1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:	1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Country:	Kentucky
Flag Image:	Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1928 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:	1928
Next Election:	1936 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:	1936
Votes For Election:	All 11 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 8, 1932^[1]
Image1:	FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg
Nominee1:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	John Nance Garner
Electoral Vote1:	11
Popular Vote1:	580,574
Percentage1:	59.06%
Nominee2:	Herbert Hoover
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	California
Running Mate2:	Charles Curtis
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	394,716
Percentage2:	40.15%
Map Size:	380px
President
Before Election:	Herbert Hoover
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 59.06 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 40.15 percent of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]} Roosevelt's victory was an almost exact reversal of Hoover's performance four years prior, when he had defeated Al Smith in the state by the same 18.9 point margin. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Adair County and Grayson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[5]

Results

Results by county

1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county^[6] ^[7]
County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Herbert Clark Hoover Republican		Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		3,251		51.22%		3,084		48.59%		0		0.00%		12		0.19%		167		2.63%		6,347
	Allen		3,116		48.93%		3,219		50.55%		7		0.11%		26		0.41%		-103		-1.62%		6,368
	Anderson		2,415		66.46%		1,184		32.58%		5		0.14%		30		0.83%		1,231		33.87%		3,634
	Ballard		3,987		86.98%		572		12.48%		11		0.24%		14		0.31%		3,415		74.50%		4,584
	Barren		6,518		64.02%		3,622		35.58%		8		0.08%		33		0.32%		2,896		28.45%		10,181
	Bath		2,909		64.57%		1,576		34.98%		5		0.11%		15		0.33%		1,333		29.59%		4,505
	Bell		5,440		53.27%		4,695		45.97%		10		0.10%		68		0.67%		745		7.29%		10,213
	Boone		3,536		71.83%		1,355		27.52%		20		0.41%		12		0.24%		2,181		44.30%		4,923
	Bourbon		4,759		62.59%		2,820		37.09%		5		0.07%		20		0.26%		1,939		25.50%		7,604
	Boyd		8,315		54.19%		6,853		44.67%		96		0.63%		79		0.51%		1,462		9.53%		15,343
	Boyle		4,473		66.65%		2,208		32.90%		4		0.06%		26		0.39%		2,265		33.75%		6,711
	Bracken		2,407		61.39%		1,471		37.52%		21		0.54%		22		0.56%		936		23.87%		3,921
	Breathitt		4,524		76.65%		1,371		23.23%		2		0.03%		5		0.08%		3,153		53.42%		5,902
	Breckinridge		3,814		53.83%		3,237		45.69%		4		0.06%		30		0.42%		577		8.14%		7,085
	Bullitt		2,918		72.70%		1,088		27.11%		2		0.05%		6		0.15%		1,830		45.59%		4,014
	Butler		1,736		40.08%		2,586		59.71%		4		0.09%		5		0.12%		-850		-19.63%		4,331
	Caldwell		2,971		58.96%		2,020		40.09%		18		0.36%		30		0.60%		951		18.87%		5,039
	Calloway		6,335		88.18%		813		11.32%		12		0.17%		24		0.33%		5,522		76.87%		7,184
	Campbell		17,776		58.85%		11,665		38.62%		589		1.95%		178		0.59%		6,111		20.23%		30,208
	Carlisle		2,840		87.30%		402		12.36%		3		0.09%		8		0.25%		2,438		74.95%		3,253
