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The1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Pennsylvania voted for theRepublican nominee,PresidentHerbert Hoover, over theDemocratic nominee,New York GovernorFranklin D. Roosevelt. Hoover won Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.51%. With 50.84% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would be Hoover's third strongest state in the nation afterVermont andMaine.[1]
Pennsylvania was one of only six states – along withConnecticut,Delaware, Maine,New Hampshire, and Vermont – which voted to re-elect the embattled Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address theGreat Depression.
This is the last election where the Republican candidate carriedPhiladelphia County, then still controlled by aRepublican political machine, in a presidential election.[2] This was the last time thatLuzerne County voted for the statewide losing candidate until2020. This is also one of only four occasions where Pennsylvania andMichigan voted for different presidential candidates ever since the Democrats and Republicans became the two major parties in U.S. politics.[3][a]
| 1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Herbert Hoover (incumbent) | 1,453,540 | 50.84% | 36 | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,295,948 | 45.33% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 91,223 | 3.19% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | William Upshaw | 11,369 | 0.40% | 0 | |
| Communist | William Z. Foster | 5,659 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Jobless | James Cox | 726 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| Industrialist | Verne L. Reynolds | 659 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,858,247 | 100.00% | 36 | ||
| County | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Norman Mattoon Thomas[5] Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,084 | 45.09% | 7,185 | 53.25% | 158 | 1.17% | 67 | 0.50% | -1,101 | -8.16% | 13,494 |
| Allegheny | 152,326 | 42.43% | 189,839 | 52.88% | 14,777 | 4.12% | 2,061 | 0.57% | -37,513 | -10.45% | 359,003 |
| Armstrong | 10,884 | 52.10% | 9,230 | 44.18% | 483 | 2.31% | 293 | 1.40% | 1,654 | 7.92% | 20,890 |
| Beaver | 19,751 | 47.87% | 19,805 | 48.00% | 1,325 | 3.21% | 379 | 0.92% | -54 | -0.13% | 41,260 |
| Bedford | 6,597 | 54.29% | 5,075 | 41.76% | 350 | 2.88% | 130 | 1.07% | 1,522 | 12.52% | 12,152 |
| Berks | 27,073 | 37.07% | 29,763 | 40.76% | 15,988 | 21.89% | 199 | 0.27% | -2,690 | -3.68% | 73,023 |
| Blair | 19,553 | 56.95% | 13,709 | 39.93% | 840 | 2.45% | 232 | 0.68% | 5,844 | 17.02% | 34,334 |
| Bradford | 11,521 | 63.34% | 5,970 | 32.82% | 562 | 3.09% | 135 | 0.74% | 5,551 | 30.52% | 18,188 |
| Bucks | 22,331 | 59.07% | 14,135 | 37.39% | 1,203 | 3.18% | 138 | 0.37% | 8,196 | 21.68% | 37,807 |
| Butler | 11,543 | 54.77% | 8,717 | 41.36% | 535 | 2.54% | 280 | 1.33% | 2,826 | 13.41% | 21,075 |
