1932 United States presidential election in Washington (state) explained

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Election Name:	1932 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Country:	Washington
Flag Image:	Flag of Washington (1923–1967).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1928 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Previous Year:	1928
Next Election:	1936 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Next Year:	1936
Votes For Election:	All 8 Washington 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:	8
Popular Vote1:	353,260
Percentage1:	57.46%
Nominee2:	Herbert Hoover
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	California
Running Mate2:	Charles Curtis
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	208,645
Percentage2:	33.94%
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 Washington took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Outside a few Presidential and gubernatorial elections, Washington was a virtually one-party Republican state during the “System of 1896”,^[3] where the only competition was via Republican primaries.^[4] Apart from Woodrow Wilson’s two elections, during the first of which the GOP was severely divided, no Democrat after William Jennings Bryan in 1900 carried a single county in the state until Al Smith won German Catholic Ferry County in 1928.

However, since the 1928 election when Washington state had been won by more than 36 percentage points, the United States had fallen into the Great Depression, which had been particularly severe in the rural western parts of the nation.^[5] The New Deal was especially popular in the Pacific States,^[6] and as a result Roosevelt was assured of carrying the state.

Washington state was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 57.46 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 33.94 percent of the popular vote. Roosevelt flipped every county won by his rival Hoover in 1928, becoming the first Democrat to sweep every county in Washington state – a feat he would repeat in 1936 but which has never been emulated since. He was the first-ever Democratic victor in the southwestern logging counties of Klickitat, Lewis and Pacific,^[7] and also in inland Benton County and Chelan County.^[7] Roosevelt was also the first Democrat since William Jennings Bryan in 1896, and only the second overall, to carry the state with an outright majority.

This was the last election in Washington in which voters chose presidential electors directly. The state adopted the modern "short ballot" starting with the 1936 election.

Results

Party! Pledged to! Elector! Votes

	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	William J. Lindberg	353,260
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Eldrige Wheeler	352,463
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Paul A. Newman	352,449
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry S. Volkmar	352,192
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	H. C. Davis	352,179
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Nella W. Hurd	351,891
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Ben Spear	351,458
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	D. N. Judson	350,730
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	Reno Odlin	208,645
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	Alex Polson	208,479
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	E. L. French	208,476
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	Charles E. Myers	208,449
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	Ione C. Earp	208,296
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	Peter Henning	208,285
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	William L. McCormick	208,238
	Republican Party	Herbert Hoover	Bruce E. McGregor	207,767
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	Charles W. Baum	30,308
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	Roy Thomas	30,240
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	Edith Kathrens	30,194
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	R. A. Henderson	30,193
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	Doreen Eggleton	30,186
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	P. H. Thomson	30,178
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	George Cyre	30,172
	Liberty Party	William Hope Harvey	A. V. Wallis	30,047
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	George W. Scott	17,080
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	A. R. Klein	16,844
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	W. Hitchcock	16,818
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	H. O. Fuhrberg	16,814
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	J. Richard Brown	16,776
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	J. L. Newlun	16,672
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	C. H. Bungay	16,619
	Socialist Party	Norman M. Thomas	Stella K. Garrison	16,502
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	Floyd E. Nell	2,972
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	Mrs. C. H. Harter	2,950
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	Joe Scott	2,946
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	W. F. Wilson	2,944
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	G. W. Westbloom	2,943
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	Charles Goold	2,931
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	H. G. Price	2,930
	Communist Party	William Z. Foster	Alton E. Casler	2,928
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Charles L. Haggard	1,540
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Louis Ludwig Anderson	1,517
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Alice B. Bacon	1,508
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Canlipe Smith	1,503
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Asenath B. Weakley	1,502
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	William E. Haycox	1,500
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Mary Dixon	1,490
	Prohibition Party	William D. Upshaw	Alva T. Whig	1,484
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	Lyle Clark	1,009
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	William Klaunig	996
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	Warren Joseph Chamberlain	980
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	Fred Herrick	980
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	Henry Genies	976
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	Paul Swanson	976
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	U. G. Stark	972
	Socialist Labor Party	Verne L. Reynolds	Paul K. Tipton	967
Votes cast				614,814

