1932 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1932 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Elections in Nebraska |
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Nebraska was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 62.98% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 35.29% of the popular vote.[3]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this election marks the best ever Democratic presidential performance in Nebraska and the only time the state has given more than sixty percent of its vote to a Democrat in a presidential election.[4] 1932 also constitutes the last occasion that the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Antelope, Arthur, Brown, Furnas, Garden, Garfield, Hamilton, Hooker, Loup, McPherson, Rock, Valley, or York.[5][6]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 359,082 | 62.98% | |
Republican | Herbert Hoover (inc.) | 201,177 | 35.29% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 9,876 | 1.73% | |
Write-in | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 570,137 | 100% |
Results by county
County[7] | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Herbert Clark Hoover Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 5,611 | 56.48% | 3,915 | 39.41% | 408 | 4.11% | 1,696 | 17.07% | 9,934 |
Antelope | 4,053 | 63.17% | 2,270 | 35.38% | 93 | 1.45% | 1,783 | 27.79% | 6,416 |
Arthur | 338 | 56.71% | 237 | 39.77% | 21 | 3.52% | 101 | 16.95% | 596 |
Banner | 357 | 54.84% | 285 | 43.78% | 9 | 1.38% | 72 | 11.06% | 651 |
Blaine | 431 | 62.55% | 244 | 35.41% | 14 | 2.03% | 187 | 27.14% | 689 |
Boone | 4,360 | 69.31% | 1,862 | 29.60% | 69 | 1.10% | 2,498 | 39.71% | 6,291 |
Box Butte | 2,688 | 59.40% | 1,772 | 39.16% | 65 | 1.44% | 916 | 20.24% | 4,525 |
Boyd | 2,098 | 70.95% | 808 | 27.32% | 51 | 1.72% | 1,290 | 43.63% | 2,957 |
Brown | 1,565 | 56.91% | 1,174 | 42.69% | 11 | 0.40% | 391 | 14.22% | 2,750 |
Buffalo | 5,872 | 59.18% | 3,773 | 38.02% | 278 | 2.80% | 2,099 | 21.15% | 9,923 |
Burt | 3,734 | 66.02% | 1,857 | 32.83% | 65 | 1.15% | 1,877 | 33.19% | 5,656 |
Butler | 4,456 | 71.84% | 1,712 | 27.60% | 35 | 0.56% | 2,744 | 44.24% | 6,203 |
Cass | 5,155 | 63.86% | 2,756 | 34.14% | 161 | 1.99% | 2,399 | 29.72% | 8,072 |
Cedar | 4,981 | 73.99% | 1,696 | 25.19% | 55 | 0.82% | 3,285 | 48.80% | 6,732 |
Chase | 1,408 | 57.35% | 948 | 38.62% | 99 | 4.03% | 460 | 18.74% | 2,455 |
Cherry | 2,912 | 61.92% | 1,754 | 37.30% | 37 | 0.79% | 1,158 | 24.62% | 4,703 |
Cheyenne | 3,068 | 68.71% | 1,285 | 28.78% | 112 | 2.51% | 1,783 | 39.93% | 4,465 |
Clay | 3,878 | 60.82% | 2,320 | 36.39% | 178 | 2.79% | 1,558 | 24.44% | 6,376 |
Colfax | 4,076 | 85.29% | 648 | 13.56% | 55 | 1.15% | 3,428 | 71.73% | 4,779 |
Cuming | 4,391 | 77.87% | 1,191 | 21.12% | 57 | 1.01% | 3,200 | 56.75% | 5,639 |
Custer | 6,844 | 61.74% | 3,953 | 35.66% | 289 | 2.61% | 2,891 | 26.08% | 11,086 |
Dakota | 3,044 | 77.32% | 863 | 21.92% | 30 | 0.76% | 2,181 | 55.40% | 3,937 |