| Cambria | 21,351 | 41.75% | 28,197 | 55.13% | 1,245 | 2.43% | 352 | 0.69% | -6,846 | -13.39% | 51,145 |
| Cameron | 1,438 | 64.31% | 748 | 33.45% | 36 | 1.61% | 14 | 0.63% | 690 | 30.86% | 2,236 |
| Carbon | 9,918 | 48.52% | 9,874 | 48.30% | 604 | 2.95% | 45 | 0.22% | 44 | 0.22% | 20,441 |
| Centre | 8,264 | 52.55% | 7,053 | 44.85% | 244 | 1.55% | 165 | 1.05% | 1,211 | 7.70% | 15,726 |
| Chester | 29,425 | 69.21% | 12,040 | 28.32% | 879 | 2.07% | 173 | 0.41% | 17,385 | 40.89% | 42,517 |
| Clarion | 5,991 | 46.05% | 6,651 | 51.12% | 211 | 1.62% | 158 | 1.21% | -660 | -5.07% | 13,011 |
| Clearfield | 10,500 | 46.84% | 11,029 | 49.20% | 675 | 3.01% | 213 | 0.95% | -529 | -2.36% | 22,417 |
| Clinton | 4,851 | 54.54% | 3,741 | 42.06% | 244 | 2.74% | 58 | 0.65% | 1,110 | 12.48% | 8,894 |
| Columbia | 8,791 | 44.43% | 10,640 | 53.77% | 186 | 0.94% | 170 | 0.86% | -1,849 | -9.34% | 19,787 |
| Crawford | 10,918 | 51.72% | 9,382 | 44.44% | 505 | 2.39% | 306 | 1.45% | 1,536 | 7.28% | 21,111 |
| Cumberland | 13,098 | 50.86% | 12,086 | 46.93% | 257 | 1.00% | 310 | 1.20% | 1,012 | 3.93% | 25,751 |
| Dauphin | 36,278 | 60.31% | 22,412 | 37.26% | 1,098 | 1.83% | 364 | 0.61% | 13,866 | 23.05% | 60,152 |
| Delaware | 75,291 | 68.19% | 32,413 | 29.36% | 2,372 | 2.15% | 333 | 0.30% | 42,878 | 38.84% | 110,409 |
| Elk | 5,797 | 46.39% | 6,461 | 51.70% | 184 | 1.47% | 55 | 0.44% | -664 | -5.31% | 12,497 |
| Erie | 18,371 | 45.43% | 19,592 | 48.44% | 2,027 | 5.01% | 452 | 1.12% | -1,221 | -3.02% | 40,442 |
| Fayette | 15,903 | 35.26% | 27,662 | 61.33% | 1,222 | 2.71% | 319 | 0.71% | -11,759 | -26.07% | 45,106 |
| Forest | 1,090 | 63.34% | 569 | 33.06% | 27 | 1.57% | 35 | 2.03% | 521 | 30.27% | 1,721 |
| Franklin | 10,992 | 52.96% | 9,338 | 44.99% | 266 | 1.28% | 161 | 0.78% | 1,654 | 7.97% | 20,757 |
| Fulton | 1,410 | 41.83% | 1,921 | 56.99% | 15 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.74% | -511 | -15.16% | 3,371 |
| Greene | 4,808 | 33.41% | 9,322 | 64.77% | 111 | 0.77% | 152 | 1.06% | -4,514 | -31.36% | 14,393 |
| Huntingdon | 7,371 | 66.39% | 3,426 | 30.86% | 181 | 1.63% | 125 | 1.13% | 3,945 | 35.53% | 11,103 |
| Indiana | 12,727 | 57.24% | 8,606 | 38.70% | 625 | 2.81% | 277 | 1.25% | 4,121 | 18.53% | 22,235 |
| Jefferson | 8,246 | 52.48% | 6,570 | 41.81% | 697 | 4.44% | 200 | 1.27% | 1,676 | 10.67% | 15,713 |
| Juniata | 2,752 | 48.44% | 2,805 | 49.38% | 40 | 0.70% | 84 | 1.48% | -53 | -0.93% | 5,681 |
| Lackawanna | 34,632 | 45.24% | 40,793 | 53.28% | 865 | 1.13% | 270 | 0.35% | -6,161 | -8.05% | 76,560 |
| Lancaster | 34,502 | 56.54% | 24,406 | 40.00% | 1,757 | 2.88% | 354 | 0.58% | 10,096 | 16.55% | 61,019 |
| Lawrence | 13,064 | 55.10% | 9,390 | 39.61% | 883 | 3.72% | 372 | 1.57% | 3,674 | 15.50% | 23,709 |
| Lebanon | 10,487 | 58.97% | 5,924 | 33.31% | 1,256 | 7.06% | 117 | 0.66% | 4,563 | 25.66% | 17,784 |
| Lehigh | 21,169 | 46.95% | 21,939 | 48.65% | 1,858 | 4.12% | 127 | 0.28% | -770 | -1.71% | 45,093 |
