1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
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{{Main|1932 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
| country = Rhode Island
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
| previous_year = 1928
| next_election = 1936 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
| next_year = 1936
| election_date = November 8, 1932
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = FDR in 1933 (3x4).jpg
| nominee1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = New York
| running_mate1 = John Nance Garner
| electoral_vote1 = 4
| popular_vote1 = 146,604
| percentage1 = 55.08%
| image2 = President Hoover portrait (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Herbert Hoover
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state2 = California
| running_mate2 = Charles Curtis
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 115,266
| percentage2 = 43.31%
| map_image = {{switcher |250px |County Results |250px |Municipality Results |default=1}}
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption =
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{{col-2}}
Roosevelt
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{col-2}}
Hoover
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}}
{{col-end}}
| title = President
| before_election = Herbert Hoover
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in Rhode Island sidebar}}
The 1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rhode Island voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California. Roosevelt running mate was incumbent Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas, while Hoover's running mate was incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas.
Roosevelt won Rhode Island by a margin of 11.77%.
Results
{{Election box runningmate begin | title=1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island{{cite web|title=1932 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1932&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0|publisher=U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=23 December 2013}}}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Franklin Delano Roosevelt
|homestate = New York
|vp_name = John Nance Garner
|vp_state = Texas
|votes = 146,604
|percentage = 55.08%
|ev = 4
|evprct = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Herbert Hoover
|homestate = California (incumbent)
|vp_name = Charles Curtis
|vp_state = Kansas (incumbent)
|votes = 115,266
|percentage = 43.31%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = Norman Thomas
|homestate = New York
|vp_name = James Hudson Maurer
|vp_state = Pennsylvania
|votes = 3,138
|percentage = 1.18%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party USA
|candidate = William Z. Foster
|homestate = Massachusetts
|vp_name = James W. Ford
|vp_state = Alabama
|votes = 546
|percentage = 0.21%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Labor Party of America
|candidate = Verne L. Reynolds
|homestate = New York
|vp_name = John W. Aiken
|vp_state = Massachusetts
|votes = 433
|percentage = 0.16%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election box US candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party
|candidate = William David Upshaw
|homestate = Georgia
|vp_name = Frank S. Regan
|vp_state = Illinois
|votes = 183
|percentage = 0.07%
|ev = 0
|evprct = 0.00%
}}
{{Election runningmate box total|
|votes = 266,170
|percentage = 100.00%
|ev = 4
|evprct = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=By county=
| style="width:60%;" class="wikitable sortable" |
| colspan="8" | #### United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) {{Cite web|url=https://www.ri.gov/election/results/|title=RI.gov: Election Results|website=www.ri.gov|accessdate=February 15, 2024}} |
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| rowspan="2" |County
! colspan="2" |Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic ! colspan="2" |Herbert Hoover Republican ! colspan="2" |Other candidates Various parties ! colspan="2" |Total |
| style="background:lightgrey;"
! % ! # ! % ! # ! % ! # !# |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Bristol
| style="text-align:center;"| 54.9% | style="text-align:center;"| 4,775 | style="text-align:center;"| 44.0% | style="text-align:center;"| 3,833 | style="text-align:center;"| 1.1% | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| 8,703 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Kent
| style="text-align:center;"| 47.7% | style="text-align:center;"| 10,398 | style="text-align:center;"| 50.9% | style="text-align:center;"| 11,096 | style="text-align:center;"| 1.3% | style="text-align:center;"| 286 | style="text-align:center;"| 21,780 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Newport
| style="text-align:center;"| 47.1% | style="text-align:center;"| 7,838 | style="text-align:center;"| 51.9% | style="text-align:center;"| 8,633 | style="text-align:center;"| 1.0% | style="text-align:center;"| 165 | style="text-align:center;"| 16,636 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Providence
| style="text-align:center;"| 57.4% | style="text-align:center;"| 118,546 | style="text-align:center;"| 40.9% | style="text-align:center;"| 84,397 | style="text-align:center;"| 1.7% | style="text-align:center;"| 3,601 | style="text-align:center;"| 206,544 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|Washington
| style="text-align:center;"| 40.4% | style="text-align:center;"| 5,047 | style="text-align:center;"| 58.4% | style="text-align:center;"| 7,307 | style="text-align:center;"| 1.2% | style="text-align:center;"| 153 | style="text-align:center;"| 12,507 |
See also
References
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{{State Results of the 1932 U.S. presidential election| state=expanded}}