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1932 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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The 1932 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1932 United States presidential election in Nebraska
← 1928 November 8, 1932[1] 1936 →
All 7 Nebraska votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John Nance Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 359,082 201,177
Percentage 62.98% 35.29%
County Results
President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominee, former Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt from New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 62.98% of the popular vote, against incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover, running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 35.29% of the popular vote.[3]

Though he had decisively won Nebraska just 4 years earlier in 1932 by 27%, with the onset of The Great Depression in 1929, by 1932 Hoover had little appeal to the largely rural communities of the Great Plains, as most voters viewed him as not doing enough to lessen the impact of the Depression, with Hoovervilles springing up throughout the country. Additionally, the Dust Bowl, which was a series of droughts and dust storms that hit Nebraska especially hard, decimated the already struggling agriculture-reliant economy of the state.

In contrast, Roosevelt conducted an energetic campaign that appealed to farmers, suburbanites, and urbanites alike. He promised to implement a series of government funded relief programs, collectively known as The New Deal, that would provide economic relief through programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, which gave jobs to unemployed Americans by conducting projects such as building national parks and dams. As the Hoover campaign didn't appear to have any substantive policies to ease the economic burden, Nebraskans came out in large numbers to support Roosevelt, winning the state by a decisive 27.1% margin, a complete reversal of 1928, when Hoover won the state by almost the exact same margin.

Roosevelt carried 91 out of 93 of the state's counties, with Hoover only managing to win Keya Paha and Lancaster, the former of which was decided by a margin of just 2%, or 32 votes (the latter was decided by a more comfortable 6.5%).

With every county in the state trending Democratic, as of the 2020 presidential election, this election marks the best ever Democratic presidential performance in Nebraska and the only time in history the state has given more than sixty percent of its vote to a Democrat in a presidential election.[4] 1932 constitutes the last occasion that Antelope, Arthur, Brown, Furnas, Garden, Garfield, Hamilton, Hooker, Loup, McPherson, Otoe, Rock, Valley, or York counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][6] This was also the last time that Nebraska voted more Democratic than the nation overall.

Results

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1932 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 359,082 62.98%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 201,177 35.29%
Socialist Norman Thomas 9,876 1.73%
Write-in 2[a] 0.00%
Total votes 570,137 100%

