1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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County Results
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The 1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The beginning of the 1910s would see a minor Democratic revival as many La Follette progressives endorsed
The Great Depression, apart from providing a revitalized Socialist Party and small Democratic gains โ did not affect the state's politics, which continued to be dominated by the La Follette family, substantially. Nonetheless, given that that family had never endorsed incumbent GOP President Herbert Hoover, the national Republican Party was pleased when a conservative, Walter J. Kohler Sr., won the gubernatorial nomination.[7]
Interviews at the beginning of October said that with the aid of La Follette forces Roosevelt would carry the state,
Roosevelt won every county except the two
Results
1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin[15] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 707,410 | 63.46% | 12 | |
Republican | Herbert Hoover (incumbent) | 347,741 | 31.19% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 53,379 | 4.79% | 0 | |
Independent Communist
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William Z. Foster | 3,112 | 0.28% | 0 | |
Prohibition | William D. Upshaw | 2,672 | 0.24% | 0 | |
Independent Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 494 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,111,642 | 100.0% | 12 |
Results by county
County | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Herbert Hoover Republican |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 2,120 | 71.89% | 777 | 26.35% | 33 | 1.12% | 19 | 0.64% | 1,343 | 45.54% | 2,949 |
Ashland | 5,405 | 64.90% | 2,646 | 31.77% | 170 | 2.04% | 107 | 1.28% | 2,759 | 33.13% | 8,328 |
Barron | 7,413 | 63.35% | 3,852 | 32.92% | 323 | 2.76% | 113 | 0.97% | 3,561 | 30.43% | 11,701 |
Bayfield | 2,981 | 55.88% | 2,035 | 38.14% | 189 | 3.54% | 130 | 2.44% | 946 | 17.73% | 5,335 |
Brown | 19,990 | 72.34% | 7,150 | 25.87% | 453 | 1.64% | 41 | 0.15% | 12,840 | 46.46% | 27,634 |
Buffalo | 3,252 | 64.68% | 1,711 | 34.03% | 43 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.44% | 1,541 | 30.65% | 5,028 |
Burnett | 2,437 | 63.58% | 1,281 | 33.42% | 90 | 2.35% | 25 | 0.65% | 1,156 | 30.16% | 3,833 |
Calumet | 5,485 | 80.84% | 1,213 | 17.88% | 68 | 1.00% | 19 | 0.28% | 4,272 | 62.96% | 6,785 |
Chippewa | 8,445 | 62.92% | 4,792 | 35.71% | 141 | 1.05% | 43 | 0.32% | 3,653 | 27.22% | 13,421 |
Clark | 8,372 | 69.77% | 3,132 | 26.10% | 362 | 3.02% | 133 | 1.11% | 5,240 | 43.67% | 11,999 |
Columbia | 8,455 | 61.98% | 4,970 | 36.43% | 158 | 1.16% | 58 | 0.43% | 3,485 | 25.55% | 13,641 |
Crawford | 4,754 | 70.24% | 1,943 | 28.71% | 36 | 0.53% | 35 | 0.52% | 2,811 | 41.53% | 6,768 |
Dane | 26,841 | 56.13% | 19,083 | 39.90% | 1,725 | 3.61% | 174 | 0.36% | 7,758 | 16.22% | 47,823 |
Dodge | 15,874 | 75.06% | 4,936 | 23.34% | 298 | 1.41% | 40 | 0.19% | 10,938 | 51.72% | 21,148 |
Door | 4,149 | 61.61% | 2,488 | 36.95% | 76 | 1.13% | 21 | 0.31% | 1,661 | 24.67% | 6,734 |
Douglas | 9,715 | 51.27% | 7,888 | 41.63% | 1,113 | 5.87% | 233 | 1.23% | 1,827 | 9.64% | 18,949 |
Dunn | 4,936 | 54.19% | 3,898 | 42.80% | 225 | 2.47% | 49 | 0.54% | 1,038 | 11.40% | 9,108 |
Eau Claire | 7,565 | 49.31% | 7,487 | 48.80% | 254 | 1.66% | 37 | 0.24% | 78 | 0.51% | 15,343 |
