Who won Delaware in the 1932 presidential election?

Hoover (Republican) carried Delaware in 1932, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1932?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1932 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1932?

No. Delaware backed Hoover, while Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency nationally.

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Delaware: Hoover carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Hoover (Republican). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Delaware voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1932 result in Delaware

Delaware backed Hoover (Republican) in the 1932 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Delaware among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Delaware backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1916. The region divided — Pennsylvania joined Delaware for the Republican ticket, while Maryland and New Jersey did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Delaware has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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