1932 United States presidential election in New York
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Turnout | 66.1%[1] 2.2 pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in New York State |
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The 1932 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 8, 1932. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 47 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
New York was won by Democratic Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was challenging embattled incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt ran with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas, and Hoover ran with incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas. With the incumbent Republican president greatly weakened by his failures to adequately address the Great Depression, the New York Governor easily carried his home state in the midst of a nationwide Democratic landslide. Franklin Roosevelt took 54.07% of the vote in New York State versus Herbert Hoover's 41.33%, a margin of 12.74%. Socialist candidate Norman Thomas finished a distant third, with 3.78%. Although, despite being Roosevelt's home state – and although he won the state comfortably – in the context of the 1932 nationwide Democratic landslide, New York weighed in for this election as 5% more Republican than the national average.
The presidential election of 1932 was a partisan election, with more than 95.4% of the electorate casting votes for either the Democratic Party or the Republican.[2]
1932 was the first time a Democrat had won New York's electoral votes since
Roosevelt's support in the state did not appear spontaneously in 1932; his winning strategy in New York State was primarily to build upon the Democratic coalition fellow New Yorker
Results
1932 United States presidential election in New York | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt
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2,534,959 | 54.07% | 47 | |
Republican | Herbert Hoover (incumbent) | 1,937,963 | 41.33% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 177,397 | 3.78% | 0 | |
Communist | William Z. Foster | 27,956 | 0.60% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 10,339 | 0.22% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,688,614 | 100.0% | 47 |
New York City results
1932 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | |||
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 378,077 | 281,330 | 514,172 | 244,740 | 36,857 | 1,455,176 | 66.37% | |
66.89% | 70.35% | 66.86% | 61.47% | 61.08% | |||||
Republican | Herbert Hoover | 157,014 | 76,587 | 192,536 | 136,641 | 21,278 | 584,056 | 26.64% | |
27.78% | 19.15% | 25.04% | 34.32% | 35.26% | |||||
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 23,946 | 31,247 | 50,509 | 14,854 | 2,009 | 122,565 | 5.59% | |
4.24% | 7.81% | 6.57% | 3.73% | 3.33% | |||||
Communist | William Z. Foster | 4,843 | 8,829 | 9,287 | 1,143 | 112 | 24,214 | 1.10% | |
0.86% | 2.21% | 1.21% | 0.29% | 0.19% | |||||
Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 1,325 | 1,926 | 2,504 | 763 | 89 | 6,607 | 0.30% | |
0.23% | 0.48% | 0.33% | 0.19% | 0.15% | |||||
TOTAL | 565,205 | 399,919 | 769,008 | 398,141 | 60,345 | 2,192,618 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Herbert Clark Hoover Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
William Z. Foster[3] Communist |
