Who won Idaho in the 1932 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Idaho in 1932, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1932?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1932 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1932?

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

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1932

Idaho: Roosevelt carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Idaho voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1932 result in Idaho

Idaho backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1932 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Idaho ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

Roosevelt's win closed out Idaho's 3-election run of voting Republican. Idaho did not move alone — neighboring Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana broke the same way in 1932. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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