	Carroll		3,015		79.45%		761		20.05%		4		0.11%		15		0.40%		2,254		59.39%		3,795
	Carter		4,565		50.61%		4,376		48.51%		27		0.30%		52		0.58%		189		2.10%		9,020
	Casey		2,651		40.68%		3,840		58.93%		2		0.03%		23		0.35%		-1,189		-18.25%		6,516
	Christian		7,618		58.96%		5,235		40.52%		29		0.22%		38		0.29%		2,383		18.44%		12,920
	Clark		4,920		70.93%		1,981		28.56%		11		0.16%		24		0.35%		2,939		42.37%		6,936
	Clay		2,133		37.95%		3,474		61.81%		3		0.05%		10		0.18%		-1,341		-23.86%		5,620
	Clinton		908		27.27%		2,422		72.73%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-1,514		-45.47%		3,330
	Crittenden		2,119		49.05%		2,185		50.58%		3		0.07%		13		0.30%		-66		-1.53%		4,320
	Cumberland		1,235		34.16%		2,369		65.53%		0		0.00%		11		0.30%		-1,134		-31.37%		3,615
	Daviess		10,527		67.12%		5,059		32.25%		22		0.14%		77		0.49%		5,468		34.86%		15,685
	Edmonson		1,796		39.92%		2,690		59.79%		4		0.09%		9		0.20%		-894		-19.87%		4,499
	Elliott		2,150		84.91%		382		15.09%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,768		69.83%		2,532
	Estill		3,150		51.34%		2,963		48.29%		0		0.00%		23		0.37%		187		3.05%		6,136
	Fayette		15,765		56.57%		11,847		42.51%		163		0.58%		94		0.34%		3,918		14.06%		27,869
	Fleming		3,442		56.21%		2,638		43.08%		8		0.13%		36		0.59%		804		13.13%		6,124
	Floyd		8,537		71.22%		3,415		28.49%		18		0.15%		16		0.13%		5,122		42.73%		11,986
	Franklin		6,331		75.33%		2,034		24.20%		21		0.25%		18		0.21%		4,297		51.13%		8,404
	Fulton		3,985		82.25%		837		17.28%		4		0.08%		19		0.39%		3,148		64.97%		4,845
	Gallatin		1,792		82.85%		365		16.87%		0		0.00%		6		0.28%		1,427		65.97%		2,163
	Garrard		2,582		53.14%		2,276		46.84%		0		0.00%		1		0.02%		306		6.30%		4,859
	Grant		3,148		68.55%		1,407		30.64%		7		0.15%		30		0.65%		1,741		37.91%		4,592
	Graves		9,888		84.05%		1,825		15.51%		26		0.22%		25		0.21%		8,063		68.54%		11,764
	Grayson		3,872		50.79%		3,721		48.81%		5		0.07%		26		0.34%		151		1.98%		7,624
	Green		2,277		49.68%		2,281		49.77%		2		0.04%		23		0.50%		-4		-0.09%		4,583
	Greenup		4,963		58.44%		3,422		40.30%		62		0.73%		45		0.53%		1,541		18.15%		8,492
	Hancock		1,623		57.43%		1,174		41.54%		7		0.25%		22		0.78%		449		15.89%		2,826
	Hardin		6,047		67.79%		2,801		31.40%		32		0.36%		40		0.45%		3,246		36.39%		8,920
	Harlan		9,091		44.88%		11,118		54.89%		23		0.11%		22		0.11%		-2,027		-10.01%		20,254
	Harrison		4,909		72.30%		1,833		27.00%		12		0.18%		36		0.53%		3,076		45.30%		6,790
	Hart		4,008		60.34%		2,601		39.16%		12		0.18%		21		0.32%		1,407		21.18%		6,642
	Henderson		6,100		68.69%		2,485		27.98%		226		2.54%		70		0.79%		3,615		40.70%		8,881
	Henry		4,303		71.87%		1,643		27.44%		4		0.07%		37		0.62%		2,660		44.43%		5,987
	Hickman		3,327		87.81%		446		11.77%		2		0.05%		14		0.37%		2,881		76.04%		3,789
	Hopkins		9,158		69.99%		3,817		29.17%		34		0.26%		76		0.58%		5,341		40.82%		13,085
	Jackson		529		15.49%		2,879		84.28%		3		0.09%		5		0.15%		-2,350		-68.79%		3,416
	Jefferson		72,402		51.31%		67,137		47.58%		964		0.68%		593		0.42%		5,265		3.73%		141,096
	Jessamine		2,873		62.52%		1,710		37.21%		0		0.00%		12		0.26%		1,163		25.31%		4,595
	Johnson		3,134		39.05%		4,871		60.70%		11		0.14%		9		0.11%		-1,737		-21.64%		8,025
