Herbert Hoover carried Kansas R+45.0.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Kansas, 1928. The state ran 27.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

713,200 votes counted

Smith (D)

193,003

27.1%

Hoover (R)

513,672

72.0%

All others

6,525

0.9%

Margin

R+45.0

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1928 presidential election

Kansas, 1928

HooverR+45.0

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	72.0%	513,672
Al SmithDemocratic	27.1%	193,003
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	6,525

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−57.2%	1,803	6,695	8,550
Anderson County	R	−30.8%	1,874	3,562	5,485
Atchison County	R	−27.7%	3,756	6,647	10,440
Barber County	R	−54.1%	871	2,984	3,904
Barton County	R	−28.2%	2,777	4,966	7,767
Bourbon County	R	−52.6%	2,223	7,251	9,556
Brown County	R	−53.8%	2,005	6,692	8,717
Butler County	R	−59.6%	2,533	10,168	12,802
Chase County	R	−46.9%	739	2,079	2,856
Chautauqua County	R	−54.3%	944	3,303	4,348
Cherokee County	R	−35.7%	3,442	7,478	11,296
Cheyenne County	R	−41.8%	586	1,466	2,106
Clark County	R	−53.3%	419	1,383	1,810
Clay County	R	−48.7%	1,515	4,457	6,044
Cloud County	R	−37.6%	2,376	5,286	7,745
Coffey County	R	−48.1%	1,514	4,342	5,883
Comanche County	R	−60.2%	385	1,554	1,943
Cowley County	R	−62.9%	2,818	12,701	15,721
Crawford County	R	−26.3%	6,351	10,992	17,642
Decatur County	R	−34.1%	1,129	2,314	3,478
Dickinson County	R	−54.7%	2,246	7,758	10,070
Doniphan County	R	−45.5%	1,496	4,002	5,509
Douglas County	R	−58.4%	2,297	8,887	11,292
Edwards County	R	−47.4%	768	2,171	2,959
Elk County	R	−56.1%	831	3,007	3,880
Ellis County	D	+32.8%	3,364	1,700	5,075
Ellsworth County	R	−21.2%	1,588	2,450	4,068
Finney County	R	−54.3%	709	2,433	3,174
Ford County	R	−44.2%	1,870	4,893	6,835
Franklin County	R	−57.6%	1,951	7,346	9,370
Geary County	R	−38.9%	1,203	2,746	3,971
Gove County	R	−42.5%	590	1,470	2,072
Graham County	R	−25.1%	1,087	1,832	2,970
Grant County	R	−54.2%	185	635	831
Gray County	R	−35.9%	606	1,294	1,918
Greeley County	R	−56.7%	121	439	561
Greenwood County	R	−57.7%	1,554	5,863	7,466
Hamilton County	R	−38.8%	363	839	1,226
Harper County	R	−56.8%	1,005	3,712	4,768
Harvey County	R	−56.2%	1,748	6,330	8,155
Haskell County	R	−48.2%	222	646	880
Hodgeman County	R	−35.8%	528	1,122	1,661
Jackson County	R	−49.7%	1,602	4,811	6,453
Jefferson County	R	−49.9%	1,601	4,810	6,433
Jewell County	R	−55.3%	1,289	4,583	5,960
Johnson County	R	−41.4%	3,373	8,185	11,627
Kearny County	R	−56.5%	229	854	1,106
Kingman County	R	−39.8%	1,408	3,287	4,721
Kiowa County	R	−64.8%	406	1,929	2,350
Labette County	R	−49.9%	2,969	9,048	12,191
Lane County	R	−44.1%	364	954	1,338
Leavenworth County	R	−12.8%	6,539	8,472	15,056
Lincoln County	R	−46.9%	953	2,655	3,631
Linn County	R	−51.6%	1,328	4,231	5,627
Logan County	R	−44.4%	405	1,066	1,488
Lyon County	R	−51.7%	2,761	8,753	11,595
Marion County	R	−47.3%	1,938	5,446	7,410
Marshall County	R	−34.8%	3,329	6,918	10,316
McPherson County	R	−61.3%	1,457	6,230	7,789
Meade County	R	−46.7%	618	1,709	2,336
Miami County	R	−46.4%	2,148	5,931	8,157
Mitchell County	R	−26.9%	1,855	3,245	5,164
Montgomery County	R	−53.9%	4,205	14,316	18,760
Morris County	R	−60.2%	929	3,830	4,815
Morton County	R	−58.6%	259	1,010	1,282
Nemaha County	R	−22.7%	2,919	4,639	7,592
Neosho County	R	−45.4%	2,459	6,603	9,136
Ness County	R	−44.3%	784	2,058	2,878
Norton County	R	−50.1%	1,087	3,365	4,548
Osage County	R	−47.7%	2,058	5,900	8,056
Osborne County	R	−63.2%	821	3,683	4,528
Ottawa County	R	−46.6%	1,131	3,158	4,354
Pawnee County	R	−50.8%	918	2,829	3,763
Phillips County	R	−40.8%	1,332	3,206	4,595
Pottawatomie County	R	−31.0%	2,341	4,451	6,816
Pratt County	R	−62.0%	934	4,055	5,032
Rawlins County	R	−17.5%	1,164	1,668	2,887
Reno County	R	−53.5%	3,843	12,872	16,868
Republic County	R	−37.3%	1,956	4,324	6,341
Rice County	R	−49.0%	1,462	4,321	5,835
Riley County	R	−56.7%	1,791	6,592	8,461
Rooks County	R	−42.1%	1,044	2,583	3,652
Rush County	R	−20.8%	1,296	1,985	3,307
Russell County	R	−33.9%	1,366	2,782	4,180
Saline County	R	−43.1%	3,108	7,872	11,056
Scott County	R	−32.4%	450	886	1,347
Sedgwick County	R	−49.7%	10,649	32,132	43,186
Seward County	R	−54.9%	538	1,873	2,433
Shawnee County	R	−53.5%	7,433	24,723	32,336
Sheridan County	R	−21.7%	930	1,450	2,396
Sherman County	R	−51.4%	630	2,028	2,718
Smith County	R	−49.6%	1,338	4,021	5,409
Stafford County	R	−51.7%	1,025	3,278	4,355
Stanton County	R	−50.2%	164	497	664
Stevens County	R	−57.7%	300	1,133	1,443
Sumner County	R	−60.9%	2,108	8,951	11,240
Thomas County	R	−33.5%	899	1,828	2,771
Trego County	R	−16.0%	982	1,359	2,354
Wabaunsee County	R	−44.3%	1,189	3,099	4,311
Wallace County	R	−34.3%	356	738	1,115
Washington County	R	−35.4%	2,267	4,781	7,097
Wichita County	R	−11.1%	370	464	845
Wilson County	R	−57.9%	1,465	5,603	7,141
Woodson County	R	−53.9%	855	2,885	3,767
Wyandotte County	R	−31.9%	16,884	32,829	49,978