Al Smith carried Georgia D+12.0.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Georgia, 1928. The state ran 29.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

231,404 votes counted

Smith (D)

129,604

56.0%

Hoover (R)

101,800

44.0%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+12.0

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1928 presidential election

Georgia, 1928

SmithD+12.0

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Al Smith ✓Democratic	56.0%	129,604
Herbert HooverRepublican	44.0%	101,800
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	R	−16.5%	415	579	994
Atkinson County	D	+48.6%	350	121	471
Bacon County	D	+20.1%	305	203	508
Baker County	D	+64.7%	462	99	561
Baldwin County	D	+45.0%	712	270	982
Banks County	D	+7.5%	422	363	785
Barrow County	R	−17.6%	479	684	1,163
Bartow County	R	−0.5%	830	838	1,668
Ben Hill County	D	+37.2%	1,006	460	1,466
Berrien County	D	+75.0%	735	105	840
Bibb County	D	+4.8%	2,289	2,078	4,367
Bleckley County	D	+80.1%	641	71	712
Brantley County	R	−1.8%	166	172	338
Brooks County	D	+60.1%	770	192	962
Bryan County	D	+18.4%	219	151	370
Bulloch County	D	+52.9%	1,258	387	1,645
Burke County	D	+45.1%	687	260	947
Butts County	D	+70.2%	846	148	994
Calhoun County	D	+72.5%	571	91	662
Camden County	D	+1.3%	274	267	541
Candler County	D	+51.1%	411	133	544
Carroll County	R	−4.9%	1,913	2,112	4,025
Catoosa County	R	−3.7%	562	605	1,167
Charlton County	D	+44.3%	415	160	575
Chatham County	D	+2.3%	5,534	5,288	10,822
Chattahoochee County	D	+77.4%	141	18	159
Chattooga County	R	−8.7%	920	1,096	2,016
Cherokee County	R	−48.6%	581	1,679	2,260
Clarke County	D	+32.1%	1,407	724	2,131
Clay County	D	+75.7%	405	56	461
Clayton County	R	−0.6%	612	619	1,231
Clinch County	D	+66.7%	717	143	860
Cobb County	R	−9.1%	1,426	1,711	3,137
Coffee County	D	+33.1%	1,176	591	1,767
Colquitt County	D	+9.9%	970	796	1,766
Columbia County	D	+8.8%	279	234	513
Cook County	D	+48.8%	689	237	926
Coweta County	D	+75.7%	1,656	229	1,885
Crawford County	D	+76.4%	358	48	406
Crisp County	D	+13.1%	523	402	925
Dade County	D	+16.0%	453	328	781
Dawson County	D	+6.8%	332	290	622
Decatur County	R	−22.3%	734	1,156	1,890
DeKalb County	R	−1.8%	2,293	2,378	4,671
Dodge County	D	+42.5%	677	273	950
Dooly County	D	+65.3%	744	156	900
Dougherty County	D	+44.3%	982	379	1,361
Douglas County	R	−14.6%	452	606	1,058
Early County	D	+49.0%	674	231	905
Echols County	D	+83.1%	314	29	343
Effingham County	R	−58.7%	163	627	790
Elbert County	D	+6.1%	1,052	931	1,983
Emanuel County	D	+50.4%	1,076	355	1,431
Evans County	D	+43.6%	489	192	681
Fannin County	R	−36.2%	811	1,730	2,541
Fayette County	D	+31.8%	367	190	557
Floyd County	R	−7.3%	1,494	1,730	3,224
Forsyth County	R	−53.0%	287	934	1,221
Franklin County	R	−2.0%	770	801	1,571
Fulton County	R	−3.4%	9,480	10,139	19,619
Gilmer County	R	−31.3%	529	1,012	1,541
Glascock County	R	−29.3%	123	225	348
Glynn County	R	−18.5%	549	799	1,348
Gordon County	R	−16.8%	740	1,039	1,779
Grady County	D	+45.5%	1,172	439	1,611
Greene County	D	+43.8%	627	245	872
Gwinnett County	R	−4.5%	970	1,062	2,032
Habersham County	R	−11.9%	1,105	1,404	2,509
Hall County	R	−1.6%	1,523	1,573	3,096
Hancock County	D	+64.8%	552	118	670
Haralson County	R	−38.3%	690	1,547	2,237
