Herbert Hoover carried Iowa R+24.2.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Iowa, 1928. The state ran 6.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,009,189 votes counted

Smith (D)

379,011

37.6%

Hoover (R)

623,570

61.8%

All others

6,608

0.7%

Margin

R+24.2

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1928 presidential election

Iowa, 1928

HooverR+24.2

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	61.8%	623,570
Al SmithDemocratic	37.6%	379,011
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	6,608

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−38.3%	1,854	4,176	6,057
Adams County	R	−33.0%	1,479	2,958	4,479
Allamakee County	R	−19.4%	3,227	4,785	8,051
Appanoose County	R	−34.3%	3,340	6,864	10,287
Audubon County	D	+0.5%	2,364	2,340	4,733
Benton County	R	−26.1%	3,307	5,669	9,045
Black Hawk County	R	−39.1%	8,467	19,409	27,989
Boone County	R	−41.6%	3,049	7,521	10,742
Bremer County	R	−10.4%	3,146	3,879	7,043
Buchanan County	R	−30.9%	3,099	5,885	9,004
Buena Vista County	R	−31.9%	2,609	5,087	7,770
Butler County	R	−43.5%	1,876	4,789	6,698
Calhoun County	R	−21.2%	2,681	4,136	6,866
Carroll County	D	+20.8%	6,134	4,014	10,169
Cass County	R	−39.5%	2,640	6,120	8,815
Cedar County	R	−31.5%	2,517	4,856	7,415
Cerro Gordo County	R	−32.1%	4,908	9,582	14,567
Cherokee County	R	−18.2%	2,701	3,909	6,635
Chickasaw County	R	−0.6%	3,665	3,712	7,394
Clarke County	R	−25.3%	1,642	2,780	4,490
Clay County	R	−31.6%	2,064	3,986	6,085
Clayton County	R	−23.0%	4,231	6,774	11,054
Clinton County	R	−17.4%	8,643	12,295	20,992
Crawford County	D	+13.3%	4,495	3,436	7,981
Dallas County	R	−40.0%	3,108	7,294	10,460
Davis County	R	−9.5%	2,559	3,097	5,681
Decatur County	R	−19.0%	2,675	3,942	6,675
Delaware County	R	−27.8%	3,043	5,390	8,456
Des Moines County	R	−30.5%	5,578	10,547	16,302
Dickinson County	R	−41.6%	1,251	3,045	4,315
Dubuque County	D	+33.1%	19,437	9,744	29,262
Emmet County	R	−40.2%	1,372	3,218	4,590
Fayette County	R	−34.2%	4,061	8,338	12,509
Floyd County	R	−46.2%	2,074	5,675	7,795
Franklin County	R	−33.2%	1,688	3,424	5,224
Fremont County	R	−12.0%	2,822	3,597	6,457
Greene County	R	−36.2%	2,007	4,299	6,337
Grundy County	R	−38.6%	1,620	3,671	5,318
Guthrie County	R	−36.1%	2,235	4,772	7,034
Hamilton County	R	−16.6%	2,975	4,171	7,190
Hancock County	R	−23.2%	1,933	3,114	5,095
Hardin County	R	−41.2%	2,373	5,731	8,150
Harrison County	R	−11.9%	4,406	5,605	10,046
Henry County	R	−42.7%	2,053	5,160	7,278
Howard County	R	−2.8%	3,193	3,375	6,594
Humboldt County	R	−25.4%	1,679	2,828	4,523
Ida County	R	−6.7%	2,172	2,486	4,711
Iowa County	R	−14.1%	3,075	4,091	7,196
Jackson County	R	−11.9%	3,729	4,740	8,506
Jasper County	R	−40.3%	3,857	9,144	13,108
Jefferson County	R	−38.7%	2,159	4,919	7,124
Johnson County	R	−0.7%	7,181	7,288	14,498
Jones County	R	−26.1%	2,976	5,090	8,101
Keokuk County	R	−16.8%	3,772	5,304	9,108
Kossuth County	R	−1.5%	4,736	4,878	9,686
Lee County	R	−19.8%	7,785	11,645	19,455
Linn County	R	−36.8%	11,715	25,452	37,299
Louisa County	R	−38.2%	1,457	3,275	4,760
Lucas County	R	−33.3%	1,888	3,811	5,773
Lyon County	R	−31.8%	1,632	3,170	4,838
Madison County	R	−33.1%	2,178	4,364	6,597
Mahaska County	R	−39.1%	3,200	7,368	10,665
Marion County	R	−20.1%	4,113	6,225	10,487
Marshall County	R	−46.5%	3,384	9,326	12,792
Mills County	R	−22.2%	2,179	3,429	5,634
Mitchell County	R	−20.8%	2,308	3,534	5,900
Monona County	R	−13.7%	2,836	3,745	6,623
Monroe County	R	−17.8%	2,819	4,060	6,981
Montgomery County	R	−42.3%	2,079	5,155	7,280
Muscatine County	R	−35.7%	4,055	8,604	12,757
O'Brien County	R	−33.5%	2,397	4,845	7,298
Osceola County	R	−14.1%	1,567	2,085	3,678
Page County	R	−48.0%	2,478	7,181	9,792
Palo Alto County	R	−9.8%	2,843	3,463	6,355
Plymouth County	D	+1.7%	5,015	4,848	9,897
Pocahontas County	R	−8.1%	2,824	3,322	6,180
Polk County	R	−36.1%	19,725	42,290	62,513
Pottawattamie County	R	−18.3%	9,905	14,354	24,368
Poweshiek County	R	−29.8%	2,787	5,212	8,150
Ringgold County	R	−39.8%	1,572	3,674	5,281
Sac County	R	−29.6%	2,414	4,461	6,918
Scott County	R	−13.4%	12,942	16,974	30,058
Shelby County	D	+2.0%	3,604	3,459	7,081
Sioux County	R	−38.3%	2,839	6,378	9,248
Story County	R	−53.0%	2,714	9,035	11,932
Tama County	R	−7.6%	4,798	5,589	10,432
Taylor County	R	−38.4%	2,074	4,700	6,843
Union County	R	−34.2%	2,651	5,432	8,143
Van Buren County	R	−33.4%	1,944	3,904	5,875
Wapello County	R	−33.0%	5,793	11,586	17,528
Warren County	R	−40.2%	2,239	5,294	7,591
Washington County	R	−36.5%	2,754	5,948	8,742
Wayne County	R	−20.2%	2,579	3,911	6,578
Webster County	R	−13.4%	6,497	8,525	15,119
Winnebago County	R	−43.8%	1,268	3,386	4,831
Winneshiek County	R	−5.7%	4,535	5,084	9,692
Woodbury County	R	−10.0%	16,831	20,587	37,584
Worth County	R	−37.3%	1,310	2,921	4,321
Wright County	R	−32.4%	2,547	5,020	7,630