United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1932
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The 1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1932. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, President Herbert Hoover, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hoover won Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.51 percentage points.
With 50.84% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would be Hoover's third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine[1].
This is the last election where the Republican candidate carried Philadelphia County in a presidential election.[2] This was also the third most recent election in which Pennsylvania did not vote the same as neighboring New York, a phenomenon that has only been repeated twice since, in 1988 and 2016. As of 2018, this is the last time Luzerne County backed a candidate who lost Pennsylvania.
Results
United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1932[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Herbert Hoover | 1,453,540 | 50.84% | 36 | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,295,948 | 45.33% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 91,223 | 3.19% | 0 | |
Prohibition | William Upshaw | 11,369 | 0.40% | 0 | |
Communist | William Z. Foster | 5,659 | 0.20% | 0 | |
Jobless | James Cox | 726 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Industrialist | Verne L. Reynolds | 659 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,858,247 | 100.00% | 36 |
Results by county
Herbert Clark Hoover Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[4] Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 6,084 | 45.09% | 7,185 | 53.25% | 158 | 1.17% | 67 | 0.50% | -1,101 | -8.16% | 13,494 |
Allegheny | 152,326 | 42.43% | 189,839 | 52.88% | 14,777 | 4.12% | 2,061 | 0.57% | -37,513 | -10.45% | 359,003 |
Armstrong | 10,884 | 52.10% | 9,230 | 44.18% | 483 | 2.31% | 293 | 1.40% | 1,654 | 7.92% | 20,890 |
Beaver | 19,751 | 47.87% | 19,805 | 48.00% | 1,325 | 3.21% | 379 | 0.92% | -54 | -0.13% | 41,260 |
Bedford | 6,597 | 54.29% | 5,075 | 41.76% | 350 | 2.88% | 130 | 1.07% | 1,522 | 12.52% | 12,152 |
Berks | 29,763 | 40.76% | 27,073 | 37.07% | 15,988 | 21.89% | 199 | 0.27% | 2,690 | 3.68% | 73,023 |
Blair | 19,553 | 56.95% | 13,709 | 39.93% | 840 | 2.45% | 232 | 0.68% | 5,844 | 17.02% | 34,334 |
Bradford | 11,521 | 63.34% | 5,970 | 32.82% | 562 | 3.09% | 135 | 0.74% | 5,551 | 30.52% | 18,188 |
Bucks | 22,331 | 59.07% | 14,135 | 37.39% | 1,203 | 3.18% | 138 | 0.37% | 8,196 | 21.68% | 37,807 |
Butler | 11,543 | 54.77% | 8,717 | 41.36% | 535 | 2.54% | 280 | 1.33% | 2,826 | 13.41% | 21,075 |
Cambria | 21,351 | 41.75% | 28,197 | 55.13% | 1,245 | 2.43% | 352 | 0.69% | -6,846 | -13.39% | 51,145 |
Cameron | 1,438 | 64.31% | 748 | 33.45% | 36 | 1.61% | 14 | 0.63% | 690 | 30.86% | 2,236 |
