1932 United States presidential election in Colorado

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

1932 United States presidential election in Colorado

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All 6 Colorado 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 6 0
Popular vote 250,877 189,617
Percentage 54.81% 41.43%

County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Colorado was won by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 54.81 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Herbert Hoover (RCalifornia), running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 41.43% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Elbert County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] Colorado voted 4.4% to the right of the nation in this election. This marks the last presidential election until 1992 in which an incumbent Republican would lose Colorado in a re-election bid, along with a non-incumbent Democrat subsequently winning the state.

Results

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1932 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 250,877 54.81%
Republican Herbert Hoover (inc.) 189,617 41.43%
Socialist Norman Thomas 13,591 2.97%
Prohibition William David Upshaw 1,928 0.42%
Communist William Z. Foster 787 0.17%
Farmer-Labor Jacob Coxey 469 0.10%
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 427 0.09%
Total votes 457,696 100%

Results by county

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County Franklin Delano Roosevelt[6]
Democratic
Herbert Clark Hoover[6]
Republican
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6]
Socialist
William David Upshaw[6]
Prohibition
Various candidates[6]
Other parties
Margin
% # % # % # % # % # % #
San Juan 76.30% 544 22.44% 160 1.26% 9 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 53.86% 384
Pitkin 71.84% 727 23.62% 239 3.95% 40 0.20% 2 0.40% 4 48.22% 488
Las Animas 69.61% 8,964 28.35% 3,651 1.52% 196 0.21% 27 0.30% 39 41.26% 5,313
Dolores 67.15% 464 26.48% 183 3.04% 21 0.72% 5 2.60% 18 40.67% 281
Conejos 68.58% 2,641 30.90% 1,190 0.34% 13 0.10% 4 0.08% 3 37.68% 1,451
San Miguel 66.93% 862 29.74% 383 2.25% 29 0.31% 4 0.78% 10 37.19% 479
Chaffee 65.96% 2,393 29.24% 1,061 4.13% 150 0.47% 17 0.19% 7 36.71% 1,332
Costilla 66.59% 1,475 31.92% 707 0.90% 20 0.14% 3 0.45% 10 34.67% 768
Archuleta 65.82% 928 32.77% 462 0.71% 10 0.14% 2 0.57% 8 33.05% 466
Gilpin 64.55% 539 32.46% 271 2.51% 21 0.24% 2 0.24% 2 32.10% 268
Montezuma 63.85% 1,779 31.84% 887 3.23% 90 0.54% 15 0.54% 15 32.02% 892
Teller 61.63% 1,534 30.21% 752 7.83% 195 0.20% 5 0.12% 3 31.42% 782
Eagle 64.01% 1,348 33.81% 712 1.80% 38 0.14% 3 0.24% 5 30.20% 636
Gunnison 63.81% 1,807 34.78% 985 0.32% 9 0.11% 3 0.99% 28 29.03% 822
Park 60.92% 1,057 33.26% 577 4.84% 84 0.29% 5 0.69% 12 27.67% 480
Lake 62.54% 1,436 34.89% 801 1.96% 45 0.09% 2 0.52% 12 27.66% 635
Summit 61.65% 397 34.78% 224 2.64% 17 0.16% 1 0.78% 5 26.86% 173
Ouray 61.28% 706 34.55% 398 3.13% 36 0.26% 3 0.78% 9 26.74% 308
Custer 60.80% 729 34.45% 413 3.42% 41 0.83% 10 0.50% 6 26.36% 316
Mineral 55.41% 210 29.55% 112 14.51% 55 0.26% 1 0.26% 1 25.86% 98
Washington 60.77% 2,378 35.39% 1,385 2.25% 88 1.00% 39 0.59% 23 25.38% 993
Garfield 61.25% 2,946 36.05% 1,734 2.12% 102 0.12% 6 0.46% 22 25.20% 1,212
