1932 United States presidential election in California
1932 United States presidential election in California Turnout 80.65% (of registered voters) 0.87 pp 65.22% (of eligible voters) 8.24 pp [ 1]
County results
Roosevelt
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Hoover
50–60%
The 1932 United States presidential election in California took place on November 8, 1932 as part of the 1932 United States presidential election . State voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
California voted for the Democratic challenger, New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt , in a landslide over the Republican incumbent , Herbert Hoover , carrying every county except Riverside .
Roosevelt became the first Democrat to gain an absolute majority of the vote in California since Franklin Pierce in 1852 , and in winning all but one county he broke numerous long streaks of Republican dominance.[ a] Alpine and Orange counties had never voted Democratic before this election,[ 2] Alameda County had last voted for a Democrat in 1856,[ 3] Humboldt County had not gone Democratic since Stephen Douglas carried it in 1860 ,[ 4] San Bernardino and Santa Clara counties had not voted Democratic since Horatio Seymour in 1868 ,[ 2] and the last Democrat to have carried Los Angeles County was Samuel J. Tilden in 1876 .[ 2] Finally, Del Norte County had not backed a Democrat since Grover Cleveland in 1892 .
FDR’s victory was the first of five consecutive Democratic victories in the state, as California would not vote Republican again until Dwight Eisenhower won the state in 1952 . This would also be the last time until 1992 that a non-incumbent Democrat would carry California in a presidential election. As of 2024, Alameda County and San Francisco have voted Democratic in every subsequent election except 1952 and 1956 , while Yolo County has been carried by the Democratic candidate in every subsequent election except 1952 .
Results
General Election Results[ 5]
Party
Pledged to
Elector
Votes
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anne Banning
1,324,157
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edward W. Cahill
1,322,261
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John P. Carter
1,322,095
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles L. Culbert
1,321,953
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
P. J. Conkling
1,321,926
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Peter J. Haggerty
1,321,817
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John T. Gaffey
1,321,810
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles O. Dunbar
1,321,792
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
R. F. Del Valle
1,321,768
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Ed Hughes
1,321,713
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry E. Harwood
1,321,695
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clara H. Heller
1,321,605
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nicola Giulii
1,321,574
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Stephen McGroarty
1,321,539
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W. R. Jacobs
1,321,538
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mattison B. Jones
1,321,535
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John E. King
1,321,494
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patrick Francis O'Rourke
1,321,446
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin L. Russell
1,321,330
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jackson H. Ralston
1,321,295
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George M. Spicer
1,321,013
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary Marshall Wiley
1,320,356
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Carlos S. Stanley
847,902
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Richard M. Tobin
847,113
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Harry A. Milton
847,028
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young
847,017
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Kerrigan
847,005
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
George C. Pardee
846,991
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
J. L. Elizabeth Lawless
846,976
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Robert Freeman
846,950
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Hugh McNulty
846,949
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
George W. Clyde
846,926
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
John F. Slavich
846,919
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Mrs. Max Sloss
846,888
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Edward H. Ahlswede
846,845
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Ralph E. Smith
846,731
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Alfred L. Bartlett
846,627
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Harry J. Tremaine
846,598
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Edwin A. Meserve
846,553
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
E. P. Clarke
846,521
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
James W. Hanberry
846,515
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Cora A. Shaw
846,515
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
John F. Forward Jr.
