Who won Pennsylvania in the 1932 presidential election?

Hoover (Republican) carried Pennsylvania in 1932, winning its 36 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 1932?

Pennsylvania cast 36 electoral votes in the 1932 presidential election.

Did Pennsylvania vote for the national winner in 1932?

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

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1932

Pennsylvania: Hoover carries 36 EV.

Pennsylvania cast its 36 electoral votes for Hoover (Republican). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Pennsylvania voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1932 result in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania backed Hoover (Republican) in the 1932 presidential election, casting 36 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Pennsylvania among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Pennsylvania backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1916. The region divided — Delaware joined Pennsylvania for the Republican ticket, while Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Pennsylvania has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (26 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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