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The 1932 United States presidential election in California took place on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election . State voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
California voted for the Democratic challenger, New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt , in a landslide over the Republican incumbent , Herbert Hoover , carrying every county except Riverside .
Roosevelt became the first Democrat to gain an absolute majority of the vote in California since James Buchanan in 1856 , and in winning all but one county he broke numerous long streaks of Republican dominance.[ a] Alpine and Orange Counties had never voted Democratic before this election,[ 1] Alameda County had last voted for a Democrat in 1856,[ 2] Humboldt County had never been Democratic since Stephen Douglas carried it in 1860 ,[ 3] San Bernardino and Santa Clara Counties had not voted Democratic since Horatio Seymour in 1868 ,[ 1] and Los Angeles County previously supported a Democrat with Samuel J. Tilden in 1876 .[ 1]
Results
1932 United States presidential election in California[ 4]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1,324,157
58.39%
22
Republican
Herbert Hoover (incumbent )
847,902
37.39%
0
Socialist
Norman Thomas
63,299
2.79%
0
Prohibition
William D. Upshaw
20,637
0.91%
0
Liberty
William Hope Harvey
9,827
0.43%
0
No party
Write-ins
1,121
0.05%
0
No party
William Z. Foster (write-in)
1,023
0.05%
0
Invalid or blank votes
—
Totals
2,267,966
100.00%
22
Voter turnout
—
Results by county
County
Roosevelt
Votes
Hoover
Votes
Thomas
Votes
Others
Votes
Plumas
75.82%
2,035
21.68%
582
2.01%
54
0.48%
13
El Dorado
73.37%
3,034
23.12%
956
2.03%
84
1.48%
61
Trinity
73.01%
1,101
21.09%
318
3.51%
53
2.39%
36
Amador
72.97%
2,367
25.34%
822
0.71%
23
0.99%
32
Shasta
72.12%
4,170
23.90%
1,382
2.59%
150
1.38%
80
Placer
71.40%
6,200
25.82%
2,242
1.79%
155
0.99%
86
Lassen
70.41%
3,056
26.89%
1,167
1.77%
77
0.92%
40
Sutter
70.41%
3,807
25.74%
1,392
1.94%
105
1.90%
103
Kern
70.32%
19,634
25.11%
7,011
3.45%
962
1.12%
313
Madera
70.15%
3,457
25.22%
1,243
1.91%
94
2.72%
134
Fresno
69.90%
32,528
26.07%
12,134
2.60%
1,211
1.43%
664
Yuba
69.84%
3,138
26.17%
1,176
2.00%
90
1.98%
89
Sierra
69.40%
796
25.46%
292
3.92%
45
1.22%
14
Siskiyou
69.33%
6,367
26.76%
2,458
2.78%
255
1.13%
104
Sacramento
69.32%
36,370
27.74%
14,553
1.86%
978
1.08%
564
Colusa
69.11%
2,752
27.50%
1,095
0.80%
32
2.59%
103
Kings
69.05%
5,191
26.72%
2,009
1.94%
146
2.29%
172
Modoc
68.86%
1,643
27.45%
655
1.76%
42
1.93%
46
Mariposa
68.01%
1,386
27.48%
560
2.40%
49
2.11%
43
Yolo
67.77%
5,780
29.49%
2,515
1.00%
85
1.75%
149
Imperial
67.28%
8,772
29.01%
3,783
2.10%
274
1.61%
210
Solano
67.16%
9,712
30.30%
4,382
1.80%
260
0.74%
107
Calaveras
67.10%
1,744
29.01%
754
2.54%
66
1.35%
35
Merced
67.10%
7,202
27.20%
2,920
3.51%
377
2.19%
235
Tuolumne
66.45%
2,521
30.18%
1,145
2.03%
77
1.34%
51
San Luis Obispo
65.77%
7,933
28.59%
3,449
3.46%
417
2.18%
263
Glenn
65.07%
2,973
31.34%
1,432
1.60%
73
1.99%
91
Butte
65.03%
9,645
29.14%
4,322
3.53%
524
2.30%
341
San Francisco
64.62%
144,236
31.43%
70,152
2.60%
5,802
1.35%
3,007
Inyo
64.61%
1,459
30.91%
698
2.83%
64
1.64%
37
Mono
64.37%
374
34.25%
199
1.03%
6
0.34%
2
Del Norte
64.06%
1,319
30.94%
637
3.50%
72
1.51%
31
San Joaquin
63.33%
21,929
32.19%
11,145
3.28%
1,137
1.20%
415
Nevada
63.33%
3,544
32.92%
1,842
2.43%
136
1.32%
74
Lake
62.61%
2,344
34.75%
1,301
1.60%
60
1.04%
39
Tulare
62.53%
15,631
32.27%
8,066
2.52%
629
2.69%
673
Mendocino
61.43%
5,867
35.23%
3,365
1.97%
188
1.37%
131
Sonoma
61.11%
15,686
35.69%
9,161
2.27%
583
0.93%
239
San Benito
60.98%
2,283
33.89%
1,269
1.39%
52
3.74%
140
Tehama
60.40%
3,534
34.20%
2,001
2.55%
149
2.85%
167
Napa
60.32%
5,745
36.97%
3,521
1.60%
152
1.11%
106
Contra Costa
58.94%
17,218
37.33%
10,907
2.78%
811
0.95%
278
Ventura
58.82%
10,903
37.27%
6,908
2.34%
433
1.57%
291
Stanislaus
58.63%
12,336
36.18%
7,614
2.83%
595
2.36%
497
Marin
57.45%
9,764
38.13%
6,480
3.85%
654
0.58%
98
Santa Barbara
57.42%
13,373
38.06%
8,864
3.04%
707
1.49%
347
Los Angeles
57.19%
554,476
38.55%
373,738
2.84%
27,518
1.43%
13,862
Monterey
56.77%
8,942
39.37%
6,200
2.05%
323
1.81%
285
San Mateo
56.36%
19,094
39.68%
13,442
2.90%
982
1.07%
361
Santa Cruz
55.01%
8,246
40.06%
6,005
2.04%
306
2.89%
433
Humboldt
54.20%
8,723
42.22%
6,795
2.02%
325
1.57%
252
San Diego
53.58%
45,622
41.46%
35,305
3.65%
3,108
1.31%
1,115
Alameda
52.04%
106,388
43.68%
89,303
3.23%
6,598
1.06%
2,163
San Bernardino
50.23%
24,889
44.59%
22,094
3.03%
1,502
2.15%
1,063
Alpine
50.00%
56
47.32%
53
1.79%
2
0.89%
1
Santa Clara
49.14%
28,272
47.54%
27,353
2.39%
1,377
0.92%
529
Orange
48.37%
23,835
45.91%
22,623
3.20%
1,577
2.52%
1,241
Riverside
45.37%
12,755
50.20%
14,112
2.47%
693
1.96%
552
References
Notes