1932 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1932 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election held throughout all forty-eight contemporary states. State voters chose nine electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.
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County Results
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Kansas had been a powerfully Republican state during the 1920s (as it had been during its first quarter-century of statehood), although it did not possess the isolationist sentiment found in Appalachia or the Upper Midwest.[1] In 1928 large-scale anti-Catholic voting swept a state substantially part of the Ozark “Bible Belt”, so that whereas Kansas had been less anti-Democratic than more northerly Plains states in 1920 and 1924, it became Herbert Hoover’s best state in the entire nation at the next election cycle.
However, Hoover’s first term saw disaster on two fronts for the Great Plains: the economic calamity of the Great Depression was combined with a major drought in the region from 1930 onwards. Consequently, agricultural states like Kansas, which had already been hit by declining prices during the 1920s, were severely affected by a wave of foreclosures and outmigration.[2] Roosevelt, despite the strong Republican bent of the state, saw a major opportunity in the Plains States, visiting Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota extensively during his campaign in September.[3] Outside of the prosperous Northeast,[4] Hoover’s attempts at apologetics were a complete failure,[5] with the result that Roosevelt carried every state west of the Appalachians. Kansas – the home state of incumbent Vice-President Curtis – was Hoover’s strongest state west of the Mississippi, but he still lost ninety-one counties and almost twenty-eight percent of the vote vis-à-vis his overwhelming triumph against Smith in 1928.
This remains the only occasion ever in which the Democratic presidential nominee has carried Chautauqua County.[6] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this also remains the last time that the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Jefferson, Clay, Coffey, Dickinson, Elk, Jackson, Jewell, Linn, Logan, Marshall, Norton, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Republic, Smith, Wabaunsee,[a] Wallace, Washington, Wilson and Woodson.[7] This is also the last presidential election when Kansas voted to the left of Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Ohio or Pennsylvania.
Results edit
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote | Running mate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democrat | New York | 424,204 | 53.56% | 9 | John Nance Garner | Texas | 9 |
| Herbert Hoover | Republican | California | 349,498 | 44.13% | 0 | Charles Curtis | Kansas | 0 |
| Norman Thomas | Socialist | New York | 18,276 | 2.31% | 0 | James H. Maurer | Pennsylvania | 0 |
| Total | 791,978 | 100% | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Needed to win | 266 | 266 | ||||||
Results by county edit
| 1932 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[8] | |||||||||