846,394
Republican Party
Herbert Hoover
Helen Mattewson
846,062
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Upton Sinclair
63,299
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
George R. Kirkpatrick
63,076
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Elbert E. Porter
63,032
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Kate C. Gatz
63,012
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Aaron Shapiro
63,012
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Samuel Wisenberg
62,990
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Ethelwyn Mills
62,982
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Samuel S. White
62,980
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Elijah Nackus
62,979
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Adam Gladys
62,979
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Harry Sherr
62,978
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Agnes H. Downing
62,977
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Isaac C. Ruby
62,974
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Casimir I. Olexiewicz
62,967
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Forrest J. Voorhie
62,966
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Joseph Porton
62,964
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Harvey R. Edward
62,962
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Althea M. Page
62,956
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Robert B. Whitaker
62,950
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Blanche F. Tipton
62,944
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Addie M. Benedict
62,942
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
George A. Garrett
62,922
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
M. Len Hutchins
20,637
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Ethel G. Hubler
20,443
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
John C. Bell
20,388
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Allie Simmons Wheeler
20,382
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
H. A. Johnson
20,373
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Dana G. Boleyn
20,340
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
William H. Moore
20,318
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Thomas H. James
20,313
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
O. U. Hull
20,311
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
W. M. Nanney
20,300
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
J. S. Edwards
20,299
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
James P. M. Jensen
20,272
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
J. L. Rollins
20,264
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Joseph Fusch
20,263
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Minnie Goldthwaite
20,260
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
W. P. Fassett
20,256
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
M. Shelton
20,252
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
L. E. Blochman
20,240
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
G. Rath
20,239
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
M. E. Leaves
20,237
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
Lura Hyden Boleyn
20,213
Prohibition Party
William D. Upshaw
O. Oxendine
20,191
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Walter E. Owen
9,827
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
George D. Patrick
9,770
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Van Dyke Todd
9,702
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Warner Abbey
9,701
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
James V. Lippitt
9,696
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Roy E. Silvers
9,694
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Grace M. Baker
9,687
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Clair P. Catterlin
9,683
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Edmond B. Clark
9,683
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Peter C. Christensen
9,675
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Emily Blanton
9,666
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Oliver C. Campbelle
9,666
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
H. V. Haney
9,665
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
A. R. Blanton
9,663
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Sarah E. Dyer
9,658
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
LeRoy E. Enos
9,655
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
George Felsing
9,654
