1932 United States presidential election in California Turnout 80.65% (of registered voters) 0.87 pp 65.22% (of eligible voters) 8.24 pp [1] County results
Roosevelt
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Hoover
50-60%
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.[a] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
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