Ever since the disfranchisement of blacks at the beginning of the 1890s, Florida had been a one-party state ruled by the Democratic Party. The disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites by poll taxes in 1889[2] had left the Republican Party – between 1872 and 1888 dependent upon black votes – virtually extinct.
With the single exception of William Howard Taft's win in Calhoun County in 1908[3] the Democratic Party won every county in Florida in every presidential election from 1892[a] until 1916. Only twice – and never for more than one term – did any Republican serve in either house of the state legislature between 1896 and 1928. Despite this Democratic dominance and the restrictions on the franchise of the poorer classes due to the poll tax, significant socialist movements were to develop and persist in Tampa[4] and to a lesser extent over other parts of the state, especially against the powerful Ku Klux Klan.[5] There was also a powerful Prohibitionist movements in older North Florida, which saw the Prohibition Party even win the governorship for one term under the notorious anti-Catholic minister Sidney J. Catts.
The 1920, aided by a growing "presidential Republican" vote from migrants from the northern states in southern Florida, saw the GOP increase its vote totals above those from traditional Unionists (which Florida entirely lacked) in Texas, Arkansas, Alabama or Georgia.[6] In 1928, Florida, especially the western Panhandle pineywoods, turned dramatically away from the Democratic Party due to the nomination of Catholic Al Smith, with the result that Herbert Hoover became the first Republican to win a statewide election since the end of Reconstruction.[6]
The influence of the Great Depression completely reversed the Republican trend in Florida presidential elections of the 1920s. Absent the religious issue that controlled the 1928 election, Florida resumed typical "Solid South" voting behaviour, although the urban Republican trend of the 1920s was not wholly reversed, as seen in Hoover gaining over forty percent of the ballots in the growing urban counties of Orange (Orlando) and Pinellas (St. Petersburg). Franklin D. Roosevelt won against Herbert Hoover by 137,137 votes or by 49.64% and received all 7 of the electoral votes.[7]
^Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 156-157 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
^Ford, Edward J.; 'Life on the Campaign Trail: a Political Anthropology of Local Politics' (thesis), published 2008 by University of South Florida, pp. 114-118
^Gregory, Raymond F.; Norman Thomas: The Great Dissenter, pp. 150-151 ISBN0875866239
^ abPhillips, Kevin; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210-211, 261 ISBN9780691163246
^Leip, David. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Florida". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
^Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 85-86 ISBN0405077114
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Main article 1932 United States presidential election The 1932 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8 1932 as part of the concurrent United States presidential election held in all 48 contemporary states Florida voters chose seven electors or representatives to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1932 United States presidential election in Florida 1928 November 8 1932 1936 Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Herbert HooverParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York CaliforniaRunning mate John Nance Garner Charles CurtisElectoral vote 7 0Popular vote 206 307 69 170Percentage 74 49 24 98 County Results 1 Roosevelt 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 President before electionHerbert HooverRepublican Elected President Franklin D RooseveltDemocraticEver since the disfranchisement of blacks at the beginning of the 1890s Florida had been a one party state ruled by the Democratic Party The disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites by poll taxes in 1889 2 had left the Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 dependent upon black votes virtually extinct With the single exception of William Howard Taft s win in Calhoun County in 1908 3 the Democratic Party won every county in Florida in every presidential election from 1892 a until 1916 Only twice and never for more than one term did any Republican serve in either house of the state legislature between 1896 and 1928 Despite this Democratic dominance and the restrictions on the franchise of the poorer classes due to the poll tax significant socialist movements were to develop and persist in Tampa 4 and to a lesser extent over other parts of the state especially against the powerful Ku Klux Klan 5 There was also a powerful Prohibitionist movements in older North Florida which saw the Prohibition Party even win the governorship for one term under the notorious anti Catholic minister Sidney J Catts The 1920 aided by a growing presidential Republican vote from migrants from the northern states in southern Florida saw the GOP increase its vote totals above those from traditional Unionists which Florida entirely lacked in Texas Arkansas Alabama or Georgia 6 In 1928 Florida especially the western Panhandle pineywoods turned dramatically away from the Democratic Party due to the nomination of Catholic Al Smith with the result that Herbert Hoover became the first Republican to win a statewide election since the end of Reconstruction 6 The influence of the Great Depression