Herbert Hoover carried Kentucky R+18.9.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Kentucky, 1928. The state ran 1.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Kentucky result

941,286 votes counted

Smith (D)

381,070

40.5%

Hoover (R)

558,734

59.4%

All others

1,482

0.2%

Margin

R+18.9

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1928 presidential election

Kentucky, 1928

HooverR+18.9

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	59.4%	558,734
Al SmithDemocratic	40.5%	381,070
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	1,482

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−38.0%	1,732	3,856	5,588
Allen County	R	−46.3%	1,562	4,253	5,815
Anderson County	R	−3.9%	1,718	1,859	3,578
Ballard County	D	+51.0%	2,896	940	3,839
Barren County	R	−18.2%	3,530	5,101	8,636
Bath County	R	−9.7%	1,830	2,223	4,061
Bell County	R	−43.9%	2,551	6,570	9,145
Boone County	R	−16.8%	1,855	2,604	4,466
Bourbon County	R	−16.7%	3,218	4,512	7,734
Boyd County	R	−32.8%	4,611	9,118	13,736
Boyle County	R	−8.1%	2,992	3,517	6,512
Bracken County	R	−40.2%	1,201	2,820	4,030
Breathitt County	D	+13.3%	3,017	2,309	5,326
Breckinridge County	R	−23.1%	2,987	4,783	7,773
Bullitt County	R	−1.0%	1,758	1,793	3,554
Butler County	R	−70.3%	684	3,942	4,633
Caldwell County	R	−25.4%	1,695	2,855	4,560
Calloway County	D	+37.5%	3,431	1,557	5,002
Campbell County	R	−8.8%	14,508	17,317	31,920
Carlisle County	D	+43.4%	1,994	787	2,783
Carroll County	D	+6.1%	1,863	1,649	3,515
Carter County	R	−38.0%	2,392	5,342	7,773
Casey County	R	−42.9%	1,519	3,805	5,330
Christian County	R	−10.7%	5,702	7,069	12,771
Clark County	R	−0.5%	3,460	3,495	6,955
Clay County	R	−74.2%	651	4,439	5,104
Clinton County	R	−77.6%	325	2,580	2,905
Crittenden County	R	−37.1%	1,376	3,000	4,382
Cumberland County	R	−65.6%	538	2,593	3,132
Daviess County	R	−9.6%	7,332	8,896	16,243
Edmonson County	R	−48.4%	1,076	3,104	4,186
Elliott County	D	+37.3%	1,317	601	1,918
Estill County	R	−31.7%	1,886	3,641	5,532
Fayette County	R	−30.4%	9,065	16,988	26,092
Fleming County	R	−29.1%	2,086	3,798	5,888
Floyd County	D	+5.7%	5,721	5,109	10,830
Franklin County	D	+5.0%	3,853	3,485	7,345
Fulton County	D	+39.2%	3,132	1,366	4,503
Gallatin County	R	−10.2%	823	1,010	1,835
Garrard County	R	−24.7%	1,729	2,862	4,591
Grant County	R	−19.1%	1,662	2,448	4,116
Graves County	D	+31.8%	6,237	3,223	9,484
Grayson County	R	−26.3%	2,295	3,937	6,242
Green County	R	−37.8%	1,272	2,824	4,102
Greenup County	R	−28.9%	2,435	4,410	6,845
Hancock County	R	−16.7%	1,151	1,614	2,767
Hardin County	R	−18.0%	3,210	4,624	7,848
Harlan County	R	−51.0%	3,958	12,251	16,246
Harrison County	D	+4.2%	3,164	2,909	6,078
Hart County	R	−19.6%	2,339	3,480	5,833
Henderson County	R	−14.4%	4,068	5,443	9,544
Henry County	D	+11.3%	2,929	2,334	5,270
