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 County Results
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The1932 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19[1] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Michigan was won by theDemocratic candidateFranklin D. Roosevelt, who defeatedincumbentRepublicanHerbert Hoover, receiving 52.36% of the popular vote and the state's 19 electoral votes.[2][3]
As a result of his victory, Roosevelt became the first Democratic presidential candidate sinceGrover Cleveland in1892 to get electoral votes from Michigan as well as the first sinceFranklin Pierce in1852 to win the state entirely. This was the first time since the creation of the Republican Party that a Democrat won Michigan, as the state voted straight Republican in all butone election from1856 to1928.
This is one of only four occasions where Michigan andPennsylvania voted for different presidential candidates ever since the Democrats and Republicans became the two major parties in U.S. politics.[4][a] This was also the only one of the 32 elections between 1872 and 1996 whereHoughton County did not vote for the statewide winner.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 871,700 | 52.36% | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover (inc.) | 739,894 | 44.44% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 39,205 | 2.35% | |
| Communist | William Z. Foster | 9,318 | 0.56% | |
| Prohibition | William David Upshaw | 2,893 | 0.17% | |
| Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 1,401 | 0.08% | |
| Liberty | William Hope Harvey | 217 | 0.01% | |
| Farmer–Labor | Jacob Coxey | 137 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 1,664,765 | 100% | ||
| County | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic | Herbert Hoover Republican | Norman Thomas Socialist | William Foster Communist | William Upshaw Prohibition | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 884 | 47.99% | 881 | 47.83% | 72 | 3.91% | 5 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,842 |
| Alger | 2,111 | 57.21% | 1,354 | 36.69% | 76 | 2.06% | 138 | 3.74% | 4 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.19% | 757 | 20.51% | 3,690 |
| Allegan | 7,030 | 43.71% | 8,705 | 54.13% | 264 | 1.64% | 22 | 0.14% | 45 | 0.28% | 16 | 0.10% | -1,675 | -10.42% | 16,082 |
| Alpena | 3,562 | 50.84% | 3,222 | 45.99% | 202 | 2.88% | 4 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.10% | 340 | 4.85% | 7,006 |
| Antrim | 1,686 | 40.55% | 2,308 | 55.51% | 142 | 3.42% | 3 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.17% | -622 | -14.96% | 4,158 |
| Arenac | 2,086 | 56.90% | 1,471 | 40.13% | 86 | 2.35% | 13 | 0.35% | 7 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.08% | 615 | 16.78% | 3,666 |
| Baraga | 2,016 | 49.34% | 1,917 | 46.92% | 22 | 0.54% | 122 | 2.99% | 2 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.17% | 99 | 2.42% | 4,086 |
| Barry | 4,416 | 47.70% | 4,556 | 49.21% | 211 | 2.28% | 1 | 0.01% | 68 | 0.73% | 6 | 0.06% | -140 | -1.51% | 9,258 |
| Bay | 14,708 | 58.62% | 9,816 | 39.12% | 545 | 2.17% | 3 | 0.01% | 12 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.03% | 4,892 | 19.50% | 25,092 |
| Benzie | 1,432 | 45.09% | 1,595 | 50.22% | 103 | 3.24% | 33 | 1.04% | 12 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.03% | -163 | -5.13% | 3,176 |
| Berrien | 18,447 | 55.46% | 14,123 | 42.46% | 568 | 1.71% | 33 | 0.10% | 69 | 0.21% | 24 | 0.07% | 4,324 | 13.00% | 33,264 |
