1932 United States presidential election in Ohio explained

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The 1932 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ohio was narrowly won by the Democratic Party candidate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 49.88% of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, President Herbert Hoover, garnered 47.03% of the popular vote.^[1], this is the only election since the Civil War in which Fulton County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate,^[2] and the last when Union County has done so.^[3]

Ohio voted almost 15% more Republican than the nation amidst the Democratic landslide, a lean which it has not exceeded since.

Results

1932 United States presidential election in Ohio
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1,301,695	49.88%	26
	Republican	Herbert Hoover (incumbent)	1,227,319	47.03%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	64,094	2.46%	0
	Prohibition	William Upshaw	7,421	0.28%	0
	Communist	William Foster	7,231	0.28%	0
	Socialist Labor	Verne L. Reynolds	1,968	0.08%	0
Totals			2,609,728	100.0%	26

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Herbert Hoover Republican		Norman Matton Thomas Socialist		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast[4]
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		5,909		54.06%		4,857		44.43%		53		0.48%		112		1.02%		1,052		9.62%		10,931
	Allen		16,676		52.23%		14,678		45.97%		421		1.32%		155		0.49%		1,998		6.26%		31,930
	Ashland		7,302		51.84%		6,549		46.49%		127		0.90%		108		0.77%		753		5.35%		14,086
	Ashtabula		11,386		40.26%		15,644		55.31%		1,071		3.79%		181		0.64%		-4,258		-15.06%		28,282
	Athens		8,915		46.09%		9,897		51.17%		396		2.05%		135		0.70%		-982		-5.08%		19,343
	Auglaize		8,036		60.83%		5,039		38.15%		106		0.80%		29		0.22%		2,997		22.69%		13,210
	Belmont		20,291		55.01%		15,029		40.75%		846		2.29%		719		1.95%		5,262		14.27%		36,885
	Brown		6,601		61.91%		3,930		36.86%		70		0.66%		61		0.57%		2,671		25.05%		10,662
	Butler		22,516		51.16%		19,673		44.70%		1,601		3.64%		218		0.50%		2,843		6.46%		44,008
	Carroll		2,802		37.31%		4,487		59.75%		139		1.85%		82		1.09%		-1,685		-22.44%		7,510
	Champaign		6,396		50.31%		6,191		48.70%		43		0.34%		82		0.65%		205		1.61%		12,712
	Clark		17,314		46.86%		19,028		51.49%		432		1.17%		178		0.48%		-1,714		-4.64%		36,952
	Clermont		8,662		51.97%		7,684		46.10%		223		1.34%		98		0.59%		978		5.87%		16,667
	Clinton		5,252		46.20%		5,953		52.37%		107		0.94%		56		0.49%		-701		-6.17%		11,368
	Columbiana		14,284		40.32%		19,707		55.62%		1,098		3.10%		341		0.96%		-5,423		-15.31%		35,430
	Coshocton		8,188		56.26%		6,040		41.50%		146		1.00%		181		1.24%		2,148		14.76%		14,555
	Crawford		10,593		60.47%		6,538		37.32%		305		1.74%		81		0.46%		4,055		23.15%		17,517
	Cuyahoga		185,731		50.12%		166,337		44.89%		15,480		4.18%		3,030		0.82%		19,394		5.23%		370,578
	Darke		11,122		55.92%		8,284		41.65%		188		0.95%		295		1.48%		2,838		14.27%		19,889
	Defiance		6,532		61.65%		3,871		36.54%		144		1.36%		48		0.45%		2,661		25.12%		10,595
