1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota explained

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Election Name:1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Country:Minnesota
Flag Year:1893
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Previous Year:1928
Next Election:1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Next Year:1936
Election Date:November 8, 1932
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 Vote1:600,806
Percentage1:59.91%
Nominee2:Herbert Hoover
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:California
Running Mate2:Charles Curtis
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:363,959
Percentage2:36.29%
Map Size:350px
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 Minnesota took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first Democrat to ever carry Minnesota in a presidential election, taking 59.9% of the state's vote to incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover's 36.3%, a margin of victory of 23.62% and 236,847 votes. Roosevelt won the national election in a landslide, taking 472 electoral votes and winning the national popular vote by 17.76%, Despite a history of overwhelming Republican dominance, Minnesota weighed in in this election as 5.86 percentage points more Democratic than the nation at-large.

This significant shift would foreshadow a national electoral realignment. The election of 1932, the first held since the Wall Street Crash of 1929, effectively marked the end of the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System, and the beginning of the Fifth Party System. This led to the dominance of the New Deal Coalition in presidential politics until 1968. Leading up to this election, the state's 1930 gubernatorial election, in which Farmer-Labor candidate Floyd B. Olson won the governorship by a landslide margin, was considered an indicator of the GOP's poor prospects in 1932. Throughout most of the 1930s, Roosevelt would dominate presidential politics in Minnesota, while Olson and the Farmer-Laborites tended to dominate state politics. The eventual cooperation between the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and the Democratic Party, fostered by Olson and Roosevelt, would lead to the establishment of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1944.

This was also only the second time since statehood that the state did not support the Republican candidate, the first being when it backed Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Minnesota has since voted Democratic in every presidential election except 1952, 1956, and 1972, all of which were national Republican landslides., this is the last election in which Lake County voted for a Republican presidential candidate (incidentally it was the only county to vote Republican in this election) and the last election in which Carver County and Otter Tail County voted for a Democratic candidate.[1]

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota[2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticFranklin D. Roosevelt600,80659.91%11
RepublicanHerbert Hoover (incumbent)363,95936.29%0
SocialistNorman Thomas25,4762.54%0
CommunistWilliam Z. Foster6,1010.61%0
Farmer-LaborJacob Coxey5,7310.57%0
Socialist LaborVerne L. Reynolds7700.08%0
Totals1,002,843100.00%11