| Branch | 5,685 | 53.43% | 4,663 | 43.83% | 181 | 1.70% | 99 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,022 | 9.61% | 10,640 |
| Calhoun | 16,281 | 48.51% | 16,255 | 48.43% | 894 | 2.66% | 35 | 0.10% | 73 | 0.22% | 25 | 0.07% | 26 | 0.08% | 33,563 |
| Cass | 5,349 | 55.51% | 3,994 | 41.45% | 196 | 2.03% | 10 | 0.10% | 67 | 0.70% | 20 | 0.21% | 1,355 | 14.06% | 9,636 |
| Charlevoix | 2,344 | 44.30% | 2,623 | 49.57% | 300 | 5.67% | 4 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.15% | 12 | 0.23% | -279 | -5.27% | 5,291 |
| Cheboygan | 3,431 | 59.04% | 2,309 | 39.73% | 49 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,122 | 19.31% | 5,811 |
| Chippewa | 4,221 | 43.67% | 5,252 | 54.34% | 67 | 0.69% | 102 | 1.06% | 10 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.13% | -1,031 | -10.67% | 9,665 |
| Clare | 1,741 | 52.38% | 1,474 | 44.34% | 93 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.18% | 267 | 8.03% | 3,324 |
| Clinton | 5,098 | 51.74% | 4,647 | 47.16% | 86 | 0.87% | 21 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 451 | 4.58% | 9,853 |
| Crawford | 755 | 56.47% | 559 | 41.81% | 17 | 1.27% | 3 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 196 | 14.66% | 1,337 |
| Delta | 7,363 | 59.93% | 4,386 | 35.70% | 473 | 3.85% | 56 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.04% | 2,977 | 24.23% | 12,285 |
| Dickinson | 6,483 | 53.88% | 5,120 | 42.55% | 328 | 2.73% | 64 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.10% | 25 | 0.21% | 1,363 | 11.33% | 12,032 |
| Eaton | 6,887 | 52.29% | 5,840 | 44.34% | 356 | 2.70% | 1 | 0.01% | 72 | 0.55% | 16 | 0.12% | 1,047 | 7.95% | 13,172 |
| Emmet | 3,110 | 49.56% | 2,890 | 46.06% | 249 | 3.97% | 17 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 220 | 3.51% | 6,275 |
| Genesee | 36,860 | 54.80% | 28,231 | 41.97% | 1,866 | 2.77% | 141 | 0.21% | 107 | 0.16% | 62 | 0.09% | 8,629 | 12.83% | 67,267 |
| Gladwin | 1,661 | 52.86% | 1,378 | 43.86% | 79 | 2.51% | 6 | 0.19% | 14 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.13% | 283 | 9.01% | 3,142 |
| Gogebic | 5,531 | 48.01% | 5,379 | 46.69% | 199 | 1.73% | 387 | 3.36% | 15 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.09% | 152 | 1.32% | 11,521 |
| Grand Traverse | 3,907 | 51.88% | 3,442 | 45.70% | 151 | 2.01% | 6 | 0.08% | 20 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.07% | 465 | 6.17% | 7,531 |
| Gratiot | 6,124 | 53.08% | 5,123 | 44.40% | 187 | 1.62% | 5 | 0.04% | 88 | 0.76% | 11 | 0.10% | 1,001 | 8.68% | 11,538 |
| Hillsdale | 5,696 | 48.00% | 5,879 | 49.54% | 182 | 1.53% | 14 | 0.12% | 80 | 0.67% | 16 | 0.13% | -183 | -1.54% | 11,867 |
| Houghton | 7,838 | 37.72% | 12,308 | 59.23% | 173 | 0.83% | 411 | 1.98% | 16 | 0.08% | 34 | 0.16% | -4,470 | -21.51% | 20,780 |
| Huron | 5,770 | 49.36% | 5,707 | 48.82% | 189 | 1.62% | 7 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.05% | 63 | 0.54% | 11,690 |
| Ingham | 22,370 | 50.22% | 21,044 | 47.24% | 963 | 2.16% | 30 | 0.07% | 94 | 0.21% | 44 | 0.10% | 1,326 | 2.98% | 44,545 |
| Ionia | 8,695 | 57.58% | 6,074 | 40.23% | 268 | 1.77% | 56 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,621 | 17.36% | 15,100 |
| Iosco | 1,500 | 47.08% | 1,581 | 49.62% | 90 | 2.82% | 7 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.13% | -81 | -2.54% | 3,186 |
| Iron | 3,416 | 42.09% | 4,347 | 53.56% | 59 | 0.73% | 270 | 3.33% | 4 | 0.05% | 20 | 0.25% | -931 | -11.47% | 8,116 |