Florence | 965 | 55.33% | 714 | 40.94% | 41 | 2.35% | 24 | 1.38% | 251 | 14.39% | 1,744 |
Fond du Lac | 16,143 | 64.56% | 8,436 | 33.74% | 336 | 1.34% | 89 | 0.36% | 7,707 | 30.82% | 25,004 |
Forest | 2,595 | 76.03% | 768 | 22.50% | 38 | 1.11% | 12 | 0.35% | 1,827 | 53.53% | 3,413 |
Grant | 9,701 | 60.94% | 5,986 | 37.60% | 153 | 0.96% | 79 | 0.50% | 3,715 | 23.34% | 15,919 |
Green | 5,406 | 61.73% | 3,190 | 36.42% | 97 | 1.11% | 65 | 0.74% | 2,216 | 25.30% | 8,758 |
Green Lake | 4,446 | 66.53% | 2,179 | 32.61% | 32 | 0.48% | 26 | 0.39% | 2,267 | 33.92% | 6,683 |
Iowa | 4,621 | 58.82% | 3,113 | 39.63% | 65 | 0.83% | 57 | 0.73% | 1,508 | 19.20% | 7,856 |
Iron | 2,338 | 66.36% | 891 | 25.29% | 115 | 3.26% | 179 | 5.08% | 1,447 | 41.07% | 3,523 |
Jackson | 3,813 | 64.42% | 1,983 | 33.50% | 100 | 1.69% | 23 | 0.39% | 1,830 | 30.92% | 5,919 |
Jefferson | 11,230 | 68.28% | 5,062 | 30.78% | 117 | 0.71% | 39 | 0.24% | 6,168 | 37.50% | 16,448 |
Juneau | 4,723 | 68.75% | 2,018 | 29.37% | 92 | 1.34% | 37 | 0.54% | 2,705 | 39.37% | 6,870 |
Kenosha | 14,373 | 60.13% | 7,307 | 30.57% | 1,972 | 8.25% | 251 | 1.05% | 7,066 | 29.56% | 23,903 |
Kewaunee | 5,200 | 84.94% | 879 | 14.36% | 24 | 0.39% | 19 | 0.31% | 4,321 | 70.58% | 6,122 |
La Crosse | 12,919 | 62.10% | 7,686 | 36.94% | 144 | 0.69% | 56 | 0.27% | 5,233 | 25.15% | 20,805 |
Lafayette | 4,886 | 59.49% | 3,246 | 39.52% | 59 | 0.72% | 22 | 0.27% | 1,640 | 19.97% | 8,213 |
Langlade | 6,332 | 71.56% | 2,340 | 26.44% | 132 | 1.49% | 45 | 0.51% | 3,992 | 45.11% | 8,849 |
Lincoln | 5,093 | 61.57% | 2,958 | 35.76% | 145 | 1.75% | 76 | 0.92% | 2,135 | 25.81% | 8,272 |
Manitowoc | 15,696 | 75.44% | 4,573 | 21.98% | 480 | 2.31% | 56 | 0.27% | 11,123 | 53.46% | 20,805 |
Marathon | 17,744 | 72.13% | 6,210 | 25.24% | 583 | 2.37% | 64 | 0.26% | 11,534 | 46.88% | 24,601 |
Marinette | 6,508 | 53.41% | 5,249 | 43.08% | 380 | 3.12% | 48 | 0.39% | 1,259 | 10.33% | 12,185 |
Marquette | 2,504 | 63.81% | 1,365 | 34.79% | 33 | 0.84% | 22 | 0.56% | 1,139 | 29.03% | 3,924 |
Milwaukee | 170,202 | 65.62% | 54,693 | 21.09% | 32,874 | 12.67% | 1,619 | 0.62% | 115,509 | 44.53% | 259,388 |
Monroe | 6,757 | 67.88% | 3,022 | 30.36% | 94 | 0.94% | 81 | 0.81% | 3,735 | 37.52% | 9,954 |
Oconto | 6,440 | 68.04% | 2,915 | 30.80% | 73 | 0.77% | 37 | 0.39% | 3,525 | 37.24% | 9,465 |
Oneida | 4,542 | 65.70% | 1,992 | 28.82% | 350 | 5.06% | 29 | 0.42% | 2,550 | 36.89% | 6,913 |
Outagamie | 16,186 | 64.44% | 8,517 | 33.91% | 368 | 1.47% | 47 | 0.19% | 7,669 | 30.53% | 25,118 |
Ozaukee | 5,770 | 80.59% | 1,182 | 16.51% | 191 | 2.67% | 17 | 0.24% | 4,588 | 64.08% | 7,160 |
Pepin | 1,931 | 61.79% | 1,152 | 36.86% | 28 | 0.90% | 14 | 0.45% | 779 | 24.93% | 3,125 |
Pierce | 4,115 | 51.57% | 3,537 | 44.32% | 284 | 3.56% | 44 | 0.55% | 578 | 7.24% | 7,980 |
Polk | 5,421 | 58.72% | 3,425 | 37.10% | 320 | 3.47% | 66 | 0.71% | 1,996 | 21.62% | 9,232 |
Portage | 9,195 | 71.72% | 3,434 | 26.79% | 159 | 1.24% | 32 | 0.25% | 5,761 | 44.94% | 12,820 |
Price | 4,114 | 63.69% | 2,023 | 31.32% | 183 | 2.83% | 139 | 2.15% | 2,091 | 32.37% | 6,459 |
Racine | 19,960 | 60.31% | 10,754 | 32.49% | 2,110 | 6.38% | 273 | 0.82% | 9,206 | 27.82% | 33,097 |
Richland | 4,027 | 54.16% | 3,256 | 43.79% | 71 | 0.95% | 81 | 1.09% | 771 | 10.37% | 7,435 |
Rock | 12,612 | 42.03% | 16,825 | 56.07% | 472 | 1.57% | 99 | 0.33% | -4,213 | -14.04% | 30,008 |