Harris County	D	+58.6%	551	144	695
Hart County	D	+20.8%	919	603	1,522
Heard County	D	+11.7%	493	390	883
Henry County	D	+35.9%	763	360	1,123
Houston County	D	+55.7%	323	92	415
Irwin County	D	+70.0%	917	162	1,079
Jackson County	D	+2.4%	859	818	1,677
Jasper County	D	+63.7%	632	140	772
Jeff Davis County	D	+27.3%	315	180	495
Jefferson County	R	−14.0%	798	1,057	1,855
Jenkins County	D	+10.4%	409	332	741
Johnson County	D	+38.0%	632	284	916
Jones County	D	+61.1%	414	100	514
Lamar County	D	+68.4%	672	126	798
Lanier County	D	+37.4%	303	138	441
Laurens County	D	+61.7%	1,987	470	2,457
Lee County	D	+72.9%	287	45	332
Liberty County	R	−0.5%	201	203	404
Lincoln County	D	+3.7%	445	413	858
Long County	R	−41.4%	166	401	567
Lowndes County	D	+40.7%	1,413	596	2,009
Lumpkin County	D	+19.0%	560	381	941
Macon County	D	+52.1%	819	258	1,077
Madison County	R	−5.3%	474	527	1,001
Marion County	D	+52.4%	365	114	479
McDuffie County	R	−11.2%	304	381	685
McIntosh County	R	−12.1%	141	180	321
Meriwether County	D	+68.1%	1,515	287	1,802
Miller County	D	+52.2%	322	101	423
Mitchell County	D	+80.9%	1,358	143	1,501
Monroe County	D	+41.8%	801	329	1,130
Montgomery County	D	+54.9%	337	98	435
Morgan County	D	+58.9%	803	208	1,011
Murray County	R	−5.9%	982	1,106	2,088
Muscogee County	D	+14.3%	2,098	1,574	3,672
Newton County	D	+11.1%	873	698	1,571
Oconee County	D	+6.8%	344	300	644
Oglethorpe County	D	+59.7%	813	205	1,018
Paulding County	R	−30.7%	690	1,301	1,991
Peach County	D	+46.7%	572	208	780
Pickens County	R	−41.7%	543	1,319	1,862
Pierce County	D	+29.5%	523	285	808
Pike County	D	+50.0%	714	238	952
Polk County	R	−24.5%	886	1,462	2,348
Pulaski County	D	+71.8%	639	105	744
Putnam County	D	+84.6%	682	57	739
Quitman County	D	+61.9%	174	41	215
Rabun County	D	+31.7%	590	306	896
Randolph County	D	+63.9%	803	177	980
Richmond County	R	−42.0%	2,086	5,104	7,190
Rockdale County	D	+50.3%	472	156	628
Schley County	D	+62.0%	328	77	405
Screven County	R	−40.4%	300	706	1,006
Seminole County	D	+54.3%	371	110	481
Spalding County	D	+61.6%	1,734	412	2,146
Stephens County	D	+23.7%	438	270	708
Stewart County	D	+78.5%	732	88	820
Sumter County	D	+61.6%	1,237	294	1,531
Talbot County	D	+75.7%	536	74	610
Taliaferro County	D	+77.0%	446	58	504
Tattnall County	R	−26.5%	460	791	1,251
Taylor County	D	+25.1%	590	353	943
Telfair County	D	+72.2%	2,057	332	2,389
Terrell County	D	+77.1%	897	116	1,013
Thomas County	D	+20.7%	1,240	814	2,054
Tift County	D	+18.0%	736	511	1,247
Toombs County	D	+5.5%	615	551	1,166
Towns County	R	−24.7%	517	857	1,374
Treutlen County	D	+71.9%	392	64	456
Troup County	D	+23.4%	1,557	967	2,524
Turner County	R	−23.2%	328	526	854
Twiggs County	D	+77.1%	571	74	645
Union County	R	−64.4%	623	2,873	3,496
Upson County	D	+53.1%	721	221	942
Walker County	R	−25.8%	1,053	1,786	2,839
Walton County	D	+45.6%	1,135	424	1,559
Ware County	D	+2.8%	1,416	1,339	2,755
Warren County	R	−1.6%	247	255	502
Washington County	D	+41.5%	1,142	472	1,614
Wayne County	D	+8.3%	488	413	901
Webster County	D	+48.1%	174	61	235
Wheeler County	D	+51.1%	312	101	413
White County	R	−34.9%	274	568	842
Whitfield County	R	−17.7%	1,154	1,650	2,804
Wilcox County	D	+36.0%	459	216	675
Wilkes County	R	−3.3%	747	798	1,545
Wilkinson County	D	+36.4%	487	227	714
Worth County	D	+50.9%	952	310	1,262