	Delaware		6,196		46.59%		6,833		51.38%		193		1.45%		78		0.59%		-637		-4.79%		13,300
	Erie		10,765		57.13%		7,666		40.68%		380		2.02%		32		0.17%		3,099		16.45%		18,843
	Fairfield		10,410		55.66%		8,050		43.04%		145		0.78%		99		0.53%		2,360		12.62%		18,704
	Fayette		5,157		54.24%		4,254		44.74%		56		0.59%		41		0.43%		903		9.50%		9,508
	Franklin		58,539		44.97%		67,957		52.21%		2,925		2.25%		739		0.57%		-9,418		-7.24%		130,160
	Fulton		4,673		50.01%		4,487		48.02%		112		1.20%		72		0.77%		186		1.99%		9,344
	Gallia		4,190		41.89%		5,646		56.45%		126		1.26%		40		0.40%		-1,456		-14.56%		10,002
	Geauga		2,396		37.12%		3,836		59.44%		193		2.99%		29		0.45%		-1,440		-22.31%		6,454
	Greene		6,600		42.63%		8,455		54.62%		325		2.10%		101		0.65%		-1,855		-11.98%		15,481
	Guernsey		9,026		49.85%		8,750		48.33%		214		1.18%		116		0.64%		276		1.52%		18,106
	Hamilton		123,109		49.43%		118,804		47.70%		6,205		2.49%		958		0.38%		4,305		1.73%		249,076
	Hancock		9,370		49.16%		9,260		48.58%		247		1.30%		184		0.97%		110		0.58%		19,061
	Hardin		8,717		54.20%		7,215		44.86%		89		0.55%		63		0.39%		1,502		9.34%		16,084
	Harrison		3,512		41.62%		4,759		56.39%		74		0.88%		94		1.11%		-1,247		-14.78%		8,439
	Henry		6,987		68.58%		3,067		30.10%		90		0.88%		44		0.43%		3,920		38.48%		10,188
	Highland		7,079		50.07%		6,924		48.98%		67		0.47%		67		0.47%		155		1.10%		14,137
	Hocking		5,287		56.56%		3,811		40.77%		198		2.12%		52		0.56%		1,476		15.79%		9,348
	Holmes		4,096		66.28%		1,953		31.60%		104		1.68%		27		0.44%		2,143		34.68%		6,180
	Huron		8,795		49.69%		8,702		49.16%		155		0.88%		49		0.28%		93		0.53%		17,701
	Jackson		5,543		44.03%		6,932		55.06%		67		0.53%		48		0.38%		-1,389		-11.03%		12,590
	Jefferson		16,066		50.93%		14,179		44.95%		869		2.75%		430		1.36%		1,887		5.98%		31,544
	Knox		7,008		45.25%		8,272		53.42%		126		0.81%		80		0.52%		-1,264		-8.16%		15,486
	Lake		6,801		35.43%		11,792		61.43%		546		2.84%		57		0.30%		-4,991		-26.00%		19,196
	Lawrence		8,157		48.22%		8,598		50.83%		118		0.70%		42		0.25%		-441		-2.61%		16,915
	Licking		13,904		49.99%		13,355		48.01%		373		1.34%		183		0.66%		549		1.97%		27,815
	Logan		6,678		46.53%		7,469		52.04%		94		0.65%		111		0.77%		-791		-5.51%		14,352
	Lorain		18,753		45.77%		20,897		51.00%		1,061		2.59%		260		0.63%		-2,144		-5.23%		40,971
	Lucas		64,902		55.44%		47,796		40.83%		3,366		2.88%		996		0.85%		17,106		14.61%		117,060
	Madison		4,722		50.10%		4,631		49.13%		33		0.35%		40		0.42%		91		0.97%		9,426
	Mahoning		33,139		43.68%		39,713		52.35%		2,520		3.32%		489		0.64%		-6,574		-8.67%		75,861
	Marion		10,354		53.29%		8,569		44.10%		335		1.72%		171		0.88%		1,785		9.19%		19,429
	Medina		5,841		41.50%		7,753		55.09%		438		3.11%		42		0.30%		-1,912		-13.59%		14,074
	Meigs		5,105		45.40%		5,964		53.04%		133		1.18%		42		0.37%		-859		-7.64%		11,244
	Mercer		8,462		70.94%		3,314		27.78%		75		0.63%		78		0.65%		5,148		43.16%		11,929
	Miami		10,677		45.62%		12,157		51.95%		430		1.84%		138		0.59%		-1,480		-6.32%		23,402
	Monroe		5,263		64.61%		2,767		33.97%		59		0.72%		57		0.70%		2,496		30.64%		8,146
