# Canonical recap data for 1932 United States Presidential Election (1932)
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slug: 1932-presidential-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1932/1932-presidential-election"
title: 1932 United States Presidential Election
subtitle: FDR's landslide victory over Hoover during the Great Depression ushered in the New Deal and redefined the federal government's economic role.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1932-11-08
datePrecision: day
year: 1932
decade: 1930
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the Republican ticket of President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis were defeated in a landslide by the Democratic ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and John N
summaryLong: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the Republican ticket of President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis were defeated in a landslide by the Democratic ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and John Nance Garner, the Speaker of the House. This realigning election marked the effective end of the Fourth Party System, which had been dominated by Republicans, and the beginning of an era of Democratic dominance under the New Deal coalition.
lede: On November 8, 1932, Americans elected Franklin D. Roosevelt president in a crushing defeat for incumbent Herbert Hoover, who had presided over the economy's collapse into the Great Depression. Roosevelt's landslide victory—he won 472 electoral votes to Hoover's 59—gave him a mandate to fundamentally reshape the federal government's role in managing economic crisis.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1932 United States presidential election"
importance: 88
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: ""
  title: 1932 United States presidential election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: FDR defeats Hoover in 1932 landslide during Great Depression, winning 472 electoral votes and reshaping American politics.
wikidataQid: Q179868
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- referendum
- election
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- competition
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: single_domain
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-08
  label: 1932 United States presidential election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election"