Carbon | 9,918 | 48.52% | 9,874 | 48.30% | 604 | 2.95% | 45 | 0.22% | 44 | 0.22% | 20,441 |
Centre | 8,264 | 52.55% | 7,053 | 44.85% | 244 | 1.55% | 165 | 1.05% | 1,211 | 7.70% | 15,726 |
Chester | 29,425 | 69.21% | 12,040 | 28.32% | 879 | 2.07% | 173 | 0.41% | 17,385 | 40.89% | 42,517 |
Clarion | 5,991 | 46.05% | 6,651 | 51.12% | 211 | 1.62% | 158 | 1.21% | -660 | -5.07% | 13,011 |
Clearfield | 10,500 | 46.84% | 11,029 | 49.20% | 675 | 3.01% | 213 | 0.95% | -529 | -2.36% | 22,417 |
Clinton | 4,851 | 54.54% | 3,741 | 42.06% | 244 | 2.74% | 58 | 0.65% | 1,110 | 12.48% | 8,894 |
Columbia | 8,791 | 44.43% | 10,640 | 53.77% | 186 | 0.94% | 170 | 0.86% | -1,849 | -9.34% | 19,787 |
Crawford | 10,918 | 51.72% | 9,382 | 44.44% | 505 | 2.39% | 306 | 1.45% | 1,536 | 7.28% | 21,111 |
Cumberland | 13,098 | 50.86% | 12,086 | 46.93% | 257 | 1.00% | 310 | 1.20% | 1,012 | 3.93% | 25,751 |
Dauphin | 36,278 | 60.31% | 22,412 | 37.26% | 1,098 | 1.83% | 364 | 0.61% | 13,866 | 23.05% | 60,152 |
Delaware | 75,291 | 68.19% | 32,413 | 29.36% | 2,372 | 2.15% | 333 | 0.30% | 42,878 | 38.84% | 110,409 |
Elk | 5,797 | 46.39% | 6,461 | 51.70% | 184 | 1.47% | 55 | 0.44% | -664 | -5.31% | 12,497 |
Erie | 18,371 | 45.43% | 19,592 | 48.44% | 2,027 | 5.01% | 452 | 1.12% | -1,221 | -3.02% | 40,442 |
Fayette | 15,903 | 35.26% | 27,662 | 61.33% | 1,222 | 2.71% | 319 | 0.71% | -11,759 | -26.07% | 45,106 |
Forest | 1,090 | 63.34% | 569 | 33.06% | 27 | 1.57% | 35 | 2.03% | 521 | 30.27% | 1,721 |
Franklin | 10,992 | 52.96% | 9,338 | 44.99% | 266 | 1.28% | 161 | 0.78% | 1,654 | 7.97% | 20,757 |
Fulton | 1,410 | 41.83% | 1,921 | 56.99% | 15 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.74% | -511 | -15.16% | 3,371 |
Greene | 4,808 | 33.41% | 9,322 | 64.77% | 111 | 0.77% | 152 | 1.06% | -4,514 | -31.36% | 14,393 |
Huntingdon | 7,371 | 66.39% | 3,426 | 30.86% | 181 | 1.63% | 125 | 1.13% | 3,945 | 35.53% | 11,103 |
Indiana | 12,727 | 57.24% | 8,606 | 38.70% | 625 | 2.81% | 277 | 1.25% | 4,121 | 18.53% | 22,235 |
Jefferson | 8,246 | 52.48% | 6,570 | 41.81% | 697 | 4.44% | 200 | 1.27% | 1,676 | 10.67% | 15,713 |
Juniata | 2,752 | 48.44% | 2,805 | 49.38% | 40 | 0.70% | 84 | 1.48% | -53 | -0.93% | 5,681 |
Lackawanna | 34,632 | 45.24% | 40,793 | 53.28% | 865 | 1.13% | 270 | 0.35% | -6,161 | -8.05% | 76,560 |
Lancaster | 34,502 | 56.54% | 24,406 | 40.00% | 1,757 | 2.88% | 354 | 0.58% | 10,096 | 16.55% | 61,019 |
Lawrence | 13,064 | 55.10% | 9,390 | 39.61% | 883 | 3.72% | 372 | 1.57% | 3,674 | 15.50% | 23,709 |
Lebanon | 10,487 | 58.97% | 5,924 | 33.31% | 1,256 | 7.06% | 117 | 0.66% | 4,563 | 25.66% | 17,784 |
Lehigh | 21,169 | 46.95% | 21,939 | 48.65% | 1,858 | 4.12% | 127 | 0.28% | -770 | -1.71% | 45,093 |
Luzerne | 60,975 | 52.60% | 52,672 | 45.44% | 1,943 | 1.68% | 338 | 0.29% | 8,303 | 7.16% | 115,928 |
Lycoming | 16,212 | 55.43% | 11,499 | 39.31% | 1,164 | 3.98% | 375 | 1.28% | 4,713 | 16.11% | 29,250 |
McKean | 9,970 | 65.01% | 4,661 | 30.39% | 607 | 3.96% | 97 | 0.63% | 5,309 | 34.62% | 15,335 |