Hickman County	D	+47.5%	2,163	767	2,936
Hopkins County	D	+2.4%	6,640	6,330	13,000
Jackson County	R	−93.2%	123	3,552	3,680
Jefferson County	R	−20.5%	64,472	97,803	162,613
Jessamine County	R	−10.9%	2,295	2,857	5,152
Johnson County	R	−48.1%	1,869	5,339	7,217
Kenton County	R	−7.3%	18,165	21,043	39,285
Knott County	D	+47.5%	2,822	1,004	3,826
Knox County	R	−59.6%	1,497	5,928	7,432
Larue County	R	−4.6%	1,727	1,892	3,625
Laurel County	R	−62.2%	1,141	4,906	6,052
Lawrence County	R	−19.3%	2,217	3,277	5,499
Lee County	R	−27.9%	1,131	2,005	3,137
Leslie County	R	−89.1%	159	2,806	2,971
Letcher County	R	−21.3%	3,502	5,400	8,918
Lewis County	R	−56.8%	1,120	4,077	5,203
Lincoln County	R	−25.5%	2,314	3,903	6,227
Livingston County	R	−18.4%	1,217	1,767	2,989
Logan County	R	−11.7%	3,843	4,858	8,708
Lyon County	D	+2.8%	1,286	1,215	2,511
Madison County	R	−14.3%	4,736	6,325	11,090
Magoffin County	R	−21.9%	1,806	2,816	4,622
Marion County	D	+18.2%	3,461	2,395	5,863
Marshall County	D	+4.0%	2,036	1,879	3,925
Martin County	R	−61.0%	404	1,674	2,081
Mason County	R	−19.7%	3,364	5,012	8,382
McCracken County	R	−14.2%	5,535	7,368	12,943
McCreary County	R	−78.4%	435	3,622	4,065
McLean County	R	−16.4%	1,728	2,408	4,147
Meade County	D	+2.7%	1,700	1,610	3,317
Menifee County	R	−0.5%	725	732	1,457
Mercer County	R	−23.6%	2,140	3,462	5,606
Metcalfe County	R	−33.8%	1,144	2,314	3,458
Monroe County	R	−57.4%	843	3,127	3,979
Montgomery County	R	−17.1%	1,938	2,742	4,699
Morgan County	D	+12.0%	2,575	2,025	4,600
Muhlenberg County	R	−12.9%	5,130	6,651	11,830
Nelson County	D	+15.9%	4,031	2,926	6,960
Nicholas County	R	−0.8%	1,836	1,867	3,707
Ohio County	R	−34.1%	2,784	5,690	8,514
Oldham County	R	−8.3%	1,359	1,604	2,969
Owen County	D	+23.7%	2,552	1,573	4,135
Owsley County	R	−79.3%	241	2,107	2,353
Pendleton County	R	−34.2%	1,567	3,196	4,768
Perry County	R	−23.0%	3,814	6,099	9,927
Pike County	R	−8.4%	7,930	9,386	17,335
Powell County	R	−22.6%	732	1,160	1,892
Pulaski County	R	−57.8%	2,494	9,348	11,857
Robertson County	R	−7.4%	640	742	1,382
Rockcastle County	R	−61.9%	908	3,858	4,766
Rowan County	R	−22.7%	1,170	1,857	3,032
Russell County	R	−57.1%	823	3,028	3,860
Scott County	R	−5.8%	2,843	3,192	6,043
Shelby County	R	−9.8%	3,232	3,933	7,165
Simpson County	D	+20.7%	2,490	1,635	4,125
Spencer County	R	−24.6%	947	1,565	2,516
Taylor County	R	−30.3%	1,684	3,149	4,841
Todd County	R	−1.6%	2,416	2,496	4,915
Trigg County	R	−7.2%	2,031	2,346	4,383
Trimble County	D	+39.3%	1,317	573	1,895
Union County	D	+24.6%	3,884	2,350	6,243
Warren County	R	−21.8%	5,092	7,931	13,024
Washington County	R	−12.8%	2,266	2,933	5,204
Wayne County	R	−28.0%	1,635	2,907	4,550
Webster County	D	+0.9%	3,591	3,527	7,127
Whitley County	R	−66.6%	1,610	8,060	9,680
Wolfe County	D	+3.3%	1,356	1,270	2,626
Woodford County	R	−9.5%	2,056	2,490	4,551