The 1932 United States Presidential election, which saw Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to his first term in office, defeating Herbert Hoover, took place on November 8, 1932.
Franklin Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election.
Theodore Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York in 1898, Vice President of the United States in 1900 and President of the United States in 1904. (He lost the U.S. Presidential Election of 1912.) Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected Governor of New York in 1928 and 1930 and President of the United States in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. (He lost the U.S. Vice-Presidential Election of 1920.)
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election defeating Herbert Hoover. In the 1932 presidential election Franklin Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes and Herbert Hoover received 59 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Roosevelt 22,829,501 and Hoover 15,760,684.
In the United States Roosevelt beat Hoover by a huge margin.
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1932 presidential election defeating Herbert Hoover. In the 1932 presidential election Franklin Roosevelt received 472 electoral votes and Herbert Hoover received 59 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Roosevelt 22,829,501 and Hoover 15,760,684.
282 states switched parties (to Democrats) in the 1932 presidential election with only 374 remaining loyal to the Republican candidate.
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The significant increase in unemployment from 5% in 1929 to 25% in 1932 had a major impact on the 1932 presidential election. It created widespread dissatisfaction with the incumbent president, Herbert Hoover, and his administration's handling of the Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic candidate, campaigned on a promise of a New Deal for the American people, which resonated with voters and led to his landslide victory.
Franklin D.Roosevelt/John Nance Garner Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis
Four of the New England states plus Delaware and Pennsylvania voted for Herbert Hoover in 1932.