1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia
The 1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election . West Virginia voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (D –New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner , with 54.47 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (R –California), running with Vice President Charles Curtis , with 44.47 percent of the popular vote.[3] [4]
Despite Roosevelt being the first Democrat to win a majority of West Virginia’s vote since Grover Cleveland as far back as 1884 , West Virginia was Hoover’s tenth-best state by popular vote share and twelfth-best by percentage margin, voting overall 7.76 points more Republican than the nation at-large. The election nonetheless marked the beginning of West Virginia's transition to a strongly Democratic-leaning state during the 20th century. It voted Democratic in every election from 1932 through 1996 save the national Republican landslides of 1956 , 1972 , and 1984 ; it did not vote for a Republican in a close election until 2000 or for a losing Republican until 2008 . Roosevelt was the first Democratic victor in Hancock County since James Buchanan in 1856 , the first Democrat to win Monongalia County since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860 , and the first Democratic victor in Brooke County since Horatio Seymour in 1868.[5]
Results
Results by county
1932 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[6]
County
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic
Herbert Hoover Republican
Norman Thomas Socialist
William D. Upshaw Prohibition
William Z. Foster Workers
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Barbour
4,228
52.71%
3,652
45.52%
102
1.27%
37
0.46%
3
0.04%
576
7.18%
8,022
Berkeley
7,009
51.81%
6,370
47.09%
95
0.70%
51
0.38%
2
0.01%
639
4.72%
13,527
Boone
5,973
62.26%
3,555
37.06%
44
0.46%
19
0.20%
2
0.02%
2,418
25.21%
9,593
Braxton
6,043
62.55%
3,560
36.85%
16
0.17%
35
0.36%
7
0.07%
2,483
25.70%
9,661
Brooke
4,919
53.43%
4,010
43.56%
221
2.40%
37
0.40%
19
0.21%
909
9.87%
9,206
Cabell
23,498
56.01%
17,999
42.91%
318
0.76%
135
0.32%
0
0.00%
5,499
13.11%
41,950
Calhoun
3,139
66.45%
1,564
33.11%
3
0.06%
18
0.38%
0
0.00%
1,575
33.34%
4,724
Clay
3,038
55.25%
2,443
44.43%
12
0.22%
5
0.09%
1
0.02%
595
10.82%
5,499
Doddridge
1,943
41.14%
2,780
58.86%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-837
-17.72%
4,723
Fayette
17,127
58.04%
12,170
41.24%
116
0.39%
91
0.31%
5
0.02%
4,957
16.80%
29,509
Gilmer
3,511
69.14%
1,530
30.13%
10
0.20%
27
0.53%
0
0.00%
1,981
39.01%
5,078
Grant
920
26.80%
2,477
72.15%
17
0.50%
18
0.52%
1
0.03%
-1,557
-45.35%
3,433
Greenbrier
9,467
64.47%
5,111
34.81%
63
0.43%
38
0.26%
5
0.03%
4,356
29.66%
14,684
Hampshire
3,681
73.80%
1,258
25.22%
16
0.32%
32
0.64%
1
0.02%
2,423
48.58%
4,988
Hancock
4,603
49.92%
4,328
46.94%
219
2.38%
48
0.52%
22
0.24%
275
2.98%
9,220
Hardy
2,824
68.61%
1,267
30.78%
5
0.12%
20
0.49%
0
0.00%
1,557
37.83%
4,116
Harrison
18,081
54.21%
14,641
43.90%
436
1.31%
165
0.49%
31
0.09%
3,440
10.31%
33,354
Jackson
4,131
50.29%
4,084
49.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
47
0.57%
8,215
