1932 United States presidential election

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The 1932 United States presidential election was the landslide victory in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover amid the Great Depression, ushering in the New Deal era.

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instanceOf United States presidential election
national election
campaignSloganOfWinner Happy Days Are Here Again
campaignThemeOfWinner New Deal for the American people
linked to: New Deal
context Great Depression
country United States
date November 8, 1932
democraticNationalConventionYear 1932
electoralVotesLoser 59
electoralVotesNeededToWin 266
electoralVotesWinner 472
featuredCandidate Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Norman Thomas
historicalEraUsheredIn New Deal era
linked to: New Deal
incumbentBeforeElection Herbert Hoover
incumbentBlamedFor economic crisis
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
locationOfKeyConvention Chicago, Illinois
loserParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
mainLoser Herbert Hoover
mainWinner Franklin D. Roosevelt
majorIssue Great Depression
Prohibition in the United States
bank failures
unemployment in the United States
markedBeginningOf Fifth Party System in United States politics
nextElection 1936 United States presidential election
popularVoteLoser 15,761,254
popularVotePercentageLoser 39.7%
popularVotePercentageWinner 57.4%
popularVoteWinner 22,821,857
presidentAfterElection Franklin D. Roosevelt
presidentPartyAfterElection Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
previousElection 1928 United States presidential election
republicanNationalConventionYear 1932
runningMateOfLoser Charles Curtis
runningMateOfWinner John Nance Garner
significantOutcome formation of the New Deal coalition
realignment toward Democratic Party dominance
statesCarriedByLoser 6
statesCarriedByWinner 42
thirdParty Socialist Party of America
thirdPartyCandidate Norman Thomas
tookPlaceDuring Fourth Party System in United States politics
totalElectoralVotes 531
typeOfVictory landslide
voterTurnout 52.6%
voterTurnoutChange +2.4 percentage points
winnerParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party

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1928 United States presidential election nextElection 1932 United States presidential election
1936 United States presidential election follows 1932 United States presidential election
Fifth Party System in United States politics notableElection United States presidential election, 1932
linked to: 1932 United States presidential election
Happy Days Are Here Again associatedEvent 1932 United States presidential election
Norman Thomas candidateInElection 1932 United States presidential election
William Z. Foster electionParticipatedIn 1932 United States presidential election