1932 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election national election

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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1932 United States presidential election canonical 5
United States presidential election, 1932 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
national election ⓘ
campaignSloganOfWinner Happy Days Are Here Again ⓘ
campaignThemeOfWinner New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal for the American people
context Great Depression ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date November 8, 1932 ⓘ
democraticNationalConventionYear 1932 ⓘ
electoralVotesLoser 59 ⓘ
electoralVotesNeededToWin 266 ⓘ
electoralVotesWinner 472 ⓘ
featuredCandidate President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Herbert Hoover ⓘ
Norman Thomas ⓘ
historicalEraUsheredIn New Deal ⓘ
surface form: New Deal era
incumbentBeforeElection Herbert Hoover ⓘ
incumbentBlamedFor economic crisis ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
locationOfKeyConvention Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
loserParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
mainLoser Herbert Hoover ⓘ
mainWinner President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: 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 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
presidentPartyAfterElection Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
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 ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

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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 → 1932 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1932
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 ⓘ