Herbert Hoover carried New York R+2.3.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in New York, 1928. The state ran 15.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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New York result

4,405,626 votes counted

Smith (D)

2,089,863

47.4%

Hoover (R)

2,193,344

49.8%

All others

122,419

2.8%

Margin

R+2.3

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1928 presidential election

New York, 1928

HooverR+2.3

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	49.8%	2,193,344
Al SmithDemocratic	47.4%	2,089,863
OtherAll other candidates	2.8%	122,419

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+12.0%	62,380	48,762	113,437
Allegany County	R	−60.9%	3,491	15,306	19,399
Bronx County	D	+39.0%	232,766	98,636	343,947
Broome County	R	−33.2%	19,563	39,860	61,092
Cattaraugus County	R	−36.1%	10,229	22,135	33,001
Cayuga County	R	−25.9%	11,787	20,202	32,525
Chautauqua County	R	−47.5%	13,223	38,220	52,584
Chemung County	R	−34.4%	12,189	25,029	37,354
Chenango County	R	−55.2%	3,986	13,955	18,073
Clinton County	D	+16.3%	10,888	7,824	18,771
Columbia County	R	−36.9%	6,403	14,000	20,612
Cortland County	R	−52.3%	3,662	11,960	15,869
Delaware County	R	−57.5%	4,362	16,225	20,645
Dutchess County	R	−25.5%	16,748	28,687	46,801
Erie County	R	−6.5%	126,449	144,726	281,789
Essex County	R	−32.8%	5,291	10,462	15,770
Franklin County	D	+0.0%	9,501	9,495	19,045
Fulton County	R	−44.1%	5,728	15,043	21,139
Genesee County	R	−42.0%	5,181	13,251	19,195
Greene County	R	−35.6%	4,440	9,529	14,285
Hamilton County	R	−19.0%	952	1,399	2,351
Herkimer County	R	−26.8%	10,654	18,624	29,709
Jefferson County	R	−33.9%	12,908	26,361	39,695
Kings County	D	+23.4%	404,393	245,622	679,837
Lewis County	R	−26.6%	4,161	7,175	11,344
Livingston County	R	−33.5%	5,545	11,632	18,160
Madison County	R	−45.9%	5,217	14,333	19,851
Monroe County	R	−14.5%	73,759	99,803	179,078
Montgomery County	R	−21.4%	9,845	15,257	25,309
Nassau County	R	−27.3%	40,079	71,015	113,140
New York County	D	+25.1%	317,227	186,396	521,558
Niagara County	R	−31.2%	16,881	33,229	52,453
Oneida County	R	−7.7%	38,231	44,782	84,786
Onondaga County	R	−16.1%	54,706	76,278	133,716
Ontario County	R	−34.1%	8,491	17,769	27,225
Orange County	R	−31.4%	19,047	37,334	58,240
Orleans County	R	−42.2%	3,792	9,828	14,292
Oswego County	R	−30.1%	11,639	21,849	33,930
Otsego County	R	−49.9%	6,006	18,286	24,606
Putnam County	R	−32.3%	2,278	4,534	6,981
Queens County	D	+7.6%	184,640	158,505	345,556
Rensselaer County	D	+1.1%	33,094	32,370	66,191
Richmond County	D	+7.3%	28,945	24,995	54,234
Rockland County	R	−22.9%	9,769	15,732	26,072
Saratoga County	R	−21.5%	12,247	19,183	32,187
Schenectady County	R	−15.7%	21,277	29,428	52,009
Schoharie County	R	−39.0%	2,926	6,906	10,209
Schuyler County	R	−45.8%	1,731	4,749	6,587
Seneca County	R	−33.8%	3,873	7,911	11,938
St. Lawrence County	R	−34.0%	12,567	25,804	38,960
Steuben County	R	−42.8%	10,699	28,028	40,466
Suffolk County	R	−34.3%	19,497	41,199	63,315
Sullivan County	R	−24.5%	6,207	10,331	16,861
Tioga County	R	−55.4%	2,779	9,963	12,958
Tompkins County	R	−47.1%	5,114	14,471	19,866
Ulster County	R	−27.6%	14,200	25,418	40,695
Warren County	R	−26.5%	6,793	11,697	18,519
Washington County	R	−35.7%	7,221	15,499	23,163
Wayne County	R	−53.2%	5,338	18,187	24,155
Westchester County	R	−14.8%	80,926	109,939	195,544
Wyoming County	R	−45.1%	3,992	10,830	15,152
Yates County	R	−57.9%	1,950	7,386	9,395