United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1932

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1932

November 8, 1932

Nominee Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Party Republican Democratic Home state California New York Running mate Charles Curtis John N. Garner Electoral vote 36 0 Popular vote 1,453,540 1,295,948 Percentage 50.84% 45.33%

County results

President before election Herbert Hoover Republican Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 8, 1932 throughout the continuous 48 states. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, President Herbert Hoover, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hoover won Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.51%. This is the last election where the Republican candidate carried Philadelphia County in a presidential election. This was also the last election until 1988 that Pennsylvania did not vote the same as neighboring New York.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Herbert Hoover	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 Foster	5,659	0.20%	0
	Jobless	James Cox	726	0.03%	0
	Industrialist	Verne Reynolds	659	0.02%	0

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html