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1932 United States presidential election in California

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The 1932 United States presidential election in California took place on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1932 United States presidential election in California
← 1928 November 8, 1932 1936 →
Turnout80.65% (of registered voters) Increase 0.87 pp
65.22% (of eligible voters) Increase 8.24 pp[1]
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 22 0
Popular vote 1,324,157 847,902
Percentage 58.39% 37.39%
County results
President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

California voted for the Democratic challenger, New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican incumbent, Herbert Hoover, carrying every county except Riverside.

Roosevelt became the first Democrat to gain an absolute majority of the vote in California since Franklin Pierce in 1852, and in winning all but one county he broke numerous long streaks of Republican dominance.[a] Alpine and Orange counties had never voted Democratic before this election,[2] Alameda County had last voted for a Democrat in 1856,[3] Humboldt County had not gone Democratic since Stephen Douglas carried it in 1860,[4] San Bernardino and Santa Clara counties had not voted Democratic since Horatio Seymour in 1868,[2] and the last Democrat to have carried Los Angeles County was Samuel J. Tilden in 1876.[2]. Finally, Del Norte County had not backed a Democrat since Grover Cleveland in 1892.

FDR’s victory was the first of five consecutive Democratic victories in the state, as California would not vote Republican again until Dwight Eisenhower won the state in 1952. This would also be the last time until 1992 that a non-incumbent Democrat would carry California in a presidential election. As of 2024, Alameda County and San Francisco have voted Democratic in every subsequent election except 1952 and 1956, while Yolo County has been carried by the Democratic candidate in every subsequent election except 1952.

Results

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General Election Results[5]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Anne Banning 1,324,157
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Edward W. Cahill 1,322,261
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt John P. Carter 1,322,095
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles L. Culbert 1,321,953
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt P. J. Conkling 1,321,926
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Peter J. Haggerty 1,321,817
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt John T. Gaffey 1,321,810
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Charles O. Dunbar 1,321,792
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt R. F. Del Valle 1,321,768
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt J. Ed Hughes 1,321,713
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry E. Harwood 1,321,695
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Clara H. Heller 1,321,605
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Nicola Giulii 1,321,574
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt John Stephen McGroarty 1,321,539
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt W. R. Jacobs 1,321,538
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mattison B. Jones 1,321,535
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt John E. King 1,321,494
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Patrick Francis O'Rourke 1,321,446
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Calvin L. Russell 1,321,330
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Jackson H. Ralston 1,321,295
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt George M. Spicer 1,321,013
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mary Marshall Wiley 1,320,356
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Carlos S. Stanley 847,902
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Richard M. Tobin 847,113
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Harry A. Milton 847,028
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young 847,017
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Herbert Kerrigan 847,005
Republican Party Herbert Hoover George C. Pardee 846,991
Republican Party Herbert Hoover J. L. Elizabeth Lawless 846,976
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Robert Freeman 846,950
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Hugh McNulty 846,949
Republican Party Herbert Hoover George W. Clyde 846,926
Republican Party Herbert Hoover John F. Slavich 846,919
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Mrs. Max Sloss 846,888
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Edward H. Ahlswede 846,845
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Ralph E. Smith 846,731
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Alfred L. Bartlett 846,627
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Harry J. Tremaine 846,598
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Edwin A. Meserve 846,553
Republican Party Herbert Hoover E. P. Clarke 846,521
Republican Party Herbert Hoover James W. Hanberry 846,515
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Cora A. Shaw 846,515
Republican Party Herbert Hoover John F. Forward Jr. 846,394
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Helen Mattewson 846,062
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Upton Sinclair 63,299
Socialist Party Norman Thomas George R. Kirkpatrick 63,076
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Elbert E. Porter 63,032
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Kate C. Gatz 63,012
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Aaron Shapiro 63,012
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Samuel Wisenberg 62,990
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Ethelwyn Mills 62,982
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Samuel S. White 62,980
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Elijah Nackus 62,979
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Adam Gladys 62,979
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Harry Sherr 62,978
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Agnes H. Downing 62,977
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Isaac C. Ruby 62,974
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Casimir I. Olexiewicz 62,967
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Forrest J. Voorhie 62,966
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Joseph Porton 62,964
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Harvey R. Edward 62,962
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Althea M. Page 62,956
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Robert B. Whitaker 62,950
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Blanche F. Tipton 62,944
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Addie M. Benedict 62,942
Socialist Party Norman Thomas George A. Garrett 62,922
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw M. Len Hutchins 20,637
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Ethel G. Hubler 20,443
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw John C. Bell 20,388
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Allie Simmons Wheeler 20,382
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw H. A. Johnson 20,373
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Dana G. Boleyn 20,340
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw William H. Moore 20,318
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Thomas H. James 20,313
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw O. U. Hull 20,311
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw W. M. Nanney 20,300
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw J. S. Edwards 20,299
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw James P. M. Jensen 20,272
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw J. L. Rollins 20,264
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Joseph Fusch 20,263
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Minnie Goldthwaite 20,260
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw W. P. Fassett 20,256
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw M. Shelton 20,252
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw L. E. Blochman 20,240
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw G. Rath 20,239
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw M. E. Leaves 20,237
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw Lura Hyden Boleyn 20,213
Prohibition Party William D. Upshaw O. Oxendine 20,191
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Walter E. Owen 9,827
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey George D. Patrick 9,770
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Van Dyke Todd 9,702
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Warner Abbey 9,701
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey James V. Lippitt 9,696
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Roy E. Silvers 9,694
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Grace M. Baker 9,687
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Clair P. Catterlin 9,683
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Edmond B. Clark 9,683
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Peter C. Christensen 9,675
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Emily Blanton 9,666
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Oliver C. Campbelle 9,666
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey H. V. Haney 9,665
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey A. R. Blanton 9,663
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Sarah E. Dyer 9,658
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey LeRoy E. Enos 9,655
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey George Felsing 9,654
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Paul Holmes 9,654
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Halbert E. Higbee 9,650
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey J. W. Wemple 9,650
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Isla I. Bates 9,649
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey George House 9,642
Write-in William Z. Foster[b] 1,023
Write-in James Ford[c] 994
Write-in Scattering 127
Votes cast[d] 2,267,966

