What was one of the main reasons hoover lost the election of 1932? a. americans felt hoover’s reforms had not done enough to them directly. b. voters were angered by protectionist measures that inhibited foreign trade. c. voters wanted a repeal of prohibition laws of the 1920s. d. his opponent led a smear campaign that diminished his image in the public eye.

One of the main reasons Hoover lost the election of 1932 was that voters were angered by protectionist measures that inhibited foreign trade. Option B is correct.

During the elections held in 1932, Hoover was defeated by a large margin by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the main reasons which led to this result was that the United States' economy after the Great Depression was weak and in shambles.

Herbert Clark Hoover was president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live