| Isabella | 4,272 | 49.42% | 4,211 | 48.71% | 110 | 1.27% | 5 | 0.06% | 41 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.07% | 61 | 0.71% | 8,645 |
| Jackson | 16,584 | 49.17% | 16,150 | 47.88% | 757 | 2.24% | 99 | 0.29% | 81 | 0.24% | 59 | 0.17% | 434 | 1.29% | 33,730 |
| Kalamazoo | 13,974 | 41.36% | 18,584 | 55.01% | 873 | 2.58% | 174 | 0.52% | 138 | 0.41% | 42 | 0.12% | -4,610 | -13.65% | 33,785 |
| Kalkaska | 649 | 43.70% | 705 | 47.47% | 109 | 7.34% | 20 | 1.35% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -56 | -3.77% | 1,485 |
| Kent | 41,601 | 47.97% | 42,186 | 48.64% | 2,359 | 2.72% | 309 | 0.36% | 145 | 0.17% | 123 | 0.14% | -585 | -0.67% | 86,723 |
| Keweenaw | 527 | 26.26% | 1,454 | 72.45% | 5 | 0.25% | 19 | 0.95% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | -927 | -46.19% | 2,007 |
| Lake | 1,241 | 53.68% | 991 | 42.86% | 48 | 2.08% | 32 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 250 | 10.81% | 2,312 |
| Lapeer | 4,315 | 45.85% | 4,882 | 51.87% | 156 | 1.66% | 6 | 0.06% | 46 | 0.49% | 7 | 0.07% | -567 | -6.02% | 9,412 |
| Leelanau | 1,746 | 52.70% | 1,527 | 46.09% | 28 | 0.85% | 4 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.06% | 219 | 6.61% | 3,313 |
| Lenawee | 10,420 | 48.23% | 10,912 | 50.50% | 205 | 0.95% | 7 | 0.03% | 51 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.06% | -492 | -2.28% | 21,607 |
| Livingston | 4,684 | 50.06% | 4,534 | 48.46% | 104 | 1.11% | 3 | 0.03% | 30 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.02% | 150 | 1.60% | 9,357 |
| Luce | 928 | 41.52% | 1,259 | 56.33% | 18 | 0.81% | 22 | 0.98% | 5 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.13% | -331 | -14.81% | 2,235 |
| Mackinac | 2,578 | 62.74% | 1,504 | 36.60% | 22 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,074 | 26.14% | 4,109 |
| Macomb | 16,539 | 63.65% | 8,649 | 33.29% | 594 | 2.29% | 142 | 0.55% | 36 | 0.14% | 24 | 0.09% | 7,890 | 30.36% | 25,984 |
| Manistee | 4,475 | 55.14% | 3,256 | 40.12% | 323 | 3.98% | 26 | 0.32% | 22 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.16% | 1,219 | 15.02% | 8,115 |
| Marquette | 7,221 | 40.96% | 9,810 | 55.65% | 258 | 1.46% | 311 | 1.76% | 13 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.09% | -2,589 | -14.69% | 17,629 |
| Mason | 3,854 | 52.85% | 3,098 | 42.48% | 262 | 3.59% | 50 | 0.69% | 24 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.05% | 756 | 10.37% | 7,292 |
| Mecosta | 3,152 | 47.51% | 3,336 | 50.28% | 111 | 1.67% | 6 | 0.09% | 21 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.14% | -184 | -2.77% | 6,635 |
| Menominee | 5,782 | 61.04% | 3,374 | 35.62% | 281 | 2.97% | 23 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,408 | 25.42% | 9,473 |
| Midland | 3,553 | 47.44% | 3,791 | 50.62% | 121 | 1.62% | 1 | 0.01% | 20 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.04% | -238 | -3.18% | 7,489 |
| Missaukee | 1,282 | 45.97% | 1,439 | 51.60% | 39 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.14% | 23 | 0.82% | 2 | 0.07% | -157 | -5.63% | 2,789 |
| Monroe | 12,417 | 62.05% | 7,255 | 36.26% | 270 | 1.35% | 21 | 0.10% | 37 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.05% | 5,162 | 25.80% | 20,010 |
| Montcalm | 5,704 | 50.02% | 5,166 | 45.30% | 464 | 4.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 52 | 0.46% | 16 | 0.14% | 538 | 4.72% | 11,403 |
| Montmorency | 903 | 57.74% | 595 | 38.04% | 57 | 3.64% | 2 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.13% | 308 | 19.69% | 1,564 |