Dawes | 2,457 | 52.59% | 2,095 | 44.84% | 120 | 2.57% | 362 | 7.75% | 4,672 |
Dawson | 4,513 | 60.13% | 2,859 | 38.09% | 133 | 1.77% | 1,654 | 22.04% | 7,505 |
Deuel | 1,093 | 61.93% | 630 | 35.69% | 42 | 2.38% | 463 | 26.23% | 1,765 |
Dixon | 2,953 | 63.46% | 1,620 | 34.82% | 80 | 1.72% | 1,333 | 28.65% | 4,653 |
Dodge | 7,247 | 66.76% | 3,489 | 32.14% | 119 | 1.10% | 3,758 | 34.62% | 10,855 |
Douglas | 59,347 | 62.62% | 33,938 | 35.81% | 1,483 | 1.56% | 25,409 | 26.81% | 94,768 |
Dundy | 1,344 | 57.09% | 974 | 41.38% | 36 | 1.53% | 370 | 15.72% | 2,354 |
Fillmore | 3,655 | 62.15% | 2,178 | 37.03% | 48 | 0.82% | 1,477 | 25.11% | 5,881 |
Franklin | 2,633 | 64.36% | 1,404 | 34.32% | 54 | 1.32% | 1,229 | 30.04% | 4,091 |
Frontier | 2,188 | 60.86% | 1,353 | 37.64% | 54 | 1.50% | 835 | 23.23% | 3,595 |
Furnas | 3,303 | 60.31% | 2,087 | 38.10% | 87 | 1.59% | 1,216 | 22.20% | 5,477 |
Gage | 7,036 | 60.73% | 4,315 | 37.25% | 234 | 2.02% | 2,721 | 23.49% | 11,585 |
Garden | 1,204 | 59.90% | 768 | 38.21% | 38 | 1.89% | 436 | 21.69% | 2,010 |
Garfield | 775 | 54.69% | 622 | 43.90% | 20 | 1.41% | 153 | 10.80% | 1,417 |
Gosper | 1,263 | 71.84% | 477 | 27.13% | 18 | 1.02% | 786 | 44.71% | 1,758 |
Grant | 395 | 58.87% | 251 | 37.41% | 25 | 3.73% | 144 | 21.46% | 671 |
Greeley | 2,832 | 75.66% | 817 | 21.83% | 94 | 2.51% | 2,015 | 53.83% | 3,743 |
Hall | 6,266 | 59.72% | 3,743 | 35.67% | 483 | 4.60% | 2,523 | 24.05% | 10,492 |
Hamilton | 2,969 | 58.78% | 2,003 | 39.66% | 79 | 1.56% | 966 | 19.12% | 5,051 |
Harlan | 2,486 | 64.09% | 1,272 | 32.79% | 121 | 3.12% | 1,214 | 31.30% | 3,879 |
Hayes | 962 | 63.79% | 506 | 33.55% | 40 | 2.65% | 456 | 30.24% | 1,508 |
Hitchcock | 1,772 | 59.40% | 1,168 | 39.16% | 43 | 1.44% | 604 | 20.25% | 2,983 |
Holt | 4,761 | 66.13% | 2,375 | 32.99% | 64 | 0.89% | 2,386 | 33.14% | 7,200 |
Hooker | 342 | 66.93% | 162 | 31.70% | 7 | 1.37% | 180 | 35.23% | 511 |
Howard | 3,409 | 79.17% | 734 | 17.05% | 163 | 3.79% | 2,675 | 62.12% | 4,306 |
Jefferson | 4,819 | 65.10% | 2,453 | 33.14% | 130 | 1.76% | 2,366 | 31.96% | 7,402 |
Johnson | 2,505 | 59.91% | 1,644 | 39.32% | 32 | 0.77% | 861 | 20.59% | 4,181 |
Kearney | 2,367 | 66.32% | 1,129 | 31.63% | 73 | 2.05% | 1,238 | 34.69% | 3,569 |
Keith | 2,009 | 67.17% | 946 | 31.63% | 36 | 1.20% | 1,063 | 35.54% | 2,991 |
Keya Paha | 645 | 48.28% | 675 | 50.52% | 16 | 1.20% | -30 | -2.25% | 1,336 |
Kimball | 1,268 | 60.09% | 793 | 37.58% | 49 | 2.32% | 475 | 22.51% | 2,110 |
Knox | 5,229 | 73.36% | 1,830 | 25.67% | 69 | 0.97% | 3,399 | 47.69% | 7,128 |
Lancaster | 18,190 | 45.79% | 20,772 | 52.29% | 761 | 1.92% | -2,582 | -6.50% | 39,723 |
Lincoln | 6,047 | 64.12% | 3,082 | 32.68% | 302 | 3.20% | 2,965 | 31.44% | 9,431 |
Logan | 564 | 60.84% | 346 | 37.32% | 17 | 1.83% | 218 | 23.52% | 927 |
Loup | 389 | 55.33% | 287 | 40.83% | 27 | 3.84% | 102 | 14.51% | 703 |
Madison | 7,366 | 67.24% | 3,489 | 31.85% | 99 | 0.90% | 3,877 | 35.39% | 10,954 |
McPherson | 367 | 54.86% | 291 | 43.50% | 11 | 1.64% | 76 | 11.36% | 669 |