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Paul Holmes
9,654
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Halbert E. Higbee
9,650
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
J. W. Wemple
9,650
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
Isla I. Bates
9,649
Liberty Party
William Hope Harvey
George House
9,642
Write-in
William Z. Foster [ b]
1,023
Write-in
James Ford [ c]
994
Write-in
Scattering
127
Votes cast[ d]
2,267,966
Results by county
County
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic
Herbert Hoover Republican
Norman Thomas Socialist
William D. Upshaw Prohibition
William H. Harvey Liberty
William Z. Foster Communist
Scattering[ e] Write-in
Margin
Total votes cast[ f]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Alameda
106,388
52.04%
89,303
43.68%
6,598
3.23%
1,146
0.56%
790
0.39%
111
0.05%
116[ g]
0.06%
17,085
8.36%
204,452
Alpine
56
50.00%
53
47.32%
2
1.79%
0
0.00%
1
0.89%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
2.68%
112
Amador
2,367
72.97%
822
25.34%
23
0.71%
10
0.31%
22
0.68%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,545
47.63%
3,244
Butte
9,645
65.03%
4,322
29.14%
524
3.53%
154
1.04%
187
1.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5,323
35.89%
14,832
Calaveras
1,744
67.10%
754
29.01%
66
2.54%
14
0.54%
21
0.81%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
990
38.09%
2,599
Colusa
2,752
69.11%
1,095
27.50%
32
0.80%
65
1.63%
38
0.95%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,657
41.61%
3,982
Contra Costa
17,218
58.94%
10,907
37.33%
811
2.78%
144
0.49%
91
0.31%
21
0.07%
22[ h]
0.08%
6,311
21.60%
29,214
Del Norte
1,319
64.06%
637
30.94%
72
3.50%
5
0.24%
26
1.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
682
33.12%
2,059
El Dorado
3,034
73.37%
956
23.12%
84
2.03%
26
0.63%
35
0.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,078
50.25%
4,135
Fresno
32,528
69.90%
12,134
26.07%
1,211
2.60%
545
1.17%
119
0.26%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
20,394
43.82%
46,537
Glenn
2,973
65.07%
1,432
31.34%
73
1.60%
56
1.23%
35
0.77%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,541
33.73%
4,569
Humboldt
8,723
54.20%
6,795
42.22%
325
2.02%
114
0.71%
95
0.59%
21
0.13%
22[ i]
0.14%
1,928
11.98%
16,095
Imperial
8,772
67.28%
3,783
29.01%
274
2.10%
175
1.34%
35
0.27%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4,989
38.26%
13,039
Inyo
1,459
64.61%
698
30.91%
64
2.83%
10
0.44%
27
1.20%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
761
33.70%
2,258
Kern
19,634
70.32%
7,011
25.11%
962
3.45%
176
0.63%
137
0.49%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12,623
45.21%
27,920
Kings
5,191
69.05%
2,009
26.72%
146
1.94%
123
1.64%
49
0.65%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3,182
42.33%
7,518
Lake
2,344
62.61%
1,301
34.75%
60
1.60%
26
0.69%
13
0.35%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,043
27.86%
3,744
Lassen
3,056
70.41%
1,167
26.89%
77
1.77%
38
0.88%
2
0.05%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,889
43.53%
4,340
Los Angeles
554,476
57.19%
373,738
38.55%
27,518
2.84%
8,713
0.90%
4,135
0.43%
458
0.05%
556[ j]
0.06%
180,738
18.64%
969,594
Madera
3,457
70.15%
1,243
25.22%
94
1.91%
99
2.01%
35
0.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,214
44.93%
4,928
Marin
9,764
57.45%
6,480
38.13%
654
3.85%
68
0.40%
24
0.14%
3
0.02%
3[ k]
0.02%
3,284
19.32%
16,996
Mariposa
1,386
68.01%
560
27.48%
49
2.40%
17
0.83%
26
1.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
826
40.53%
2,038
Mendocino
5,867
61.43%
3,365
35.23%
188
1.97%
65
0.68%
66
0.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,502
26.20%
9,551
Merced
7,202
67.10%
2,920
27.20%
377
3.51%
158
1.47%
77
0.72%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4,282
39.89%
10,734
Modoc
1,643
68.86%
655
27.45%
42
1.76%
30
1.26%
16
0.67%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
988
41.41%
2,386
Mono
374
64.37%
199
34.25%
6
1.03%
1
0.17%
1
0.17%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
175
30.12%
581
Monterey
8,942
56.77%
6,200
39.37%
323
2.05%
116
0.74%
169
1.07%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,742
17.41%
15,750
Napa
5,745
60.32%
3,521
36.97%
152
1.60%
77
0.81%
29
0.30%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,224
23.35%
9,524
Nevada
3,544
63.33%
1,842
32.92%
136
2.43%
25
0.45%
49
0.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,702
30.41%
5,596
Orange
23,835
48.37%
22,623
45.91%
1,577
3.20%
980
1.99%
257
0.52%
2
0.00%
2[ l]
0.00%
1,212
2.46%
49,276
Placer
6,200
71.40%
2,242
25.82%
155
1.79%
46
0.53%
40
0.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3,958
45.58%
8,683
Plumas
2,035
75.82%
582
21.68%
54
2.01%