	Kenton		22,311		65.12%		11,202		32.69%		572		1.67%		178		0.52%		11,109		32.42%		34,263
	Knott		4,443		85.61%		747		14.39%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,696		71.21%		5,190
	Knox		3,375		42.52%		4,513		56.85%		9		0.11%		41		0.52%		-1,138		-14.34%		7,938
	Larue		2,650		67.97%		1,235		31.67%		2		0.05%		12		0.31%		1,415		36.29%		3,899
	Laurel		3,569		42.34%		4,827		57.26%		16		0.19%		18		0.21%		-1,258		-14.92%		8,430
	Lawrence		3,701		56.99%		2,766		42.59%		2		0.03%		25		0.38%		935		14.40%		6,494
	Lee		1,970		54.66%		1,628		45.17%		1		0.03%		5		0.14%		342		9.49%		3,604
	Leslie		569		16.80%		2,810		82.96%		2		0.06%		6		0.18%		-2,241		-66.16%		3,387
	Letcher		5,190		52.03%		4,732		47.44%		14		0.14%		39		0.39%		458		4.59%		9,975
	Lewis		2,488		43.28%		3,212		55.88%		13		0.23%		35		0.61%		-724		-12.60%		5,748
	Lincoln		4,574		59.44%		3,063		39.81%		10		0.13%		48		0.62%		1,511		19.64%		7,695
	Livingston		2,231		67.36%		1,070		32.31%		3		0.09%		8		0.24%		1,161		35.05%		3,312
	Logan		7,072		71.31%		2,778		28.01%		8		0.08%		59		0.59%		4,294		43.30%		9,917
	Lyon		2,099		70.46%		873		29.31%		0		0.00%		7		0.23%		1,226		41.15%		2,979
	Madison		6,957		54.00%		5,811		45.10%		77		0.60%		39		0.30%		1,146		8.89%		12,884
	Magoffin		2,721		50.44%		2,661		49.32%		2		0.04%		11		0.20%		60		1.11%		5,395
	Marion		4,427		73.53%		1,571		26.09%		5		0.08%		18		0.30%		2,856		47.43%		6,021
	Marshall		4,246		82.78%		863		16.83%		10		0.19%		10		0.19%		3,383		65.96%		5,129
	Martin		770		30.09%		1,774		69.32%		4		0.16%		11		0.43%		-1,004		-39.23%		2,559
	Mason		5,065		60.78%		3,213		38.55%		9		0.11%		47		0.56%		1,852		22.22%		8,334
	McCracken		9,188		73.51%		3,140		25.12%		100		0.80%		71		0.57%		6,048		48.39%		12,499
	McCreary		1,194		26.09%		3,360		73.43%		11		0.24%		11		0.24%		-2,166		-47.33%		4,576
	McLean		2,771		65.60%		1,412		33.43%		22		0.52%		19		0.45%		1,359		32.17%		4,224
	Meade		2,488		69.81%		1,050		29.46%		13		0.36%		13		0.36%		1,438		40.35%		3,564
	Menifee		1,425		74.61%		474		24.82%		4		0.21%		7		0.37%		951		49.79%		1,910
	Mercer		3,759		65.43%		1,950		33.94%		3		0.05%		33		0.57%		1,809		31.49%		5,745
	Metcalfe		1,985		53.22%		1,729		46.35%		1		0.03%		15		0.40%		256		6.86%		3,730
	Monroe		1,620		38.66%		2,559		61.07%		2		0.05%		9		0.21%		-939		-22.41%		4,190
	Montgomery		2,810		64.78%		1,515		34.92%		3		0.07%		10		0.23%		1,295		29.85%		4,338
	Morgan		4,137		74.09%		1,435		25.70%		1		0.02%		11		0.20%		2,702		48.39%		5,584
	Muhlenberg		7,162		61.58%		4,349		37.39%		59		0.51%		60		0.52%		2,813		24.19%		11,630
	Nelson		5,272		71.23%		2,100		28.37%		2		0.03%		27		0.36%		3,172		42.86%		7,401
	Nicholas		2,728		68.41%		1,219		30.57%		0		0.00%		41		1.03%		1,509		37.84%		3,988
	Ohio		4,870		49.02%		4,880		49.12%		111		1.12%		73		0.73%		-10		-0.10%		9,934
	Oldham		2,319		71.73%		888		27.47%		12		0.37%		14		0.43%		1,431		44.26%		3,233
	Owen		4,240		85.48%		658		13.27%		2		0.04%		60		1.21%		3,582		72.22%		4,960
	Owsley		520		20.72%		1,985		79.08%		1		0.04%		4		0.16%		-1,465		-58.37%		2,510
	Pendleton		2,745		59.42%		1,812		39.22%		8		0.17%		55		1.19%		933		20.19%		4,620
	Perry		6,393		54.85%		5,240		44.96%		11		0.09%		11		0.09%		1,153		9.89%		11,655
	Pike		12,686		61.36%		7,914		38.28%		29		0.14%		45		0.22%		4,772		23.08%		20,674
