The 1932 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 8, 1932, as part of the 1932 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Vermont voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Hoover's running mate was incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Roosevelt ran with incumbent Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas.

Hoover took 57.66% of the vote to Roosevelt's 41.08%, a margin of 16.58%. Vermont historically was a bastion of Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1932 it had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1928, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition continued even in the midst of a nationwide Democratic landslide in 1932. However, Roosevelt became the first Democrat to carry more than one county, as Woodrow Wilson had done in both his runs, since 1844-- nearly a century before.

Vermont was one of only six states (the other five states being Connecticut, Delaware, neighboring New Hampshire, Maine and Pennsylvania), four of them in New England, which voted to re-elect the embattled Republican incumbent Hoover, who was widely unpopular over his failure to adequately address the Great Depression. Vermont would ultimately be one of only two states (along with nearby Maine) that would reject FDR in all four of his presidential campaigns.

In terms of both vote share and margin, Vermont was the most Republican state in the nation. Vermont would weigh in as a whopping 34% more Republican than the national average in the 1932 election. However, Roosevelt was the first Democrat to get over 40% of the vote in the state since 1836.

Hoover carried eleven of the state's 14 counties, breaking sixty percent in seven. However, the three northwestern counties of Vermont would become New Deal Democratic enclaves in an otherwise Republican state. In 1928, Al Smith had become the first ever Democrat to win Chittenden County,Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 60 the state's most populous county and home to its largest city, Burlington. In 1932, Roosevelt would carry Chittenden County for the Democrats as Smith did in 1928, but also flip Franklin County and Grand Isle County into the Democratic column. All three counties would remain loyally Democratic in the elections that followed until Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Republican landslide of 1952.Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 321-322

Results 1932 United States presidential election in VermontPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Herbert Hoover (incumbent) 78,984 57.66% 3 Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 56,266 41.08% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 1,533 1.12% 0 Communist William Z. Foster 195 0.14% 0 N/A Write-ins 2 0.00% 0 Totals 136,980 100.00% 3

Results by county County Herbert Clark HooverRepublican Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Norman Mattoon ThomasGéoelections; 1932 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)Socialist Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 352-354 # % # % # % # % # % Addison 5,295 62.83% 3,031 35.96% 89 1.06% 13 0.15% 2,264 26.86% 8,428 Bennington 5,250 55.76% 3,964 42.10% 185 1.96% 17 0.18% 1,286 13.66% 9,416 Caledonia 6,066 62.27% 3,621 37.17% 46 0.47% 8 0.08% 2,445 25.10% 9,741 Chittenden 7,208 43.86% 9,104 55.39% 112 0.68% 11 0.07% -1,896 -11.54% 16,435 Essex 1,567 52.58% 1,397 46.88% 12 0.40% 4 0.13% 170 5.70% 2,980 Franklin 4,999 44.29% 6,179 54.75% 74 0.66% 34 0.30% -1,180 -10.46% 11,286 Grand Isle 649 43.94% 811 54.91% 15 1.02% 2 0.14% -162 -10.97% 1,477 Lamoille 2,599 69.70% 1,096 29.39% 30 0.80% 4 0.11% 1,503 40.31% 3,729 Orange 4,305 69.30% 1,830 29.46% 70 1.13% 7 0.11% 2,475 39.84% 6,212 Orleans 5,132 66.40% 2,530 32.73% 61 0.79% 6 0.08% 2,602 33.67% 7,729 Rutland 10,821 54.24% 8,924 44.73% 181 0.91% 25 0.13% 1,897 9.51% 19,951 Washington 8,393 57.72% 5,777 39.73% 339 2.33% 31 0.21% 2,616 17.99% 14,540 Windham 7,347 66.02% 3,659 32.88% 111 1.00% 12 0.11% 3,688 33.14% 11,129 Windsor 9,353 67.16% 4,343 31.18% 208 1.49% 23 0.17% 5,010 35.97% 13,927Totals78,98457.66%56,26641.08%1,5331.12%1970.14%22,71816.58%136,980

Counties flipped from Republican to Democratic Franklin Grand Isle

See also United States presidential elections in Vermont

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