1932 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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The 1932 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever since statehood,
During the 1910s, North Dakota had been one of the major centres of
The earlier straw poll in the state, at the end of the third week of October, had Roosevelt leading by about seven-to-four over Hoover, and this poll had been taken amongst voters who had given Hoover a larger margin over Al Smith than North Dakota as a whole had.[10] By the weekend preceding the poll, further polls seemed to confirm Hoover’s hopes of carrying the state as forlorn,[11] and as it turned out Roosevelt carried the state by a larger margin than even the latest polls expected. With the farming areas decimated by drought, Hoover support held up best in the cities of the Red River valley, but FDR still carried all 53 counties by double-digit majorities.
Roosevelt became the first Democrat to win a majority of North Dakota’s vote in a presidential election, a feat he emulated in 1936 but which has otherwise only been achieved by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.[12] This was also Roosevelt's strongest performance in any state outside of the Solid South. His 69.59 percent of the vote is the best Democratic performance in North Dakota presidential election history as well as the highest raw vote total for a Democrat in the state.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 178,350 | 69.59% | |
Republican | Herbert Hoover (inc.) | 71,772 | 28.00% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,521 | 1.37% | |
Liberty | William Hope Harvey | 1,817 | 0.71% | |
Communist | William Z. Foster | 830 | 0.32% | |
Total votes | 256,290 | 100% |
Results by county
County[14] | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Herbert Clark Hoover Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
William Hope Harvey Liberty |
William Z. Foster Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,514 | 58.10% | 915 | 35.11% | 37 | 1.42% | 128 | 4.91% | 12 | 0.46% | 599 | 22.99% | 2,606 |
Barnes | 4,833 | 63.04% | 2,527 | 32.96% | 120 | 1.57% | 166 | 2.17% | 21 | 0.27% | 2,306 | 30.08% | 7,667 |
Benson | 3,650 | 74.23% | 1,170 | 23.79% | 59 | 1.20% | 27 | 0.55% | 11 | 0.22% | 2,480 | 50.44% | 4,917 |
Billings | 760 | 70.44% | 295 | 27.34% | 10 | 0.93% | 4 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.93% | 465 | 43.10% | 1,079 |
Bottineau | 4,178 | 75.05% | 1,201 | 21.57% | 166 | 2.98% | 15 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.13% | 2,977 | 53.48% | 5,567 |
Bowman | 1,292 | 59.38% | 616 | 28.31% | 213 | 9.79% | 44 | 2.02% | 11 | 0.51% | 676 | 31.07% | 2,176 |
Burke | 2,473 | 68.81% | 906 | 25.21% | 131 | 3.64% | 15 | 0.42% | 69 | 1.92% | 1,567 | 43.60% | 3,594 |
Burleigh | 5,621 | 66.61% | 2,687 | 31.84% | 90 | 1.07% | 9 | 0.11% | 32 | 0.38% | 2,934 | 34.77% | 8,439 |
Cass | 11,094 | 54.40% | 8,937 | 43.82% | 321 | 1.57% | 25 | 0.12% | 17 | 0.08% | 2,157 | 10.58% | 20,394 |
Cavalier | 3,770 | 71.33% | 1,471 | 27.83% | 29 | 0.55% | 5 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.19% | 2,299 | 43.50% | 5,285 |
Dickey | 3,068 | 66.08% | 1,424 | 30.67% | 59 | 1.27% | 25 | 0.54% | 67 | 1.44% | 1,644 | 35.41% | 4,643 |
Divide | 2,374 | 69.78% | 817 | 24.02% | 68 | 2.00% | 124 | 3.64% | 19 | 0.56% | 1,557 | 45.77% | 3,402 |
Dunn | 2,380 | 79.12% | 569 | 18.92% | 27 | 0.90% | 21 | 0.70% | 11 | 0.37% | 1,811 | 60.21% | 3,008 |
Eddy | 1,888 | 74.71% | 537 | 21.25% | 44 | 1.74% | 47 | 1.86% | 11 | 0.44% | 1,351 | 53.46% | 2,527 |
Emmons | 3,089 | 76.29% | 916 | 22.62% | 30 | 0.74% | 8 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,173 | 53.67% | 4,049 |
Foster | 1,838 | 74.38% | 609 | 24.65% | 9 | 0.36% | 14 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,229 | 49.74% | 2,471 |
Golden Valley | 1,023 | 60.35% | 653 | 38.53% | 11 | 0.65% | 4 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.24% | 370 | 21.83% | 1,695 |
Grand Forks | 7,579 | 58.75% | 5,090 | 39.46% | 187 | 1.45% | 17 | 0.13% | 27 | 0.21% | 2,489 | 19.29% | 12,900 |
Grant | 2,912 | 79.69% | 657 | 17.98% | 38 | 1.04% | 33 | 0.90% | 14 | 0.38% | 2,255 | 61.71% | 3,654 |
Griggs | 1,838 | 77.32% | 428 | 18.01% | 41 | 1.72% | 60 | 2.52% | 10 | 0.42% | 1,410 | 59.32% | 2,377 |
Hettinger | 2,336 | 69.57% | 921 | 27.43% | 54 | 1.61% | 33 | 0.98% | 14 | 0.42% | 1,415 | 42.14% | 3,358 |
Kidder | 2,042 | 73.14% | 709 | 25.39% | 29 | 1.04% | 4 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,333 | 47.74% | 2,792 |
LaMoure | 3,310 | 72.22% | 1,134 | 24.74% | 88 | 1.92% | 43 | 0.94% | 8 | 0.17% | 2,176 | 47.48% | 4,583 |