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| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 4,249 | 47.55% | 4,510 | 50.47% | 177 | 1.98% | -261 | -2.92% | 8,936 |
| Anderson | 3,580 | 58.92% | 2,408 | 39.63% | 88 | 1.45% | 1,172 | 19.29% | 6,076 |
| Atchison | 5,640 | 53.33% | 4,778 | 45.18% | 157 | 1.48% | 862 | 8.15% | 10,575 |
| Barber | 2,321 | 56.78% | 1,671 | 40.88% | 96 | 2.35% | 650 | 15.90% | 4,088 |
| Barton | 4,776 | 57.98% | 3,365 | 40.85% | 97 | 1.18% | 1,411 | 17.13% | 8,238 |
| Bourbon | 5,577 | 55.58% | 4,277 | 42.62% | 181 | 1.80% | 1,300 | 12.95% | 10,035 |
| Brown | 3,604 | 41.57% | 5,005 | 57.73% | 60 | 0.69% | -1,401 | -16.16% | 8,669 |
| Butler | 7,447 | 53.22% | 6,116 | 43.70% | 431 | 3.08% | 1,331 | 9.51% | 13,994 |
| Chase | 1,703 | 52.71% | 1,485 | 45.96% | 43 | 1.33% | 218 | 6.75% | 3,231 |
| Chautauqua | 2,263 | 51.90% | 1,893 | 43.42% | 204 | 4.68% | 370 | 8.49% | 4,360 |
| Cherokee | 7,442 | 62.64% | 4,045 | 34.05% | 393 | 3.31% | 3,397 | 28.59% | 11,880 |
| Cheyenne | 1,716 | 60.66% | 979 | 34.61% | 134 | 4.74% | 737 | 26.05% | 2,829 |
| Clark | 1,152 | 54.70% | 938 | 44.54% | 16 | 0.76% | 214 | 10.16% | 2,106 |
| Clay | 3,289 | 49.90% | 3,115 | 47.26% | 187 | 2.84% | 174 | 2.64% | 6,591 |
| Cloud | 4,457 | 57.05% | 3,120 | 39.94% | 235 | 3.01% | 1,337 | 17.11% | 7,812 |
| Coffey | 3,389 | 54.80% | 2,707 | 43.77% | 88 | 1.42% | 682 | 11.03% | 6,184 |
| Comanche | 1,175 | 54.60% | 945 | 43.91% | 32 | 1.49% | 230 | 10.69% | 2,152 |
| Cowley | 8,681 | 50.69% | 7,657 | 44.71% | 788 | 4.60% | 1,024 | 5.98% | 17,126 |
| Crawford | 10,994 | 59.75% | 6,884 | 37.41% | 523 | 2.84% | 4,110 | 22.34% | 18,401 |
| Decatur | 2,422 | 61.02% | 1,439 | 36.26% | 108 | 2.72% | 983 | 24.77% | 3,969 |
| Dickinson | 5,339 | 49.21% | 5,320 | 49.04% | 190 | 1.75% | 19 | 0.18% | 10,849 |
| Doniphan | 2,532 | 47.34% | 2,748 | 51.37% | 69 | 1.29% | -216 | -4.04% | 5,349 |
| Douglas | 4,833 | 38.60% | 7,346 | 58.67% | 342 | 2.73% | -2,513 | -20.07% | 12,521 |
| Edwards | 1,693 | 52.94% | 1,420 | 44.40% | 85 | 2.66% | 273 | 8.54% | 3,198 |
| Elk | 2,239 | 55.19% | 1,746 | 43.04% | 72 | 1.77% | 493 | 12.15% | 4,057 |
| Ellis | 4,449 | 74.52% | 1,465 | 24.54% | 56 | 0.94% | 2,984 | 49.98% | 5,970 |
| Ellsworth | 2,928 | 63.68% | 1,607 | 34.95% | 63 | 1.37% | 1,321 | 28.73% | 4,598 |
| Finney | 2,300 | 51.11% | 2,116 | 47.02% | 84 | 1.87% | 184 | 4.09% | 4,500 |
| Ford | 4,442 | 55.42% | 3,335 | 41.61% | 238 | 2.97% | 1,107 | 13.81% | 8,015 |
| Franklin | 4,690 | 48.14% | 4,887 | 50.16% | 165 | 1.69% | -197 | -2.02% | 9,742 |
| Geary | 2,705 | 56.55% | 1,957 | 40.92% | 121 | 2.53% | 748 | 15.64% | 4,783 |
| Gove | 1,186 | 52.02% | 1,043 | 45.75% | 51 | 2.24% | 143 | 6.27% | 2,280 |
| Graham | 2,082 | 60.10% | 1,284 | 37.07% | 98 | 2.83% | 798 | 23.04% | 3,464 |
| Grant | 737 | 62.88% | 395 | 33.70% | 40 | 3.41% | 342 | 29.18% | 1,172 |
| Gray | 1,348 | 58.18% | 910 | 39.27% | 59 | 2.55% | 438 | 18.90% | 2,317 |
| Greeley | 440 | 52.26% | 359 | 42.64% | 43 | 5.11% | 81 | 9.62% | 842 |
| Greenwood | 4,002 | 51.66% | 3,592 | 46.37% | 153 | 1.97% | 410 | 5.29% | 7,747 |
| Hamilton | 1,021 | 57.52% | 651 | 36.68% | 103 | 5.80% | 370 | 20.85% | 1,775 |
| Harper | 2,860 | 55.59% | 2,116 | 41.13% | 169 | 3.28% | 744 | 14.46% | 5,145 |
| Harvey | 4,091 | 48.09% | 4,192 | 49.28% | 224 | 2.63% | -101 | -1.19% | 8,507 |