Mercer | 14,057 | 53.53% | 10,961 | 41.74% | 827 | 3.15% | 413 | 1.57% | 3,096 | 11.79% | 26,258 |
Mifflin | 5,525 | 58.95% | 3,654 | 38.99% | 121 | 1.29% | 72 | 0.77% | 1,871 | 19.96% | 9,372 |
Monroe | 4,659 | 41.60% | 6,357 | 56.76% | 143 | 1.28% | 40 | 0.36% | -1,698 | -15.16% | 11,199 |
Montgomery | 64,619 | 64.00% | 32,971 | 32.66% | 3,168 | 3.14% | 203 | 0.20% | 31,648 | 31.35% | 100,961 |
Montour | 2,159 | 44.24% | 2,677 | 54.86% | 30 | 0.61% | 14 | 0.29% | -518 | -10.61% | 4,880 |
Northampton | 20,779 | 45.04% | 24,009 | 52.04% | 1,148 | 2.49% | 197 | 0.43% | -3,230 | -7.00% | 46,133 |
Northumberland | 17,982 | 42.35% | 23,114 | 54.43% | 1,265 | 2.98% | 103 | 0.24% | -5,132 | -12.09% | 42,464 |
Perry | 4,402 | 53.23% | 3,733 | 45.14% | 66 | 0.80% | 68 | 0.82% | 669 | 8.09% | 8,269 |
Philadelphia | 331,092 | 54.54% | 260,276 | 42.88% | 13,038 | 2.15% | 2,608 | 0.43% | 70,816 | 11.67% | 607,014 |
Pike | 1,649 | 46.36% | 1,844 | 51.84% | 57 | 1.60% | 7 | 0.20% | -195 | -5.48% | 3,557 |
Potter | 3,847 | 58.53% | 2,271 | 34.55% | 384 | 5.84% | 71 | 1.08% | 1,576 | 23.98% | 6,573 |
Schuylkill | 32,492 | 46.88% | 35,023 | 50.53% | 1,405 | 2.03% | 385 | 0.56% | -2,531 | -3.65% | 69,305 |
Snyder | 3,423 | 59.37% | 2,176 | 37.74% | 97 | 1.68% | 70 | 1.21% | 1,247 | 21.63% | 5,766 |
Somerset | 11,857 | 58.56% | 7,919 | 39.11% | 339 | 1.67% | 134 | 0.66% | 3,938 | 19.45% | 20,249 |
Sullivan | 1,457 | 56.58% | 1,062 | 41.24% | 35 | 1.36% | 21 | 0.82% | 395 | 15.34% | 2,575 |
Susquehanna | 6,884 | 55.99% | 5,171 | 42.06% | 168 | 1.37% | 72 | 0.59% | 1,713 | 13.93% | 12,295 |
Tioga | 9,583 | 75.00% | 3,004 | 23.51% | 119 | 0.93% | 72 | 0.56% | 6,579 | 51.49% | 12,778 |
Union | 3,534 | 61.63% | 1,948 | 33.97% | 187 | 3.26% | 65 | 1.13% | 1,586 | 27.66% | 5,734 |
Venango | 12,230 | 64.07% | 6,174 | 32.34% | 308 | 1.61% | 376 | 1.97% | 6,056 | 31.73% | 19,088 |
Warren | 7,872 | 57.24% | 5,254 | 38.20% | 476 | 3.46% | 151 | 1.10% | 2,618 | 19.04% | 13,753 |
Washington | 21,447 | 40.82% | 28,934 | 55.07% | 1,556 | 2.96% | 599 | 1.14% | -7,487 | -14.25% | 52,536 |
Wayne | 6,215 | 61.47% | 3,666 | 36.26% | 160 | 1.58% | 70 | 0.69% | 2,549 | 25.21% | 10,111 |
Westmoreland | 30,426 | 37.73% | 45,436 | 56.34% | 3,988 | 4.94% | 801 | 0.99% | -15,010 | -18.61% | 80,651 |
Wyoming | 3,968 | 58.00% | 2,728 | 39.88% | 84 | 1.23% | 61 | 0.89% | 1,240 | 18.13% | 6,841 |
York | 25,430 | 44.33% | 29,313 | 51.10% | 1,549 | 2.70% | 1,073 | 1.87% | -3,883 | -6.77% | 57,365 |
Totals | 1,464,533 | 51.24% | 1,284,235 | 44.93% | 91,223 | 3.19% | 18,256 | 0.64% | 180,298 | 6.31% | 2,858,247 |
References
- ↑ "1932 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ↑ David Leip. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ↑ Géoelections; 1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
- ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 ISBN 9780804716963