1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut

Summary

The 1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut 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 eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis John Nance Garner
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 288,420 281,632
Percentage 48.54% 47.40%

County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Connecticut 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 Connecticut by a very narrow margin of 1.14%. Connecticut was one of only six states (the other five being Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont), 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.

Despite the massive nationwide shift towards Democrats, Hoover managed to flip the town of Marlborough, which voted for Democrats Al Smith in 1928 and John W. Davis in 1924, both of whom lost by landslide margins. Marlborough was the only town in Connecticut and one of only a few places in the nation to flip from Democratic to Republican in 1932.

This was the first occasion since 1852 that Windham County voted Democratic. This is the last time a Democrat won without Hartford County. As of 2023, this is the most recent election where Connecticut voted more Republican than Kansas.

Results edit

1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 288,420 48.54% 8 100.00%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York John Nance Garner of Texas 281,632 47.40% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 20,480 3.45% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds of New York John W. Aiken of Massachusetts 2,287 0.38% 0 0.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts James W. Ford of Alabama 1,364 0.23% 0 0.00%
Total 594,183 100.00% 8 100.00%

By county edit

1932 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2]
County Hoover % Hoover # Roosevelt % Roosevelt # Others % Others # Total #
Fairfield 49.9% 72,238 44.5% 64,367 5.6% 8,092 144,697
Hartford 48.4% 72,611 48.2% 72,322 3.5% 5,220 150,153
Litchfield 56.9% 18,682 41.1% 13,469 2.0% 660 32,811
Middlesex 52.8% 10,770 45.5% 9,286 1.7% 344 20,400
New Haven 45.4% 79,019 49.9% 86,826 4.8% 8,296 174,141
New London 49.1% 19,721 48.8% 19,576 2.1% 858 40,155
Tolland 51.8% 5,857 44.1% 4,985 4.0% 455 11,297
Windham 46.4% 9,522 52.6% 10,801 1.0% 206 20,529

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "1932 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. pp. 13–14. Retrieved January 8, 2023.