The 1932 United States presidential election in Texas 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 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Texas voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, incumbent President Herbert Hoover of California. Roosevelt ran with Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, a Texas native while Hoover ran with incumbent Vice President Charles Curtis of Kansas.
Roosevelt defeated Hoover in Texas by a landslide margin of 76.71%. In this era, Texas was a one-party Solid South state dominated by the Democratic Party, but Roosevelt's performance was overwhelming even relative to the many prior Democratic landslides, and remains the largest blowout victory by any presidential nominee in the state. Furthermore, Roosevelt carried every single county with more than 65% of the vote. This election constitutes the only time in history that a presidential candidate has swept all 254 counties in the state.
With 88.06%, Texas would prove to be Roosevelt's fifth strongest state in popular vote percentage after South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. To date, this is the last election in which Kendall County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate; in fact, despite Roosevelt carrying the county with over 73% of the vote, no Democrat since has reached even 45%.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
Results 1932 United States presidential election in TexasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 760,348 88.06% 23 Republican Herbert Hoover (incumbent) 97,959 11.35% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 4,450 0.52% 0 Liberty William Hope Harvey 324 0.04% 0 Communist William Z. Foster 207 0.02% 0 Jacksonian Democrat No candidate 104 0.01% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 34 0.00% 0 Totals 863,426 100.00% 23
Results by county