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1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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The 1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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All 11 Kentucky 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 11 0
Popular vote 580,574 394,716
Percentage 59.06% 40.15%
County Results
President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Kentucky was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 59.06 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 40.15 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] Roosevelt's victory was an almost exact reversal of Hoover's performance four years prior, when he had defeated Al Smith in the state by the same 18.9 point margin. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Adair County and Grayson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]

Results

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1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 580,574 59.06%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 394,716 40.15%
Socialist Norman Thomas 3,853 0.39%
Prohibition William David Upshaw 2,252 0.23%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 1,396 0.14%
Communist William Z. Foster 272 0.03%
Total votes 983,063 100%

Results by county

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1932 United States presidential election in Kentucky by county[6][7]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 3,251 51.22% 3,084 48.59% 0 0.00% 12 0.19% 167 2.63% 6,347
Allen 3,116 48.93% 3,219 50.55% 7 0.11% 26 0.41% -103 -1.62% 6,368
Anderson 2,415 66.46% 1,184 32.58% 5 0.14% 30 0.83% 1,231 33.87% 3,634
Ballard 3,987 86.98% 572 12.48% 11 0.24% 14 0.31% 3,415 74.50% 4,584
Barren 6,518 64.02% 3,622 35.58% 8 0.08% 33 0.32% 2,896 28.45% 10,181
Bath 2,909 64.57% 1,576 34.98% 5 0.11% 15 0.33% 1,333 29.59% 4,505
Bell 5,440 53.27% 4,695 45.97% 10 0.10% 68 0.67% 745 7.29% 10,213
Boone 3,536 71.83% 1,355 27.52% 20 0.41% 12 0.24% 2,181 44.30% 4,923
Bourbon 4,759 62.59% 2,820 37.09% 5 0.07% 20 0.26% 1,939 25.50% 7,604
Boyd 8,315 54.19% 6,853 44.67% 96 0.63% 79 0.51% 1,462 9.53% 15,343
Boyle 4,473 66.65% 2,208 32.90% 4 0.06% 26 0.39% 2,265 33.75% 6,711
Bracken 2,407 61.39% 1,471 37.52% 21 0.54% 22 0.56% 936 23.87% 3,921
Breathitt 4,524 76.65% 1,371 23.23% 2 0.03% 5 0.08% 3,153 53.42% 5,902
Breckinridge 3,814 53.83% 3,237 45.69% 4 0.06% 30 0.42% 577 8.14% 7,085
Bullitt 2,918 72.70% 1,088 27.11% 2 0.05% 6 0.15% 1,830 45.59% 4,014
Butler 1,736 40.08% 2,586 59.71% 4 0.09% 5 0.12% -850 -19.63% 4,331
