Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominee, former Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt from New York), running with Speaker John Nance Garner, with 62.98% of the popular vote, against incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover, running with Vice President Charles Curtis, with 35.29% of the popular vote.

In contrast, Roosevelt conducted an energetic campaign that appealed to farmers, suburbanites, and urbanites alike.

He promised to implement a series of government funded relief programs, collectively known as The New Deal, that would provide economic relief through programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, which gave jobs to unemployed Americans by conducting projects such as building national parks and dams.

As the Hoover campaign didn't appear to have any substantive policies to ease the economic burden, Nebraskans came out in large numbers to support Roosevelt, winning the state by a decisive 27.1% margin, a complete reversal of 1928, when Hoover won the state by almost the same margin.

[4] 1932 constitutes the last occasion that Antelope, Arthur, Brown, Furnas, Garden, Garfield, Hamilton, Hooker, Loup, McPherson, Otoe, Rock, Valley, or York counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.