Results by county

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County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic 		Herbert Hoover
Republican 		Norman Thomas
Socialist 		William D. Upshaw
Prohibition 		William H. Harvey
Liberty 		William Z. Foster
Communist 		Scattering[e]
Write-in 		Margin Total votes cast[f]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 106,388 52.04% 89,303 43.68% 6,598 3.23% 1,146 0.56% 790 0.39% 111 0.05% 116[g] 0.06% 17,085 8.36% 204,452
Alpine 56 50.00% 53 47.32% 2 1.79% 0 0.00% 1 0.89% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 2.68% 112
Amador 2,367 72.97% 822 25.34% 23 0.71% 10 0.31% 22 0.68% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,545 47.63% 3,244
Butte 9,645 65.03% 4,322 29.14% 524 3.53% 154 1.04% 187 1.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 5,323 35.89% 14,832
Calaveras 1,744 67.10% 754 29.01% 66 2.54% 14 0.54% 21 0.81% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 990 38.09% 2,599
Colusa 2,752 69.11% 1,095 27.50% 32 0.80% 65 1.63% 38 0.95% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,657 41.61% 3,982
Contra Costa 17,218 58.94% 10,907 37.33% 811 2.78% 144 0.49% 91 0.31% 21 0.07% 22[h] 0.08% 6,311 21.60% 29,214
Del Norte 1,319 64.06% 637 30.94% 72 3.50% 5 0.24% 26 1.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 682 33.12% 2,059
El Dorado 3,034 73.37% 956 23.12% 84 2.03% 26 0.63% 35 0.85% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,078 50.25% 4,135
Fresno 32,528 69.90% 12,134 26.07% 1,211 2.60% 545 1.17% 119 0.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 20,394 43.82% 46,537
Glenn 2,973 65.07% 1,432 31.34% 73 1.60% 56 1.23% 35 0.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,541 33.73% 4,569
Humboldt 8,723 54.20% 6,795 42.22% 325 2.02% 114 0.71% 95 0.59% 21 0.13% 22[i] 0.14% 1,928 11.98% 16,095
Imperial 8,772 67.28% 3,783 29.01% 274 2.10% 175 1.34% 35 0.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,989 38.26% 13,039
Inyo 1,459 64.61% 698 30.91% 64 2.83% 10 0.44% 27 1.20% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 761 33.70% 2,258
Kern 19,634 70.32% 7,011 25.11% 962 3.45% 176 0.63% 137 0.49% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 12,623 45.21% 27,920
Kings 5,191 69.05% 2,009 26.72% 146 1.94% 123 1.64% 49 0.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,182 42.33% 7,518
Lake 2,344 62.61% 1,301 34.75% 60 1.60% 26 0.69% 13 0.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,043 27.86% 3,744
Lassen 3,056 70.41% 1,167 26.89% 77 1.77% 38 0.88% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,889 43.53% 4,340
Los Angeles 554,476 57.19% 373,738 38.55% 27,518 2.84% 8,713 0.90% 4,135 0.43% 458 0.05% 556[j] 0.06% 180,738 18.64% 969,594
Madera 3,457 70.15% 1,243 25.22% 94 1.91% 99 2.01% 35 0.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,214 44.93% 4,928
Marin 9,764 57.45% 6,480 38.13% 654 3.85% 68 0.40% 24 0.14% 3 0.02% 3[k] 0.02% 3,284 19.32% 16,996
Mariposa 1,386 68.01% 560 27.48% 49 2.40% 17 0.83% 26 1.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 826 40.53% 2,038
Mendocino 5,867 61.43% 3,365 35.23% 188 1.97% 65 0.68% 66 0.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,502 26.20% 9,551
Merced 7,202 67.10% 2,920 27.20% 377 3.51% 158 1.47% 77 0.72% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,282 39.89% 10,734
Modoc 1,643 68.86% 655 27.45% 42 1.76% 30 1.26% 16 0.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 988 41.41% 2,386
Mono 374 64.37% 199 34.25% 6 1.03% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 175 30.12% 581
Monterey 8,942 56.77% 6,200 39.37% 323 2.05% 116 0.74% 169 1.07% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,742 17.41% 15,750
Napa 5,745 60.32% 3,521 36.97% 152 1.60% 77 0.81% 29 0.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,224 23.35% 9,524