Caldwell 2,971 58.96% 2,020 40.09% 18 0.36% 30 0.60% 951 18.87% 5,039
Calloway 6,335 88.18% 813 11.32% 12 0.17% 24 0.33% 5,522 76.87% 7,184
Campbell 17,776 58.85% 11,665 38.62% 589 1.95% 178 0.59% 6,111 20.23% 30,208
Carlisle 2,840 87.30% 402 12.36% 3 0.09% 8 0.25% 2,438 74.95% 3,253
Carroll 3,015 79.45% 761 20.05% 4 0.11% 15 0.40% 2,254 59.39% 3,795
Carter 4,565 50.61% 4,376 48.51% 27 0.30% 52 0.58% 189 2.10% 9,020
Casey 2,651 40.68% 3,840 58.93% 2 0.03% 23 0.35% -1,189 -18.25% 6,516
Christian 7,618 58.96% 5,235 40.52% 29 0.22% 38 0.29% 2,383 18.44% 12,920
Clark 4,920 70.93% 1,981 28.56% 11 0.16% 24 0.35% 2,939 42.37% 6,936
Clay 2,133 37.95% 3,474 61.81% 3 0.05% 10 0.18% -1,341 -23.86% 5,620
Clinton 908 27.27% 2,422 72.73% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -1,514 -45.47% 3,330
Crittenden 2,119 49.05% 2,185 50.58% 3 0.07% 13 0.30% -66 -1.53% 4,320
Cumberland 1,235 34.16% 2,369 65.53% 0 0.00% 11 0.30% -1,134 -31.37% 3,615
Daviess 10,527 67.12% 5,059 32.25% 22 0.14% 77 0.49% 5,468 34.86% 15,685
Edmonson 1,796 39.92% 2,690 59.79% 4 0.09% 9 0.20% -894 -19.87% 4,499
Elliott 2,150 84.91% 382 15.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,768 69.83% 2,532
Estill 3,150 51.34% 2,963 48.29% 0 0.00% 23 0.37% 187 3.05% 6,136
Fayette 15,765 56.57% 11,847 42.51% 163 0.58% 94 0.34% 3,918 14.06% 27,869
Fleming 3,442 56.21% 2,638 43.08% 8 0.13% 36 0.59% 804 13.13% 6,124
Floyd 8,537 71.22% 3,415 28.49% 18 0.15% 16 0.13% 5,122 42.73% 11,986
Franklin 6,331 75.33% 2,034 24.20% 21 0.25% 18 0.21% 4,297 51.13% 8,404
Fulton 3,985 82.25% 837 17.28% 4 0.08% 19 0.39% 3,148 64.97% 4,845
Gallatin 1,792 82.85% 365 16.87% 0 0.00% 6 0.28% 1,427 65.97% 2,163
Garrard 2,582 53.14% 2,276 46.84% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 306 6.30% 4,859
Grant 3,148 68.55% 1,407 30.64% 7 0.15% 30 0.65% 1,741 37.91% 4,592
Graves 9,888 84.05% 1,825 15.51% 26 0.22% 25 0.21% 8,063 68.54% 11,764
Grayson 3,872 50.79% 3,721 48.81% 5 0.07% 26 0.34% 151 1.98% 7,624
Green 2,277 49.68% 2,281 49.77% 2 0.04% 23 0.50% -4 -0.09% 4,583
Greenup 4,963 58.44% 3,422 40.30% 62 0.73% 45 0.53% 1,541 18.15% 8,492
Hancock 1,623 57.43% 1,174 41.54% 7 0.25% 22 0.78% 449 15.89% 2,826
Hardin 6,047 67.79% 2,801 31.40% 32 0.36% 40 0.45% 3,246 36.39% 8,920
Harlan 9,091 44.88% 11,118 54.89% 23 0.11% 22 0.11% -2,027 -10.01% 20,254
Harrison 4,909 72.30% 1,833 27.00% 12 0.18% 36 0.53% 3,076 45.30% 6,790
Hart 4,008 60.34% 2,601 39.16% 12 0.18% 21 0.32% 1,407 21.18% 6,642
Henderson 6,100 68.69% 2,485 27.98% 226 2.54% 70 0.79% 3,615 40.70% 8,881
Henry 4,303 71.87% 1,643 27.44% 4 0.07% 37 0.62% 2,660 44.43% 5,987
