1932 United States presidential election in North Dakota

none June 2025 September 2023 1932 United States presidential election 1932 United States presidential election in North Dakota North Dakota presidential no 1928 United States presidential election in North Dakota 1928 1936 United States presidential election in North Dakota 1936 All 4 North Dakota votes to the Electoral College November 8, 1932https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1932 United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica January 29, 2019 x200px FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York John Nance Garner 4 178,350 69.59% President Hoover portrait (cropped).jpg Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) California Charles Curtis 0 71,772 28.00% 1932 United States presidential election in North Dakota results map by county.svg 325px County results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% President Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1932 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Voters chose fourhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1929_1941.html#1932 1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37) January 29, 2019 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Ever since statehood, North Dakota had been overwhelmingly Republican at state level and in many presidential elections,Hansen, John Mark; Shigeo Hirano, and Snyder, James M. Jr.; ‘Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900–1980’; in Gerber, Alan S. and Schickler, Eric; Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America, pp. 143-159 978-1-107-09509-0 although progressive Democrat Woodrow Wilson was able to carry the state in both his campaigns in 1912 and 1916, in the second due to his anti-war platform. In the following three elections, the state's voting would be shaped by its extreme isolationism in the aftermath of President Wilson's pushing of the nation into World War I and his "League of Nations" proposal, to which the Russian-Germans who dominated North Dakota's populace were vehemently opposed.Lubell, Samuel; The Future of American Politics (1956), pp. 156-164 North Dakota thus shifted markedly from voting four-to-one for Warren G. Harding against the pro-League James M. Cox in 1920, to being the second-strongest state for Robert La Follette under the Nonpartisan League banner in 1924, to strong pro-Catholic and anti-Prohibition voting for Al Smith in 1928 that made the state 7 points more Democratic than the nation at-large. During the 1910s, North Dakota had been one of the major centres of Socialist and farmer radicalism.See Pratt, William C.; ‘Rural Radicalism on the Northern Plains, 1912–1950’; Montana The Magazine of Western History, vol. 42, no. 1 (Winter, 1992), pp. 42-55 With the coming of the Depression, this radicalism returned, although unlike with the Socialist Party and later with La Follette, there was sharp division over whom to support in the ensuing presidential election, with some supporting veteran Populist and free silver advocate "Coin" Harvey and other supporting the Socialist or Communist Parties. Nonetheless, grievances of farmers against the Republicans had existed before incumbent Herbert Hoover's election in 1928. Democratic nominee and New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was himself well-equipped to cater for this issue. After he had won the state's primary against Oklahoma populist "Alfalfa Bill" Murray,‘Roosevelt Runs Ahead of Murray in North Dakota: Slow Returns Give New Yorker 3,989 Votes in Primary to 2,280 for Oklahoman’; New York Times, March 16, 1932, p. 1 Roosevelt cultivated favor with North Dakota congressmen William Lemke, Lynn J. Frazier and Gerald P. Nye,Slichter, Gertrude Almy; ‘Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Farm Problem, 1929–1932’; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, vol. 43, no. 2 (September 1956), pp. 238-258 and as Smith had in 1928, gained the support of former Senator Henry C. Hansbrough.‘Hansbrough Comes Out for Roosevelt: Former Republican Senator Declares Hooverism Has Failed’; The Washington Post, August 1, 1932, p. 3 Roosevelt's proposal to lessen the Smoot-Hawley Tariff to increase farmers’ foreign purchasing power, and to reduce acreage to increase prices for farmers further added to his support in this most agrarian state. Late proposals by Hoover to offer relief failed to make any impression, especially as the President had refused to support the bankruptcy and refinance bills advocated by Senator Frazier.‘Some North Dakotans helped get FDR elected’; Bismarck Tribune, July 27, 2008, p. C1 The earlier straw poll in the state, at the end of the third week of October, had Roosevelt leading by about seven-to-four over Hoover, and this poll had been taken amongst voters who had given Hoover a larger margin over Al Smith than North Dakota as a whole had.