Merrick | 2,881 | 61.35% | 1,698 | 36.16% | 117 | 2.49% | 1,183 | 25.19% | 4,696 |
Morrill | 2,008 | 57.77% | 1,406 | 40.45% | 62 | 1.78% | 602 | 17.32% | 3,476 |
Nance | 2,479 | 67.71% | 1,156 | 31.58% | 26 | 0.71% | 1,323 | 36.14% | 3,661 |
Nemaha | 3,593 | 62.94% | 2,075 | 36.35% | 41 | 0.72% | 1,518 | 26.59% | 5,709 |
Nuckolls | 3,420 | 64.13% | 1,812 | 33.98% | 101 | 1.89% | 1,608 | 30.15% | 5,333 |
Otoe | 4,752 | 59.71% | 3,119 | 39.19% | 88 | 1.11% | 1,633 | 20.52% | 7,959 |
Pawnee | 2,641 | 62.16% | 1,568 | 36.90% | 40 | 0.94% | 1,073 | 25.25% | 4,249 |
Perkins | 1,669 | 69.60% | 674 | 28.11% | 55 | 2.29% | 995 | 41.49% | 2,398 |
Phelps | 2,589 | 59.22% | 1,709 | 39.09% | 74 | 1.69% | 880 | 20.13% | 4,372 |
Pierce | 2,980 | 71.93% | 1,128 | 27.23% | 35 | 0.84% | 1,852 | 44.70% | 4,143 |
Platte | 6,691 | 77.56% | 1,864 | 21.61% | 72 | 0.83% | 4,827 | 55.95% | 8,627 |
Polk | 2,939 | 63.50% | 1,636 | 35.35% | 53 | 1.15% | 1,303 | 28.15% | 4,628 |
Red Willow | 3,479 | 62.21% | 1,972 | 35.26% | 141 | 2.52% | 1,507 | 26.95% | 5,592 |
Richardson | 5,383 | 65.26% | 2,802 | 33.97% | 64 | 0.78% | 2,581 | 31.29% | 8,249 |
Rock | 810 | 56.06% | 613 | 42.42% | 22 | 1.52% | 197 | 13.63% | 1,445 |
Saline | 5,831 | 73.85% | 1,993 | 25.24% | 72 | 0.91% | 3,838 | 48.61% | 7,896 |
Sarpy | 3,112 | 71.89% | 1,148 | 26.52% | 69 | 1.59% | 1,964 | 45.37% | 4,329 |
Saunders | 6,134 | 67.16% | 2,772 | 30.35% | 228 | 2.50% | 3,362 | 36.81% | 9,134 |
Scotts Bluff | 4,792 | 53.18% | 4,108 | 45.59% | 111 | 1.23% | 684 | 7.59% | 9,011 |
Seward | 4,208 | 64.04% | 2,298 | 34.97% | 65 | 0.99% | 1,910 | 29.07% | 6,571 |
Sheridan | 2,945 | 60.53% | 1,820 | 37.41% | 100 | 2.06% | 1,125 | 23.12% | 4,865 |
Sherman | 2,670 | 72.32% | 952 | 25.79% | 70 | 1.90% | 1,718 | 46.53% | 3,692 |
Sioux | 1,006 | 59.04% | 667 | 39.14% | 31 | 1.82% | 339 | 19.89% | 1,704 |
Stanton | 2,302 | 79.96% | 568 | 19.73% | 9 | 0.31% | 1,734 | 60.23% | 2,879 |
Thayer | 3,841 | 66.12% | 1,878 | 32.33% | 90 | 1.55% | 1,963 | 33.79% | 5,809 |
Thomas | 437 | 60.61% | 262 | 36.34% | 22 | 3.05% | 175 | 24.27% | 721 |
Thurston | 3,273 | 80.70% | 739 | 18.22% | 44 | 1.08% | 2,534 | 62.48% | 4,056 |
Valley | 2,400 | 59.16% | 1,584 | 39.04% | 73 | 1.80% | 816 | 20.11% | 4,057 |
Washington | 3,709 | 71.92% | 1,382 | 26.80% | 66 | 1.28% | 2,327 | 45.12% | 5,157 |
Wayne | 2,608 | 62.78% | 1,455 | 35.03% | 91 | 2.19% | 1,153 | 27.76% | 4,154 |
Webster | 2,632 | 59.97% | 1,627 | 37.07% | 130 | 2.96% | 1,005 | 22.90% | 4,389 |
Wheeler | 658 | 72.63% | 219 | 24.17% | 29 | 3.20% | 439 | 48.45% | 906 |
York | 3,920 | 51.72% | 3,573 | 47.14% | 86 | 1.13% | 347 | 4.58% | 7,579 |
Totals | 359,082 | 62.98% | 201,177 | 35.29% | 9,876 | 1.73% | 157,905 | 27.70% | 570,137 |
Notes
- These write-in votes were not listed by county but as a state-wide total.[7]
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Nebraska". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 252-255 ISBN 0786422173
- "NE US President Race, November 08, 1932". Our Campaigns.