Herbert Hoover carried Indiana R+20.1.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Indiana, 1928. The state ran 2.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

1,421,314 votes counted

Smith (D)

562,691

39.6%

Hoover (R)

848,290

59.7%

All others

10,333

0.7%

Margin

R+20.1

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1928 presidential election

Indiana, 1928

HooverR+20.1

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	59.7%	848,290
Al SmithDemocratic	39.6%	562,691
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	10,333

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+0.3%	4,066	4,045	8,139
Allen County	R	−13.1%	26,292	34,234	60,720
Bartholomew County	R	−16.2%	4,881	6,788	11,752
Benton County	R	−17.2%	2,368	3,360	5,756
Blackford County	R	−20.0%	2,576	3,882	6,541
Boone County	R	−18.4%	4,500	6,556	11,147
Brown County	D	+2.0%	999	959	1,977
Carroll County	R	−19.9%	3,182	4,780	8,028
Cass County	R	−23.3%	6,522	10,522	17,163
Clark County	R	−13.0%	6,193	8,056	14,285
Clay County	R	−13.8%	5,358	7,103	12,641
Clinton County	R	−12.6%	5,895	7,606	13,610
Crawford County	R	−15.9%	1,933	2,672	4,656
Daviess County	R	−14.3%	5,324	7,116	12,543
Dearborn County	R	−17.3%	4,459	6,334	10,829
Decatur County	R	−17.4%	3,791	5,400	9,246
DeKalb County	R	−28.6%	4,077	7,373	11,514
Delaware County	R	−38.1%	8,532	19,102	27,770
Dubois County	D	+29.2%	6,044	3,301	9,384
Elkhart County	R	−50.1%	6,900	20,876	27,924
Fayette County	R	−25.8%	3,455	5,874	9,379
Floyd County	R	−17.6%	7,327	10,471	17,902
Fountain County	R	−11.9%	3,894	4,960	8,921
Franklin County	D	+5.4%	3,817	3,426	7,260
Fulton County	R	−23.1%	2,881	4,627	7,574
Gibson County	R	−15.8%	5,882	8,137	14,259
Grant County	R	−33.2%	7,273	14,659	22,216
Greene County	R	−17.5%	5,761	8,262	14,291
Hamilton County	R	−37.3%	3,611	7,960	11,645
Hancock County	R	−13.7%	3,626	4,788	8,476
Harrison County	R	−9.5%	3,664	4,440	8,158
Hendricks County	R	−30.2%	3,181	5,954	9,190
Henry County	R	−38.8%	4,554	10,502	15,324
Howard County	R	−35.5%	5,930	12,632	18,885
Huntington County	R	−18.7%	5,678	8,323	14,136
Jackson County	R	−0.2%	5,130	5,151	10,347
Jasper County	R	−31.7%	1,915	3,700	5,636
Jay County	R	−11.4%	4,759	5,998	10,844
Jefferson County	R	−15.0%	3,906	5,295	9,251
Jennings County	R	−21.9%	2,369	3,705	6,098
Johnson County	R	−9.5%	4,548	5,513	10,152
Knox County	R	−1.0%	9,837	10,035	20,104
Kosciusko County	R	−27.2%	4,537	7,973	12,620
LaGrange County	R	−29.5%	1,720	3,171	4,924
Lake County	R	−20.1%	32,321	48,768	81,719
LaPorte County	R	−22.9%	9,254	14,763	24,075
Lawrence County	R	−37.8%	4,428	9,844	14,329
Madison County	R	−29.6%	12,496	23,083	35,814
Marion County	R	−19.7%	73,309	109,630	184,100
Marshall County	R	−21.1%	4,377	6,738	11,185
Martin County	R	−4.3%	2,245	2,450	4,722
Miami County	R	−19.4%	5,592	8,318	14,052
Monroe County	R	−34.4%	4,317	8,883	13,259
Montgomery County	R	−28.0%	4,960	8,863	13,915
Morgan County	R	−16.2%	3,933	5,464	9,460
Newton County	R	−29.7%	1,649	3,053	4,735
Noble County	R	−20.1%	4,207	6,338	10,605
Ohio County	R	−14.8%	911	1,230	2,154
Orange County	R	−24.0%	3,112	5,086	8,234
Owen County	R	−11.2%	2,420	3,036	5,517
Parke County	R	−19.6%	3,165	4,729	7,981
Perry County	D	+0.1%	3,782	3,772	7,561
Pike County	R	−10.2%	3,409	4,190	7,673
Porter County	R	−41.5%	2,921	7,107	10,090
Posey County	R	−4.1%	4,052	4,396	8,487
Pulaski County	R	−14.4%	2,040	2,738	4,852
Putnam County	R	−12.2%	4,177	5,351	9,603
Randolph County	R	−43.5%	3,264	8,368	11,733
Ripley County	R	−7.1%	4,387	5,059	9,476
Rush County	R	−37.5%	2,996	6,640	9,711
Scott County	R	−5.9%	1,527	1,719	3,263
Shelby County	R	−12.9%	5,790	7,516	13,389
Spencer County	R	−5.9%	4,152	4,672	8,844
St. Joseph County	R	−15.6%	26,846	36,844	64,006
Starke County	R	−15.4%	2,016	2,759	4,813
Steuben County	R	−43.5%	1,730	4,435	6,216
Sullivan County	R	−4.6%	5,642	6,199	12,134
Switzerland County	R	−18.2%	1,805	2,617	4,464
Tippecanoe County	R	−26.9%	8,720	15,165	23,978
Tipton County	R	−19.7%	3,186	4,774	8,050
Union County	R	−32.4%	1,069	2,101	3,184
Vanderburgh County	R	−19.3%	19,646	29,067	48,905
Vermillion County	R	−4.0%	4,793	5,192	10,100
Vigo County	R	−10.6%	18,509	22,962	41,968
Wabash County	R	−37.3%	3,872	8,537	12,508
Warren County	R	−37.8%	1,188	2,644	3,856
Warrick County	R	−10.1%	3,744	4,603	8,505
Washington County	R	−4.3%	3,518	3,835	7,381
Wayne County	R	−35.5%	7,547	15,936	23,601
Wells County	D	+1.2%	4,246	4,142	8,465
White County	R	−20.6%	2,980	4,534	7,556
Whitley County	R	−15.6%	3,294	4,519	7,869