1932 United States presidential election in California
November 8, 1932
Turnout80.65% (of registered voters) Increase 0.87 pp
65.22% (of eligible voters) Increase 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
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. 1 2 3 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.
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