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Election 1932 Results

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1932 presidential election in Virginia

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Herbert Hoover (Republican) in Virginia in 1932, 68.5% to 30.1%, a margin of 38.4 points and 114,342 votes.

Virginia voted 20.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+17.8.

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

Democrats led in 123 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Richmond, cast 20,681 votes and went to the Democrat by 43.7 points. The closest was Carroll, where 76 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Franklin D. Roosevelt won	Democratic	203,979	68.5%
Herbert Hoover	Republican	89,637	30.1%
All other candidates		4,326	1.5%
Total		297,942

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	14,631 70.7%	5,602 27.1%	448	20,681	D+43.7
Norfolk	8,814 65.4%	4,403 32.7%	250	13,467	D+32.8
Roanoke	6,215 65.1%	3,195 33.5%	130	9,540	D+31.7
Wise	5,276 68.1%	2,405 31.1%	63	7,744	D+37.1
Portsmouth	3,344 63.2%	1,840 34.8%	110	5,294	D+28.4
Shenandoah	2,635 50.5%	2,514 48.2%	68	5,217	D+2.3
Rockingham	2,750 53.8%	2,194 43.0%	163	5,107	D+10.9
Lynchburg	3,656 74.1%	1,200 24.3%	80	4,936	D+49.8
Lee	2,892 58.8%	1,985 40.4%	38	4,915	D+18.5
Tazewell	2,713 57.0%	2,005 42.1%	44	4,762	D+14.9
Russell	3,274 70.1%	1,386 29.7%	11	4,671	D+40.4
Washington	2,784 60.2%	1,774 38.3%	69	4,627	D+21.8
Newport News	2,703 62.8%	1,515 35.2%	86	4,304	D+27.6
Roanoke	2,509 58.8%	1,704 39.9%	55	4,268	D+18.9
Augusta	2,606 61.5%	1,541 36.4%	90	4,237	D+25.1
Smyth	2,287 54.5%	1,843 43.9%	66	4,196	D+10.6
Arlington	2,941 70.3%	1,199 28.7%	44	4,184	D+41.6
Alexandria	2,941 70.3%	1,199 28.7%	44	4,184	D+41.6
Fairfax	2,714 65.3%	1,368 32.9%	72	4,154	D+32.4
Norfolk (Ext)	2,926 72.1%	1,072 26.4%	61	4,059	D+45.7
Grayson	2,306 58.3%	1,624 41.0%	28	3,958	D+17.2
Halifax	3,583 91.8%	275 7.0%	43	3,901	D+84.8
Dickenson	2,635 67.9%	1,228 31.7%	15	3,878	D+36.3
Henrico	2,458 63.4%	1,291 33.3%	126	3,875	D+30.1
Scott	2,137 55.6%	1,673 43.6%	31	3,841	D+12.1
Pittsylvania	3,124 81.4%	656 17.1%	60	3,840	D+64.3
Wythe	1,866 53.6%	1,589 45.6%	29	3,484	D+8.0
Pulaski	2,314 67.0%	1,109 32.1%	31	3,454	D+34.9
Montgomery	1,805 53.0%	1,522 44.7%	78	3,405	D+8.3
Page	1,851 58.6%	1,261 39.9%	46	3,158	D+18.7
Danville	2,264 73.4%	740 24.0%	80	3,084	D+49.4
Franklin	2,245 73.0%	812 26.4%	20	3,077	D+46.6
Loudoun	2,440 79.5%	600 19.5%	31	3,071	D+59.9
Botetourt	1,808 59.1%	1,209 39.5%	41	3,058	D+19.6
Carroll	1,537 50.8%	1,461 48.3%	28	3,026	D+2.5
Accomack	2,458 81.7%	527 17.5%	22	3,007	D+64.2
Bedford	2,321 82.0%	469 16.6%	41	2,831	D+65.4
Giles	1,754 62.6%	1,016 36.3%	32	2,802	D+26.3
Chesterfield	1,886 69.9%	726 26.9%	86	2,698	D+43.0
Rockbridge	1,764 67.4%	811 31.0%	44	2,619	D+36.4
Albemarle	1,949 78.3%	505 20.3%	34	2,488	D+58.0
Mecklenburg	2,188 88.3%	275 11.1%	15	2,478	D+77.2
Petersburg	1,920 78.7%	490 20.1%	30	2,440	D+58.6
Alleghany	1,293 53.5%	1,095 45.3%	29	2,417	D+8.2
Fauquier	1,999 83.4%	379 15.8%	18	2,396	D+67.6
Buchanan	1,372 65.2%	727 34.6%	4	2,103	D+30.7
Campbell	1,692 83.7%	301 14.9%	28	2,021	D+68.8
Frederick	1,536 76.2%	456 22.6%	24	2,016	D+53.6
Amherst	1,764 89.1%	195 9.8%	21	1,980	D+79.2
Elizabeth City (Ext)	1,226 62.6%	700 35.7%	33	1,959	D+26.9
Winchester	1,179 61.7%	698 36.5%	33	1,910	D+25.2
Prince William	1,499 78.6%	386 20.2%	22	1,907	D+58.4