Verne L. Reynolds[3] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
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Albany | 73,194 | 60.61% | 46,244 | 38.29% | 1,181 | 0.98% | 48 | 0.04% | 92 | 0.08% | 26,950 | 22.32% | 120,759 |
Allegany | 4,961 | 27.91% | 12,348 | 69.46% | 427 | 2.40% | 12 | 0.07% | 29 | 0.16% | -7,387 | -41.55% | 17,777 |
Bronx
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281,330 | 70.35% | 76,587 | 19.15% | 31,247 | 7.81% | 8,829 | 2.21% | 1,926 | 0.48% | 204,743 | 51.20% | 399,919 |
Broome | 22,802 | 40.36% | 32,751 | 57.97% | 673 | 1.19% | 215 | 0.38% | 53 | 0.09% | -9,949 | -17.61% | 56,494 |
Cattaraugus | 11,467 | 37.25% | 18,071 | 58.70% | 1,176 | 3.82% | 15 | 0.05% | 57 | 0.19% | -6,604 | -21.45% | 30,786 |
Cayuga | 12,989 | 41.84% | 17,280 | 55.66% | 713 | 2.30% | 31 | 0.10% | 30 | 0.10% | -4,291 | -13.82% | 31,043 |
Chautauqua | 16,914 | 33.64% | 30,479 | 60.62% | 2,385 | 4.74% | 242 | 0.48% | 255 | 0.51% | -13,565 | -26.98% | 50,275 |
Chemung | 13,825 | 39.78% | 20,152 | 57.99% | 740 | 2.13% | 21 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.03% | -6,327 | -18.21% | 34,750 |
Chenango | 5,953 | 33.60% | 11,566 | 65.27% | 185 | 1.04% | 5 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.06% | -5,613 | -31.68% | 17,719 |
Clinton | 11,027 | 56.94% | 8,263 | 42.67% | 68 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.03% | 2,764 | 14.27% | 19,365 |
Columbia | 9,083 | 43.39% | 11,667 | 55.74% | 155 | 0.74% | 24 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.01% | -2,584 | -12.35% | 20,931 |
Cortland | 4,425 | 30.34% | 9,859 | 67.60% | 284 | 1.95% | 4 | 0.03% | 13 | 0.09% | -5,434 | -37.26% | 14,585 |
Delaware | 6,723 | 33.65% | 13,050 | 65.32% | 194 | 0.97% | 6 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.04% | -6,327 | -31.67% | 19,980 |
Dutchess | 20,374 | 43.47% | 25,757 | 54.95% | 634 | 1.35% | 59 | 0.13% | 47 | 0.10% | -5,383 | -11.48% | 46,871 |
Erie | 131,012 | 46.31% | 141,059 | 49.86% | 9,485 | 3.35% | 677 | 0.24% | 697 | 0.25% | -10,047 | -3.55% | 282,930 |
Essex | 5,597 | 35.46% | 10,062 | 63.74% | 113 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.06% | -4,465 | -28.28% | 15,786 |
Franklin | 10,318 | 51.96% | 9,422 | 47.45% | 106 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.01% | 9 | 0.05% | 896 | 4.51% | 19,857 |
Fulton | 5,678 | 27.05% | 14,984 | 71.39% | 249 | 1.19% | 41 | 0.20% | 36 | 0.17% | -9,306 | -44.34% | 20,988 |
Genesee | 6,152 | 33.55% | 11,881 | 64.80% | 280 | 1.53% | 11 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.06% | -5,729 | -31.25% | 18,335 |
Greene | 6,794 | 47.64% | 7,334 | 51.43% | 123 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.04% | -540 | -3.79% | 14,261 |
Hamilton | 1,107 | 40.58% | 1,603 | 58.76% | 18 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -496 | -18.18% | 2,728 |
Herkimer | 11,194 | 41.78% | 15,158 | 56.58% | 394 | 1.47% | 22 | 0.08% | 22 | 0.08% | -3,964 | -14.80% | 26,790 |
Jefferson | 13,478 | 36.70% | 22,760 | 61.98% | 451 | 1.23% | 7 | 0.02% | 28 | 0.08% | -9,282 | -25.28% | 36,724 |
Kings
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514,172 | 66.86% | 192,536 | 25.04% | 50,509 | 6.57% | 9,287 | 1.21% | 2,504 | 0.33% | 321,636 | 41.82% | 769,008 |
Lewis | 4,086 | 39.20% | 6,258 | 60.03% | 70 | 0.67% | 6 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.04% | -2,172 | -20.84% | 10,424 |
