Yes, just make sure your Python is up-to-date.
I think you are currently running an old version - I tried it myself, not running into any issues on a 32 bit distro.
While both you and OP uses 32-bit OS, your environment is completely different from him. It'd be great if you can share which distro you use, Python version, Electrum version and whether you compile Electrum from source or not.