1932 United States presidential election in Indiana

1932 United States presidential election in Indiana

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All 14 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 862,054 677,184
Percentage 54.67% 42.94%

County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 54.67% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (RCalifornia), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 42.94% of the popular vote.[3][4]

This is the only time that Steuben County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate,[5] and as of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election when Fulton County, Jasper County, Kosciusko County, Morgan County and Newton County backed a Democrat for President.[6]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1932". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 187-192 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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