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1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1928 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1928
next_election	1936 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1936
election_date	November 8, 1932
image_size	x200px
image1	President Hoover portrait (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Herbert Hoover
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	California
running_mate1	Charles Curtis
electoral_vote1	36
popular_vote1	1,453,540
percentage1	50.84%
image2	FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg
nominee2	Franklin D. Roosevelt
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	New York
running_mate2	John N. Garner
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	1,295,948
percentage2	45.33%
map_image	{{switcher	[[File:Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1932.svg	300px]]	County results
map_size	300px
title	President
before_election	Herbert Hoover
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Franklin D. Roosevelt
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1932 United States presidential election

Municipality results}}

Hoover Roosevelt Thomas Tie The 1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, President Herbert Hoover, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hoover won Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.51%. With 50.84% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would be Hoover's third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine.

Pennsylvania was one of only six states – along with Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont – which voted to re-elect the embattled Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address the Great Depression.

This is the last election where the Republican candidate carried Philadelphia County, then still controlled by a Republican political machine, in a presidential election. This was the last time that Luzerne County voted for the statewide losing candidate until 2020. This is also one of only four occasions where Pennsylvania and Michigan voted for different presidential candidates ever since the Democrats and Republicans became the two major parties in U.S. politics.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	Herbert Hoover (incumbent)	1,453,540	50.84%	36
Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,295,948	45.33%	0
Socialist	Norman Thomas	91,223	3.19%	0
Prohibition	William Upshaw	11,369	0.40%	0
Communist	William Z. Foster	5,659	0.20%	0
Jobless	James Cox	726	0.03%	0
Industrialist	Verne L. Reynolds	659	0.02%	0
Totals	2,858,247	100.00%	36

