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The1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 8, 1932, as part of the1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Wisconsin had since the decline ofthe Populist movement been substantially aone-party state dominated by the Republican Party.[1] The Democratic Party became entirely uncompetitive outside certain German Catholic counties adjoiningLake Michigan as the upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, completely fled fromWilliam Jennings Bryan's agrarian andfree silver sympathies.[2] As Democratic strength weakened severely after 1894 – although the state did develop a strongSocialist Party to provide opposition to the GOP – Wisconsin developed the direct Republican primary in 1903 and this ultimately created competition between the "League" underRobert M. La Follette, and the conservative "Regular" faction.[3]
The beginning of the 1910s would see a minor Democratic revival as many La Follette progressives endorsedWoodrow Wilson,[4] but this flirtation would not be long-lasting as Wilson's "Anglophile" foreign policies were severely opposed by Wisconsin's largelyGerman- andScandinavian-American populace.[5] Subsequent federal elections saw the Midwest desert the Democratic Party even more completely due to supposed preferential treatment of Southern farmers,[6] and in Wisconsin there were never more than three Democrats in the state legislature (andnone inthe State Senate) between 1921 and 1929.
TheGreat Depression, apart from providing a revitalized Socialist Party and small Democratic gains – did not affect the state's politics, which continued to be dominated by the La Follette family, substantially. Nonetheless, given that that family had never endorsed incumbent GOP PresidentHerbert Hoover, the national Republican Party was pleased when a conservative,Walter J. Kohler Sr., won the gubernatorial nomination.[7]
Interviews at the beginning of October said that with the aid of La Follette forces Roosevelt would carry the state,[8] and a poll a week into that month had Democratic nominee andNew York GovernorFranklin D. Roosevelt ahead of incumbent President Hoover by more than two-to-one.[9] TheProgressive leaderRobert M. La Follette Jr. announced his support for Roosevelt and the state Democratic ticket,[10] and said Hoover was a "reactionary" and "wrong on every issue".[11] Later polls in October only served to increase Roosevelt's advantage,[12] and in the end he carried Wisconsin by more than two-to-one despite a strong vote forSocialist Party candidateNorman Thomas, who won over twelve percent inMilwaukee County. Wisconsin would prove Thomas' strongest state,[13] although he did not receive half the percentage gained byEugene V. Debs in 1920.
Roosevelt won every county except the twoYankee strongholds ofRock andWalworth,[14] which had beenCalvin Coolidge's best counties whenRobert M. La Follette Sr. carried his home state in 1924. With his win in Wisconsin, Roosevelt became the first Democratic presidential candidate sinceWoodrow Wilson in1912 to carry the state and the first sinceFranklin Pierce in1852 to win the state with a majority of the popular vote (Wilson's win andGrover Cleveland's in1892 were only pluralities).
Roosevelt's landslide ended many very long streaks of Republican dominance in various counties across the state. Roosevelt was the first Democrat to ever win the following counties:Adams County,Barron County,Burnett County,Clark County,Door County,Dunn County,Eau Claire County,Florence County,Jackson County,Pepin County,Pierce County,Polk County,Richland County,Rusk County,Trempealeau County, andWaupaca County. Roosevelt was also the first Democrat since Pierce in 1852 to carryVernon County andWaushara County. A number of others had not voted Democratic since various elections in the latter half of the 19th century.
