Herbert Hoover carried Minnesota R+16.9.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Minnesota, 1928. The state ran 0.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

970,976 votes counted

Smith (D)

396,451

40.8%

Hoover (R)

560,977

57.8%

All others

13,548

1.4%

Margin

R+16.9

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1928 presidential election

Minnesota, 1928

HooverR+16.9

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	57.8%	560,977
Al SmithDemocratic	40.8%	396,451
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	13,548

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−44.8%	1,428	3,951	5,636
Anoka County	R	−19.3%	2,571	3,816	6,462
Becker County	R	−13.2%	3,253	4,273	7,703
Beltrami County	R	−28.2%	2,221	4,062	6,522
Benton County	D	+7.0%	2,732	2,373	5,126
Big Stone County	D	+13.0%	2,133	1,641	3,799
Blue Earth County	R	−22.0%	5,177	8,120	13,376
Brown County	D	+19.2%	5,341	3,611	9,016
Carlton County	R	−34.1%	2,138	4,582	7,158
Carver County	R	−15.9%	2,885	3,983	6,901
Cass County	R	−36.1%	1,747	3,781	5,642
Chippewa County	R	−26.8%	2,032	3,547	5,651
Chisago County	R	−52.3%	1,297	4,215	5,582
Clay County	R	−23.3%	3,128	5,057	8,272
Clearwater County	R	−22.4%	1,189	1,898	3,163
Cook County	R	−46.5%	219	609	839
Cottonwood County	R	−35.7%	1,604	3,405	5,048
Crow Wing County	R	−37.8%	2,851	6,436	9,483
Dakota County	D	+9.0%	7,215	6,019	13,323
Dodge County	R	−49.5%	1,196	3,569	4,791
Douglas County	R	−19.9%	2,829	4,262	7,191
Faribault County	R	−39.3%	2,545	5,885	8,506
Fillmore County	R	−56.2%	2,143	7,719	9,925
Freeborn County	R	−46.1%	2,859	7,815	10,750
Goodhue County	R	−46.6%	3,520	9,752	13,372
Grant County	R	−9.8%	1,687	2,057	3,786
Hennepin County	R	−21.4%	80,851	125,472	208,447
Houston County	R	−30.1%	1,937	3,615	5,573
Hubbard County	R	−33.6%	1,120	2,291	3,484
Isanti County	R	−44.1%	1,191	3,137	4,410
Itasca County	R	−22.9%	3,122	5,103	8,656
Jackson County	R	−10.6%	2,503	3,099	5,628
Kanabec County	R	−38.5%	1,040	2,380	3,482
Kandiyohi County	R	−38.7%	2,481	5,780	8,522
Kittson County	R	−16.7%	1,383	1,957	3,445
Koochiching County	R	−10.1%	2,110	2,599	4,843
Lac qui Parle County	R	−20.3%	2,245	3,406	5,710
Lake County	R	−50.5%	618	2,014	2,765
Lake of the Woods County	R	−7.3%	671	781	1,508
Le Sueur County	D	+15.1%	4,615	3,401	8,054
Lincoln County	D	+2.8%	2,064	1,952	4,050
Lyon County	R	−10.6%	3,274	4,058	7,388
Mahnomen County	D	+38.1%	1,378	606	2,027
Marshall County	R	−25.3%	2,200	3,738	6,070
Martin County	R	−28.7%	2,822	5,110	7,972
McLeod County	R	−10.4%	3,445	4,252	7,757
Meeker County	R	−20.2%	2,761	4,175	7,002
Mille Lacs County	R	−46.1%	1,436	3,998	5,552
Morrison County	D	+15.1%	5,222	3,846	9,119
Mower County	R	−26.6%	3,587	6,209	9,842
Murray County	R	−11.1%	2,078	2,602	4,709
Nicollet County	R	−18.9%	2,466	3,628	6,136
Nobles County	R	−12.4%	2,862	3,676	6,563
Norman County	R	−38.8%	1,401	3,308	4,909
Olmsted County	R	−27.6%	4,720	8,334	13,098
Otter Tail County	R	−39.0%	4,990	11,624	17,025
Pennington County	R	−34.1%	1,198	2,506	3,838
Pine County	R	−14.4%	3,185	4,278	7,568
Pipestone County	R	−23.5%	1,591	2,578	4,207
Polk County	R	−14.4%	5,357	7,215	12,866
Pope County	R	−33.5%	1,667	3,382	5,114
Ramsey County	D	+3.4%	56,807	53,054	110,910
Red Lake County	D	+35.2%	1,507	712	2,256
Redwood County	R	−27.3%	2,899	5,111	8,089
Renville County	R	−15.4%	3,731	5,107	8,932
Rice County	R	−13.4%	5,014	6,576	11,639
Rock County	R	−20.4%	1,607	2,433	4,053
Roseau County	R	−30.8%	1,342	2,618	4,145
Scott County	D	+43.6%	4,419	1,732	6,162
Sherburne County	R	−38.9%	1,064	2,437	3,528
Sibley County	R	−12.7%	2,553	3,301	5,901
St. Louis County	R	−26.1%	25,401	44,331	72,517
Stearns County	D	+42.6%	16,104	6,459	22,615
Steele County	R	−25.3%	2,826	4,744	7,595
Stevens County	R	−21.8%	1,457	2,275	3,748
Swift County	R	−1.0%	2,733	2,791	5,613
Todd County	R	−20.5%	3,733	5,682	9,500
Traverse County	D	+21.9%	1,899	1,214	3,130
Wabasha County	R	−12.1%	3,087	3,944	7,063
Wadena County	R	−30.9%	1,343	2,592	4,044
Waseca County	R	−14.6%	2,418	3,251	5,710
Washington County	R	−18.9%	4,158	6,113	10,351
Watonwan County	R	−39.9%	1,412	3,306	4,744
Wilkin County	R	−8.5%	1,578	1,874	3,477
Winona County	R	−6.9%	6,484	7,459	14,031
Wright County	R	−14.4%	4,483	6,011	10,626
Yellow Medicine County	R	−7.1%	2,861	3,302	6,235