Who won Arkansas in the 1932 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Arkansas in 1932, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Arkansas have in 1932?

Arkansas cast 9 electoral votes in the 1932 presidential election.

Did Arkansas vote for the national winner in 1932?

Yes. Arkansas backed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

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Arkansas: Roosevelt carries 9 EV.

Arkansas cast its 9 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Arkansas voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Arkansas, 1932

In 1932, Arkansas awarded its 9 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Arkansas ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 15th consecutive election in which Arkansas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. Arkansas did not move alone — neighboring Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma broke the same way in 1932. Across the 47 presidential elections Arkansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Franklin D. Roosevelt took 472 of the 531 electoral votes, against Herbert Hoover's 59. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 57.41% of the ballots cast.

The 1932 national map

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