| Haskell | 639 | 56.75% | 456 | 40.50% | 31 | 2.75% | 183 | 16.25% | 1,126 |
| Hodgeman | 988 | 53.15% | 847 | 45.56% | 24 | 1.29% | 141 | 7.58% | 1,859 |
| Jackson | 3,442 | 50.63% | 3,271 | 48.11% | 86 | 1.26% | 171 | 2.52% | 6,799 |
| Jefferson | 3,185 | 50.79% | 2,974 | 47.42% | 112 | 1.79% | 211 | 3.36% | 6,271 |
| Jewell | 3,367 | 48.83% | 3,324 | 48.20% | 205 | 2.97% | 43 | 0.62% | 6,896 |
| Johnson | 6,485 | 49.52% | 6,487 | 49.53% | 124 | 0.95% | -2 | -0.02% | 13,096 |
| Kearny | 771 | 56.73% | 529 | 38.93% | 59 | 4.34% | 242 | 17.81% | 1,359 |
| Kingman | 3,050 | 60.22% | 1,923 | 37.97% | 92 | 1.82% | 1,127 | 22.25% | 5,065 |
| Kiowa | 1,159 | 46.36% | 1,306 | 52.24% | 35 | 1.40% | -147 | -5.88% | 2,500 |
| Labette | 7,667 | 55.74% | 5,794 | 42.12% | 294 | 2.14% | 1,873 | 13.62% | 13,755 |
| Lane | 866 | 55.26% | 672 | 42.88% | 29 | 1.85% | 194 | 12.38% | 1,567 |
| Leavenworth | 9,507 | 59.00% | 6,484 | 40.24% | 123 | 0.76% | 3,023 | 18.76% | 16,114 |
| Lincoln | 2,297 | 56.70% | 1,653 | 40.80% | 101 | 2.49% | 644 | 15.90% | 4,051 |
| Linn | 3,216 | 54.02% | 2,647 | 44.46% | 90 | 1.51% | 569 | 9.56% | 5,953 |
| Logan | 1,025 | 52.32% | 867 | 44.26% | 67 | 3.42% | 158 | 8.07% | 1,959 |
| Lyon | 6,365 | 49.90% | 6,044 | 47.38% | 347 | 2.72% | 321 | 2.52% | 12,756 |
| Marion | 4,366 | 56.59% | 3,220 | 41.74% | 129 | 1.67% | 1,146 | 14.85% | 7,715 |
| Marshall | 5,970 | 56.62% | 4,455 | 42.25% | 119 | 1.13% | 1,515 | 14.37% | 10,544 |
| McPherson | 5,003 | 53.35% | 4,098 | 43.70% | 276 | 2.94% | 905 | 9.65% | 9,377 |
| Meade | 1,231 | 48.83% | 1,248 | 49.50% | 42 | 1.67% | -17 | -0.67% | 2,521 |
| Miami | 4,739 | 55.62% | 3,667 | 43.04% | 114 | 1.34% | 1,072 | 12.58% | 8,520 |
| Mitchell | 3,176 | 54.21% | 2,502 | 42.70% | 181 | 3.09% | 674 | 11.50% | 5,859 |
| Montgomery | 9,941 | 48.88% | 9,958 | 48.96% | 440 | 2.16% | -17 | -0.08% | 20,339 |
| Morris | 2,452 | 47.48% | 2,566 | 49.69% | 146 | 2.83% | -114 | -2.21% | 5,164 |
| Morton | 1,093 | 60.96% | 621 | 34.63% | 79 | 4.41% | 472 | 26.32% | 1,793 |
| Nemaha | 4,578 | 58.69% | 3,167 | 40.60% | 55 | 0.71% | 1,411 | 18.09% | 7,800 |
| Neosho | 5,616 | 56.36% | 4,212 | 42.27% | 137 | 1.37% | 1,404 | 14.09% | 9,965 |
| Ness | 1,772 | 53.63% | 1,409 | 42.65% | 123 | 3.72% | 363 | 10.99% | 3,304 |
| Norton | 2,705 | 52.58% | 2,272 | 44.16% | 168 | 3.27% | 433 | 8.42% | 5,145 |
| Osage | 4,199 | 51.43% | 3,707 | 45.40% | 259 | 3.17% | 492 | 6.03% | 8,165 |
| Osborne | 2,231 | 45.35% | 2,555 | 51.94% | 133 | 2.70% | -324 | -6.59% | 4,919 |
| Ottawa | 2,505 | 54.95% | 1,884 | 41.32% | 170 | 3.73% | 621 | 13.62% | 4,559 |
| Pawnee | 2,451 | 55.17% | 1,889 | 42.52% | 103 | 2.32% | 562 | 12.65% | 4,443 |
| Phillips | 3,007 | 56.45% | 2,165 | 40.64% | 155 | 2.91% | 842 | 15.81% | 5,327 |
| Pottawatomie | 3,910 | 53.23% | 3,339 | 45.45% | 97 | 1.32% | 571 | 7.77% | 7,346 |
| Pratt | 3,109 | 57.61% | 2,167 | 40.15% | 121 | 2.24% | 942 | 17.45% | 5,397 |
| Rawlins | 2,245 | 65.59% | 1,064 | 31.08% | 114 | 3.33% | 1,181 | 34.50% | 3,423 |
| Reno | 9,351 | 49.29% | 8,972 | 47.30% | 647 | 3.41% | 379 | 2.00% | 18,970 |
| Republic | 4,105 | 59.61% | 2,655 | 38.55% | 127 | 1.84% | 1,450 | 21.05% | 6,887 |
