 18,352 59.27% 9,310 30.07% 1,936 6.25% 1,052 3.40% 313 1.01% 9,042 29.20% 30,963
Spokane 36,953 56.74% 24,848 38.15% 268 0.41% 2,610 4.01% 446 0.68% 12,105 18.59% 65,125
Stevens 4,262 60.94% 2,247 32.13% 93 1.33% 331 4.73% 61 0.87% 2,015 28.81% 6,994
Thurston 6,308 45.97% 4,241 30.91% 2,876 20.96% 132 0.96% 165 1.20% 2,067 15.06% 13,722
Wahkiakum 730 53.52% 442 32.40% 161 11.80% 14 1.03% 17 1.25% 288 21.11% 1,364
Walla Walla 5,578 52.75% 4,653 44.00% 15 0.14% 275 2.60% 54 0.51% 925 8.75% 10,575
Whatcom 11,355 50.44% 9,254 41.11% 414 1.84% 1,015 4.51% 473 2.10% 2,101 9.33% 22,511
Whitman 5,945 53.99% 4,727 42.93% 18 0.16% 261 2.37% 60 0.54% 1,218 11.06% 11,011
Yakima 13,880 51.70% 11,151 41.54% 1,402 5.22% 253 0.94% 160 0.60% 2,729 10.17% 26,846
Totals 353,260 57.46% 208,645 33.94% 30,308 4.93% 17,080 2.78% 5,521 0.90% 144,615 23.52% 614,814

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  3. ^ Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 ISBN 0313213798
  4. ^ Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
  5. ^ Davies, Richard O.; ‘The Politics of Desperation: William A. Hirth and the Presidential Election of 1932’; Agricultural History, vol. 38, no. 4 (October 1964), pp. 226-234
  6. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 485 ISBN 9780691163246
  7. ^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 332 ISBN 0786422173
  8. ^ a b Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Electors". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 8, 1932. Olympia, Washington. pp. 5–11.