Rusk | 3,194 | 59.04% | 1,942 | 35.90% | 223 | 4.12% | 51 | 0.94% | 1,252 | 23.14% | 5,410 |
Sauk | 7,638 | 59.36% | 5,063 | 39.35% | 101 | 0.78% | 65 | 0.51% | 2,575 | 20.01% | 12,867 |
Sawyer | 2,381 | 64.35% | 1,179 | 31.86% | 110 | 2.97% | 30 | 0.81% | 1,202 | 32.49% | 3,700 |
Shawano | 7,593 | 73.24% | 2,450 | 23.63% | 285 | 2.75% | 39 | 0.38% | 5,143 | 49.61% | 10,367 |
Sheboygan | 18,029 | 67.62% | 7,454 | 27.96% | 1,029 | 3.86% | 149 | 0.56% | 10,575 | 39.66% | 26,661 |
St. Croix | 6,374 | 59.58% | 4,059 | 37.94% | 218 | 2.04% | 47 | 0.44% | 2,315 | 21.64% | 10,698 |
Taylor | 4,219 | 70.94% | 1,107 | 18.61% | 581 | 9.77% | 40 | 0.67% | 3,112 | 52.33% | 5,947 |
Trempealeau | 5,786 | 66.06% | 2,874 | 32.81% | 62 | 0.71% | 37 | 0.42% | 2,912 | 33.25% | 8,759 |
Vernon | 5,939 | 65.57% | 2,979 | 32.89% | 67 | 0.74% | 72 | 0.79% | 2,960 | 32.68% | 9,057 |
Vilas | 2,036 | 61.34% | 1,138 | 34.29% | 57 | 1.72% | 88 | 2.65% | 898 | 27.06% | 3,319 |
Walworth | 6,790 | 45.72% | 7,858 | 52.91% | 154 | 1.04% | 50 | 0.34% | -1,068 | -7.19% | 14,852 |
Washburn | 2,619 | 60.51% | 1,501 | 34.68% | 181 | 4.18% | 27 | 0.62% | 1,118 | 25.83% | 4,328 |
Washington | 8,570 | 78.02% | 2,209 | 20.11% | 186 | 1.69% | 20 | 0.18% | 6,361 | 57.91% | 10,985 |
Waukesha | 13,487 | 59.65% | 8,538 | 37.76% | 516 | 2.28% | 68 | 0.30% | 4,949 | 21.89% | 22,609 |
Waupaca | 8,179 | 60.42% | 5,082 | 37.54% | 237 | 1.75% | 38 | 0.28% | 3,097 | 22.88% | 13,536 |
Waushara | 3,073 | 53.56% | 2,541 | 44.28% | 78 | 1.36% | 46 | 0.80% | 532 | 9.27% | 5,738 |
Winnebago | 15,591 | 55.98% | 11,505 | 41.31% | 594 | 2.13% | 162 | 0.58% | 4,086 | 14.67% | 27,852 |
Wood | 9,215 | 67.65% | 4,100 | 30.10% | 228 | 1.67% | 78 | 0.57% | 5,115 | 37.55% | 13,621 |
Totals | 707,410 | 63.46% | 347,741 | 31.19% | 53,379 | 4.79% | 6,271 | 0.56% | 359,669 | 32.26% | 1,114,801 |
See also
References
- ISBN 0313213798
- ISBN 0815719094
- ISBN 978-1-107-09509-0
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- ^ Leary, William M. (jr.); 'Woodrow Wilson, Irish Americans, and the Election of 1916'; The Journal of American History, Vol. 54, No. 1 (June 1967), pp. 57-72
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- ^ 'Republicans Hail La Follette Defeat as Trend to Hoover: See Swing to Conservatism as Capital Diagnoses Progressives' Upset in Wisconsin'; Special to The New York Times , September 22, 1932, p. 1
- ^ 'Roosevelt Outlook Bright in Wisconsin: Trend Is Strong Among the Progressives and Leaders Are Unlikely to Interfere'; The New York Times, October 2, 1932, p. 30
- Daily Boston Globe, October 7, 1932, p. 30
- ^ 'La Follette Out for Roosevelt: Senator Also to Support Wisconsin Democrats Declares President Has Been Wrong on Progressive Issues'; Daily Boston Globe, October 20, 1932, p. 17
- ^ 'Roosevelt Back by R.M. La Follette: Hoover Criticized as Reactionary in Appeal to His Faction by Wisconsin Senator'; Special to The New York Times', October 20, 1932, p. 15
- ^ 'Roosevelt Leading in Digest Poll, 3โ2: Hoover Ahead in All New England And in New Jersey โ Others Are For Democratic Ticket'; Boston Daily Globe, October 21, 1932, p. 32
- ^ "1932 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
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- ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results โ Wisconsin". Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "WI US President Race, November 08, 1932". Our Campaigns.