| 1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin[15][16] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 707,410 | 63.46% | 12 | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover (incumbent) | 347,741 | 31.19% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 53,379 | 4.79% | 0 | |
| Independent Communist | William Z. Foster | 3,112 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | William D. Upshaw | 2,672 | 0.24% | 0 | |
| Independent Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 494 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Write-in | Scattering[a] | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,114,815 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
| County[15][16] | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | Herbert Hoover Republican | Norman Thomas Socialist | All Others Various | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,120 | 71.89% | 777 | 26.35% | 33 | 1.12% | 19 | 0.64% | 1,343 | 45.54% | 2,949 |
| Ashland | 5,405 | 64.90% | 2,646 | 31.77% | 170 | 2.04% | 107 | 1.28% | 2,759 | 33.13% | 8,328 |
| Barron | 7,413 | 63.35% | 3,852 | 32.92% | 323 | 2.76% | 113 | 0.97% | 3,561 | 30.43% | 11,701 |
| Bayfield | 2,981 | 55.88% | 2,035 | 38.14% | 189 | 3.54% | 130 | 2.44% | 946 | 17.73% | 5,335 |
| Brown | 19,990 | 72.34% | 7,150 | 25.87% | 453 | 1.64% | 41 | 0.15% | 12,840 | 46.46% | 27,634 |
| Buffalo | 3,252 | 64.68% | 1,711 | 34.03% | 43 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.44% | 1,541 | 30.65% | 5,028 |
| Burnett | 2,437 | 63.58% | 1,281 | 33.42% | 90 | 2.35% | 25 | 0.65% | 1,156 | 30.16% | 3,833 |
| Calumet | 5,485 | 80.84% | 1,213 | 17.88% | 68 | 1.00% | 19 | 0.28% | 4,272 | 62.96% | 6,785 |
| Chippewa | 8,445 | 62.92% | 4,792 | 35.71% | 141 | 1.05% | 43 | 0.32% | 3,653 | 27.22% | 13,421 |
| Clark | 8,372 | 69.77% | 3,132 | 26.10% | 362 | 3.02% | 133 | 1.11% | 5,240 | 43.67% | 11,999 |
| Columbia | 8,455 | 61.98% | 4,970 | 36.43% | 158 | 1.16% | 58 | 0.43% | 3,485 | 25.55% | 13,641 |
| Crawford | 4,754 | 70.24% | 1,943 | 28.71% | 36 | 0.53% | 35 | 0.52% | 2,811 | 41.53% | 6,768 |
| Dane | 26,841 | 56.13% | 19,083 | 39.90% | 1,725 | 3.61% | 174 | 0.36% | 7,758 | 16.22% | 47,823 |
| Dodge | 15,874 | 75.06% | 4,936 | 23.34% | 298 | 1.41% | 40 | 0.19% | 10,938 | 51.72% | 21,148 |
| Door | 4,149 | 61.61% | 2,488 | 36.95% | 76 | 1.13% | 21 | 0.31% | 1,661 | 24.67% | 6,734 |
| Douglas | 9,715 | 51.27% | 7,888 | 41.63% | 1,113 | 5.87% | 233 | 1.23% | 1,827 | 9.64% | 18,949 |
| Dunn | 4,936 | 54.19% | 3,898 | 42.80% | 225 | 2.47% | 49 | 0.54% | 1,038 | 11.40% | 9,108 |
| Eau Claire | 7,565 | 49.28% | 7,487 | 48.78% | 254 | 1.65% | 44 | 0.29% | 78 | 0.51% | 15,350 |
| Florence | 965 | 55.33% | 714 | 40.94% | 41 | 2.35% | 24 | 1.38% | 251 | 14.39% | 1,744 |
