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Election 1932 Results

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1932 presidential election in Washington

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Herbert Hoover (Republican) in Washington in 1932, 57.5% to 33.9%, a margin of 23.5 points and 144,615 votes.

Washington voted 5.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+17.8.

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

Democrats led in 39 of the 39 counties as they stood then. The largest, King, cast 184,022 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.7 points. The closest was Garfield, where 149 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	353,260	57.5%
Herbert Hoover	Republican	208,645	33.9%
All other candidates		52,909	8.6%
Total		614,814

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
King	108,738 59.1%	63,346 34.4%	11,938	184,022	D+24.7
Pierce	38,451 58.9%	19,006 29.1%	7,866	65,323	D+29.8
Spokane	36,953 56.7%	24,848 38.2%	3,325	65,126	D+18.6
Snohomish	18,352 59.3%	9,310 30.1%	3,301	30,963	D+29.2
Yakima	13,880 51.7%	11,151 41.5%	1,815	26,846	D+10.2
Whatcom	11,355 50.4%	9,254 41.1%	1,903	22,512	D+9.3
Grays Harbor	10,310 55.9%	5,141 27.9%	2,985	18,436	D+28.0
Lewis	8,454 54.2%	4,647 29.8%	2,493	15,594	D+24.4
Clark	9,104 60.1%	4,901 32.3%	1,155	15,160	D+27.7
Kitsap	10,002 70.6%	3,465 24.4%	706	14,173	D+46.1
Skagit	8,395 60.4%	4,246 30.6%	1,247	13,888	D+29.9
Chelan	7,316 52.8%	5,584 40.3%	959	13,859	D+12.5
Thurston	6,308 46.0%	4,241 30.9%	3,172	13,721	D+15.1
Cowlitz	5,443 49.0%	3,767 33.9%	1,903	11,113	D+15.1
Whitman	5,945 54.0%	4,727 42.9%	339	11,011	D+11.1
Walla Walla	5,578 52.7%	4,653 44.0%	344	10,575	D+8.7
Clallam	3,954 52.5%	1,870 24.8%	1,713	7,537	D+27.7
Stevens	4,262 60.9%	2,247 32.1%	485	6,994	D+28.8
Okanogan	3,969 57.1%	2,277 32.8%	700	6,946	D+24.4
Kittitas	4,266 63.8%	1,963 29.4%	457	6,686	D+34.4
Pacific	3,099 55.4%	1,737 31.1%	753	5,589	D+24.4
Benton	2,633 57.3%	1,694 36.9%	270	4,597	D+20.4
Lincoln	2,725 59.3%	1,748 38.0%	122	4,595	D+21.3
Mason	2,181 55.9%	995 25.5%	726	3,902	D+30.4
Klickitat	2,155 59.2%	1,335 36.6%	153	3,643	D+22.5
Douglas	1,941 57.7%	1,179 35.1%	242	3,362	D+22.7
Jefferson	1,994 61.0%	952 29.1%	321	3,267	D+31.9
Asotin	1,994 65.3%	960 31.5%	98	3,052	D+33.9
Pend Oreille	1,772 64.2%	855 31.0%	134	2,761	D+33.2
Island	1,517 57.0%	803 30.2%	341	2,661	D+26.8
Franklin	1,540 62.3%	838 33.9%	94	2,472	D+28.4
Adams	1,504 61.9%	867 35.7%	59	2,430	D+26.2
Grant	1,376 57.1%	840 34.9%	194	2,410	D+22.2
Columbia	1,491 64.9%	714 31.1%	92	2,297	D+33.8
Garfield	818 54.4%	669 44.5%	18	1,505	D+9.9
San Juan	786 52.3%	607 40.4%	109	1,502	D+11.9
Skamania	934 63.9%	444 30.4%	84	1,462	D+33.5
Ferry	1,035 71.6%	322 22.3%	88	1,445	D+49.3
Wahkiakum	730 53.5%	442 32.4%	192	1,364	D+21.1

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.

Washington in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+18.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+19.2
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+15.7
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+14.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+17.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+7.2
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+5.6
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+1.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+13.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+3.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.3
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+2.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.6
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+8.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+9.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+14.6
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.5
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+35.7
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+42.1
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+34.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+4.2
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+25.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+50.6
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+11.7
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+15.1
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.6

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