When franklin d. roosevelt ran for president in 1932, the country was

Mired in the Great Depression, is the right answer.

Explanation:

The Presidential election of 1932 in the United States, held on 8th November 1932. In this election, Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat defeated Herbert Hoover, a Republican President. The time in which the election was held was the time of the Great Depression and it signified a dramatic transformation in the political arrangement of the nation.

nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.

the united states presidential election of 1992 was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election. it was held on tuesday, november 3, 1992. democratic governor bill clinton of arkansas defeated incumbent republican president george h. w. bush, independent businessman ross perot of texas, and a number of minor candidates.