Results by county

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County[7] Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 5,611 56.48% 3,915 39.41% 408 4.11% 1,696 17.07% 9,934
Antelope 4,053 63.17% 2,270 35.38% 93 1.45% 1,783 27.79% 6,416
Arthur 338 56.71% 237 39.77% 21 3.52% 101 16.95% 596
Banner 357 54.84% 285 43.78% 9 1.38% 72 11.06% 651
Blaine 431 62.55% 244 35.41% 14 2.03% 187 27.14% 689
Boone 4,360 69.31% 1,862 29.60% 69 1.10% 2,498 39.71% 6,291
Box Butte 2,688 59.40% 1,772 39.16% 65 1.44% 916 20.24% 4,525
Boyd 2,098 70.95% 808 27.32% 51 1.72% 1,290 43.63% 2,957
Brown 1,565 56.91% 1,174 42.69% 11 0.40% 391 14.22% 2,750
Buffalo 5,872 59.18% 3,773 38.02% 278 2.80% 2,099 21.15% 9,923
Burt 3,734 66.02% 1,857 32.83% 65 1.15% 1,877 33.19% 5,656
Butler 4,456 71.84% 1,712 27.60% 35 0.56% 2,744 44.24% 6,203
Cass 5,155 63.86% 2,756 34.14% 161 1.99% 2,399 29.72% 8,072
Cedar 4,981 73.99% 1,696 25.19% 55 0.82% 3,285 48.80% 6,732
Chase 1,408 57.35% 948 38.62% 99 4.03% 460 18.74% 2,455
Cherry 2,912 61.92% 1,754 37.30% 37 0.79% 1,158 24.62% 4,703
Cheyenne 3,068 68.71% 1,285 28.78% 112 2.51% 1,783 39.93% 4,465
Clay 3,878 60.82% 2,320 36.39% 178 2.79% 1,558 24.44% 6,376
Colfax 4,076 85.29% 648 13.56% 55 1.15% 3,428 71.73% 4,779
Cuming 4,391 77.87% 1,191 21.12% 57 1.01% 3,200 56.75% 5,639
Custer 6,844 61.74% 3,953 35.66% 289 2.61% 2,891 26.08% 11,086
Dakota 3,044 77.32% 863 21.92% 30 0.76% 2,181 55.40% 3,937
Dawes 2,457 52.59% 2,095 44.84% 120 2.57% 362 7.75% 4,672
Dawson 4,513 60.13% 2,859 38.09% 133 1.77% 1,654 22.04% 7,505
Deuel 1,093 61.93% 630 35.69% 42 2.38% 463 26.23% 1,765
Dixon 2,953 63.46% 1,620 34.82% 80 1.72% 1,333 28.65% 4,653
Dodge 7,247 66.76% 3,489 32.14% 119 1.10% 3,758 34.62% 10,855
Douglas 59,347 62.62% 33,938 35.81% 1,483 1.56% 25,409 26.81% 94,768
Dundy 1,344 57.09% 974 41.38% 36 1.53% 370 15.72% 2,354
Fillmore 3,655 62.15% 2,178 37.03% 48 0.82% 1,477 25.11% 5,881
Franklin 2,633 64.36% 1,404 34.32% 54 1.32% 1,229 30.04% 4,091
Frontier 2,188 60.86% 1,353 37.64% 54 1.50% 835 23.23% 3,595
Furnas 3,303 60.31% 2,087 38.10% 87 1.59% 1,216 22.20% 5,477
Gage 7,036 60.73% 4,315 37.25% 234 2.02% 2,721 23.49% 11,585
Garden 1,204 59.90% 768 38.21% 38 1.89% 436 21.69% 2,010
Garfield 775 54.69% 622 43.90% 20 1.41% 153 10.80% 1,417
Gosper 1,263 71.84% 477 27.13% 18 1.02% 786 44.71% 1,758
Grant 395 58.87% 251 37.41% 25 3.73% 144 21.46% 671
Greeley 2,832 75.66% 817 21.83% 94 2.51% 2,015 53.83% 3,743
Hall 6,266 59.72% 3,743 35.67% 483 4.60% 2,523 24.05% 10,492
Hamilton 2,969 58.78% 2,003 39.66% 79 1.56% 966 19.12% 5,051
Harlan 2,486 64.09% 1,272 32.79% 121 3.12% 1,214 31.30% 3,879
Hayes 962 63.79% 506 33.55% 40 2.65% 456 30.24% 1,508
Hitchcock 1,772 59.40% 1,168 39.16% 43 1.44% 604 20.25% 2,983
Holt 4,761 66.13% 2,375 32.99% 64 0.89% 2,386 33.14% 7,200
Hooker 342 66.93% 162 31.70% 7 1.37% 180 35.23% 511
Howard 3,409 79.17% 734 17.05% 163 3.79% 2,675 62.12% 4,306
Jefferson 4,819 65.10% 2,453 33.14% 130 1.76% 2,366 31.96% 7,402
Johnson 2,505 59.91% 1,644 39.32% 32 0.77% 861 20.59% 4,181
