The 1932 United States presidential election in Maine 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maine 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 won Maine by a margin of 12.64%, and with 55.83% of the popular vote, it would be his second strongest state in the nation after nearby Vermont. The state was also one of only six states (the other five being Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont), 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. Maine would also be one of the only two states in the nation (the other being nearby Vermont) to not vote for Roosevelt in any of his four election campaigns.
Results
Results by county CountyHerbert Clark HooverRepublicanFranklin Delano RooseveltDemocraticNormal Mattoon ThomasOur Campaigns; ME US President Race, November 08, 1932SocialistVerne L. ReynoldsSocialist LaborWilliam Z. FosterCommunistMarginTotal votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 223-224 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press # % # % # % # % # % # % Androscoggin 9,838 40.05% 14,441 58.79% 251 1.02% 17 0.07% 15 0.06% -4,603 -18.74% 24,562 Aroostook 14,054 59.47% 9,409 39.82% 122 0.52% 25 0.11% 21 0.09% 4,645 19.66% 23,631 Cumberland 32,864 60.82% 20,655 38.23% 465 0.86% 24 0.04% 25 0.05% 12,209 22.60% 54,033 Franklin 4,521 58.46% 3,171 41.01% 35 0.45% 4 0.05% 2 0.03% 1,350 17.46% 7,733 Hancock 7,942 64.07% 4,369 35.25% 75 0.61% 9 0.07% 1 0.01% 3,573 28.82% 12,396 Kennebec 14,451 53.93% 12,110 45.19% 188 0.70% 28 0.10% 20 0.07% 2,341 8.74% 26,797 Knox 6,169 55.28% 4,765 42.70% 168 1.51% 34 0.30% 23 0.21% 1,404 12.58% 11,159 Lincoln 4,666 63.84% 2,602 35.60% 37 0.51% 2 0.03% 2 0.03% 2,064 28.24% 7,309 Oxford 8,264 52.73% 7,179 45.80% 194 1.24% 19 0.12% 17 0.11% 1,085 6.92% 15,673 Penobscot 18,987 58.75% 13,058 40.41% 247 0.76% 18 0.06% 7 0.02% 5,929 18.35% 32,317 Piscataquis 4,198 59.14% 2,849 40.13% 45 0.63% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% 1,349 19.00% 7,099 Sagadahoc 4,220 59.97% 2,763 39.26% 44 0.63% 5 0.07% 5 0.07% 1,457 20.70% 7,037 Somerset 7,144 53.07% 6,040 44.87% 258 1.92% 11 0.08% 8 0.06% 1,104 8.20% 13,461 Waldo 4,505 53.21% 3,907 46.14% 51 0.60% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 598 7.06% 8,467 Washington 7,507 51.95% 6,829 47.26% 85 0.59% 25 0.17% 5 0.03% 678 4.69% 14,451 York 17,301 53.53% 14,760 45.67% 224 0.69% 26 0.08% 8 0.02% 2,541 7.86% 32,319Totals166,63155.83%128,90743.19%2,4890.83%2550.09%1620.05%37,72412.64%298,444
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Androscoggin
See also United States presidential elections in Maine
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