| Fond du Lac | 16,143 | 64.56% | 8,436 | 33.74% | 336 | 1.34% | 89 | 0.36% | 7,707 | 30.82% | 25,004 |
| Forest | 2,595 | 76.03% | 768 | 22.50% | 38 | 1.11% | 12 | 0.35% | 1,827 | 53.53% | 3,413 |
| Grant | 9,701 | 60.94% | 5,986 | 37.60% | 153 | 0.96% | 79 | 0.50% | 3,715 | 23.34% | 15,919 |
| Green | 5,406 | 61.73% | 3,190 | 36.42% | 97 | 1.11% | 65 | 0.74% | 2,216 | 25.30% | 8,758 |
| Green Lake | 4,446 | 66.53% | 2,179 | 32.61% | 32 | 0.48% | 26 | 0.39% | 2,267 | 33.92% | 6,683 |
| Iowa | 4,621 | 58.82% | 3,113 | 39.63% | 65 | 0.83% | 57 | 0.73% | 1,508 | 19.20% | 7,856 |
| Iron | 2,338 | 66.36% | 891 | 25.29% | 115 | 3.26% | 179 | 5.08% | 1,447 | 41.07% | 3,523 |
| Jackson | 3,813 | 64.42% | 1,983 | 33.50% | 100 | 1.69% | 23 | 0.39% | 1,830 | 30.92% | 5,919 |
| Jefferson | 11,230 | 68.28% | 5,062 | 30.78% | 117 | 0.71% | 39 | 0.24% | 6,168 | 37.50% | 16,448 |
| Juneau | 4,723 | 68.75% | 2,018 | 29.37% | 92 | 1.34% | 37 | 0.54% | 2,705 | 39.37% | 6,870 |
| Kenosha | 14,373 | 60.13% | 7,307 | 30.57% | 1,972 | 8.25% | 251 | 1.05% | 7,066 | 29.56% | 23,903 |
| Kewaunee | 5,200 | 84.94% | 879 | 14.36% | 24 | 0.39% | 19 | 0.31% | 4,321 | 70.58% | 6,122 |
| La Crosse | 12,919 | 62.07% | 7,686 | 36.93% | 144 | 0.69% | 63[b] | 0.30% | 5,233 | 25.14% | 20,812 |
| Lafayette | 4,886 | 59.49% | 3,246 | 39.52% | 59 | 0.72% | 22 | 0.27% | 1,640 | 19.97% | 8,213 |
| Langlade | 6,332 | 71.56% | 2,340 | 26.44% | 132 | 1.49% | 45 | 0.51% | 3,992 | 45.11% | 8,849 |
| Lincoln | 5,093 | 61.57% | 2,958 | 35.76% | 145 | 1.75% | 76 | 0.92% | 2,135 | 25.81% | 8,272 |
| Manitowoc | 15,696 | 75.44% | 4,573 | 21.98% | 480 | 2.31% | 56 | 0.27% | 11,123 | 53.46% | 20,805 |
| Marathon | 17,744 | 72.13% | 6,210 | 25.24% | 583 | 2.37% | 64 | 0.26% | 11,534 | 46.88% | 24,601 |
| Marinette | 6,508 | 53.41% | 5,249 | 43.08% | 380 | 3.12% | 48 | 0.39% | 1,259 | 10.33% | 12,185 |
| Marquette | 2,504 | 63.88% | 1,365 | 34.80% | 33 | 0.84% | 20 | 0.51% | 1,139 | 29.04% | 3,922 |
| Milwaukee | 170,202 | 65.62% | 54,693 | 21.09% | 32,874 | 12.67% | 1,619 | 0.62% | 115,509 | 44.53% | 259,388 |
| Monroe | 6,757 | 67.88% | 3,022 | 30.36% | 94 | 0.94% | 81 | 0.81% | 3,735 | 37.52% | 9,954 |
| Oconto | 6,440 | 68.04% | 2,915 | 30.80% | 73 | 0.77% | 37 | 0.39% | 3,525 | 37.24% | 9,465 |
| Oneida | 4,542 | 65.70% | 1,992 | 28.82% | 350 | 5.06% | 29 | 0.42% | 2,550 | 36.89% | 6,913 |
| Outagamie | 16,186 | 64.44% | 8,517 | 33.91% | 368 | 1.47% | 47 | 0.19% | 7,669 | 30.53% | 25,118 |
| Ozaukee | 5,770 | 80.59% | 1,182 | 16.51% | 191 | 2.67% | 17 | 0.24% | 4,588 | 64.08% | 7,160 |
| Pepin | 1,931 | 61.79% | 1,152 | 36.86% | 28 | 0.90% | 14 | 0.45% | 779 | 24.93% | 3,125 |
| Pierce | 4,115 | 51.57% | 3,537 | 44.32% | 284 | 3.56% | 44 | 0.55% | 578 | 7.24% | 7,980 |
| Polk | 5,421 | 58.72% | 3,425 | 37.10% | 320 | 3.47% | 66 | 0.71% | 1,996 | 21.62% | 9,232 |
