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Al Smith, Former Presidential Candidate, Smoking a Cigar And Following Election Results on the Radio, 1932. US elections. 'Al Smith...following the pattern of millions, merely tuned in [to the radio] and awaited the count. Although personally disappointed, Al wanted a Democratic victory more than anything in the world. And finally, when the trickle of results became a flood, Al was able to sit back and smile. In the final count, a landslide, FDR lost only six states in a country of 48'. From "Time To Remember - Around the Corner", 1932 (Reel 4); diary of events in 1932 in the United States of America - Franklin Roosevelt becomes the President.