Livingston | 6,529 | 36.50% | 11,114 | 62.13% | 226 | 1.26% | 5 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.08% | -4,585 | -25.63% | 17,888 |
Madison | 6,896 | 35.78% | 11,931 | 61.91% | 413 | 2.14% | 8 | 0.04% | 24 | 0.12% | -5,035 | -26.13% | 19,272 |
Monroe | 83,208 | 44.75% | 95,964 | 51.60% | 5,950 | 3.20% | 651 | 0.35% | 187 | 0.10% | -12,756 | -6.86% | 185,960 |
Montgomery | 11,700 | 44.87% | 14,104 | 54.09% | 131 | 0.50% | 25 | 0.10% | 116 | 0.44% | -2,404 | -9.22% | 26,076 |
Nassau | 61,752 | 42.85% | 78,544 | 54.51% | 3,521 | 2.44% | 181 | 0.13% | 102 | 0.07% | -16,792 | -11.65% | 144,100 |
New York
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378,077 | 66.89% | 157,014 | 27.78% | 23,946 | 4.24% | 4,843 | 0.86% | 1,325 | 0.23% | 221,063 | 39.11% | 565,205 |
Niagara | 20,765 | 39.26% | 30,852 | 58.33% | 1,117 | 2.11% | 75 | 0.14% | 82 | 0.16% | -10,087 | -19.07% | 52,891 |
Oneida | 38,413 | 47.34% | 41,193 | 50.76% | 1,318 | 1.62% | 62 | 0.08% | 162 | 0.20% | -2,780 | -3.43% | 81,148 |
Onondaga | 62,227 | 46.71% | 66,363 | 49.81% | 4,158 | 3.12% | 213 | 0.16% | 258 | 0.19% | -4,136 | -3.10% | 133,219 |
Ontario | 9,273 | 36.62% | 15,624 | 61.71% | 398 | 1.57% | 9 | 0.04% | 16 | 0.06% | -6,351 | -25.08% | 25,320 |
Orange | 22,971 | 42.21% | 30,687 | 56.39% | 703 | 1.29% | 28 | 0.05% | 34 | 0.06% | -7,716 | -14.18% | 54,423 |
Orleans | 4,303 | 30.05% | 9,735 | 67.98% | 222 | 1.55% | 5 | 0.03% | 56 | 0.39% | -5,432 | -37.93% | 14,321 |
Oswego | 13,314 | 41.35% | 18,322 | 56.90% | 520 | 1.61% | 18 | 0.06% | 27 | 0.08% | -5,008 | -15.55% | 32,201 |
Otsego | 8,114 | 34.88% | 14,904 | 64.06% | 233 | 1.00% | 2 | 0.01% | 12 | 0.05% | -6,790 | -29.19% | 23,265 |
Putnam | 3,730 | 43.82% | 4,633 | 54.43% | 137 | 1.61% | 6 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.07% | -903 | -10.61% | 8,512 |
Queens
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244,740 | 61.47% | 136,641 | 34.32% | 14,854 | 3.73% | 1,143 | 0.29% | 763 | 0.19% | 108,099 | 27.15% | 398,141 |
Rensselaer | 32,783 | 51.05% | 30,606 | 47.66% | 662 | 1.03% | 61 | 0.09% | 105 | 0.16% | 2,177 | 3.39% | 64,217 |
Richmond | 36,857 | 61.08% | 21,278 | 35.26% | 2,009 | 3.33% | 112 | 0.19% | 89 | 0.15% | 15,579 | 25.82% | 60,345 |
Rockland | 13,347 | 47.70% | 13,963 | 49.90% | 599 | 2.14% | 34 | 0.12% | 39 | 0.14% | -616 | -2.20% | 27,982 |
Saratoga | 13,053 | 41.34% | 17,990 | 56.97% | 488 | 1.55% | 16 | 0.05% | 31 | 0.10% | -4,937 | -15.63% | 31,578 |
Schenectady | 22,230 | 41.65% | 28,187 | 52.81% | 2,630 | 4.93% | 140 | 0.26% | 184 | 0.34% | -5,957 | -11.16% | 53,371 |
Schoharie | 4,684 | 45.40% | 5,513 | 53.43% | 109 | 1.06% | 4 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.08% | -829 | -8.03% | 10,318 |
Schuyler | 2,255 | 32.77% | 4,491 | 65.27% | 81 | 1.18% | 18 | 0.26% | 36 | 0.52% | -2,236 | -32.50% | 6,881 |
Seneca | 4,764 | 41.48% | 6,502 | 56.61% | 167 | 1.45% | 12 | 0.10% | 41 | 0.36% | -1,738 | -15.13% | 11,486 |
St. Lawrence | 12,687 | 35.56% | 22,650 | 63.48% | 204 | 0.57% | 39 | 0.11% | 100 | 0.28% | -9,963 | -27.92% | 35,680 |
Steuben | 13,219 | 35.77% | 22,986 | 62.19% | 687 | 1.86% | 12 | 0.03% | 55 | 0.15% | -9,767 | -26.43% | 36,959 |
Suffolk | 30,799 | 42.46% | 40,247 | 55.49% | 1,365 | 1.88% | 69 | 0.10% | 48 | 0.07% | -9,448 | -13.03% | 72,528 |
Sullivan | 9,656 | 52.15% | 8,294 | 44.79% | 435 | 2.35% | 110 | 0.59% | 22 | 0.12% | 1,362 | 7.36% | 18,517 |