Results by county

County	Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican	Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic	Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,464,533	51.24%	1,284,235	44.93%	91,223	3.19%	18,256	0.64%	180,298	6.31%	2,858,247
	Adams		6,084		45.09%		7,185		53.25%		158		1.17%		67		0.50%		-1,101		-8.16%		13,494
	Allegheny		152,326		42.43%		189,839		52.88%		14,777		4.12%		2,061		0.57%		-37,513		-10.45%		359,003
	Armstrong		10,884		52.10%		9,230		44.18%		483		2.31%		293		1.40%		1,654		7.92%		20,890
	Beaver		19,751		47.87%		19,805		48.00%		1,325		3.21%		379		0.92%		-54		-0.13%		41,260
	Bedford		6,597		54.29%		5,075		41.76%		350		2.88%		130		1.07%		1,522		12.52%		12,152
	Berks		27,073		37.07%		29,763		40.76%		15,988		21.89%		199		0.27%		-2,690		-3.68%		73,023
	Blair		19,553		56.95%		13,709		39.93%		840		2.45%		232		0.68%		5,844		17.02%		34,334
	Bradford		11,521		63.34%		5,970		32.82%		562		3.09%		135		0.74%		5,551		30.52%		18,188
	Bucks		22,331		59.07%		14,135		37.39%		1,203		3.18%		138		0.37%		8,196		21.68%		37,807
	Butler		11,543		54.77%		8,717		41.36%		535		2.54%		280		1.33%		2,826		13.41%		21,075
	Cambria		21,351		41.75%		28,197		55.13%		1,245		2.43%		352		0.69%		-6,846		-13.39%		51,145
	Cameron		1,438		64.31%		748		33.45%		36		1.61%		14		0.63%		690		30.86%		2,236
	Carbon		9,918		48.52%		9,874		48.30%		604		2.95%		45		0.22%		44		0.22%		20,441
	Centre		8,264		52.55%		7,053		44.85%		244		1.55%		165		1.05%		1,211		7.70%		15,726
	Chester		29,425		69.21%		12,040		28.32%		879		2.07%		173		0.41%		17,385		40.89%		42,517
	Clarion		5,991		46.05%		6,651		51.12%		211		1.62%		158		1.21%		-660		-5.07%		13,011
	Clearfield		10,500		46.84%		11,029		49.20%		675		3.01%		213		0.95%		-529		-2.36%		22,417
	Clinton		4,851		54.54%		3,741		42.06%		244		2.74%		58		0.65%		1,110		12.48%		8,894
	Columbia		8,791		44.43%		10,640		53.77%		186		0.94%		170		0.86%		-1,849		-9.34%		19,787
	Crawford		10,918		51.72%		9,382		44.44%		505		2.39%		306		1.45%		1,536		7.28%		21,111
	Cumberland		13,098		50.86%		12,086		46.93%		257		1.00%		310		1.20%		1,012		3.93%		25,751
	Dauphin		36,278		60.31%		22,412		37.26%		1,098		1.83%		364		0.61%		13,866		23.05%		60,152
	Delaware		75,291		68.19%		32,413		29.36%		2,372		2.15%		333		0.30%		42,878		38.84%		110,409
	Elk		5,797		46.39%		6,461		51.70%		184		1.47%		55		0.44%		-664		-5.31%		12,497
	Erie		18,371		45.43%		19,592		48.44%		2,027		5.01%		452		1.12%		-1,221		-3.02%		40,442
	Fayette		15,903		35.26%		27,662		61.33%		1,222		2.71%		319		0.71%		-11,759		-26.07%		45,106
	Forest		1,090		63.34%		569		33.06%		27		1.57%		35		2.03%		521		30.27%		1,721
	Franklin		10,992		52.96%		9,338		44.99%		266		1.28%		161		0.78%		1,654		7.97%		20,757
	Fulton		1,410		41.83%		1,921		56.99%		15		0.44%		25		0.74%		-511		-15.16%		3,371
	Greene		4,808		33.41%		9,322		64.77%		111		0.77%		152		1.06%		-4,514		-31.36%		14,393
	Huntingdon		7,371		66.39%		3,426		30.86%		181		1.63%		125		1.13%		3,945		35.53%		11,103
	Indiana		12,727		57.24%		8,606		38.70%		625		2.81%		277		1.25%		4,121		18.53%		22,235
	Jefferson		8,246		52.48%		6,570		41.81%		697		4.44%		200		1.27%		1,676		10.67%		15,713
	Juniata		2,752		48.44%		2,805		49.38%		40		0.70%		84		1.48%		-53		-0.93%		5,681
	Lackawanna		34,632		45.24%		40,793		53.28%		865		1.13%		270		0.35%		-6,161		-8.05%		76,560
	Lancaster		34,502		56.54%		24,406		40.00%		1,757		2.88%		354		0.58%		10,096		16.55%		61,019
	Lawrence		13,064		55.10%		9,390		39.61%		883		3.72%		372		1.57%		3,674		15.50%		23,709
	Lebanon		10,487		58.97%		5,924		33.31%		1,256		7.06%		117		0.66%		4,563		25.66%		17,784
	Lehigh		21,169		46.95%		21,939		48.65%		1,858		4.12%		127		0.28%		-770		-1.71%		45,093
	Luzerne		52,672		45.44%		60,975		52.60%		1,943		1.68%		338		0.29%		-8,303		-7.16%		115,928
	Lycoming		16,212		55.43%		11,499		39.31%		1,164		3.98%		375		1.28%		4,713		16.11%		29,250
	McKean		9,970		65.01%		4,661		30.39%		607		3.96%		97		0.63%		5,309		34.62%		15,335
	Mercer		14,057		53.53%		10,961		41.74%		827		3.15%		413		1.57%		3,096		11.79%		26,258
	Mifflin		5,525		58.95%		3,654		38.99%		121		1.29%		72		0.77%		1,871		19.96%		9,372
	Monroe		4,659		41.60%		6,357		56.76%		143		1.28%		40		0.36%		-1,698		-15.16%		11,199
	Montgomery		64,619		64.00%		32,971		32.66%		3,168		3.14%		203		0.20%		31,648		31.35%		100,961
	Montour		2,159		44.24%		2,677		54.86%		30		0.61%		14		0.29%		-518		-10.61%		4,880
	Northampton		20,779		45.04%		24,009		52.04%		1,148		2.49%		197		0.43%		-3,230		-7.00%		46,133
	Northumberland		17,982		42.35%		23,114		54.43%		1,265		2.98%		103		0.24%		-5,132		-12.09%		42,464
	Perry		4,402		53.23%		3,733		45.14%		66		0.80%		68		0.82%		669		8.09%		8,269
	Philadelphia		331,092		54.54%		260,276		42.88%		13,038		2.15%		2,608		0.43%		70,816		11.67%		607,014
	Pike		1,649		46.36%		1,844		51.84%		57		1.60%		7		0.20%		-195		-5.48%		3,557
	Potter		3,847		58.53%		2,271		34.55%		384		5.84%		71		1.08%		1,576		23.98%		6,573
	Schuylkill		32,492		46.88%		35,023		50.53%		1,405		2.03%		385		0.56%		-2,531		-3.65%		69,305
	Snyder		3,423		59.37%		2,176		37.74%		97		1.68%		70		1.21%		1,247		21.63%		5,766
	Somerset		11,857		58.56%		7,919		39.11%		339		1.67%		134		0.66%		3,938		19.45%		20,249
	Sullivan		1,457		46.77%		1,602		51.42%		35		1.12%		21		0.67%		-145		-4.65%		3,115
	Susquehanna		6,884		55.99%		5,171		42.06%		168		1.37%		72		0.59%		1,713		13.93%		12,295
	Tioga		9,583		75.00%		3,004		23.51%		119		0.93%		72		0.56%		6,579		51.49%		12,778
	Union		3,534		61.63%		1,948		33.97%		187		3.26%		65		1.13%		1,586		27.66%		5,734
	Venango		12,230		64.07%		6,174		32.34%		308		1.61%		376		1.97%		6,056		31.73%		19,088
	Warren		7,872		57.24%		5,254		38.20%		476		3.46%		151		1.10%		2,618		19.04%		13,753
	Washington		21,447		40.82%		28,934		55.07%		1,556		2.96%		599		1.14%		-7,487		-14.25%		52,536
	Wayne		6,215		61.47%		3,666		36.26%		160		1.58%		70		0.69%		2,549		25.21%		10,111
	Westmoreland		30,426		37.73%		45,436		56.34%		3,988		4.94%		801		0.99%		-15,010		-18.61%		80,651
	Wyoming		3,968		58.00%		2,728		39.88%		84		1.23%		61		0.89%		1,240		18.13%		6,841
	York		25,430		44.33%		29,313		51.10%		1,549		2.70%		1,073		1.87%		-3,883		-6.77%		57,365

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Adams
Alleghany
Beaver
Berks
Cambria
Clarion
Clearfield
Columbia
Erie
Fayette
Fulton
Greene
Juniata
Lehigh
Monroe
Montour
Northumberland
Northampton
Pike
Schuylkill
Sullivan
Washington
Westmoreland
York

Notes

References

"1932 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016
Brownstein, Ronald. (September 16, 2024). "Why these three states are the most consistent tipping point in American politics". CNN.
David Leip. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
Géoelections; [http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1932.htm 1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote] (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
Robinson, Edgar Eugene; ''The Presidential Vote 1896-1932'', pp. 309-313 {{ISBN. 9780804716963

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