Nevada 3,544 63.33% 1,842 32.92% 136 2.43% 25 0.45% 49 0.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,702 30.41% 5,596
Orange 23,835 48.37% 22,623 45.91% 1,577 3.20% 980 1.99% 257 0.52% 2 0.00% 2[l] 0.00% 1,212 2.46% 49,276
Placer 6,200 71.40% 2,242 25.82% 155 1.79% 46 0.53% 40 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,958 45.58% 8,683
Plumas 2,035 75.82% 582 21.68% 54 2.01% 12 0.45% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,453 54.14% 2,684
Riverside 12,755 45.37% 14,112 50.20% 693 2.47% 423 1.50% 129 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,357 -4.83% 28,112
Sacramento 36,370 69.32% 14,553 27.74% 978 1.86% 295 0.56% 269 0.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 21,817 41.58% 52,465
San Benito 2,283 60.98% 1,269 33.89% 52 1.39% 32 0.85% 108 2.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,014 27.08% 3,744
San Bernardino 24,889 50.23% 22,094 44.59% 1,502 3.03% 858 1.73% 205 0.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,795 5.64% 49,548
San Diego 45,622 53.58% 35,305 41.46% 3,108 3.65% 759 0.89% 356 0.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 10,317 12.12% 85,150
San Francisco 144,236 64.62% 70,152 31.43% 5,802 2.60% 1,913 0.86% 343 0.15% 382 0.17% 369[m] 0.17% 74,084 33.19% 223,197
San Joaquin 21,929 63.33% 11,145 32.19% 1,137 3.29% 290 0.84% 115 0.33% 4 0.01% 6[n] 0.02% 10,784 31.14% 34,626
San Luis Obispo 7,933 65.77% 3,449 28.59% 417 3.46% 161 1.33% 102 0.85% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,484 37.17% 12,062
San Mateo 19,094 56.36% 13,442 39.68% 982 2.90% 121 0.36% 240 0.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 5,652 16.68% 33,879
Santa Barbara 13,373 57.42% 8,864 38.06% 707 3.04% 170 0.73% 170 0.73% 0 0.00% 7 0.03% 4,509 19.36% 23,291
Santa Clara 28,272 49.14% 27,353 47.54% 1,377 2.39% 310 0.54% 205 0.36% 8 0.01% 6[o] 0.01% 919 1.60% 57,531
Santa Cruz 8,246 55.01% 6,005 40.06% 306 2.04% 151 1.01% 282 1.88% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,241 14.95% 14,990
Shasta 4,170 72.12% 1,382 23.90% 150 2.59% 61 1.05% 19 0.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,788 48.22% 5,782
Sierra 796 69.40% 292 25.46% 45 3.92% 14 1.22% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 504 43.94% 1,147
Siskiyou 6,367 69.33% 2,458 26.76% 255 2.78% 89 0.97% 15 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,909 42.56% 9,184
Solano 9,712 67.16% 4,382 30.30% 260 1.80% 63 0.44% 44 0.30% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 5,330 36.86% 14,461
Sonoma 15,686 61.11% 9,161 35.69% 583 2.27% 188 0.73% 26 0.10% 13 0.05% 12[p] 0.05% 6,525 25.42% 25,669
Stanislaus 12,336 58.63% 7,614 36.18% 595 2.83% 469 2.23% 28 0.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,722 22.44% 21,042
Sutter 3,807 70.41% 1,392 25.74% 105 1.94% 47 0.87% 56 1.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,415 44.66% 5,407
Tehama 3,534 60.40% 2,001 34.20% 149 2.55% 127 2.17% 40 0.68% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,533 26.20% 5,851
Trinity 1,101 73.01% 318 21.09% 53 3.51% 29 1.92% 7 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 783 51.92% 1,508
Tulare 15,631 62.53% 8,066 32.27% 629 2.52% 503 2.01% 170 0.68% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 7,565 30.26% 24,999
Tuolumne 2,521 66.45% 1,145 30.18% 77 2.03% 21 0.55% 30 0.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,376 36.27% 3,794
Ventura 10,903 58.82% 6,908 37.27% 433 2.34% 175 0.94% 116 0.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,995 21.55% 18,535
Yolo 5,780 67.77% 2,515 29.49% 85 1.00% 101 1.18% 48 0.56% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,265 38.28% 8,529
Yuba 3,138 69.84% 1,176 26.17% 90 2.00% 33 0.73% 56 1.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,962 43.67% 4,493
Total 1,324,157 58.39% 847,902 37.39% 63,299 2.79% 20,637 0.91% 9,827 0.43% 1,023 0.05% 1,121 0.05% 476,255 21.00% 2,267,966