Hickman 3,327 87.81% 446 11.77% 2 0.05% 14 0.37% 2,881 76.04% 3,789
Hopkins 9,158 69.99% 3,817 29.17% 34 0.26% 76 0.58% 5,341 40.82% 13,085
Jackson 529 15.49% 2,879 84.28% 3 0.09% 5 0.15% -2,350 -68.79% 3,416
Jefferson 72,402 51.31% 67,137 47.58% 964 0.68% 593 0.42% 5,265 3.73% 141,096
Jessamine 2,873 62.52% 1,710 37.21% 0 0.00% 12 0.26% 1,163 25.31% 4,595
Johnson 3,134 39.05% 4,871 60.70% 11 0.14% 9 0.11% -1,737 -21.64% 8,025
Kenton 22,311 65.12% 11,202 32.69% 572 1.67% 178 0.52% 11,109 32.42% 34,263
Knott 4,443 85.61% 747 14.39% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,696 71.21% 5,190
Knox 3,375 42.52% 4,513 56.85% 9 0.11% 41 0.52% -1,138 -14.34% 7,938
Larue 2,650 67.97% 1,235 31.67% 2 0.05% 12 0.31% 1,415 36.29% 3,899
Laurel 3,569 42.34% 4,827 57.26% 16 0.19% 18 0.21% -1,258 -14.92% 8,430
Lawrence 3,701 56.99% 2,766 42.59% 2 0.03% 25 0.38% 935 14.40% 6,494
Lee 1,970 54.66% 1,628 45.17% 1 0.03% 5 0.14% 342 9.49% 3,604
Leslie 569 16.80% 2,810 82.96% 2 0.06% 6 0.18% -2,241 -66.16% 3,387
Letcher 5,190 52.03% 4,732 47.44% 14 0.14% 39 0.39% 458 4.59% 9,975
Lewis 2,488 43.28% 3,212 55.88% 13 0.23% 35 0.61% -724 -12.60% 5,748
Lincoln 4,574 59.44% 3,063 39.81% 10 0.13% 48 0.62% 1,511 19.64% 7,695
Livingston 2,231 67.36% 1,070 32.31% 3 0.09% 8 0.24% 1,161 35.05% 3,312
Logan 7,072 71.31% 2,778 28.01% 8 0.08% 59 0.59% 4,294 43.30% 9,917
Lyon 2,099 70.46% 873 29.31% 0 0.00% 7 0.23% 1,226 41.15% 2,979
Madison 6,957 54.00% 5,811 45.10% 77 0.60% 39 0.30% 1,146 8.89% 12,884
Magoffin 2,721 50.44% 2,661 49.32% 2 0.04% 11 0.20% 60 1.11% 5,395
Marion 4,427 73.53% 1,571 26.09% 5 0.08% 18 0.30% 2,856 47.43% 6,021
Marshall 4,246 82.78% 863 16.83% 10 0.19% 10 0.19% 3,383 65.96% 5,129
Martin 770 30.09% 1,774 69.32% 4 0.16% 11 0.43% -1,004 -39.23% 2,559
Mason 5,065 60.78% 3,213 38.55% 9 0.11% 47 0.56% 1,852 22.22% 8,334
McCracken 9,188 73.51% 3,140 25.12% 100 0.80% 71 0.57% 6,048 48.39% 12,499
McCreary 1,194 26.09% 3,360 73.43% 11 0.24% 11 0.24% -2,166 -47.33% 4,576
McLean 2,771 65.60% 1,412 33.43% 22 0.52% 19 0.45% 1,359 32.17% 4,224
Meade 2,488 69.81% 1,050 29.46% 13 0.36% 13 0.36% 1,438 40.35% 3,564
Menifee 1,425 74.61% 474 24.82% 4 0.21% 7 0.37% 951 49.79% 1,910
Mercer 3,759 65.43% 1,950 33.94% 3 0.05% 33 0.57% 1,809 31.49% 5,745
Metcalfe 1,985 53.22% 1,729 46.35% 1 0.03% 15 0.40% 256 6.86% 3,730
Monroe 1,620 38.66% 2,559 61.07% 2 0.05% 9 0.21% -939 -22.41% 4,190
Montgomery 2,810 64.78% 1,515 34.92% 3 0.07% 10 0.23% 1,295 29.85% 4,338
Morgan 4,137 74.09% 1,435 25.70% 1 0.02% 11 0.20% 2,702 48.39% 5,584
Muhlenberg 7,162 61.58% 4,349 37.39% 59 0.51% 60 0.52% 2,813 24.19% 11,630