12
0.45%
1
0.04%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,453
54.14%
2,684
Riverside
12,755
45.37%
14,112
50.20%
693
2.47%
423
1.50%
129
0.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
-1,357
-4.83%
28,112
Sacramento
36,370
69.32%
14,553
27.74%
978
1.86%
295
0.56%
269
0.51%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
21,817
41.58%
52,465
San Benito
2,283
60.98%
1,269
33.89%
52
1.39%
32
0.85%
108
2.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,014
27.08%
3,744
San Bernardino
24,889
50.23%
22,094
44.59%
1,502
3.03%
858
1.73%
205
0.41%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,795
5.64%
49,548
San Diego
45,622
53.58%
35,305
41.46%
3,108
3.65%
759
0.89%
356
0.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10,317
12.12%
85,150
San Francisco
144,236
64.62%
70,152
31.43%
5,802
2.60%
1,913
0.86%
343
0.15%
382
0.17%
369[ m]
0.17%
74,084
33.19%
223,197
San Joaquin
21,929
63.33%
11,145
32.19%
1,137
3.29%
290
0.84%
115
0.33%
4
0.01%
6[ n]
0.02%
10,784
31.14%
34,626
San Luis Obispo
7,933
65.77%
3,449
28.59%
417
3.46%
161
1.33%
102
0.85%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4,484
37.17%
12,062
San Mateo
19,094
56.36%
13,442
39.68%
982
2.90%
121
0.36%
240
0.71%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5,652
16.68%
33,879
Santa Barbara
13,373
57.42%
8,864
38.06%
707
3.04%
170
0.73%
170
0.73%
0
0.00%
7
0.03%
4,509
19.36%
23,291
Santa Clara
28,272
49.14%
27,353
47.54%
1,377
2.39%
310
0.54%
205
0.36%
8
0.01%
6[ o]
0.01%
919
1.60%
57,531
Santa Cruz
8,246
55.01%
6,005
40.06%
306
2.04%
151
1.01%
282
1.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,241
14.95%
14,990
Shasta
4,170
72.12%
1,382
23.90%
150
2.59%
61
1.05%
19
0.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,788
48.22%
5,782
Sierra
796
69.40%
292
25.46%
45
3.92%
14
1.22%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
504
43.94%
1,147
Siskiyou
6,367
69.33%
2,458
26.76%
255
2.78%
89
0.97%
15
0.16%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3,909
42.56%
9,184
Solano
9,712
67.16%
4,382
30.30%
260
1.80%
63
0.44%
44
0.30%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5,330
36.86%
14,461
Sonoma
15,686
61.11%
9,161
35.69%
583
2.27%
188
0.73%
26
0.10%
13
0.05%
12[ p]
0.05%
6,525
25.42%
25,669
Stanislaus
12,336
58.63%
7,614
36.18%
595
2.83%
469
2.23%
28
0.13%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4,722
22.44%
21,042
Sutter
3,807
70.41%
1,392
25.74%
105
1.94%
47
0.87%
56
1.04%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2,415
44.66%
5,407
Tehama
3,534
60.40%
2,001
34.20%
149
2.55%
127
2.17%
40
0.68%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,533
26.20%
5,851
Trinity
1,101
73.01%
318
21.09%
53
3.51%
29
1.92%
7
0.46%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
783
51.92%
1,508
Tulare
15,631
62.53%
8,066
32.27%
629
2.52%
503
2.01%
170
0.68%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7,565
30.26%
24,999
Tuolumne
2,521
66.45%
1,145
30.18%
77
2.03%
21
0.55%
30
0.79%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,376
36.27%
3,794
Ventura
10,903
58.82%
6,908
37.27%
433
2.34%
175
0.94%
116
0.63%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3,995
21.55%
18,535
Yolo
5,780
67.77%
2,515
29.49%
85
1.00%
101
1.18%
48
0.56%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3,265
38.28%
8,529
Yuba
3,138
69.84%
1,176
26.17%
90
2.00%
33
0.73%
56
1.25%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1,962
43.67%
4,493
Total
1,324,157
58.39%
847,902
37.39%
63,299
2.79%
20,637
0.91%
9,827
0.43%
1,023
0.05%
1,121
0.05%
476,255
21.00%
2,267,966
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
References
Notes
^ William Howard Taft , the national Republican nominee, was not on the ballot in California in 1912 , but those counties won by Theodore Roosevelt in that election are counted as part of these streaks.
^ Since California voted for electors directly, these votes were for Foster specifically and not the Communist ticket, which was not on the ballot in the state
^ Ford was Foster's running mate on the national Communist ticket. Ford's votes closely mirror those of Foster so voters who wrote in Foster almost certainly simultaneously wrote in Ford. Voters were entitled to choose up to 22 names on a general ticket, so separately writing in Foster and Ford would have been allowed.
^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
^ Includes the write-in votes for Ford
^ Based on the highest elector on each ticket
^ 108 for James Ford
^ 22 for James Ford
^ 22 for James Ford
^ 446 for James Ford
^ 3 for James Ford
^ 2 for James Ford
^ 369 for James Ford
^ 4 for James Ford
^ 6 for James Ford
^ 12 for James Ford