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County Results Roosevelt 80–90% 90–100%
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The1932 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the1932 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
South Carolina voted for theDemocratic nominee,GovernorFranklin D. Roosevelt ofNew York, over theRepublican nominee, incumbentPresidentHerbert Hoover ofCalifornia. Roosevelt ran with incumbentSpeaker of the HouseJohn Nance Garner ofTexas, while Hoover's running mate was incumbentVice PresidentCharles Curtis ofKansas.
Roosevelt won South Carolina almost unanimously, taking 98.03% of the vote to Hoover's 1.89%. He swept every county in the state with more than 80% of the vote, and all but one (historicallyBlackRepublican leaningBeaufort County) with greater than 90%. With a victory margin of 96.14%, South Carolina proved to be Roosevelt's strongest state in this election.
| 1932 United States presidential election in South Carolina[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt ofNew York | John Nance Garner ofTexas | 102,347 | 98.03% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Herbert Hoover ofCalifornia | Charles Curtis ofKansas | 1,978 | 1.89% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas ofNew York | James Hudson Maurer ofPennsylvania | 82 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 104,407 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||