Kearney 2,367 66.32% 1,129 31.63% 73 2.05% 1,238 34.69% 3,569
Keith 2,009 67.17% 946 31.63% 36 1.20% 1,063 35.54% 2,991
Keya Paha 645 48.28% 675 50.52% 16 1.20% -30 -2.25% 1,336
Kimball 1,268 60.09% 793 37.58% 49 2.32% 475 22.51% 2,110
Knox 5,229 73.36% 1,830 25.67% 69 0.97% 3,399 47.69% 7,128
Lancaster 18,190 45.79% 20,772 52.29% 761 1.92% -2,582 -6.50% 39,723
Lincoln 6,047 64.12% 3,082 32.68% 302 3.20% 2,965 31.44% 9,431
Logan 564 60.84% 346 37.32% 17 1.83% 218 23.52% 927
Loup 389 55.33% 287 40.83% 27 3.84% 102 14.51% 703
Madison 7,366 67.24% 3,489 31.85% 99 0.90% 3,877 35.39% 10,954
McPherson 367 54.86% 291 43.50% 11 1.64% 76 11.36% 669
Merrick 2,881 61.35% 1,698 36.16% 117 2.49% 1,183 25.19% 4,696
Morrill 2,008 57.77% 1,406 40.45% 62 1.78% 602 17.32% 3,476
Nance 2,479 67.71% 1,156 31.58% 26 0.71% 1,323 36.14% 3,661
Nemaha 3,593 62.94% 2,075 36.35% 41 0.72% 1,518 26.59% 5,709
Nuckolls 3,420 64.13% 1,812 33.98% 101 1.89% 1,608 30.15% 5,333
Otoe 4,752 59.71% 3,119 39.19% 88 1.11% 1,633 20.52% 7,959
Pawnee 2,641 62.16% 1,568 36.90% 40 0.94% 1,073 25.25% 4,249
Perkins 1,669 69.60% 674 28.11% 55 2.29% 995 41.49% 2,398
Phelps 2,589 59.22% 1,709 39.09% 74 1.69% 880 20.13% 4,372
Pierce 2,980 71.93% 1,128 27.23% 35 0.84% 1,852 44.70% 4,143
Platte 6,691 77.56% 1,864 21.61% 72 0.83% 4,827 55.95% 8,627
Polk 2,939 63.50% 1,636 35.35% 53 1.15% 1,303 28.15% 4,628
Red Willow 3,479 62.21% 1,972 35.26% 141 2.52% 1,507 26.95% 5,592
Richardson 5,383 65.26% 2,802 33.97% 64 0.78% 2,581 31.29% 8,249
Rock 810 56.06% 613 42.42% 22 1.52% 197 13.63% 1,445
Saline 5,831 73.85% 1,993 25.24% 72 0.91% 3,838 48.61% 7,896
Sarpy 3,112 71.89% 1,148 26.52% 69 1.59% 1,964 45.37% 4,329
Saunders 6,134 67.16% 2,772 30.35% 228 2.50% 3,362 36.81% 9,134
Scotts Bluff 4,792 53.18% 4,108 45.59% 111 1.23% 684 7.59% 9,011
Seward 4,208 64.04% 2,298 34.97% 65 0.99% 1,910 29.07% 6,571
Sheridan 2,945 60.53% 1,820 37.41% 100 2.06% 1,125 23.12% 4,865
Sherman 2,670 72.32% 952 25.79% 70 1.90% 1,718 46.53% 3,692
Sioux 1,006 59.04% 667 39.14% 31 1.82% 339 19.89% 1,704
Stanton 2,302 79.96% 568 19.73% 9 0.31% 1,734 60.23% 2,879
Thayer 3,841 66.12% 1,878 32.33% 90 1.55% 1,963 33.79% 5,809
Thomas 437 60.61% 262 36.34% 22 3.05% 175 24.27% 721
Thurston 3,273 80.70% 739 18.22% 44 1.08% 2,534 62.48% 4,056
Valley 2,400 59.16% 1,584 39.04% 73 1.80% 816 20.11% 4,057
Washington 3,709 71.92% 1,382 26.80% 66 1.28% 2,327 45.12% 5,157
Wayne 2,608 62.78% 1,455 35.03% 91 2.19% 1,153 27.76% 4,154
Webster 2,632 59.97% 1,627 37.07% 130 2.96% 1,005 22.90% 4,389
Wheeler 658 72.63% 219 24.17% 29 3.20% 439 48.45% 906
York 3,920 51.72% 3,573 47.14% 86 1.13% 347 4.58% 7,579
Totals 359,082 62.98% 201,177 35.29% 9,876 1.73% 157,905 27.70% 570,137

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ These write-in votes were not listed by county but as a state-wide total.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Nebraska". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 252-255 ISBN 0786422173
  7. ^ a b "NE US President Race, November 08, 1932". Our Campaigns.
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