	Montgomery		51,270		48.50%		49,267		46.60%		4,683		4.43%		497		0.47%		2,003		1.89%		105,717
	Morgan		3,107		42.67%		3,957		54.34%		184		2.53%		34		0.47%		-850		-11.67%		7,282
	Morrow		3,849		49.31%		3,811		48.82%		46		0.59%		100		1.28%		38		0.49%		7,806
	Muskingum		13,378		44.17%		16,366		54.04%		330		1.09%		211		0.70%		-2,988		-9.87%		30,285
	Noble		3,966		49.45%		3,950		49.25%		29		0.36%		75		0.94%		16		0.20%		8,020
	Ottawa		6,817		64.73%		3,600		34.18%		98		0.93%		17		0.16%		3,217		30.55%		10,532
	Paulding		4,165		55.64%		3,201		42.77%		68		0.91%		51		0.68%		964		12.88%		7,485
	Perry		6,714		45.76%		7,255		49.44%		639		4.35%		65		0.44%		-541		-3.69%		14,673
	Pickaway		6,414		58.81%		4,395		40.30%		43		0.39%		55		0.50%		2,019		18.51%		10,907
	Pike		5,107		64.58%		2,743		34.69%		31		0.39%		27		0.34%		2,364		29.89%		7,908
	Portage		9,662		48.36%		9,586		47.98%		637		3.19%		96		0.48%		76		0.38%		19,981
	Preble		6,221		53.51%		5,205		44.77%		158		1.36%		41		0.35%		1,016		8.74%		11,625
	Putnam		8,078		68.00%		3,646		30.69%		96		0.81%		59		0.50%		4,432		37.31%		11,879
	Richland		15,225		53.90%		12,531		44.36%		291		1.03%		202		0.72%		2,694		9.54%		28,249
	Ross		10,542		52.12%		9,575		47.34%		71		0.35%		39		0.19%		967		4.78%		20,227
	Sandusky		10,299		52.84%		8,915		45.74%		220		1.13%		56		0.29%		1,384		7.10%		19,490
	Scioto		15,817		47.09%		17,225		51.28%		470		1.40%		78		0.23%		-1,408		-4.19%		33,590
	Seneca		11,894		55.88%		9,007		42.32%		301		1.41%		82		0.39%		2,887		13.56%		21,284
	Shelby		8,299		65.14%		4,281		33.60%		107		0.84%		54		0.42%		4,018		31.54%		12,741
	Stark		35,757		44.89%		40,672		51.06%		2,613		3.28%		612		0.77%		-4,915		-6.17%		79,654
	Summit		53,965		50.95%		47,691		45.03%		3,473		3.28%		782		0.74%		6,274		5.92%		105,911
	Trumbull		17,871		41.64%		23,029		53.66%		1,776		4.14%		237		0.55%		-5,158		-12.02%		42,913
	Tuscarawas		16,648		55.67%		12,369		41.36%		688		2.30%		200		0.67%		4,279		14.31%		29,905
	Union		4,943		49.58%		4,912		49.27%		58		0.58%		56		0.56%		31		0.31%		9,969
	Van Wert		7,977		56.66%		5,918		42.04%		110		0.78%		73		0.52%		2,059		14.63%		14,078
	Vinton		2,655		48.99%		2,715		50.10%		23		0.42%		26		0.48%		-60		-1.11%		5,419
	Warren		5,547		42.13%		7,421		56.37%		142		1.08%		55		0.42%		-1,874		-14.23%		13,165
	Washington		10,208		51.36%		9,352		47.05%		240		1.21%		76		0.38%		856		4.31%		19,876
	Wayne		10,870		49.19%		10,787		48.82%		340		1.54%		100		0.45%		83		0.38%		22,097
	Williams		6,860		54.46%		5,459		43.34%		201		1.60%		77		0.61%		1,401		11.12%		12,597
	Wood		11,332		50.78%		10,566		47.34%		313		1.40%		107		0.48%		766		3.43%		22,318
	Wyandot		5,451		57.32%		3,939		41.42%		78		0.82%		41		0.43%		1,512		15.90%		9,509
Totals	1,301,695	49.88%	1,227,319	47.03%	64,094	2.46%	16,620	0.64%	74,376	2.85%	2,609,728

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

• United States presidential elections in Ohio

Notes and References

1. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1932 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 275-279
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
4. Our Campaigns; OH US Presidential Election 1932