| Muskegon | 13,497 | 51.39% | 11,971 | 45.58% | 508 | 1.93% | 215 | 0.82% | 50 | 0.19% | 24 | 0.09% | 1,526 | 5.81% | 26,265 |
| Newaygo | 3,275 | 47.10% | 3,458 | 49.73% | 183 | 2.63% | 13 | 0.19% | 19 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.07% | -183 | -2.63% | 6,953 |
| Oakland | 33,135 | 48.78% | 32,462 | 47.79% | 1,967 | 2.90% | 212 | 0.31% | 67 | 0.10% | 85 | 0.13% | 673 | 0.99% | 67,928 |
| Oceana | 3,051 | 53.46% | 2,481 | 43.47% | 120 | 2.10% | 7 | 0.12% | 35 | 0.61% | 13 | 0.23% | 570 | 9.99% | 5,707 |
| Ogemaw | 1,645 | 51.34% | 1,472 | 45.94% | 71 | 2.22% | 2 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.19% | 173 | 5.40% | 3,204 |
| Ontonagon | 2,337 | 46.53% | 2,287 | 45.53% | 43 | 0.86% | 307 | 6.11% | 6 | 0.12% | 43 | 0.86% | 50 | 1.00% | 5,023 |
| Osceola | 2,321 | 43.13% | 2,969 | 55.18% | 60 | 1.12% | 5 | 0.09% | 26 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -648 | -12.04% | 5,381 |
| Oscoda | 349 | 45.03% | 410 | 52.90% | 9 | 1.16% | 5 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -61 | -7.87% | 775 |
| Otsego | 1,377 | 55.23% | 1,006 | 40.35% | 108 | 4.33% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 371 | 14.88% | 2,493 |
| Ottawa | 7,981 | 38.56% | 12,076 | 58.34% | 567 | 2.74% | 20 | 0.10% | 44 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.06% | -4,095 | -19.78% | 20,700 |
| Presque Isle | 2,217 | 57.36% | 1,560 | 40.36% | 71 | 1.84% | 6 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.16% | 657 | 17.00% | 3,865 |
| Roscommon | 757 | 53.69% | 601 | 42.62% | 42 | 2.98% | 4 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.21% | 156 | 11.06% | 1,410 |
| Saginaw | 22,643 | 54.67% | 17,794 | 42.97% | 833 | 2.01% | 50 | 0.12% | 60 | 0.14% | 34 | 0.08% | 4,849 | 11.71% | 41,414 |
| Sanilac | 4,077 | 36.39% | 6,860 | 61.22% | 228 | 2.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 27 | 0.24% | 10 | 0.09% | -2,783 | -24.84% | 11,205 |
| Schoolcraft | 1,660 | 47.28% | 1,722 | 49.05% | 113 | 3.22% | 1 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.26% | -62 | -1.77% | 3,511 |
| Shiawassee | 8,002 | 53.58% | 6,600 | 44.19% | 251 | 1.68% | 4 | 0.03% | 72 | 0.48% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,402 | 9.39% | 14,936 |
| St. Clair | 12,776 | 45.56% | 14,883 | 53.08% | 313 | 1.12% | 8 | 0.03% | 55 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.02% | -2,107 | -7.51% | 28,041 |
| St. Joseph | 6,917 | 53.82% | 5,626 | 43.78% | 230 | 1.79% | 4 | 0.03% | 69 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.05% | 1,291 | 10.05% | 12,852 |
| Tuscola | 5,077 | 44.66% | 6,110 | 53.75% | 142 | 1.25% | 1 | 0.01% | 29 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.07% | -1,033 | -9.09% | 11,367 |
| Van Buren | 7,223 | 49.33% | 6,954 | 47.50% | 402 | 2.75% | 10 | 0.07% | 41 | 0.28% | 11 | 0.08% | 269 | 1.84% | 14,641 |
| Washtenaw | 12,552 | 43.13% | 15,368 | 52.81% | 1,064 | 3.66% | 64 | 0.22% | 34 | 0.12% | 18 | 0.06% | -2,816 | -9.68% | 29,100 |
| Wayne | 310,686 | 57.15% | 212,678 | 39.12% | 14,226 | 2.62% | 5,168 | 0.95% | 229 | 0.04% | 614 | 0.11% | 98,008 | 18.03% | 543,601 |
| Wexford | 3,251 | 47.78% | 3,425 | 50.34% | 94 | 1.38% | 4 | 0.06% | 26 | 0.38% | 4 | 0.06% | -174 | -2.56% | 6,804 |
| Totals | 871,700 | 52.36% | 739,894 | 44.44% | 39,205 | 2.35% | 9,318 | 0.56% | 2,893 | 0.17% | 1,755 | 0.11% | 131,806 | 7.92% | 1,664,765 |
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