Logan | 2,350 | 84.93% | 390 | 14.09% | 11 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.40% | 1,960 | 70.83% | 2,767 |
McHenry | 3,937 | 70.73% | 1,396 | 25.08% | 166 | 2.98% | 59 | 1.06% | 8 | 0.14% | 2,541 | 45.65% | 5,566 |
McIntosh | 3,078 | 86.88% | 465 | 13.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,613 | 73.75% | 3,543 |
McKenzie | 2,655 | 74.85% | 710 | 20.02% | 91 | 2.57% | 74 | 2.09% | 17 | 0.48% | 1,945 | 54.84% | 3,547 |
McLean | 4,354 | 76.08% | 1,369 | 23.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,985 | 52.16% | 5,723 |
Mercer | 2,491 | 83.23% | 480 | 16.04% | 10 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.33% | 2,011 | 67.19% | 2,993 |
Morton | 5,548 | 74.67% | 1,828 | 24.60% | 38 | 0.51% | 7 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.12% | 3,720 | 50.07% | 7,430 |
Mountrail | 3,284 | 73.83% | 986 | 22.17% | 84 | 1.89% | 15 | 0.34% | 79 | 1.78% | 2,298 | 51.66% | 4,448 |
Nelson | 3,176 | 76.86% | 956 | 23.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,220 | 53.73% | 4,132 |
Oliver | 1,152 | 78.42% | 302 | 20.56% | 10 | 0.68% | 3 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.14% | 850 | 57.86% | 1,469 |
Pembina | 3,636 | 65.04% | 1,911 | 34.19% | 40 | 0.72% | 3 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,725 | 30.86% | 5,590 |
Pierce | 2,439 | 73.18% | 856 | 25.68% | 32 | 0.96% | 1 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,583 | 47.49% | 3,333 |
Ramsey | 4,337 | 68.53% | 1,917 | 30.29% | 52 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.24% | 2,420 | 38.24% | 6,329 |
Ransom | 3,025 | 66.29% | 1,445 | 31.67% | 59 | 1.29% | 28 | 0.61% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,580 | 34.63% | 4,563 |
Renville | 1,969 | 72.10% | 689 | 25.23% | 60 | 2.20% | 8 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,280 | 46.87% | 2,731 |
Richland | 5,663 | 69.20% | 2,304 | 28.16% | 173 | 2.11% | 32 | 0.39% | 11 | 0.13% | 3,359 | 41.05% | 8,183 |
Rolette | 2,855 | 79.22% | 706 | 19.59% | 32 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.19% | 2,149 | 59.63% | 3,604 |
Sargent | 2,818 | 75.98% | 785 | 21.16% | 73 | 1.97% | 25 | 0.67% | 8 | 0.22% | 2,033 | 54.81% | 3,709 |
Sheridan | 1,945 | 79.29% | 468 | 19.08% | 28 | 1.14% | 2 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.41% | 1,477 | 60.21% | 2,453 |
Sioux | 1,328 | 77.12% | 350 | 20.33% | 25 | 1.45% | 12 | 0.70% | 7 | 0.41% | 978 | 56.79% | 1,722 |
Slope | 1,136 | 68.43% | 461 | 27.77% | 49 | 2.95% | 11 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.18% | 675 | 40.66% | 1,660 |
Stark | 4,786 | 80.72% | 1,143 | 19.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,643 | 61.44% | 5,929 |
Steele | 1,925 | 71.69% | 695 | 25.88% | 26 | 0.97% | 39 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,230 | 45.81% | 2,685 |
Stutsman | 6,182 | 69.63% | 2,577 | 29.03% | 103 | 1.16% | 11 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.06% | 3,605 | 40.61% | 8,878 |
Towner | 2,190 | 73.02% | 765 | 25.51% | 25 | 0.83% | 7 | 0.23% | 12 | 0.40% | 1,425 | 47.52% | 2,999 |
Traill | 3,112 | 61.33% | 1,893 | 37.31% | 51 | 1.01% | 10 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,219 | 24.02% | 5,074 |
Walsh | 5,342 | 73.74% | 1,616 | 22.31% | 133 | 1.84% | 146 | 2.02% | 7 | 0.10% | 3,726 | 51.44% | 7,244 |
Ward | 8,129 | 64.38% | 4,195 | 33.23% | 187 | 1.48% | 47 | 0.37% | 68 | 0.54% | 3,934 | 31.16% | 12,626 |
Wells | 3,823 | 77.40% | 1,062 | 21.50% | 28 | 0.57% | 19 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.14% | 2,761 | 55.90% | 4,939 |
Williams | 4,823 | 70.06% | 1,509 | 21.92% | 74 | 1.07% | 371 | 5.39% | 107 | 1.55% | 3,314 | 48.14% | 6,884 |
Totals | 178,350 | 69.59% | 71,772 | 28.00% | 3,521 | 1.37% | 1,817 | 0.71% | 830 | 0.32% | 106,578 | 41.58% | 256,290 |
See also
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-107-09509-0
- ^ Lubell, Samuel; The Future of American Politics (1956), pp. 156-164
- ^ a b See Pratt, William C.; ‘Rural Radicalism on the Northern Plains, 1912-1950’; Montana The Magazine of Western History, vol. 42, no. 1 (Winter, 1992), pp. 42-55
- New York Times, March 16, 1932, p. 1
- ^ a b Slichter, Gertrude Almy; ‘Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Farm Problem, 1929-1932’; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, vol. 43, no. 2 (September 1956), pp. 238-258
- ^ ‘Hansbrough Comes Out for Roosevelt: Former Republican Senator Declares Hooverism Has Failed’; The Washington Post, August 1, 1932, p. 3
- Bismarck Tribune, July 27, 2008, p. C1
- Daily Boston Globe, October 21, 1932, p. 32
- ^ ‘North Dakota: Hoover Supporters Clinging to Forlorn Hope’; Special to the New York Times, November 6, 1932, p. 29
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