Herbert Hoover carried California R+30.5.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in California, 1928. The state ran 13.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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California result

1,796,656 votes counted

Smith (D)

614,365

34.2%

Hoover (R)

1,162,323

64.7%

All others

19,968

1.1%

Margin

R+30.5

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1928 presidential election

California, 1928

HooverR+30.5

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	64.7%	1,162,323
Al SmithDemocratic	34.2%	614,365
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	19,968

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1928 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1928 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1928

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	R	−31.8%	60,875	118,539	181,194
Alpine County	R	−88.5%	3	49	52
Amador County	D	+11.4%	1,246	990	2,244
Butte County	R	−22.6%	3,946	6,306	10,432
Calaveras County	R	−8.4%	1,066	1,262	2,346
Colusa County	R	−13.3%	1,338	1,752	3,112
Contra Costa County	R	−22.0%	8,573	13,495	22,349
Del Norte County	R	−12.5%	599	771	1,380
El Dorado County	D	+10.4%	1,516	1,228	2,775
Fresno County	R	−10.0%	16,884	20,687	38,098
Glenn County	R	−30.8%	1,297	2,466	3,792
Humboldt County	R	−41.4%	3,726	9,162	13,135
Imperial County	R	−36.6%	2,486	5,417	8,012
Inyo County	R	−16.4%	861	1,206	2,102
Kern County	R	−26.2%	8,541	14,692	23,445
Kings County	R	−4.3%	2,701	2,947	5,721
Lake County	R	−32.1%	926	1,820	2,784
Lassen County	R	−13.8%	1,597	2,111	3,721
Los Angeles County	R	−41.5%	209,945	513,526	731,301
Madera County	R	−10.7%	1,896	2,354	4,289
Marin County	R	−15.9%	5,686	7,862	13,688
Mariposa County	R	−11.7%	517	656	1,192
Mendocino County	R	−28.8%	2,628	4,810	7,588
Merced County	R	−21.7%	2,970	4,644	7,718
Modoc County	R	−13.9%	711	942	1,660
Mono County	R	−26.1%	127	220	356
Monterey County	R	−27.0%	4,138	7,228	11,452
Napa County	R	−15.6%	3,422	4,699	8,175
Nevada County	R	−5.1%	1,959	2,173	4,179
Orange County	R	−59.6%	7,611	30,572	38,527
Placer County	D	+0.2%	3,685	3,669	7,450
Plumas County	D	+6.4%	1,079	947	2,075
Riverside County	R	−56.8%	4,769	17,600	22,581
Sacramento County	R	−2.6%	19,684	20,762	40,849
San Benito County	R	−18.1%	1,366	1,971	3,348
San Bernardino County	R	−50.6%	9,436	29,229	39,112
San Diego County	R	−35.2%	22,749	47,769	71,151
San Francisco County	D	+0.3%	96,632	95,987	195,468
San Joaquin County	R	−23.2%	10,343	16,695	27,326
San Luis Obispo County	R	−23.4%	3,336	5,425	8,920
San Mateo County	R	−18.9%	9,755	14,360	24,392
Santa Barbara County	R	−40.0%	4,954	11,666	16,799
Santa Clara County	R	−28.4%	17,589	31,710	49,694
Santa Cruz County	R	−38.0%	3,688	8,275	12,075
Shasta County	R	−6.3%	2,025	2,301	4,408
Sierra County	R	−4.2%	420	457	887
Siskiyou County	R	−12.4%	2,916	3,758	6,772
Solano County	R	−5.8%	6,278	7,061	13,497
Sonoma County	R	−20.3%	8,506	12,891	21,591
Stanislaus County	R	−35.5%	5,063	10,753	16,019
Sutter County	R	−8.8%	1,875	2,239	4,148
Tehama County	R	−33.7%	1,650	3,393	5,174
Trinity County	R	−1.5%	433	447	915
Tulare County	R	−28.7%	6,635	12,057	18,910
Tuolumne County	R	−11.7%	1,360	1,731	3,159
Ventura County	R	−41.2%	3,717	9,017	12,851
Yolo County	R	−14.5%	2,641	3,545	6,224
Yuba County	R	−0.8%	1,990	2,022	4,042