Herbert Hoover carried Pennsylvania R+31.4.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Pennsylvania, 1928. The state ran 13.9 points more Republican than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Pennsylvania result

3,150,612 votes counted

Smith (D)

1,067,586

33.9%

Hoover (R)

2,055,382

65.2%

All others

27,644

0.9%

Margin

R+31.4

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1928 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1928

HooverR+31.4

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	65.2%	2,055,382
Al SmithDemocratic	33.9%	1,067,586
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	27,644

D+60

R+60

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

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−35.0%	4,635	9,656	14,349
Allegheny County	R	−14.5%	160,733	215,626	379,209
Armstrong County	R	−56.6%	4,824	17,625	22,636
Beaver County	R	−40.0%	11,868	27,949	40,217
Bedford County	R	−64.9%	1,966	9,602	11,767
Berks County	R	−38.2%	18,960	47,073	73,514
Blair County	R	−47.6%	12,104	34,356	46,726
Bradford County	R	−60.0%	4,281	17,251	21,609
Bucks County	R	−53.7%	8,446	28,421	37,168
Butler County	R	−51.6%	6,283	19,880	26,327
Cambria County	R	−4.3%	27,024	29,494	56,945
Cameron County	R	−51.3%	501	1,564	2,071
Carbon County	R	−30.4%	8,010	15,047	23,155
Centre County	R	−55.1%	3,431	12,005	15,557
Chester County	R	−65.0%	7,689	36,659	44,558
Clarion County	R	−41.7%	3,746	9,183	13,038
Clearfield County	R	−35.6%	7,870	16,719	24,859
Clinton County	R	−47.8%	2,849	8,120	11,029
Columbia County	R	−45.8%	5,304	14,362	19,781
Crawford County	R	−43.2%	6,718	17,072	23,989
Cumberland County	R	−56.9%	5,189	19,170	24,551
Dauphin County	R	−68.2%	9,115	49,108	58,617
Delaware County	R	−47.6%	29,378	83,092	112,941
Elk County	D	+19.0%	7,705	5,234	13,009
Erie County	R	−22.5%	19,278	30,542	50,097
Fayette County	R	−18.3%	19,063	27,693	47,183
Forest County	R	−70.3%	289	1,707	2,018
Franklin County	R	−68.2%	3,027	16,345	19,518
Fulton County	R	−34.5%	1,054	2,179	3,261
Greene County	R	−13.1%	5,293	6,910	12,299
Huntingdon County	R	−73.5%	1,470	9,920	11,502
Indiana County	R	−54.6%	4,810	16,706	21,768
Jefferson County	R	−50.2%	4,325	13,233	17,731
Juniata County	R	−64.9%	919	4,396	5,361
Lackawanna County	D	+6.2%	52,665	46,510	99,269
Lancaster County	R	−63.6%	12,146	55,530	68,192
Lawrence County	R	−50.9%	6,417	20,012	26,702
Lebanon County	R	−66.3%	3,278	16,841	20,464
Lehigh County	R	−49.5%	13,463	40,291	54,188
Luzerne County	D	+3.9%	73,319	67,872	141,411
Lycoming County	R	−59.7%	7,132	28,720	36,137
McKean County	R	−47.5%	4,964	14,012	19,066
Mercer County	R	−46.3%	8,204	22,599	31,083
Mifflin County	R	−74.6%	1,270	8,932	10,270
Monroe County	R	−39.1%	3,266	7,469	10,762
Montgomery County	R	−53.4%	23,026	76,680	100,408
Montour County	R	−43.6%	1,445	3,692	5,150
Northampton County	R	−43.1%	14,768	37,403	52,575
Northumberland County	R	−23.2%	19,249	30,949	50,490
Perry County	R	−56.0%	1,807	6,469	8,330
Philadelphia County	R	−20.5%	276,573	420,320	700,596
Pike County	R	−39.2%	1,024	2,354	3,395
Potter County	R	−59.6%	1,416	5,653	7,111
Schuylkill County	R	−6.5%	40,424	46,033	86,768
Snyder County	R	−74.9%	805	5,693	6,527
Somerset County	R	−56.6%	4,489	16,404	21,057
Sullivan County	R	−29.8%	1,101	2,044	3,162
Susquehanna County	R	−36.7%	4,353	9,445	13,861
Tioga County	R	−74.7%	1,688	11,774	13,498
Union County	R	−75.7%	765	5,708	6,527
Venango County	R	−58.5%	4,531	17,450	22,089
Warren County	R	−61.4%	2,835	12,077	15,056
Washington County	R	−28.5%	17,149	31,099	48,893
Wayne County	R	−46.1%	3,148	8,576	11,783
Westmoreland County	R	−25.3%	30,587	51,760	83,643
Wyoming County	R	−70.5%	906	5,321	6,260
York County	R	−60.1%	11,216	45,791	57,529