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Election 1932 Results

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1932 presidential election in Tennessee

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Herbert Hoover (Republican) in Tennessee in 1932, 66.5% to 32.5%, a margin of 34.0 points and 132,721 votes.

Tennessee voted 16.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+17.8.

Tennessee changed party: in 1928 it went Republican, for Herbert Hoover.

Democrats led in 70 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Shelby, cast 45,209 votes and went to the Democrat by 70.8 points. The closest was Pickett, where 31 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin D. Roosevelt won Democratic 259,473 66.5%
Herbert Hoover Republican 126,752 32.5%
All other candidates 4,031 1.0%
Total390,256

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 38,320 84.8% 6,332 14.0% 557 45,209 D+70.8
Davidson 21,233 74.1% 7,004 24.4% 429 28,666 D+49.6
Knox 10,755 51.4% 9,774 46.7% 398 20,927 D+4.7
Hamilton 11,469 60.6% 7,090 37.4% 378 18,937 D+23.1
Sullivan 5,322 63.0% 2,999 35.5% 121 8,442 D+27.5
Greene 4,264 56.6% 3,223 42.8% 45 7,532 D+13.8
Washington 3,345 46.9% 3,691 51.7% 102 7,138 R+4.8
Carter 1,574 23.7% 5,055 76.3% 6,629 R+52.5
Madison 4,813 79.8% 1,124 18.6% 92 6,029 D+61.2
McMinn 2,630 47.9% 2,790 50.8% 75 5,495 R+2.9
Hawkins 2,391 45.1% 2,890 54.5% 21 5,302 R+9.4
Claiborne 3,518 66.8% 1,725 32.8% 22 5,265 D+34.1
Carroll 2,603 50.5% 2,505 48.6% 48 5,156 D+1.9
Lawrence 3,240 65.5% 1,684 34.0% 24 4,948 D+31.4
Blount 1,515 31.1% 3,275 67.3% 77 4,867 R+36.2
Gibson 3,972 84.4% 704 15.0% 29 4,705 D+69.5
Campbell 1,834 39.8% 2,735 59.3% 40 4,609 R+19.5
Weakley 3,777 82.5% 783 17.1% 17 4,577 D+65.4
Rutherford 3,924 86.2% 606 13.3% 20 4,550 D+72.9
Monroe 2,954 66.0% 1,504 33.6% 20 4,478 D+32.4
Sumner 3,893 90.5% 382 8.9% 28 4,303 D+81.6
Dyer 3,805 90.1% 389 9.2% 28 4,222 D+80.9
Putnam 2,911 69.1% 1,281 30.4% 22 4,214 D+38.7
Polk 2,540 60.7% 1,642 39.3% 4,182 D+21.5
Sevier 887 22.2% 3,075 77.0% 31 3,993 R+54.8
Maury 3,392 85.8% 535 13.5% 25 3,952 D+72.3
Cocke 1,557 39.8% 2,324 59.4% 34 3,915 R+19.6
Dekalb 2,323 60.3% 1,530 39.7% 3,853 D+20.6
Roane 1,625 43.8% 2,036 54.9% 48 3,709 R+11.1
Marion 2,212 61.1% 1,406 38.9% 3,618 D+22.3
Obion 3,183 89.2% 334 9.4% 52 3,569 D+79.8
Montgomery 2,747 77.5% 799 22.5% 3,546 D+54.9
Hamblen 2,032 57.7% 1,458 41.4% 32 3,522 D+16.3
Loudon 1,629 46.5% 1,817 51.9% 57 3,503 R+5.4
Lincoln 3,095 90.3% 288 8.4% 46 3,429 D+81.9
Franklin 3,029 88.6% 360 10.5% 28 3,417 D+78.1
Giles 2,773 81.2% 619 18.1% 25 3,417 D+63.0
McNairy 1,961 59.0% 1,350 40.6% 12 3,323 D+18.4