Jefferson
5,350
75.15%
1,734
24.36%
18
0.25%
16
0.22%
1
0.01%
3,616
50.79%
7,119
Kanawha
38,617
51.61%
35,455
47.39%
595
0.80%
121
0.16%
33
0.04%
3,162
4.23%
74,821
Lewis
5,546
53.42%
4,704
45.31%
74
0.71%
55
0.53%
2
0.02%
842
8.11%
10,381
Lincoln
4,876
55.68%
3,881
44.32%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
995
11.36%
8,757
Logan
12,529
53.81%
10,683
45.88%
31
0.13%
29
0.12%
11
0.05%
1,846
7.93%
23,283
Marion
15,975
54.22%
12,638
42.89%
650
2.21%
168
0.57%
33
0.11%
3,337
11.33%
29,464
Marshall
7,994
51.09%
7,416
47.40%
132
0.84%
68
0.43%
37
0.24%
578
3.69%
15,647
Mason
5,027
51.52%
4,655
47.70%
40
0.41%
35
0.36%
1
0.01%
372
3.81%
9,758
McDowell
12,365
43.36%
16,069
56.35%
25
0.09%
45
0.16%
10
0.04%
-3,704
-12.99%
28,514
Mercer
15,900
58.69%
11,088
40.93%
44
0.16%
58
0.21%
3
0.01%
4,812
17.76%
27,093
Mineral
4,098
46.21%
4,519
50.95%
229
2.58%
20
0.23%
3
0.03%
-421
-4.75%
8,869
Mingo
8,657
52.46%
7,801
47.28%
14
0.08%
24
0.15%
5
0.03%
856
5.19%
16,501
Monongalia
10,319
53.69%
8,417
43.79%
366
1.90%
59
0.31%
60
0.31%
1,902
9.90%
19,221
Monroe
3,267
52.30%
2,978
47.67%
2
0.03%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
289
4.63%
6,247
Morgan
1,358
38.99%
2,082
59.78%
28
0.80%
13
0.37%
2
0.06%
-724
-20.79%
3,483
Nicholas
5,327
58.56%
3,684
40.50%
21
0.23%
65
0.71%
0
0.00%
1,643
18.06%
9,097
Ohio
18,625
53.22%
15,836
45.25%
414
1.18%
86
0.25%
32
0.09%
2,789
7.97%
34,993
Pendleton
2,530
62.52%
1,502
37.11%
15
0.37%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,028
25.40%
4,047
Pleasants
1,921
54.50%
1,580
44.82%
14
0.40%
9
0.26%
1
0.03%
341
9.67%
3,525
Pocahontas
3,531
57.00%
2,623
42.34%
14
0.23%
26
0.42%
1
0.02%
908
14.66%
6,195
Preston
4,872
42.94%
6,359
56.05%
78
0.69%
34
0.30%
3
0.03%
-1,487
-13.11%
11,346
Putnam
4,098
53.99%
3,411
44.94%
64
0.84%
16
0.21%
1
0.01%
687
9.05%
7,590
Raleigh
15,456
57.08%
11,441
42.25%
86
0.32%
43
0.16%
52
0.19%
4,015
14.83%
27,078
Randolph
7,397
67.72%
3,418
31.29%
61
0.56%
43
0.39%
4
0.04%
3,979
36.43%
10,923
Ritchie
3,179
43.45%
4,055
55.42%
25
0.34%
56
0.77%
2
0.03%
-876
-11.97%
7,317
Roane
5,094
53.88%
4,361
46.12%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
733
7.75%
9,455
Summers
5,724
63.53%
3,220
35.74%
32
0.36%
34
0.38%
0
0.00%
2,504
27.79%
9,010
Taylor
4,293
51.82%
3,856
46.54%
83
1.00%
47
0.57%
6
0.07%
437
5.27%
8,285
Tucker
3,244
58.45%
2,204
39.71%
62
1.12%
34
0.61%
6
0.11%
1,040
18.74%
5,550
Tyler
2,582
40.41%
3,734
58.44%
18
0.28%
49
0.77%
7
0.11%
-1,152
-18.03%
6,390
Upshur
3,147
37.95%
5,077
61.23%
37
0.45%
27
0.33%
4
0.05%
-1,930
-23.28%
8,292
Wayne
8,648
64.44%
4,682
34.89%
26
0.19%
62
0.46%
2
0.01%
3,966
29.55%
13,420
Webster
3,664
66.92%
1,781
32.53%
11
0.20%
19
0.35%
0
0.00%
1,883
34.39%
5,475
Wetzel
6,118
64.08%
3,351
35.10%
45
0.47%
30
0.31%
3
0.03%
2,767
28.98%
9,547
Wirt
1,944
55.93%
1,486
42.75%
8
0.23%
38
1.09%
0
0.00%
458
13.18%
3,476
Wood
13,294
51.78%
12,144
47.30%
93
0.36%
122
0.48%
20
0.08%
1,150
4.48%
25,673
Wyoming
4,396
52.31%
4,007
47.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
389
4.63%
8,403
Totals
405,124
54.47%
330,731
44.47%
5,133
0.69%
2,342
0.31%
444
0.06%
74,393
10.00%
743,774
References