‘Roosevelt Leading in Digest Poll, 3—2: Hoover Ahead in All New England And in New Jersey—Others Are For Democratic Ticket’; Daily Boston Globe, October 21, 1932, p. 32 By the weekend preceding the poll, further polls seemed to confirm Hoover's hopes of carrying the state as forlorn,North Dakota: Hoover Supporters Clinging to Forlorn Hope The New York Times November 6, 1932 29 and as it turned out Roosevelt carried the state by a larger margin than even the latest polls expected. With the farming areas decimated by drought, Hoover support held up best in the cities of the Red River valley, but FDR still carried all 53 counties by double-digit majorities. Roosevelt became the first Democrat to win a majority of North Dakota's vote in a presidential election, a feat he emulated in 1936 but which has otherwise only been achieved by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas Presidential General Election Results Comparison – North Dakota https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1932&fips=38&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state This was also Roosevelt's strongest performance in any state outside of the Solid South. His 69.59 percent of the vote is the best Democratic performance in North Dakota presidential election history as well as the highest raw vote total for a Democrat in the state. Results 1932 United States presidential election in North Dakotahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=38&year=1932 1932 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota January 29, 2019 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) 178,350 69.59% Herbert Hoover (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 71,772 28.00% Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 3,521 1.37% William Hope Harvey Liberty Party (United States, 1932) 1,817 0.71% William Z. Foster Communist Party USA 830 0.32% 256,290 100% Results by county CountyND US President Race, November 08, 1932 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2931 Our CampaignsFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticHerbert HooverRepublicanNorman M. ThomasSocialistWilliam Hope HarveyLibertyWilliam Z. FosterCommunistMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%#%Adams1,51458.10%91535.11%371.42%1284.91%120.46%59922.99%2,606Barnes4,83363.04%2,52732.96%1201.57%1662.17%210.27%2,30630.08%7,667Benson3,65074.23%1,17023.79%591.20%270.55%110.22%2,48050.44%4,917Billings76070.44%29527.34%100.93%40.37%100.93%46543.10%1,079Bottineau4,17875.05%1,20121.57%1662.98%150.27%70.13%2,97753.48%5,567Bowman1,29259.38%61628.31%2139.79%442.02%110.51%67631.07%2,176Burke2,47368.81%90625.21%1313.64%150.42%691.92%1,56743.60%3,594Burleigh5,62166.61%2,68731.84%901.07%90.11%320.38%2,93434.77%8,439Cass11,09454.40%8,93743.82%3211.57%250.12%170.08%2,15710.58%20,394Cavalier3,77071.33%1,47127.83%290.55%50.09%100.19%2,29943.50%5,285Dickey3,06866.08%1,42430.67%591.27%250.54%671.44%1,64435.41%4,643Divide2,37469.78%81724.02%682.00%1243.64%190.56%1,55745.77%3,402Dunn2,38079.12%56918.92%270.90%210.70%110.37%1,81160.21%3,008Eddy1,88874.71%53721.25%441.74%471.86%110.44%1,35153.46%2,527Emmons3,08976.29%91622.62%300.74%80.20%60.15%2,17353.67%4,049Foster1,83874.38%60924.65%90.36%140.57%10.04%1,22949.74%2,471Golden Valley1,02360.35%65338.53%110.65%40.24%40.24%37021.83%1,695Grand Forks7,57958.75%5,09039.46%1871.45%170.13%270.21%2,48919.29%12,900Grant2,91279.69%65717.98%381.04%330.90%140.38%2,25561.71%3,654Griggs1,83877.32%42818.01%411.72%602.52%100.42%1,41059.32%2,377Hettinger2,33669.57%92127.43%541.61%330.98%140.42%1,41542.14%3,358Kidder2,04273.14%70925.39%291.04%40.14%80.29%1,33347.74%2,792LaMoure3,31072.22%1,13424.74%881.92%430.94%80.17%2,17647.48%4,583Logan2,35084.93%39014.09%110.40%50.18%110.40%1,96070.83%2,767McHenry3,93770.73%1,39625.08%1662.98%591.06%80.14%2,54145.65%5,566McIntosh3,07886.88%46513.12%00.00%00.00%00.00%2,61373.75%3,543McKenzie2,65574.85%71020.02%912.57%742.09%170.48%1,94554.84%3,547McLean4,35476.08%1,36923.92%00.00%00.00%00.00%2,98552.16%5,723Mercer2,49183.23%48016.04%100.33%20.07%100.33%2,01167.19%2,993Morton5,54874.67%1,82824.60%380.51%70.09%90.12%3,72050.07%7,430Mountrail3,28473.83%98622.17%841.89%150.34%791.78%2,29851.66%4,448Nelson3,17676.86%95623.14%00.00%00.00%00.00%2,22053.73%4,132Oliver1,15278.42%30220.56%100.68%30.20%20.14%85057.86%1,469Pembina3,63665.04%1,91134.19%400.72%30.05%00.00%1,72530.86%5,590Pierce2,43973.18%85625.68%320.96%10.03%50.15%1,58347.49%3,333Ramsey4,33768.53%1,91730.29%520.82%80.13%150.24%2,42038.24%6,329Ransom3,02566.29%1,44531.67%591.29%280.61%60.13%1,58034.63%4,563Renville1,96972.10%68925.23%602.20%80.29%50.18%1,28046.87%2,731Richland5,66369.20%2,30428.16%1732.11%320.39%110.13%3,35941.05%8,183Rolette2,85579.22%70619.59%320.89%40.11%70.19%2,14959.63%3,604Sargent2,81875.98%78521.16%731.97%250.67%80.22%2,03354.81%3,709Sheridan1,94579.29%46819.08%281.14%20.08%100.41%1,47760.21%2,453Sioux1,32877.12%35020.33%251.45%120.70%70.41%97856.79%1,722Slope1,13668.43%46127.77%492.95%110.66%30.18%67540.66%1,660Stark4,78680.72%1,14319.28%00.00%00.00%00.00%3,64361.44%5,929Steele1,92571.69%69525.88%260.97%391.45%00.00%1,23045.81%2,685Stutsman6,18269.63%2,57729.03%1031.16%110.12%50.06%3,60540.61%8,878Towner2,19073.02%76525.51%250.83%70.23%120.40%1,42547.52%2,999Traill3,11261.33%1,89337.31%511.01%100.20%80.16%1,21924.02%5,074Walsh5,34273.74%1,61622.31%1331.84%1462.02%70.10%3,72651.44%7,244Ward8,12964.38%4,19533.23%1871.48%470.37%680.54%3,93431.16%12,626Wells3,82377.40%1,06221.50%280.57%190.38%70.14%2,76155.90%4,939Williams4,82370.06%1,50921.92%741.07%3715.39%1071.55%3,31448.14%6,884Totals178,35069.59%71,77228.00%3,5211.37%1,8170.71%8300.32%106,57841.58%256,290 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 18em Adams Barnes Cass Billings Bottineau Bowman Burke Burleigh Cavalier Dickey Divide Golden Valley Grant Griggs Hettinger Kidder LaMoure McHenry McIntosh Oliver Pembina Benson Mountrail Nelson Ramsey Ransom Renville Richland Sheridan Steele Slope Stutsman Towner Traill Ward Wells Williams See also United States presidential elections in North Dakota References 60em North Dakota 1932 Category:1932 North Dakota elections