	Powell		1,300		60.89%		826		38.69%		0		0.00%		9		0.42%		474		22.20%		2,135
	Pulaski		4,931		41.57%		6,905		58.22%		7		0.06%		18		0.15%		-1,974		-16.64%		11,861
	Robertson		1,056		65.84%		538		33.54%		0		0.00%		10		0.62%		518		32.29%		1,604
	Rockcastle		1,976		35.51%		3,577		64.29%		3		0.05%		8		0.14%		-1,601		-28.77%		5,564
	Rowan		2,844		63.34%		1,622		36.12%		12		0.27%		12		0.27%		1,222		27.22%		4,490
	Russell		1,699		40.30%		2,490		59.06%		1		0.02%		26		0.62%		-791		-18.76%		4,216
	Scott		4,572		69.79%		1,943		29.66%		8		0.12%		28		0.43%		2,629		40.13%		6,551
	Shelby		5,180		70.72%		2,108		28.78%		4		0.05%		33		0.45%		3,072		41.94%		7,325
	Simpson		3,603		74.64%		1,203		24.92%		2		0.04%		19		0.39%		2,400		49.72%		4,827
	Spencer		1,773		70.50%		736		29.26%		1		0.04%		5		0.20%		1,037		41.23%		2,515
	Taylor		2,823		51.76%		2,592		47.52%		0		0.00%		39		0.72%		231		4.24%		5,454
	Todd		3,966		71.38%		1,562		28.11%		7		0.13%		21		0.38%		2,404		43.27%		5,556
	Trigg		3,611		71.11%		1,452		28.59%		9		0.18%		6		0.12%		2,159		42.52%		5,078
	Trimble		2,083		88.49%		257		10.92%		2		0.08%		12		0.51%		1,826		77.57%		2,354
	Union		4,892		81.66%		1,063		17.74%		10		0.17%		26		0.43%		3,829		63.91%		5,991
	Warren		8,932		65.78%		4,569		33.65%		24		0.18%		53		0.39%		4,363		32.13%		13,578
	Washington		2,841		54.60%		2,340		44.97%		3		0.06%		19		0.37%		501		9.63%		5,203
	Wayne		2,929		51.88%		2,682		47.50%		4		0.07%		31		0.55%		247		4.37%		5,646
	Webster		4,833		67.71%		2,257		31.62%		9		0.13%		39		0.55%		2,576		36.09%		7,138
	Whitley		3,576		36.42%		6,186		62.99%		14		0.14%		44		0.45%		-2,610		-26.58%		9,820
	Wolfe		2,321		71.81%		909		28.13%		0		0.00%		2		0.06%		1,412		43.69%		3,232
	Woodford		3,180		64.66%		1,720		34.97%		7		0.14%		11		0.22%		1,460		29.69%		4,918
Totals	580,574	59.06%	394,716	40.15%	3,858	0.39%	3,911	0.40%	185,858	18.91%	983,059

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Adair
• Anderson
• Barren
  • Boone Bath
• Bell
• Bourbon
• Boyd
• Boyle
• Bracken
• Breckinridge
• Bullitt
• Campbell
• Caldwell
• Carter
• Clark
• Christian
• Daviess
• Estill
• Fayette
• Fleming
• Gallatin
• Garrard
• Grant
• Grayson
• Greenup
• Hancock
• Hardin
• Hart
• Henderson
• Jefferson
• Jessamine
• Kenton
• Larue
• Lawrence
• Lee
• Letcher
• Livingston
• Lincoln
• Logan
• Lyon
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Mason
• McCracken
• McLean
• Menifee
• Mercer
• Metcalfe
• Muhlenberg
• Montgomery
• Nicholas
• Oldham
• Pendleton
• Perry
• Pike
• Pulaski
• Robertson
• Rowan
• Scott
• Spencer
• Shelby
• Taylor
• Todd
• Trigg
• Warren
• Wayne
• Washington
• Woodford

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica. January 18, 2019.
2. Web site: 1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37). January 18, 2019.
3. Web site: 1932 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky. August 13, 2020.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1932. January 18, 2019.
5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 207-213
6. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 176-177
7. Web site: Géoelections. 1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15 with data on request)