Tioga | 4,067 | 32.99% | 8,047 | 65.27% | 181 | 1.47% | 16 | 0.13% | 17 | 0.14% | -3,980 | -32.28% | 12,328 |
Tompkins | 6,180 | 32.67% | 12,185 | 64.42% | 496 | 2.62% | 32 | 0.17% | 23 | 0.12% | -6,005 | -31.75% | 18,916 |
Ulster | 18,092 | 45.55% | 21,002 | 52.87% | 566 | 1.42% | 38 | 0.10% | 23 | 0.06% | -2,910 | -7.33% | 39,721 |
Warren | 6,661 | 36.22% | 11,585 | 62.99% | 133 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.05% | -4,924 | -26.77% | 18,392 |
Washington | 7,512 | 33.86% | 14,478 | 65.26% | 144 | 0.65% | 6 | 0.03% | 44 | 0.20% | -6,966 | -31.40% | 22,184 |
Wayne | 7,122 | 31.41% | 15,031 | 66.29% | 341 | 1.50% | 28 | 0.12% | 153 | 0.67% | -7,909 | -34.88% | 22,675 |
Westchester | 101,435 | 45.94% | 112,747 | 51.07% | 6,023 | 2.73% | 352 | 0.16% | 231 | 0.10% | -11,312 | -5.12% | 220,788 |
Wyoming | 4,490 | 31.76% | 9,377 | 66.33% | 255 | 1.80% | 3 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.08% | -4,887 | -34.57% | 14,137 |
Yates | 2,399 | 27.95% | 6,048 | 70.46% | 115 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.01% | 21 | 0.24% | -3,649 | -42.51% | 8,584 |
Totals | 2,534,959 | 54.07% | 1,937,963 | 41.33% | 177,397 | 3.78% | 27,956 | 0.60% | 10,339 | 0.22% | 596,996 | 12.73% | 4,688,614 |
Analysis
The most vital component to Roosevelt's victory in New York State was his overwhelming landslide in the massively populated 5 boroughs of New York City. Roosevelt took over 70% of the vote in the Bronx, and over 60% in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Up to this point, 1932 was the strongest victory ever for a Democrat in the city, although Roosevelt would outperform himself with an even stronger performance in the city in 1936. FDR built on the urban, ethnic coalition that had delivered the city to Al Smith 4 years earlier, and with the rise of the New Deal Coalition, New York would be solidified as one of the most Democratic cities in the United States. Just as Al Smith's 1928 counties remained loyal to the Democrats in 1932, most of upstate New York which had gone Republican in 1928 remained loyal to Herbert Hoover in 1932, albeit with reduced margins. Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, provided Roosevelt's strongest victory outside of New York City, giving him over 60% of the vote.
This was the second of three straight elections in which Democrats swept all five boroughs of New York City. Hoover only received at least forty percent of the vote in seven of the state assembly districts within New York City and only won a majority of the vote in one, the 15th district. His vote total in New York City declined from 36.71% in 1928, to 26.62% in 1932.[5] Roosevelt received 387,000 votes from Jews in New York City while Hoover received 95,000-105,000 votes and Thomas received 50,000-60,000 votes, which accounted for half of Thomas' 122,565 votes from New York City.[5]
See also
- United States presidential elections in New York
- Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Timeline of the Great Depression
References
- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – New York". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ a b "NY US President Race, November 08, 1932". Our Campaigns.
- ^ New York, ‘Vote, New York State, By Counties, November 8, 1932 For President and Vice President,’ The New York Red Book 1933 (Albany, 1933)
- ^ a b Mann, Arthur (1965). La Guardia Comes To Power 1933. J. B. Lippincott & Co.