Herbert Hoover carried Texas R+3.9.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Texas, 1928. The state ran 13.6 points more Democratic than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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Texas result

717,733 votes counted

Smith (D)

344,542

48.0%

Hoover (R)

372,324

51.9%

All others

867

0.1%

Margin

R+3.9

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1928 presidential election

Texas, 1928

HooverR+3.9

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	51.9%	372,324
Al SmithDemocratic	48.0%	344,542
OtherAll other candidates	0.1%	867

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1928 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−1.9%	1,747	1,814	3,561
Andrews County	R	−45.1%	25	66	91
Angelina County	D	+31.2%	2,305	1,209	3,514
Aransas County	R	−2.9%	152	161	313
Archer County	D	+4.0%	865	799	1,664
Armstrong County	D	+8.3%	373	316	690
Atascosa County	R	−13.1%	682	888	1,570
Austin County	D	+64.0%	2,129	466	2,597
Bailey County	R	−48.6%	142	410	552
Bandera County	R	−49.3%	317	936	1,256
Bastrop County	D	+28.7%	1,534	850	2,384
Baylor County	D	+23.0%	784	491	1,275
Bee County	R	−6.5%	1,043	1,189	2,236
Bell County	R	−4.4%	3,079	3,366	6,452
Bexar County	D	+0.4%	16,626	16,477	33,160
Blanco County	R	−6.6%	539	615	1,155
Borden County	R	−14.6%	73	98	171
Bosque County	R	−10.5%	1,235	1,526	2,765
Bowie County	D	+14.9%	3,002	2,225	5,227
Brazoria County	R	−18.8%	1,086	1,588	2,674
Brazos County	D	+33.4%	1,480	738	2,221
Brewster County	R	−19.4%	273	406	684
Briscoe County	D	+5.5%	336	301	641
Brooks County	D	+35.0%	332	160	492
Brown County	R	−1.0%	1,992	2,033	4,029
Burleson County	D	+64.3%	1,558	339	1,897
Burnet County	R	−33.4%	467	936	1,404
Caldwell County	D	+0.9%	1,211	1,189	2,400
Calhoun County	D	+5.9%	375	333	711
Callahan County	R	−2.0%	940	979	1,919
Cameron County	R	−5.1%	3,202	3,544	6,757
Camp County	D	+12.9%	640	494	1,134
Carson County	R	−20.1%	592	891	1,484
Cass County	D	+12.4%	1,698	1,323	3,021
Castro County	D	+9.2%	384	319	703
Chambers County	R	−2.8%	242	256	498
Cherokee County	D	+0.1%	1,938	1,933	3,871
Childress County	R	−32.9%	726	1,438	2,164
Clay County	R	−6.7%	1,160	1,327	2,487
Cochran County	R	−28.8%	109	197	306
Coke County	R	−37.2%	206	450	656
Coleman County	R	−6.0%	1,459	1,645	3,104
Collin County	R	−1.4%	3,377	3,476	6,876
Collingsworth County	R	−32.0%	608	1,179	1,787
Colorado County	D	+33.4%	1,787	891	2,682
Comal County	D	+57.6%	1,893	508	2,403
Comanche County	R	−6.2%	1,311	1,483	2,794
Concho County	R	−2.3%	426	446	875
Cooke County	R	−8.1%	1,924	2,262	4,190
Coryell County	D	+7.5%	1,306	1,123	2,430
Cottle County	R	−2.4%	451	473	924
Crane County	D	+11.2%	159	127	286
Crockett County	R	−63.9%	64	291	355
Crosby County	R	−15.9%	728	1,004	1,732
Culberson County	D	+8.3%	85	72	157
Dallam County	R	−6.8%	539	618	1,166
Dallas County	R	−22.0%	17,437	27,272	44,787
Dawson County	R	−54.5%	427	1,448	1,875
Deaf Smith County	R	−16.2%	411	570	981
Delta County	D	+12.0%	958	753	1,713
Denton County	R	−4.1%	2,384	2,587	4,986
DeWitt County	D	+16.5%	1,594	1,142	2,741
Dickens County	R	−28.2%	415	741	1,156
Dimmit County	R	−41.6%	258	626	884
