1932 United States presidential election in Colorado

1932 United States presidential election in Colorado
All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
Roosevelt 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Hoover 40–50%
President before election; Herbert Hoover; Republican	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

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

Colorado was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 54.81 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 41.43% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Elbert County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[5] Colorado voted 4.4% to the right of the nation in this election. This marks the last presidential election until 1992 in which an incumbent Republican would lose Colorado in a re-election bid, along with a non-incumbent Democrat subsequently winning the state.

^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1932". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 159-161 ISBN 0786422173

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[2] "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[3] "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[4] "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1932". Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[5] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 159-161 ISBN 0786422173

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