1932 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1932 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1932 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

November 8, 1932
 
Nominee Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis John Nance Garner
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 103,629 100,680
Percentage 50.42% 48.99%

County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

New Hampshire voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Hoover's running mate was incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Roosevelt ran with incumbent Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas.

Hoover won New Hampshire by a narrow margin of 1.43%. With 50.42% of the popular vote, it was Hoover’s fifth strongest state in the nation behind Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania and Delaware.[1]

New Hampshire was 1 of only 6 states, four of them in New England, which voted to re-elect the embattled Republican incumbent Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address the Great Depression.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 103,629 50.42% 4 100.00%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 100,680 48.99% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 947 0.24% 0 0.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts James W. Ford of Alabama 264 0.09% 0 0.00%
Total 205,520 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by county

County Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Norman Mattoon Thomas[3]
Socialist
William Z. Foster
Communist
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
Belknap 6,048 55.04% 4,911 44.69% 26 0.24% 3 0.03% 1,137 10.35% 10,988
Carroll 5,269 64.56% 2,873 35.20% 16 0.20% 3 0.04% 2,396 29.36% 8,161
Cheshire 7,904 57.73% 5,662 41.35% 115 0.84% 11 0.08% 2,242 16.37% 13,692
Coös 7,189 47.28% 7,928 52.14% 74 0.49% 14 0.09% -739 -4.86% 15,205
Grafton 10,810 55.94% 8,342 43.17% 159 0.82% 12 0.06% 2,468 12.77% 19,323
Hillsborough 23,308 41.50% 32,458 57.79% 267 0.48% 128 0.23% -9,150 -16.29% 56,161
Merrimack 13,986 51.98% 12,805 47.59% 82 0.30% 35 0.13% 1,181 4.39% 26,908
Rockingham 14,902 56.44% 11,363 43.03% 113 0.43% 27 0.10% 3,539 13.40% 26,405
Strafford 9,060 47.44% 9,970 52.20% 57 0.30% 11 0.06% -910 -4.76% 19,098
Sullivan 5,153 53.79% 4,368 45.60% 38 0.40% 20 0.21% 785 8.20% 9,579
Totals103,62950.42%100,68048.99%9470.46%2640.13%2,9491.43%205,520

See also

References

  1. "1932 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. "1932 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. Géoelections; 1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)
  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, p. 270 ISBN 9780804716963
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