Nelson 5,272 71.23% 2,100 28.37% 2 0.03% 27 0.36% 3,172 42.86% 7,401
Nicholas 2,728 68.41% 1,219 30.57% 0 0.00% 41 1.03% 1,509 37.84% 3,988
Ohio 4,870 49.02% 4,880 49.12% 111 1.12% 73 0.73% -10 -0.10% 9,934
Oldham 2,319 71.73% 888 27.47% 12 0.37% 14 0.43% 1,431 44.26% 3,233
Owen 4,240 85.48% 658 13.27% 2 0.04% 60 1.21% 3,582 72.22% 4,960
Owsley 520 20.72% 1,985 79.08% 1 0.04% 4 0.16% -1,465 -58.37% 2,510
Pendleton 2,745 59.42% 1,812 39.22% 8 0.17% 55 1.19% 933 20.19% 4,620
Perry 6,393 54.85% 5,240 44.96% 11 0.09% 11 0.09% 1,153 9.89% 11,655
Pike 12,686 61.36% 7,914 38.28% 29 0.14% 45 0.22% 4,772 23.08% 20,674
Powell 1,300 60.89% 826 38.69% 0 0.00% 9 0.42% 474 22.20% 2,135
Pulaski 4,931 41.57% 6,905 58.22% 7 0.06% 18 0.15% -1,974 -16.64% 11,861
Robertson 1,056 65.84% 538 33.54% 0 0.00% 10 0.62% 518 32.29% 1,604
Rockcastle 1,976 35.51% 3,577 64.29% 3 0.05% 8 0.14% -1,601 -28.77% 5,564
Rowan 2,844 63.34% 1,622 36.12% 12 0.27% 12 0.27% 1,222 27.22% 4,490
Russell 1,699 40.30% 2,490 59.06% 1 0.02% 26 0.62% -791 -18.76% 4,216
Scott 4,572 69.79% 1,943 29.66% 8 0.12% 28 0.43% 2,629 40.13% 6,551
Shelby 5,180 70.72% 2,108 28.78% 4 0.05% 33 0.45% 3,072 41.94% 7,325
Simpson 3,603 74.64% 1,203 24.92% 2 0.04% 19 0.39% 2,400 49.72% 4,827
Spencer 1,773 70.50% 736 29.26% 1 0.04% 5 0.20% 1,037 41.23% 2,515
Taylor 2,823 51.76% 2,592 47.52% 0 0.00% 39 0.72% 231 4.24% 5,454
Todd 3,966 71.38% 1,562 28.11% 7 0.13% 21 0.38% 2,404 43.27% 5,556
Trigg 3,611 71.11% 1,452 28.59% 9 0.18% 6 0.12% 2,159 42.52% 5,078
Trimble 2,083 88.49% 257 10.92% 2 0.08% 12 0.51% 1,826 77.57% 2,354
Union 4,892 81.66% 1,063 17.74% 10 0.17% 26 0.43% 3,829 63.91% 5,991
Warren 8,932 65.78% 4,569 33.65% 24 0.18% 53 0.39% 4,363 32.13% 13,578
Washington 2,841 54.60% 2,340 44.97% 3 0.06% 19 0.37% 501 9.63% 5,203
Wayne 2,929 51.88% 2,682 47.50% 4 0.07% 31 0.55% 247 4.37% 5,646
Webster 4,833 67.71% 2,257 31.62% 9 0.13% 39 0.55% 2,576 36.09% 7,138
Whitley 3,576 36.42% 6,186 62.99% 14 0.14% 44 0.45% -2,610 -26.58% 9,820
Wolfe 2,321 71.81% 909 28.13% 0 0.00% 2 0.06% 1,412 43.69% 3,232
Woodford 3,180 64.66% 1,720 34.97% 7 0.14% 11 0.22% 1,460 29.69% 4,918
Totals 580,574 59.06% 394,716 40.15% 3,858 0.39% 3,911 0.40% 185,858 18.91% 983,059

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1932 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1932". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 207-213 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 176-177 ISBN 0405077114
  7. ^ "1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15 with data on request)
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