| Portage | 9,195 | 71.72% | 3,434 | 26.79% | 159 | 1.24% | 32 | 0.25% | 5,761 | 44.94% | 12,820 |
| Price | 4,114 | 63.69% | 2,023 | 31.32% | 183 | 2.83% | 139 | 2.15% | 2,091 | 32.37% | 6,459 |
| Racine | 19,960 | 60.31% | 10,754 | 32.49% | 2,110 | 6.38% | 273 | 0.82% | 9,206 | 27.82% | 33,097 |
| Richland | 4,027 | 54.16% | 3,256 | 43.79% | 71 | 0.95% | 81 | 1.09% | 771 | 10.37% | 7,435 |
| Rock | 12,612 | 42.03% | 16,825 | 56.07% | 472 | 1.57% | 99 | 0.33% | -4,213 | -14.04% | 30,008 |
| Rusk | 3,194 | 59.04% | 1,942 | 35.90% | 223 | 4.12% | 51 | 0.94% | 1,252 | 23.14% | 5,410 |
| Sauk | 7,638 | 59.36% | 5,063 | 39.35% | 101 | 0.78% | 65 | 0.51% | 2,575 | 20.01% | 12,867 |
| Sawyer | 2,381 | 64.35% | 1,179 | 31.86% | 110 | 2.97% | 30 | 0.81% | 1,202 | 32.49% | 3,700 |
| Shawano | 7,593 | 73.24% | 2,450 | 23.63% | 285 | 2.75% | 39 | 0.38% | 5,143 | 49.61% | 10,367 |
| Sheboygan | 18,029 | 67.62% | 7,454 | 27.96% | 1,029 | 3.86% | 149 | 0.56% | 10,575 | 39.66% | 26,661 |
| St. Croix | 6,374 | 59.58% | 4,059 | 37.94% | 218 | 2.04% | 47 | 0.44% | 2,315 | 21.64% | 10,698 |
| Taylor | 4,219 | 70.94% | 1,107 | 18.61% | 581 | 9.77% | 40 | 0.67% | 3,112 | 52.33% | 5,947 |
| Trempealeau | 5,786 | 66.06% | 2,874 | 32.81% | 62 | 0.71% | 37 | 0.42% | 2,912 | 33.25% | 8,759 |
| Vernon | 5,939 | 65.57% | 2,979 | 32.89% | 67 | 0.74% | 72 | 0.79% | 2,960 | 32.68% | 9,057 |
| Vilas | 2,036 | 61.34% | 1,138 | 34.29% | 57 | 1.72% | 88 | 2.65% | 898 | 27.06% | 3,319 |
| Walworth | 6,790 | 45.72% | 7,858 | 52.91% | 154 | 1.04% | 50 | 0.34% | -1,068 | -7.19% | 14,852 |
| Washburn | 2,619 | 60.51% | 1,501 | 34.68% | 181 | 4.18% | 27 | 0.62% | 1,118 | 25.83% | 4,328 |
| Washington | 8,570 | 78.02% | 2,209 | 20.11% | 186 | 1.69% | 20 | 0.18% | 6,361 | 57.91% | 10,985 |
| Waukesha | 13,487 | 59.65% | 8,538 | 37.76% | 516 | 2.28% | 68 | 0.30% | 4,949 | 21.89% | 22,609 |
| Waupaca | 8,179 | 60.42% | 5,082 | 37.54% | 237 | 1.75% | 38 | 0.28% | 3,097 | 22.88% | 13,536 |
| Waushara | 3,073 | 53.56% | 2,541 | 44.28% | 78 | 1.36% | 46 | 0.80% | 532 | 9.27% | 5,738 |
| Winnebago | 15,591 | 55.98% | 11,505 | 41.31% | 594 | 2.13% | 162 | 0.58% | 4,086 | 14.67% | 27,852 |
| Wood | 9,215 | 67.65% | 4,100 | 30.10% | 228 | 1.67% | 78 | 0.57% | 5,115 | 37.55% | 13,621 |
| Totals | 707,410 | 63.46% | 347,741 | 31.19% | 53,379 | 4.79% | 6,285 | 0.56% | 359,669 | 32.26% | 1,114,815 |
These were the names of the electors for each ticket.[15]
| Franklin D. Roosevelt &John Nance Garner Democratic Party | Herbert Hoover &Charles Curtis Republican Party | Norman Thomas &James H. Maurer Socialist Party | William Z. Foster &James W. Ford Communist Party | William D. Upshaw &Frank S. Regan Prohibition Party | Verne L. Reynolds &John W. Aiken Socialist Labor Party |
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