Democrat for the first time since its admission to statehood in 1858, leaving Vermont as the only remaining state never to be carried by a Democratic candidate (which it would not be until 1964). In contrast to the state's solid support of Republicans prior to this election, Minnesota has continued supporting Democrats in every presidential election but three since 1932 (the exceptions were in 1952, 1956, and 1972). Roosevelt's victory with 472 electoral votes stood until the 1964 victory of Lyndon B. Johnson, who won 486 electoral votes in 1964, as the most ever won by a first-time contestant in a presidential election. Roosevelt also bettered the national record of 444 electoral votes set by Hoover only four years earlier, but would shatter his own record when he was re-elected in 1936 with 523 votes. This was the last election in which Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania voted Republican until 1948. Source (popular vote): Source (electoral vote): Geography of results Cartographic gallery Results by state Close states Margin of victory less than 5% (74 electoral votes): Connecticut, 1.14% (6,788 votes) New Hampshire, 1.43% (2,949 votes) New Jersey, 1.90% (30,988 votes) Delaware, 2.44% (2,754 votes) Ohio, 2.85% (74,376 votes) Massachusetts, 4.00% (63,189 votes) Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (64 electoral votes): Pennsylvania, 5.51% (157,592 votes) Michigan, 7.92% (131,806 votes) Kansas, 9.43% (74,706 votes) Tipping point state: Iowa, 17.71% (183,586 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Wilkinson County, Georgia 100.00% Armstrong County, South Dakota 100.00% Lancaster County, South Carolina 99.84% Sharkey County, Mississippi 99.82% Colleton County, South Carolina 99.69% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Johnson County, Tennessee 84.51% Jackson County, Kentucky 84.28% Leslie County, Kentucky 82.96% Owsley County, Kentucky 79.08% Sevier County, Tennessee 77.01% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Other) Sheridan County, Montana 32.54% Thurston County, Washington 23.12% Clallam County, Washington 22.73% Berks County, Pennsylvania 22.17% Lake County, Minnesota 21.75% See also 1932 United States Senate elections 1932 United States House of Representatives elections History of the United States (1918–1945) Timeline of the Great Depression Causes of the Great Depression Great Contraction First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt References Further reading Andersen, Kristi. The Creation of a Democratic Majority: 1928–1936 (1979), statistical study of voting patterns Burns, James Macgregor. Roosevelt the Lion and the Fox (1956) online pp 123–52. Carcasson, Martin. "Herbert Hoover and the presidential campaign of