Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections, 1892-2008
1932: The New Deal
Campus politicking started in the spring, with WRU's Mock Political
Convention nominating Newton D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland
and Secretary of War and WRU Trustee. Both Case and WRU students
held straw votes in October 1932. Case went for Herbert Hoover
(R), with 263 votes to Franklin D. Roosevelt's (D) 105, Norman
M. Thomas' (Socialist) 82, and William Z. Foster's (Communist)
13. WRU students also picked Hoover, with 1,119 votes to Roosevelt's
632, Upshaw's 8, and Reynolds' 1.
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The floor of the WRU Mock Democratic Convention
was a sea of signs; many of them for Newton D. Baker.
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The cover of the program for the WRU Mock
Democratic Convention featured the Democratic nominee
steamrolling to the White House.
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The article below explained how to use
the automatic voting machines for the straw ballot at
WRU.
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The Reserve Politics Club, with future
Congressman Charles Vanik as president, co-sponsored the
Mock Democratic Convention.
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The issue of the Reserve Weekly
below featured letters from Hoover and Roosevelt and images
of Hoover, Roosevelt and Socialist Party candidate, Norman
Thomas, before the straw vote.
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Ohio Popular Vote |
National Popular Vote |
Electoral Vote |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 1,301,695 (49.9%)
Herbert C. Hoover (R) 1,227,310 (47%)
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 64,094 (2.5%)
William David Upshaw (Prohibition) 7,421 (.3%)
William Z. Foster (Communist) 7,231 (.3%)
Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor) 1,968 (.1% |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 22,825,016 (57.42%)
Herbert C. Hoover (R) 15,758,397 (39.64%)
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 883,990 (2.22%)
William Z. Foster (Communist) 102,221 (.26%)
William David Upshaw (Prohibition) 81,916 (.21%)
Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor) 34,028 ((.09%) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 472
Herbert C. Hoover (R) 59 |
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve
University Archives, September 2004.
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