Elections / 1928 · President

Herbert Hoover defeated Al Smith.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Al Smith (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)

National popular vote

36,804,549 votes counted

Smith (D)

15,006,374

40.8%

Hoover (R)

21,434,861

58.2%

All others

363,505

1.0%

Margin

R+17.5

The county map

3,088 county-level results on record for 1928

Democrats carried 887 counties, Republicans 2,199, third-party candidates 2. 819 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Lamb County, TX (R+125.8 swing) · Dawson County, TX (R+123.3 swing) · Scurry County, TX (R+118.6 swing) · Chesapeake city, VA (R+116.6 swing) · Chambers County, AL (R+110.9 swing) · Taylor County, TX (R+110.5 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+3.0%	127,797	120,275	248,341
Arkansas	D	+20.9%	119,196	77,784	197,726
Arizona	R	−15.3%	38,537	52,533	91,254
California	R	−30.5%	614,365	1,162,323	1,796,656
Colorado	R	−30.8%	133,131	253,872	392,242
Connecticut	R	−8.1%	252,079	296,633	553,104
Delaware	R	−32.0%	35,354	68,860	104,602
Florida	R	−16.7%	101,764	144,168	253,672
Georgia	D	+12.0%	129,604	101,800	231,404
Iowa	R	−24.2%	379,011	623,570	1,009,189
Idaho	R	−29.3%	52,926	97,322	151,541
Illinois	R	−14.7%	1,313,817	1,769,141	3,107,489
Indiana	R	−20.1%	562,691	848,290	1,421,314
Kansas	R	−45.0%	193,003	513,672	713,200
Kentucky	R	−18.9%	381,070	558,734	941,286
Louisiana	D	+52.6%	164,655	51,160	215,833
Massachusetts	D	+1.1%	792,758	775,566	1,577,823
Maryland	R	−14.7%	223,626	301,479	528,348
Maine	R	−37.7%	81,179	179,923	262,171
Michigan	R	−41.4%	396,762	965,396	1,372,082
Minnesota	R	−16.9%	396,451	560,977	970,976
Missouri	R	−11.4%	662,684	834,080	1,500,845
Mississippi	D	+64.3%	124,539	27,052	151,591
Montana	R	−17.9%	78,578	113,300	194,108
North Carolina	R	−9.9%	286,227	348,923	635,150
North Dakota	R	−10.3%	106,648	131,419	239,845
Nebraska	R	−27.0%	197,959	345,745	547,138
New Hampshire	R	−17.6%	80,715	115,404	196,757
New Jersey	R	−20.0%	616,162	925,285	1,548,195
New Mexico	R	−18.2%	48,211	69,708	118,077
Nevada	R	−13.1%	14,090	18,327	32,417
New York	R	−2.3%	2,089,863	2,193,344	4,405,626
Ohio	R	−30.4%	864,210	1,627,546	2,508,346
Oklahoma	R	−28.3%	219,174	394,046	618,427
Oregon	R	−30.0%	109,223	205,341	319,942
Pennsylvania	R	−31.4%	1,067,586	2,055,382	3,150,612
Rhode Island	D	+0.6%	118,973	117,522	237,194
South Carolina	D	+82.9%	62,700	5,858	68,605
South Dakota	R	−21.0%	102,660	157,603	261,857
Tennessee	R	−11.1%	156,169	195,195	352,024
Texas	R	−3.9%	344,542	372,324	717,733
Utah	R	−7.7%	80,985	94,618	176,603
Virginia	R	−8.0%	140,146	164,609	304,755
Vermont	R	−34.0%	44,440	90,404	135,191
Washington	R	−35.8%	156,772	335,844	500,840
Wisconsin	R	−9.2%	450,259	544,205	1,016,831
West Virginia	R	−17.4%	263,784	375,551	642,752
Wyoming	R	−28.3%	29,299	52,748	82,835