One Striking New Feature of the 1932 Presidential Election Results

One striking new feature of the 1932 presidential election results was that

A) the South had shifted to the Republican party.
B) Democrats made political gains in the normally rock-ribbed Republican western states like Kansas.
C) despite the calamity of the Great Depression, the popular and the electoral vote for president was surprisingly close.
D) a clear gender gap opened up in which more women favored the Democrats.
E) African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became a vital element in the Democratic party.