| Luzerne | 52,672 | 45.44% | 60,975 | 52.60% | 1,943 | 1.68% | 338 | 0.29% | -8,303 | -7.16% | 115,928 |
| Lycoming | 16,212 | 55.43% | 11,499 | 39.31% | 1,164 | 3.98% | 375 | 1.28% | 4,713 | 16.11% | 29,250 |
| McKean | 9,970 | 65.01% | 4,661 | 30.39% | 607 | 3.96% | 97 | 0.63% | 5,309 | 34.62% | 15,335 |
| Mercer | 14,057 | 53.53% | 10,961 | 41.74% | 827 | 3.15% | 413 | 1.57% | 3,096 | 11.79% | 26,258 |
| Mifflin | 5,525 | 58.95% | 3,654 | 38.99% | 121 | 1.29% | 72 | 0.77% | 1,871 | 19.96% | 9,372 |
| Monroe | 4,659 | 41.60% | 6,357 | 56.76% | 143 | 1.28% | 40 | 0.36% | -1,698 | -15.16% | 11,199 |
| Montgomery | 64,619 | 64.00% | 32,971 | 32.66% | 3,168 | 3.14% | 203 | 0.20% | 31,648 | 31.35% | 100,961 |
| Montour | 2,159 | 44.24% | 2,677 | 54.86% | 30 | 0.61% | 14 | 0.29% | -518 | -10.61% | 4,880 |
| Northampton | 20,779 | 45.04% | 24,009 | 52.04% | 1,148 | 2.49% | 197 | 0.43% | -3,230 | -7.00% | 46,133 |
| Northumberland | 17,982 | 42.35% | 23,114 | 54.43% | 1,265 | 2.98% | 103 | 0.24% | -5,132 | -12.09% | 42,464 |
| Perry | 4,402 | 53.23% | 3,733 | 45.14% | 66 | 0.80% | 68 | 0.82% | 669 | 8.09% | 8,269 |
| Philadelphia | 331,092 | 54.54% | 260,276 | 42.88% | 13,038 | 2.15% | 2,608 | 0.43% | 70,816 | 11.67% | 607,014 |
| Pike | 1,649 | 46.36% | 1,844 | 51.84% | 57 | 1.60% | 7 | 0.20% | -195 | -5.48% | 3,557 |
| Potter | 3,847 | 58.53% | 2,271 | 34.55% | 384 | 5.84% | 71 | 1.08% | 1,576 | 23.98% | 6,573 |
| Schuylkill | 32,492 | 46.88% | 35,023 | 50.53% | 1,405 | 2.03% | 385 | 0.56% | -2,531 | -3.65% | 69,305 |
| Snyder | 3,423 | 59.37% | 2,176 | 37.74% | 97 | 1.68% | 70 | 1.21% | 1,247 | 21.63% | 5,766 |
| Somerset | 11,857 | 58.56% | 7,919 | 39.11% | 339 | 1.67% | 134 | 0.66% | 3,938 | 19.45% | 20,249 |
| Sullivan | 1,457 | 46.77% | 1,602 | 51.42% | 35 | 1.12% | 21 | 0.67% | -145 | -4.65% | 3,115 |
| Susquehanna | 6,884 | 55.99% | 5,171 | 42.06% | 168 | 1.37% | 72 | 0.59% | 1,713 | 13.93% | 12,295 |
| Tioga | 9,583 | 75.00% | 3,004 | 23.51% | 119 | 0.93% | 72 | 0.56% | 6,579 | 51.49% | 12,778 |
| Union | 3,534 | 61.63% | 1,948 | 33.97% | 187 | 3.26% | 65 | 1.13% | 1,586 | 27.66% | 5,734 |
| Venango | 12,230 | 64.07% | 6,174 | 32.34% | 308 | 1.61% | 376 | 1.97% | 6,056 | 31.73% | 19,088 |
| Warren | 7,872 | 57.24% | 5,254 | 38.20% | 476 | 3.46% | 151 | 1.10% | 2,618 | 19.04% | 13,753 |
| Washington | 21,447 | 40.82% | 28,934 | 55.07% | 1,556 | 2.96% | 599 | 1.14% | -7,487 | -14.25% | 52,536 |
| Wayne | 6,215 | 61.47% | 3,666 | 36.26% | 160 | 1.58% | 70 | 0.69% | 2,549 | 25.21% | 10,111 |
| Westmoreland | 30,426 | 37.73% | 45,436 | 56.34% | 3,988 | 4.94% | 801 | 0.99% | -15,010 | -18.61% | 80,651 |
| Wyoming | 3,968 | 58.00% | 2,728 | 39.88% | 84 | 1.23% | 61 | 0.89% | 1,240 | 18.13% | 6,841 |
| York | 25,430 | 44.33% | 29,313 | 51.10% | 1,549 | 2.70% | 1,073 | 1.87% | -3,883 | -6.77% | 57,365 |
| Totals | 1,464,533 | 51.24% | 1,284,235 | 44.93% | 91,223 | 3.19% | 18,256 | 0.64% | 180,298 | 6.31% | 2,858,247 |
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