Huerfano 61.67% 4,159 36.92% 2,490 0.80% 54 0.15% 10 0.46% 31 24.75% 1,669
Routt 59.95% 2,643 35.56% 1,568 3.63% 160 0.45% 20 0.41% 18 24.38% 1,075
Alamosa 60.58% 2,141 36.96% 1,306 2.12% 75 0.25% 9 0.08% 3 23.63% 835
Rio Grande 59.63% 2,539 36.57% 1,557 2.68% 114 0.85% 36 0.28% 12 23.06% 982
Adams 59.41% 4,554 36.69% 2,812 3.39% 260 0.20% 15 0.31% 24 22.73% 1,742
Baca 56.67% 2,247 34.02% 1,349 7.14% 283 1.64% 65 0.53% 21 22.65% 898
Clear Creek 60.04% 939 38.17% 597 1.66% 26 0.06% 1 0.06% 1 21.87% 342
Crowley 59.80% 1,266 38.31% 811 0.94% 20 0.66% 14 0.28% 6 21.49% 455
Phillips 56.06% 1,453 34.84% 903 8.26% 214 0.54% 14 0.31% 8 21.22% 550
Moffat 57.67% 1,388 36.56% 880 4.86% 117 0.71% 17 0.21% 5 21.11% 508
Saguache 58.06% 1,427 37.88% 931 2.56% 63 0.77% 19 0.73% 18 20.18% 496
Mesa 56.59% 6,682 37.16% 4,388 5.15% 608 0.65% 77 0.44% 52 19.43% 2,294
Yuma 56.48% 3,220 37.34% 2,129 4.56% 260 1.25% 71 0.37% 21 19.14% 1,091
La Plata 57.21% 3,156 38.50% 2,124 3.46% 191 0.40% 22 0.44% 24 18.71% 1,032
Pueblo 58.15% 15,325 39.52% 10,414 1.55% 409 0.32% 85 0.46% 121 18.63% 4,911
Bent 58.10% 1,948 39.58% 1,327 0.95% 32 0.84% 28 0.54% 18 18.52% 621
Hinsdale 56.10% 138 38.21% 94 5.28% 13 0.41% 1 0.00% 0 17.89% 44
Sedgwick 56.97% 1,288 39.10% 884 2.65% 60 0.97% 22 0.31% 7 17.87% 404
Delta 54.80% 3,467 37.00% 2,341 7.06% 447 0.90% 57 0.24% 15 17.80% 1,126
Kiowa 56.55% 1,113 39.08% 769 1.88% 37 2.29% 45 0.20% 4 17.48% 344
Cheyenne 55.04% 1,042 39.41% 746 2.43% 46 2.59% 49 0.53% 10 15.64% 296
Lincoln 55.97% 1,979 41.09% 1,453 1.78% 63 0.88% 31 0.28% 10 14.88% 526
Arapahoe 54.46% 5,796 40.28% 4,287 4.44% 472 0.38% 40 0.44% 47 14.18% 1,509
Fremont 53.49% 4,295 41.03% 3,294 4.41% 354 0.59% 47 0.49% 39 12.47% 1,001
Grand 55.27% 771 42.87% 598 1.79% 25 0.07% 1 0.00% 0 12.40% 173
Otero 54.99% 5,107 42.79% 3,974 1.31% 122 0.69% 64 0.22% 20 12.20% 1,133
Elbert 53.64% 1,649 41.54% 1,277 3.42% 105 0.98% 30 0.42% 13 12.10% 372
Douglas 54.52% 1,061 42.96% 836 1.95% 38 0.26% 5 0.31% 6 11.56% 225
Montrose 51.79% 2,516 41.00% 1,992 6.15% 299 0.84% 41 0.21% 10 10.79% 524
Kit Carson 53.07% 2,289 42.55% 1,835 2.64% 114 1.32% 57 0.42% 18 10.53% 454
Denver 53.36% 72,868 43.48% 59,372 2.62% 3,575 0.12% 170 0.42% 573 9.88% 13,496
Rio Blanco 53.46% 826 44.47% 687 1.62% 25 0.19% 3 0.26% 4 9.00% 139
Prowers 52.74% 3,020 44.85% 2,568 1.03% 59 0.82% 47 0.56% 32 7.89% 452
Logan 52.41% 3,641 45.44% 3,157 1.25% 87 0.65% 45 0.24% 17 6.97% 484
Boulder 50.35% 8,412 44.81% 7,487 4.31% 720 0.40% 66 0.13% 22 5.54% 925
Jefferson 49.99% 6,023 45.83% 5,522 3.59% 432 0.30% 36 0.29% 35 4.16% 501
Jackson 50.49% 415 47.45% 390 1.22% 10 0.49% 4 0.36% 3 3.04% 25
Weld 48.73% 11,182 46.87% 10,754 3.50% 803 0.61% 140 0.29% 66 1.87% 428
El Paso 46.62% 11,353 49.35% 12,017 3.21% 782 0.56% 136 0.25% 62 -2.73% -664
Morgan 47.02% 3,181 49.82% 3,370 2.35% 159 0.62% 42 0.19% 13 -2.79% -189
Larimer 46.00% 6,494 49.87% 7,040 3.29% 465 0.63% 89 0.21% 30 -3.87% -546

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 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "1932 Election for the Thirty-seventh Term (1933-37)". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1932". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 159-161 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 08, 1932