Herbert Hoover carried Oregon R+30.0.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Oregon, 1928. The state ran 12.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Oregon result

319,942 votes counted

Smith (D)

109,223

34.1%

Hoover (R)

205,341

64.2%

All others

5,378

1.7%

Margin

R+30.0

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1928 presidential election

Oregon, 1928

HooverR+30.0

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	64.2%	205,341
Al SmithDemocratic	34.1%	109,223
OtherAll other candidates	1.7%	5,378

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−32.8%	1,861	3,721	5,679
Benton County	R	−52.4%	1,412	4,605	6,095
Clackamas County	R	−21.3%	5,918	9,216	15,486
Clatsop County	R	−29.1%	2,208	4,087	6,454
Columbia County	R	−32.3%	1,775	3,519	5,396
Coos County	R	−23.2%	3,040	4,929	8,126
Crook County	R	−28.2%	487	877	1,382
Curry County	R	−20.5%	453	694	1,173
Deschutes County	R	−24.0%	1,702	2,815	4,628
Douglas County	R	−43.0%	2,191	5,609	7,954
Gilliam County	R	−25.9%	515	880	1,408
Grant County	R	−49.4%	469	1,411	1,906
Harney County	R	−22.4%	600	952	1,571
Hood River County	R	−32.5%	905	1,806	2,769
Jackson County	R	−52.4%	2,463	8,053	10,676
Jefferson County	R	−21.3%	308	481	811
Josephine County	R	−45.3%	959	2,625	3,681
Klamath County	R	−23.8%	2,721	4,453	7,267
Lake County	R	−29.2%	549	1,014	1,594
Lane County	R	−51.8%	4,213	13,647	18,205
Lincoln County	R	−17.4%	1,464	2,100	3,663
Linn County	R	−37.2%	2,645	5,877	8,691
Malheur County	R	−35.7%	1,016	2,164	3,213
Marion County	R	−25.1%	6,998	11,754	18,971
Morrow County	R	−32.6%	543	1,093	1,685
Multnomah County	R	−24.9%	45,177	75,731	122,859
Polk County	R	−30.2%	1,724	3,244	5,034
Sherman County	R	−33.6%	375	759	1,144
Tillamook County	R	−35.5%	1,204	2,570	3,850
Umatilla County	R	−37.1%	2,390	5,277	7,780
Union County	R	−19.6%	2,154	3,219	5,444
Wallowa County	R	−16.8%	935	1,326	2,332
Wasco County	R	−23.2%	1,699	2,746	4,513
Washington County	R	−26.5%	3,544	6,162	9,879
Wheeler County	R	−50.2%	224	677	902
Yamhill County	R	−37.1%	2,382	5,248	7,721