Election 1932 Results
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1932 presidential election in West Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Herbert Hoover (Republican) in West Virginia in 1932, 54.5% to 44.5%, a margin of 10.0 points and 74,393 votes.
West Virginia voted 7.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+17.8.
West Virginia changed party: in 1928 it went Republican, for Herbert Hoover.
Democrats led in 46 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 9. The largest, Kanawha, cast 74,821 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.2 points. The closest was Jackson, where 47 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 405,124 | 54.5% |
| Herbert Hoover | Republican | 330,731 | 44.5% |
| All other candidates | 7,919 | 1.1% | |
| Total | 743,774 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 38,617 51.6% | 35,455 47.4% | 749 | 74,821 | D+4.2 |
| Cabell | 23,498 56.0% | 17,999 42.9% | 453 | 41,950 | D+13.1 |
| Ohio | 18,652 53.3% | 15,836 45.2% | 532 | 35,020 | D+8.0 |
| Harrison | 18,081 54.2% | 14,641 43.9% | 632 | 33,354 | D+10.3 |
| Fayette | 17,127 58.0% | 12,170 41.2% | 212 | 29,509 | D+16.8 |
| Marion | 15,975 54.2% | 12,638 42.9% | 851 | 29,464 | D+11.3 |
| McDowell | 12,365 43.4% | 16,069 56.4% | 80 | 28,514 | R+13.0 |
| Mercer | 15,900 58.7% | 11,088 40.9% | 105 | 27,093 | D+17.8 |
| Raleigh | 15,456 57.1% | 11,441 42.3% | 181 | 27,078 | D+14.8 |
| Wood | 13,294 51.8% | 12,144 47.3% | 235 | 25,673 | D+4.5 |
| Logan | 12,529 53.8% | 10,683 45.9% | 71 | 23,283 | D+7.9 |
| Monongalia | 10,319 53.7% | 8,417 43.8% | 485 | 19,221 | D+9.9 |
| Mingo | 8,657 52.5% | 7,801 47.3% | 43 | 16,501 | D+5.2 |
| Marshall | 7,994 51.1% | 7,416 47.4% | 237 | 15,647 | D+3.7 |
| Greenbrier | 9,467 64.5% | 5,111 34.8% | 106 | 14,684 | D+29.7 |
| Berkeley | 7,009 51.8% | 6,370 47.1% | 148 | 13,527 | D+4.7 |
| Wayne | 8,648 64.4% | 4,682 34.9% | 90 | 13,420 | D+29.6 |
| Preston | 4,872 42.9% | 6,359 56.0% | 115 | 11,346 | R+13.1 |
| Randolph | 7,397 67.7% | 3,418 31.3% | 108 | 10,923 | D+36.4 |
| Lewis | 5,546 53.4% | 4,704 45.3% | 131 | 10,381 | D+8.1 |
| Mason | 5,027 51.5% | 4,655 47.7% | 76 | 9,758 | D+3.8 |
| Braxton | 6,043 62.6% | 3,560 36.8% | 58 | 9,661 | D+25.7 |
| Boone | 5,973 62.3% | 3,555 37.1% | 65 | 9,593 | D+25.2 |
| Wetzel | 6,118 64.1% | 3,351 35.1% | 78 | 9,547 | D+29.0 |
| Roane | 5,094 53.9% | 4,361 46.1% | 9,455 | D+7.8 | |
| Hancock | 4,603 49.9% | 4,328 46.9% | 289 | 9,220 | D+3.0 |
| Brooke | 4,919 53.4% | 4,010 43.6% | 277 | 9,206 | D+9.9 |
| Nicholas | 5,327 58.6% | 3,684 40.5% | 86 | 9,097 | D+18.1 |
| Summers | 5,724 63.5% | 3,220 35.7% | 66 | 9,010 | D+27.8 |
| Mineral | 4,098 46.2% | 4,519 51.0% | 252 | 8,869 | R+4.7 |
| Lincoln | 4,876 55.7% | 3,881 44.3% | 8,757 | D+11.4 | |
| Wyoming | 4,396 52.3% | 4,007 47.7% | 8,403 | D+4.6 | |
| Upshur | 3,147 38.0% | 5,077 61.2% | 68 | 8,292 | R+23.3 |
| Taylor | 4,293 51.8% | 3,856 46.5% | 136 | 8,285 | D+5.3 |
| Jackson | 4,131 50.3% | 4,084 49.7% | 8,215 | D+0.6 | |
| Barbour | 4,228 52.7% | 3,652 45.5% | 142 | 8,022 | D+7.2 |
| Putnam | 4,098 54.0% | 3,411 44.9% | 81 | 7,590 | D+9.1 |
| Ritchie | 3,179 43.4% | 4,055 55.4% | 83 | 7,317 | R+12.0 |
| Jefferson | 5,350 75.2% | 1,734 24.4% | 35 | 7,119 | D+50.8 |
| Tyler | 2,582 40.4% | 3,734 58.4% | 74 | 6,390 | R+18.0 |
| Monroe | 3,267 52.3% | 2,978 47.7% | 2 | 6,247 | D+4.6 |
| Pocahontas | 3,531 57.0% | 2,623 42.3% | 41 | 6,195 | D+14.7 |
| Tucker | 3,244 58.5% | 2,204 39.7% | 102 | 5,550 | D+18.7 |
| Clay | 3,038 55.2% | 2,443 44.4% | 18 | 5,499 | D+10.8 |
| Webster | 3,664 66.9% | 1,781 32.5% | 30 | 5,475 | D+34.4 |
| Gilmer | 3,511 69.1% | 1,530 30.1% | 37 | 5,078 | D+39.0 |
| Hampshire | 3,681 73.8% | 1,258 25.2% | 49 | 4,988 | D+48.6 |
| Calhoun | 3,139 66.4% | 1,564 33.1% | 21 | 4,724 | D+33.3 |
| Doddridge | 1,943 41.1% | 2,780 58.9% | 4,723 | R+17.7 | |
| Hardy | 2,824 68.6% | 1,267 30.8% | 25 | 4,116 | D+37.8 |
| Pendleton | 2,530 62.5% | 1,502 37.1% | 15 | 4,047 | D+25.4 |
| Pleasants | 1,921 54.5% | 1,580 44.8% | 24 | 3,525 | D+9.7 |
| Morgan | 1,358 39.0% | 2,082 59.8% | 43 | 3,483 | R+20.8 |
| Wirt | 1,944 55.9% | 1,486 42.8% | 46 | 3,476 | D+13.2 |
| Grant | 920 26.8% | 2,477 72.2% | 36 | 3,433 | R+45.4 |
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.
West Virginia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+41.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+38.9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+42.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+26.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.9 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+6.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+27.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+8.8 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+35.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.1 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.4 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+14.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+17.6 |