completely reversed the Republican trend in Florida presidential elections of the 1920s Absent the religious issue that controlled the 1928 election Florida resumed typical Solid South voting behaviour although the urban Republican trend of the 1920s was not wholly reversed as seen in Hoover gaining over forty percent of the ballots in the growing urban counties of Orange Orlando and Pinellas St Petersburg Franklin D Roosevelt won against Herbert Hoover by 137 137 votes or by 49 64 and received all 7 of the electoral votes 7 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 Notes 3 ReferencesResults editElectoral results Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoralvote Running mateCount Percentage Vice presidential candidate Home state Electoral voteFranklin D Roosevelt Democratic New York 206 307 74 49 7 John Nance Garner Texas 7Herbert Hoover Republican California 69 170 24 98 0 Charles Curtis Kansas 0Norman Thomas Write in New York 775 b 0 28 0 James Maurer Pennsylvania 0Various candidates c Write ins 692 b 0 25 0 0Total 276 944 100 7 7Needed to win 266 266Results by county edit County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Herbert Clark HooverRepublican Margin Total votes cast 8 Alachua 3 506 78 10 983 21 90 2 523 56 20 4 489Baker 1 278 93 63 87 6 37 1 191 87 25 1 365Bay 2 692 86 25 429 13 75 2 263 72 51 3 121Bradford 1 317 86 25 210 13 75 1 107 72 50 1 527Brevard 1 852 65 95 956 34 05 896 31 91 2 808Broward 3 293 65 73 1 717 34 27 1 576 31 46 5 010Calhoun 1 331 91 16 129 8 84 1 202 82 33 1 460Charlotte 954 70 67 396 29 33 558 41 33 1 350Citrus 1 209 89 16 147 10 84 1 062 78 32 1 356Clay 1 285 69 80 556 30 20 729 39 60 1 841Collier 424 91 97 37 8 03 387 83 95 461Columbia 2 497 93 49 174 6 51 2 323 86 97 2 671Dade 17 820 65 84 9 244 34 16 8 576 31 69 27 064De Soto 1 624 76 24 506 23 76 1 118 52 49 2 130Dixie 1 096 95 22 55 4 78 1 041 90 44 1 151Duval 19 038 75 75 6 096 24 25 12 942 51 49 25 134Escambia 6 182 78 85 1 658 21 15 4 524 57 70 7 840Flagler 475 83 48 94 16 52 381 66 96 569Franklin 958 90 63 99 9 37 859 81 27 1 057Gadsden 1 865 94 67 105 5 33 1 760 89 34 1 970Gilchrist 814 93 46 57 6 54 757 86 91 871Glades 528 78 11 148 21 89 380 56 21 676Gulf 648 95 58 30 4 42 618 91 15 678Hamilton 1 161 91 35 110 8 65 1 051 82 69 1 271Hardee 2 485 81 45 566 18 55 1 919 62 90 3 051Hendry 683 80 73 163 19 27 520 61 47 846Hernando 1 097 80 96 258 19 04 839 61 92 1 355Highlands 1 525 64 18 851 35 82 674 28 37 2 376Hillsborough 19 143 80 25 4 711 19 75 14 432 60 50 23 854Holmes 2 701 86 29 429 13 71 2 272 72 59 3 130Indian River 1 308 74 57 446 25 43 862 49 14 1 754Jackson 4 832 88 97 599 11 03 4 233 77 94 5 431Jefferson 1 418 94 60 81 5 40 1 337 89 19 1 499Lafayette 929 97 18 27 2 82 902 94 35 956Lake 3 070 62 18 1 867 37 82 1 203 24 37 4 937Lee 2 557 72 44 973 27 56 1 584 44 87 3 530Leon 2 950 92 13 252 7 87 2 698 84 26 3 202Levy 1 621 92 95 123 7 05 1 498 85 89 1 744Liberty 682 95 65 31 4 35 651 91 30 713Madison 1 602 87 88 221 12 12 1 381 75 75 1 823Manatee 2 894 69 33 1 280 30 67 1 614 38 67 4 174Marion 3 208 76 93 962 23 07 2 246 53 86 4 170Martin 825 68 52 379 31 48 446 37 04 1 204Monroe 2 838 89 41 336 10 59 2 502 78 83 3 174Nassau 1 206 80 29 296 19 71 910 60 59 1 502Okaloosa 2 137 90 21 232 9 79 1 905 80 41 2 369Okeechobee 802 89 91 90 10 09 712 79 82 892Orange 4 877 58 07 3 522 41 93 1 355 16 13 8 399Osceola 1 656 64 64 906 35 36 750 29 27 2 562Palm Beach 7 734 65 88 4 006 34 12 3 728 31 75 11 740Pasco 2 504 75 65 806 24 35 1 698 51 30 3 310Pinellas 9 670 57 93 7 024 42 07 2 646 15 85 16 694Polk 9 463 73 06 3 490 26 94 5 973 46 11 12 953Putnam 2 309 71 71 911 28 29 1 398 43 42 3 220St John s 3 344 72 55 1 265 27 45 2 079 45 11 4 609St Lucie 1 602 80 42 390 19 58 1 212 60 84 1 992Santa Rosa 2 806 89 91 315 10 09 2 491 79 81 3 121Sarasota 1 912 74 14 667 25 86 1 245 48 27 2 579Seminole 2 142 69 32 948 30 68 1 194 38 64 3 090Sumter 2 138 88 57 276 11 43 1 862 77 13 2 414Suwannee 2 123 92 87 163 7 13 1 960 85 74 2 286Taylor 1 447 91 76 130 8 24 1 317 83 51 1 577Union 897 93 73 60 6 27 837 87 46 957Volusia 7 386 62 53 4 425 37 47 2 961 25 07 11 811Wakulla 1 036 98 11 20 1 89 1 016 96 21 1 056Walton 2 477 89 04 305 10 96 2 172 78 07 2 782Washington 2 424 87 54 345 12 46 2 079 75 08 2 769Totals 206 307 74 49 69 170 24 98 137 137 49 52 276 943Notes edit In the 1892 presidential election Republican Benjamin Harrison was not on the ballot and the party backed Populist James B Weaver a b These write in votes were given only as a statewide total not by county These votes were listed in America at the Polls state wide but not in Dave Leip s Atlas References edit Florida Department of State Election Results Silbey Joel H and Bogue Allan G The History of American Electoral Behavior p 210 ISBN 140087114X Robinson Edgar Eugene The Presidential Vote 1896 1932 second edition pp 156 157 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press Ford Edward J Life on the Campaign Trail a Political Anthropology of Local Politics thesis published 2008 by University of South Florida pp 114 118 Gregory Raymond F Norman Thomas The Great Dissenter pp 150 151 ISBN 0875866239 a b Phillips Kevin The Emerging Republican Majority pp 210 211 261 ISBN 9780691163246 Leip David 1932 Presidential General Election Results Florida Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved January 2 2018 Scammon Richard M compiler America at the Polls A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920 1964 pp 85 86 ISBN 0405077114 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