Jefferson 975 29.4% 2,275 68.6% 67 3,317 R+39.2
Wilson 2,713 82.3% 567 17.2% 18 3,298 D+65.1
Henry 2,867 88.1% 340 10.4% 48 3,255 D+77.6
Williamson 2,777 90.0% 261 8.5% 49 3,087 D+81.5
Tipton 2,892 94.2% 154 5.0% 23 3,069 D+89.2
Rhea 1,550 51.1% 1,448 47.7% 38 3,036 D+3.4
Robertson 2,752 90.7% 252 8.3% 30 3,034 D+82.4
Scott 1,025 34.9% 1,890 64.3% 25 2,940 R+29.4
Overton 2,231 76.8% 661 22.8% 13 2,905 D+54.0
Bradley 1,295 44.6% 1,570 54.1% 37 2,902 R+9.5
Bedford 2,264 78.1% 630 21.7% 4 2,898 D+56.4
Johnson 425 15.0% 2,400 84.5% 15 2,840 R+69.5
Warren 2,325 84.1% 410 14.8% 30 2,765 D+69.3
Anderson 1,081 40.1% 1,605 59.5% 11 2,697 R+19.4
Hardeman 2,377 88.7% 281 10.5% 22 2,680 D+78.2
Smith 2,057 77.1% 595 22.3% 16 2,668 D+54.8
Unicoi 850 33.1% 1,716 66.9% 2,566 R+33.7
Marshall 2,167 87.7% 283 11.5% 20 2,470 D+76.3
Crockett 1,934 78.4% 513 20.8% 20 2,467 D+57.6
Fentress 961 39.1% 1,383 56.3% 112 2,456 R+17.2
Coffee 1,950 81.3% 430 17.9% 20 2,400 D+63.3
Dickson 2,007 84.3% 369 15.5% 4 2,380 D+68.8
Grainger 995 42.3% 1,325 56.3% 33 2,353 R+14.0
Lauderdale 2,137 90.9% 174 7.4% 39 2,350 D+83.5
White 1,938 82.8% 390 16.7% 13 2,341 D+66.1
Hickman 1,812 82.2% 385 17.5% 8 2,205 D+64.7
Morgan 983 45.0% 1,184 54.2% 18 2,185 R+9.2
Henderson 958 47.2% 1,058 52.1% 13 2,029 R+4.9
Benton 1,540 76.2% 455 22.5% 26 2,021 D+53.7
Macon 885 43.9% 1,123 55.6% 10 2,018 R+11.8
Bledsoe 1,034 51.9% 960 48.1% 1,994 D+3.7
Jackson 1,726 86.9% 256 12.9% 4 1,986 D+74.0
Union 802 40.4% 1,169 59.0% 12 1,983 R+18.5
Cumberland 996 50.7% 957 48.7% 11 1,964 D+2.0
Lake 1,824 95.9% 78 4.1% 1,902 D+91.8
Haywood 1,788 95.0% 77 4.1% 17 1,882 D+90.9
Hardin 806 43.5% 1,036 56.0% 9 1,851 R+12.4
Stewart 1,548 88.8% 184 10.6% 12 1,744 D+78.2
Humphreys 1,455 85.4% 231 13.6% 17 1,703 D+71.9
Decatur 1,020 62.1% 601 36.6% 22 1,643 D+25.5
Hancock 551 33.6% 1,089 66.4% 1,640 R+32.8
Wayne 543 33.1% 1,082 66.0% 14 1,639 R+32.9
Cannon 1,207 76.6% 360 22.9% 8 1,575 D+53.8
Cheatham 1,370 87.7% 180 11.5% 12 1,562 D+76.2
Pickett 712 50.3% 681 48.1% 23 1,416 D+2.2
Meigs 840 59.7% 564 40.1% 4 1,408 D+19.6
Chester 985 72.6% 356 26.2% 16 1,357 D+46.4
Fayette 1,287 95.6% 42 3.1% 17 1,346 D+92.5
Clay 819 68.5% 361 30.2% 16 1,196 D+38.3
Grundy 978 82.1% 198 16.6% 15 1,191 D+65.5
Sequatchie 777 72.2% 289 26.9% 10 1,076 D+45.4
Moore 923 92.7% 65 6.5% 8 996 D+86.1
Lewis 799 85.4% 137 14.6% 936 D+70.7
Trousdale 835 92.8% 64 7.1% 1 900 D+85.7
Perry 705 78.9% 182 20.4% 6 893 D+58.6
Houston 750 86.5% 112 12.9% 5 867 D+73.6
Van Buren 613 73.6% 196 23.5% 24 833 D+50.1

Counties as they stood in 1932; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9