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,451 76.3%	432 22.7%	19	1,902	D+53.6
Patrick	1,342 72.4%	486 26.2%	25	1,853	D+46.2
Culpeper	1,349 75.7%	417 23.4%	16	1,782	D+52.3
Floyd	699 39.9%	1,051 60.0%	2	1,752	R+20.1
Charlottesville	1,287 75.5%	409 24.0%	8	1,704	D+51.5
Nelson	1,457 85.6%	238 14.0%	7	1,702	D+71.6
Harrisonburg	995 58.8%	665 39.3%	32	1,692	D+19.5
Nottoway	1,348 80.7%	277 16.6%	46	1,671	D+64.1
Bristol	1,252 79.1%	307 19.4%	24	1,583	D+59.7
Northampton	1,264 80.2%	298 18.9%	15	1,577	D+61.3
Orange	1,253 80.0%	309 19.7%	5	1,567	D+60.2
Southampton	1,357 87.2%	182 11.7%	18	1,557	D+75.5
Staunton	988 63.5%	551 35.4%	16	1,555	D+28.1
Henry	1,146 76.2%	342 22.8%	15	1,503	D+53.5
Charlotte	1,300 88.0%	169 11.4%	8	1,477	D+76.6
Warren	1,096 74.5%	367 24.9%	9	1,472	D+49.5
Nansemond (Ext)	1,264 86.2%	196 13.4%	6	1,466	D+72.9
Brunswick	1,361 95.6%	52 3.7%	11	1,424	D+91.9
Madison	849 61.5%	522 37.8%	9	1,380	D+23.7
Caroline	1,076 78.9%	270 19.8%	18	1,364	D+59.1
Bland	783 57.7%	556 41.0%	17	1,356	D+16.7
Appomattox	1,123 84.0%	204 15.3%	10	1,337	D+68.7
Hanover	1,073 80.6%	238 17.9%	21	1,332	D+62.7
Hopewell	957 72.5%	342 25.9%	21	1,320	D+46.6
Suffolk	1,013 78.7%	265 20.6%	9	1,287	D+58.1
Louisa	879 68.6%	366 28.6%	36	1,281	D+40.0
Isle Of Wight	982 77.0%	284 22.3%	9	1,275	D+54.7
Clifton Forge	917 72.1%	328 25.8%	26	1,271	D+46.3
Lunenburg	1,141 91.5%	92 7.4%	14	1,247	D+84.1
Gloucester	916 75.6%	280 23.1%	15	1,211	D+52.5
Prince Edward	970 81.0%	196 16.4%	31	1,197	D+64.7
Stafford	731 61.4%	454 38.1%	6	1,191	D+23.3
Fredericksburg	812 68.2%	366 30.7%	13	1,191	D+37.4
Mathews	652 56.5%	488 42.3%	14	1,154	D+14.2
Spotsylvania	784 68.4%	346 30.2%	17	1,147	D+38.2
Dinwiddie	1,028 90.2%	104 9.1%	8	1,140	D+81.1
Buckingham	870 79.8%	204 18.7%	16	1,090	D+61.1
Hampton	772 71.2%	294 27.1%	18	1,084	D+44.1
Bath	594 59.9%	384 38.7%	14	992	D+21.2
Clarke	841 86.4%	124 12.7%	8	973	D+73.7
Craig	649 67.2%	302 31.3%	15	966	D+35.9
Martinsville	739 77.1%	212 22.1%	7	958	D+55.0
South Norfolk	597 63.2%	329 34.8%	19	945	D+28.4
Lancaster	639 68.9%	272 29.3%	16	927	D+39.6
Radford	542 59.6%	341 37.5%	26	909	D+22.1
Warwick (Ext)	645 71.7%	242 26.9%	13	900	D+44.8
Northumberland	630 71.3%	245 27.7%	9	884	D+43.6
Westmoreland	641 74.8%	212 24.7%	4	857	D+50.1
Amelia	701 82.1%	142 16.6%	11	854	D+65.5
Highland	464 55.4%	355 42.4%	19	838	D+13.0
Sussex	688 83.4%	122 14.8%	15	825	D+68.6
Greensville	692 85.3%	112 13.8%	7	811	D+71.5
Goochland	629 77.7%	166 20.5%	15	810	D+57.2
King William	612 76.1%	177 22.0%	15	804	D+54.1
York	457 56.8%	309 38.4%	38	804	D+18.4
Fluvanna	579 75.4%	176 22.9%	13	768	D+52.5
Middlesex	595 80.2%	127 17.1%	20	742	D+63.1
Surry	653 88.7%	73 9.9%	10	736	D+78.8
Rappahannock	590 81.9%	124 17.2%	6	720	D+64.7
Prince George	597 83.0%	115 16.0%	7	719	D+67.0
King George	475 69.6%	203 29.8%	4	682	D+39.9
Richmond	461 70.0%	192 29.1%	6	659	D+40.8
Greene	394 60.4%	258 39.6%		652	D+20.9
Cumberland	511 84.0%	84 13.8%	13	608	D+70.2
Powhatan	433 78.0%	108 19.5%	14	555	D+58.6
King And Queen	368 68.8%	154 28.8%	13	535	D+40.0
Essex	420 80.2%	101 19.3%	3	524	D+60.9
Williamsburg	387 76.6%	99 19.6%	19	505	D+57.0
Buena Vista	258 58.9%	154 35.2%	26	438	D+23.7
James City	302 71.1%	116 27.3%	7	425	D+43.8
New Kent	286 70.4%	115 28.3%	5	406	D+42.1
Charles City	245 73.1%	85 25.4%	5	335	D+47.8

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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