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 152-155 ISBN 0786422173
  3. ^ Géographie Électorale; 1856 Presidential Election by County
  4. ^ Géographie Électorale; 1860 Presidential Election by County
  5. ^ California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote at General Election held on November 8, 1932 in the State of California. Sacramento, California: State Printing Office. pp. 4–23. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ William Howard Taft, the national Republican nominee, was not on the ballot in California in 1912, but those counties won by Theodore Roosevelt in that election are counted as part of these streaks.
  2. ^ Since California voted for electors directly, these votes were for Foster specifically and not the Communist ticket, which was not on the ballot in the state
  3. ^ Ford was Foster's running mate on the national Communist ticket. Ford's votes closely mirror those of Foster so voters who wrote in Foster almost certainly simultaneously wrote in Ford. Voters were entitled to choose up to 22 names on a general ticket, so separately writing in Foster and Ford would have been allowed.
  4. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  5. ^ Includes the write-in votes for Ford
  6. ^ Based on the highest elector on each ticket
  7. ^ 108 for James Ford
  8. ^ 22 for James Ford
  9. ^ 22 for James Ford
  10. ^ 446 for James Ford
  11. ^ 3 for James Ford
  12. ^ 2 for James Ford
  13. ^ 369 for James Ford
  14. ^ 4 for James Ford
  15. ^ 6 for James Ford
  16. ^ 12 for James Ford
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