1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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  1928 November 8, 1932 1936  
  President Hoover portrait (cropped).jpg FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg
Nominee Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis John Nance Garner
Electoral vote80
Popular vote288,420281,632
Percentage48.54%47.40%

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Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1932 by Municipality.svg

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Hoover's running mate was incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Roosevelt ran with incumbent Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas.

Hoover won Connecticut by a very narrow margin of 1.14%. Connecticut was one of only six states (the other five being Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont), four of them in New England, which voted to re-elect the embattled Republican incumbent Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address the Great Depression.

Despite the massive nationwide shift towards Democrats, Hoover managed to flip the town of Marlborough, which voted for Democrats Al Smith in 1928 and John W. Davis in 1924, both of whom lost by landslide margins. Marlborough was the only town in Connecticut and one of only a few places in the nation to flip from Democratic to Republican in 1932.

This was the first occasion since 1852 that Windham County voted Democratic. This is the last time a Democrat won without Hartford County. As of 2023, this is the most recent election where Connecticut voted more Republican than Kansas.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 288,42048.54%8100.00%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 281,63247.40%00.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 20,4803.45%00.00%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds of New York John W. Aiken of Massachusetts 2,2870.38%00.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts James W. Ford of Alabama 1,3640.23%00.00%
Total594,183100.00%8100.00%

By county

1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2]
CountyHoover %Hoover #Roosevelt %Roosevelt #Others %Others #Total #
Fairfield 49.9%72,23844.5%64,3675.6%8,092144,697
Hartford 48.4%72,61148.2%72,3223.5%5,220150,153
Litchfield 56.9%18,68241.1%13,4692.0%66032,811
Middlesex 52.8%10,77045.5%9,2861.7%34420,400
New Haven 45.4%79,01949.9%86,8264.8%8,296174,141
New London 49.1%19,72148.8%19,5762.1%85840,155
Tolland 51.8%5,85744.1%4,9854.0%45511,297
Windham 46.4%9,52252.6%10,8011.0%20620,529

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References

  1. "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. "1932 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. pp. 13–14. Retrieved January 8, 2023.