Results by county

County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Herbert Hoover Republican		William Hope Harvey Liberty		Norman M. Thomas Socialist		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		1,504		61.89%		867		35.68%		8		0.33%		43		1.77%		8		0.33%		637		26.21%		2,430
	Asotin		1,994		65.33%		960		31.45%		16		0.52%		58		1.90%		24		0.79%		1,034		33.88%		3,052
	Benton		2,633		57.28%		1,694		36.85%		143		3.11%		89		1.94%		38		0.83%		939		20.43%		4,597
	Chelan		7,316		52.79%		5,584		40.29%		808		5.83%		109		0.79%		42		0.30%		1,732		12.50%		13,859
	Clallam		3,954		52.46%		1,870		24.81%		1,542		20.46%		92		1.22%		79		1.05%		2,084		27.65%		7,537
	Clark		9,104		60.05%		4,901		32.33%		727		4.80%		302		1.99%		126		0.83%		4,203		27.72%		15,160
	Columbia		1,491		64.88%		714		31.07%		4		0.17%		63		2.74%		26		1.13%		777		33.81%		2,298
	Cowlitz		5,443		48.98%		3,767		33.90%		1,666		14.99%		167		1.50%		70		0.63%		1,676		15.08%		11,113
	Douglas		1,941		57.73%		1,179		35.07%		165		4.91%		66		1.96%		11		0.33%		762		22.67%		3,362
	Ferry		1,035		71.63%		322		22.28%		37		2.56%		44		3.04%		7		0.48%		713		49.34%		1,445
	Franklin		1,540		62.27%		838		33.89%		12		0.49%		72		2.91%		11		0.44%		702		28.39%		2,473
	Garfield		818		54.32%		669		44.42%		10		0.66%		1		0.07%		8		0.53%		149		9.89%		1,506
	Grant		1,376		57.10%		840		34.85%		111		4.61%		71		2.95%		12		0.50%		536		22.24%		2,410
	Grays Harbor		10,310		55.92%		5,141		27.89%		2,579		13.99%		136		0.74%		270		1.46%		5,169		28.04%		18,436
	Island		1,517		56.99%		803		30.17%		270		10.14%		49		1.84%		23		0.86%		714		26.82%		2,662
	Jefferson		1,994		61.03%		952		29.14%		266		8.14%		39		1.19%		16		0.49%		1,042		31.89%		3,267
	King		108,738		59.09%		63,346		34.42%		4,004		2.18%		6,547		3.56%		1,396		0.76%		45,392		24.67%		184,031
	Kitsap		10,002		70.57%		3,465		24.45%		361		2.55%		237		1.67%		108		0.76%		6,537		46.12%		14,173
	Kittitas		4,266		63.82%		1,963		29.37%		281		4.20%		97		1.45%		77		1.15%		2,303		34.46%		6,684
	Klickitat		2,155		59.15%		1,335		36.65%		29		0.80%		71		1.95%		53		1.45%		820		22.51%		3,643
	Lewis		8,454		54.21%		4,647		29.80%		2,305		14.78%		87		0.56%		101		0.65%		3,807		24.41%		15,594
	Lincoln		2,725		59.30%		1,748		38.04%		23		0.50%		79		1.72%		20		0.44%		977		21.26%		4,595
	Mason		2,181		55.89%		995		25.50%		675		17.30%		39		1.00%		12		0.31%		1,186		30.39%		3,902
	Okanogan		3,969		57.13%		2,277		32.78%		578		8.32%		89		1.28%		34		0.49%		1,692		24.36%		6,947
	Pacific		3,099		55.46%		1,737		31.08%		612		10.95%		65		1.16%		75		1.34%		1,362		24.37%		5,588
	Pend Oreille		1,772		64.18%		855		30.97%		8		0.29%		113		4.09%		13		0.47%		917		33.21%		2,761
	Pierce		38,451		58.86%		19,006		29.09%		5,183		7.93%		2,084		3.19%		603		0.92%		19,445		29.77%		65,327
	San Juan		786		52.37%		607		40.44%		90		6.00%		12		0.80%		6		0.40%		179		11.93%		1,501
	Skagit		8,395		60.45%		4,246		30.57%		592		4.26%		163		1.17%		492		3.54%		4,149		29.87%		13,888
	Skamania		934		63.89%		444		30.37%		20		1.37%		53		3.63%		11		0.75%		490		33.52%		1,462
	Snohomish		18,352		59.27%		9,310		30.07%		1,936		6.25%		1,052		3.40%		313		1.01%		9,042		29.20%		30,963
	Spokane		36,953		56.74%		24,848		38.15%		268		0.41%		2,610		4.01%		446		0.68%		12,105		18.59%		65,125
	Stevens		4,262		60.94%		2,247		32.13%		93		1.33%		331		4.73%		61		0.87%		2,015		28.81%		6,994
	Thurston		6,308		45.97%		4,241		30.91%		2,876		20.96%		132		0.96%		165		1.20%		2,067		15.06%		13,722
	Wahkiakum		730		53.52%		442		32.40%		161		11.80%		14		1.03%		17		1.25%		288		21.11%		1,364
	Walla Walla		5,578		52.75%		4,653		44.00%		15		0.14%		275		2.60%		54		0.51%		925		8.75%		10,575
	Whatcom		11,355		50.44%		9,254		41.11%		414		1.84%		1,015		4.51%		473		2.10%		2,101		9.33%		22,511
	Whitman		5,945		53.99%		4,727		42.93%		18		0.16%		261		2.37%		60		0.54%		1,218		11.06%		11,011
	Yakima		13,880		51.70%		11,151		41.54%		1,402		5.22%		253		0.94%		160		0.60%		2,729		10.17%		26,846
Totals	353,260	57.46%	208,645	33.94%	30,308	4.93%	17,080	2.78%	5,521	0.90%	144,615	23.52%	614,814

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Adams
• Asotin
• Benton
• Chelan
• Clallam
• Clark
• Columbia
• Cowlitz
• Douglas
• Franklin
• Garfield
• Grant
• Grays Harbor
• Island
• Jefferson
• King
• Kitsap
• Kittitas
• Klickitat
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Mason
• Okanogan
• Pacific
• Pend Oreille
• Pierce
• San Juan
• Skagit
• Skamania
• Snohomish
• Spokane
• Stevens
• Thurston
• Wahkiakum
• Walla Walla
• Whatcom
• Whitman
• Yakima

See also

• United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica. January 25, 2019.
2. Web site: 1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37). January 30, 2019.
3. Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179
4. Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
5. Davies, Richard O.; ‘The Politics of Desperation: William A. Hirth and the Presidential Election of 1932’; Agricultural History, vol. 38, no. 4 (October 1964), pp. 226-234
6. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 485
7. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 332