| Rice | 3,037 | 48.22% | 3,107 | 49.33% | 154 | 2.45% | -70 | -1.11% | 6,298 |
| Riley | 4,101 | 42.00% | 5,337 | 54.65% | 327 | 3.35% | -1,236 | -12.66% | 9,765 |
| Rooks | 2,229 | 51.57% | 2,005 | 46.39% | 88 | 2.04% | 224 | 5.18% | 4,322 |
| Rush | 2,275 | 60.28% | 1,433 | 37.97% | 66 | 1.75% | 842 | 22.31% | 3,774 |
| Russell | 2,723 | 58.80% | 1,805 | 38.98% | 103 | 2.22% | 918 | 19.82% | 4,631 |
| Saline | 7,118 | 55.73% | 5,265 | 41.22% | 389 | 3.05% | 1,853 | 14.51% | 12,772 |
| Scott | 1,092 | 62.47% | 595 | 34.04% | 61 | 3.49% | 497 | 28.43% | 1,748 |
| Sedgwick | 29,344 | 55.79% | 21,815 | 41.48% | 1,435 | 2.73% | 7,529 | 14.32% | 52,594 |
| Seward | 1,576 | 53.03% | 1,297 | 43.64% | 99 | 3.33% | 279 | 9.39% | 2,972 |
| Shawnee | 16,471 | 44.35% | 19,847 | 53.44% | 823 | 2.22% | -3,376 | -9.09% | 37,141 |
| Sheridan | 1,773 | 65.50% | 878 | 32.43% | 56 | 2.07% | 895 | 33.06% | 2,707 |
| Sherman | 2,110 | 61.09% | 1,112 | 32.19% | 232 | 6.72% | 998 | 28.89% | 3,454 |
| Smith | 3,155 | 51.14% | 2,870 | 46.52% | 144 | 2.33% | 285 | 4.62% | 6,169 |
| Stafford | 2,651 | 56.19% | 1,945 | 41.23% | 122 | 2.59% | 706 | 14.96% | 4,718 |
| Stanton | 598 | 58.40% | 412 | 40.23% | 14 | 1.37% | 186 | 18.16% | 1,024 |
| Stevens | 1,225 | 65.86% | 578 | 31.08% | 57 | 3.06% | 647 | 34.78% | 1,860 |
| Sumner | 6,353 | 54.68% | 4,926 | 42.40% | 340 | 2.93% | 1,427 | 12.28% | 11,619 |
| Thomas | 2,103 | 61.17% | 1,158 | 33.68% | 177 | 5.15% | 945 | 27.49% | 3,438 |
| Trego | 1,751 | 64.40% | 918 | 33.76% | 50 | 1.84% | 833 | 30.64% | 2,719 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,465 | 50.70% | 2,304 | 47.39% | 93 | 1.91% | 161 | 3.31% | 4,862 |
| Wallace | 761 | 54.63% | 561 | 40.27% | 71 | 5.10% | 200 | 14.36% | 1,393 |
| Washington | 4,234 | 55.32% | 3,324 | 43.43% | 95 | 1.24% | 910 | 11.89% | 7,653 |
| Wichita | 732 | 64.27% | 375 | 32.92% | 32 | 2.81% | 357 | 31.34% | 1,139 |
| Wilson | 4,001 | 52.53% | 3,422 | 44.93% | 193 | 2.53% | 579 | 7.60% | 7,616 |
| Woodson | 2,119 | 51.96% | 1,842 | 45.17% | 117 | 2.87% | 277 | 6.79% | 4,078 |
| Wyandotte | 32,629 | 55.47% | 25,471 | 43.30% | 721 | 1.23% | 7,158 | 12.17% | 58,821 |
| Totals | 424,204 | 53.56% | 349,498 | 44.13% | 18,276 | 2.31% | 74,706 | 9.43% | 791,978 |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Independent Ross Perot did gain a plurality of the Wabaunsee County vote in the 1992 election.
References edit
- ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 420-426 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ^ Burns, James Macgregor; The Crosswinds of Freedom, 1932-1988; ISBN 1453245200
- ^ Grant, Phillip A.; ‘Establishing a Two-Party System: The 1932 Presidential Election in South Dakota’; Presidential Studies Quarterly, volume 10, no. 1: “Politicizing the Presidency”, 1789-1980 (Winter, 1980), pp. 73-77
- ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 44
- ^ Carcasson, Martin; ‘Herbert Hoover and the Presidential Campaign of 1932: The Failure of Apologia’, Presidential Studies Quarterly, volume 28, No. 2, “The Buck Stops Here: Decision Making in the Oval” (Spring, 1998), pp. 349-365
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 199-206 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 165-166 ISBN 0405077114