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Norman Mattoon Thomas[3]
Socialist
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast[4]
%%%%%
Aitkin2,94551.28%2,34140.76%1843.20%2734.75%60410.52%5,743
Anoka4,25359.47%2,71838.00%1341.87%470.66%1,53521.46%7,152
Becker5,54767.56%2,29928.00%1461.78%2182.66%3,24839.56%8,210
Beltrami4,38660.73%2,31832.10%3174.39%2012.78%2,06828.63%7,222
Benton3,90172.92%1,32924.84%651.21%551.03%2,57248.07%5,350
Big Stone3,20077.37%86820.99%471.14%210.51%2,33256.38%4,136
Blue Earth7,92557.88%5,55040.54%1581.15%580.42%2,37517.35%13,691
Brown6,71675.00%2,02722.64%1711.91%410.46%4,68952.36%8,955
Carlton3,58645.75%3,33642.56%5717.29%3454.40%2503.19%7,838
Carver4,32862.71%2,50836.34%500.72%160.23%1,82026.37%6,902
Cass3,49457.82%2,30238.09%1482.45%991.64%1,19219.73%6,043
Chippewa3,88864.95%1,94032.41%1041.74%540.90%1,94832.54%5,986
Chisago3,04752.95%2,52443.86%1051.82%791.37%5239.09%5,755
Clay5,93867.75%2,55629.16%2232.54%470.54%3,38238.59%8,764
Clearwater2,68872.81%84522.89%912.46%681.84%1,84349.92%3,692
Cook49250.93%41843.27%313.21%252.59%747.66%966
Cottonwood2,87759.00%1,92139.40%470.96%310.64%95619.61%4,876
Crow Wing5,06852.91%3,99141.67%2893.02%2302.40%1,07711.24%9,578
Dakota8,95865.70%4,43932.56%1801.32%580.43%4,51933.14%13,635
Dodge2,67554.69%2,12943.53%360.74%511.04%54611.16%4,891
Douglas5,10166.63%2,32530.37%1451.89%851.11%2,77636.26%7,656
Faribault4,59051.62%4,14846.65%971.09%570.64%4424.97%8,892
Fillmore5,16650.03%4,97948.22%930.90%870.84%1871.81%10,325
Freeborn5,83852.82%4,93144.62%1971.78%860.78%9078.21%11,052
Goodhue7,45055.97%5,48641.22%2531.90%1210.91%1,96414.76%13,310
Grant2,70268.67%1,14829.17%601.52%250.64%1,55439.49%3,935
Hennepin119,23454.80%91,08741.87%5,7712.65%1,4740.68%28,14712.94%217,566
Houston3,05255.71%2,33542.63%430.78%480.88%71713.09%5,478
Hubbard2,23059.45%1,34935.96%902.40%822.19%88123.49%3,751
Isanti3,14764.53%1,48430.43%1322.71%1142.34%1,66334.10%4,877
Itasca5,61654.86%3,78236.94%3213.14%5185.06%1,83417.92%10,237
Jackson4,12971.67%1,52426.45%711.23%370.64%2,60545.22%5,761
Kanabec2,10658.42%1,26835.17%1373.80%942.61%83823.25%3,605
Kandiyohi5,81365.31%2,67430.04%3193.58%951.07%3,13935.27%8,901
Kittson2,33268.27%95027.81%1033.02%310.91%1,38240.46%3,416
Koochiching3,14863.29%1,42728.69%2054.12%1943.90%1,72134.60%4,974
Lac qui Parle3,99266.53%1,91131.85%550.92%420.70%2,08134.68%6,000
Lake1,05935.28%1,29042.97%58019.32%732.43%-231-7.69%3,002
Lake of the Woods97262.03%36923.55%17511.17%513.25%60338.48%1,567
Le Sueur5,87872.57%2,12126.19%550.68%460.57%3,75746.38%8,100
Lincoln2,96372.91%97423.97%872.14%400.98%1,98948.94%4,064
Lyon4,98967.57%2,26430.67%821.11%480.65%2,72536.91%7,383
McLeod5,18768.18%2,29330.14%841.10%440.58%2,89438.04%7,608
Mahnomen1,73483.81%26412.76%512.46%200.97%1,47071.05%2,069
Marshall3,25959.66%1,86634.16%1973.61%1412.58%1,39325.50%5,463
Martin4,73160.26%3,00438.26%901.15%260.33%1,72722.00%7,851
Meeker4,72366.08%2,27331.80%781.09%731.02%2,45034.28%7,147
Mille Lacs3,53860.62%1,98634.03%1843.15%1282.19%1,55226.59%5,836
Morrison6,71273.57%2,19824.09%1341.47%790.87%4,51449.48%9,123
Mower6,42160.58%4,00537.79%1141.08%590.56%2,41622.79%10,599
Murray3,26470.07%1,31428.21%501.07%300.64%1,95041.86%4,658
Nicollet3,96062.58%2,21735.03%991.56%520.82%1,74327.54%6,328
Nobles4,34363.51%2,41735.35%570.83%210.31%1,92628.17%6,838
Norman3,60168.80%1,31325.09%2564.89%641.22%2,28843.71%5,234
Olmsted7,34057.01%5,25440.81%1020.79%1781.38%2,08616.20%12,874
Otter Tail8,80551.90%7,41643.72%3261.92%4172.46%1,3898.19%16,964
Pennington2,74363.64%1,21228.12%2405.57%1152.67%1,53135.52%4,310
Pine4,86262.33%2,30429.53%4686.00%1672.14%2,55832.79%7,801
Pipestone2,99665.44%1,50932.96%440.96%290.63%1,48732.48%4,578
Polk8,75166.35%3,60427.32%6665.05%1691.28%5,14739.02%13,190
Pope3,57166.56%1,68831.46%591.10%470.88%1,88335.10%5,365
Ramsey66,12861.24%38,58935.74%2,5102.32%7530.70%27,53925.50%107,980
Red Lake1,89380.86%35114.99%542.31%431.84%1,54265.87%2,341
Redwood4,72763.20%2,63435.21%650.87%540.72%2,09327.98%7,480
Renville5,96768.11%2,63130.03%1061.21%570.65%3,33638.08%8,761
Rice6,28956.08%4,74342.29%1441.28%390.35%1,54613.79%11,215
Rock2,69564.15%1,45234.56%380.90%160.38%1,24329.59%4,201
Roseau2,80566.41%1,07825.52%2235.28%1182.79%1,72740.89%4,224
Saint Louis40,18147.99%34,88341.66%5,4856.55%3,1803.80%5,2986.33%83,729
Scott4,87880.64%1,13418.75%260.43%110.18%3,74461.89%6,049
Sherburne1,93853.46%1,60144.17%561.54%300.83%3379.30%3,625
Sibley4,75676.27%1,39822.42%400.64%420.67%3,35853.85%6,236
Stearns18,29379.36%4,49919.52%1820.79%760.33%13,79459.84%23,050
Steele4,31855.43%3,36543.20%740.95%330.42%95312.23%7,790
Stevens2,55263.96%1,39634.99%260.65%160.40%1,15628.97%3,990
Swift4,33975.04%1,30822.62%931.61%420.73%3,03152.42%5,782
Todd6,02364.16%3,11433.17%1371.46%1131.20%2,90930.99%9,387
Traverse2,63380.23%60818.53%260.79%150.46%2,02561.70%3,282
Wabasha4,54065.06%2,31933.23%530.76%660.95%2,22131.83%6,978
Wadena2,30057.07%1,58539.33%230.57%1223.03%71517.74%4,030
Waseca3,80564.46%2,01234.08%530.90%330.56%1,79330.37%5,903
Washington6,41360.18%3,99637.50%1721.61%750.70%2,41722.68%10,656
Watonwan2,79557.71%1,91939.62%891.84%400.83%87618.09%4,843
Wilkin2,48867.94%1,12630.75%280.76%200.55%1,36237.19%3,662
Winona8,30562.41%4,75135.70%1200.90%1320.99%3,55426.71%13,308
Wright7,20566.53%3,40631.45%1081.00%1111.02%3,79935.08%10,830
Yellow Medicine4,58071.14%1,73927.01%781.21%410.64%2,84144.13%6,438
Totals600,80659.91%363,95936.29%25,4762.54%12,6021.26%236,84723.62%1,002,843

See also

Notes and References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. Web site: 1932 Presidential Election Results, 1932 . 2016-10-05 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. Géoelections; 1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 234-241