Donley County	R	−37.9%	491	1,092	1,585
Duval County	D	+48.3%	1,245	434	1,679
Eastland County	R	−12.8%	2,501	3,233	5,734
Ector County	R	−5.3%	151	168	319
Edwards County	R	−80.0%	59	546	609
El Paso County	D	+0.5%	6,114	6,050	12,164
Ellis County	D	+10.4%	4,399	3,569	7,981
Erath County	R	−16.3%	1,372	1,923	3,377
Falls County	D	+47.7%	2,484	877	3,368
Fannin County	D	+8.7%	2,525	2,122	4,651
Fayette County	D	+68.1%	3,647	689	4,341
Fisher County	R	−20.1%	837	1,259	2,096
Floyd County	R	−27.7%	666	1,176	1,842
Foard County	D	+4.0%	466	430	905
Fort Bend County	D	+46.4%	1,724	631	2,357
Franklin County	D	+29.8%	713	386	1,099
Freestone County	D	+5.6%	1,318	1,178	2,499
Frio County	R	−44.5%	258	673	932
Gaines County	R	−38.1%	140	312	452
Galveston County	D	+14.9%	5,951	4,401	10,372
Garza County	R	−47.2%	285	794	1,079
Gillespie County	R	−10.4%	1,174	1,447	2,625
Glasscock County	R	−57.0%	34	124	158
Goliad County	R	−8.4%	468	554	1,024
Gonzales County	D	+8.5%	1,319	1,112	2,431
Gray County	R	−30.9%	986	1,871	2,863
Grayson County	R	−15.4%	4,600	6,277	10,892
Gregg County	D	+21.3%	996	646	1,644
Grimes County	D	+25.3%	1,175	701	1,876
Guadalupe County	D	+13.0%	1,872	1,442	3,318
Hale County	R	−32.2%	1,098	2,143	3,248
Hall County	R	−48.2%	493	1,409	1,902
Hamilton County	D	+3.2%	989	927	1,916
Hansford County	R	−13.3%	319	417	737
Hardeman County	R	−18.9%	910	1,333	2,243
Hardin County	D	+4.1%	1,032	951	1,983
Harris County	R	−11.6%	21,536	27,188	48,810
Harrison County	D	+6.5%	2,023	1,776	3,804
Hartley County	R	−4.7%	163	179	342
Haskell County	D	+3.4%	1,532	1,430	2,974
Hays County	R	−27.4%	620	1,088	1,708
Hemphill County	R	−21.3%	317	489	806
Henderson County	D	+21.0%	1,726	1,128	2,854
Hidalgo County	R	−3.0%	4,034	4,285	8,335
Hill County	R	−0.7%	2,413	2,446	4,859
Hockley County	R	−52.5%	235	765	1,009
Hood County	R	−14.4%	479	640	1,121
Hopkins County	D	+2.2%	1,845	1,767	3,617
Houston County	D	+27.3%	1,336	763	2,099
Howard County	R	−9.9%	665	812	1,480
Hudspeth County	R	−2.5%	117	123	240
Hunt County	D	+7.7%	3,510	3,009	6,519
Hutchinson County	R	−20.9%	730	1,115	1,845
Irion County	R	−37.0%	119	259	378
Jack County	R	−40.6%	450	1,068	1,521
Jackson County	R	−9.5%	473	572	1,046
Jasper County	D	+19.0%	898	611	1,511
Jeff Davis County	R	−16.7%	112	157	270
Jefferson County	R	−13.6%	7,006	9,209	16,231
Jim Hogg County	D	+41.4%	263	109	372
Jim Wells County	D	+27.6%	747	423	1,173
Johnson County	R	−23.2%	1,981	3,181	5,166
Jones County	R	−12.1%	1,563	1,995	3,566
Karnes County	D	+10.3%	1,052	855	1,907
Kaufman County	D	+21.5%	2,657	1,718	4,375
Kendall County	R	−27.4%	377	663	1,042
Kenedy County	D	+81.5%	118	12	130
Kent County	R	−38.0%	163	363	526
Kerr County	R	−46.8%	570	1,575	2,147
Kimble County	R	−61.3%	157	660	821
King County	R	−30.8%	45	85	130
Kinney County	D	+4.7%	200	182	382
Kleberg County	R	−3.9%	695	751	1,446
Knox County	R	−11.7%	784	992	1,781
La Salle County	D	+18.9%	479	327	806
Lamar County	R	−14.3%	2,163	2,887	5,058
Lamb County	R	−48.4%	440	1,266	1,706
Lampasas County	R	−22.5%	567	899	1,476
Lavaca County	D	+51.5%	2,842	911	3,753
Lee County	D	+44.7%	1,176	449	1,625
Leon County	D	+22.7%	862	543	1,407
Liberty County	R	−7.6%	918	1,070	1,995
Limestone County	D	+22.7%	2,608	1,642	4,250
Lipscomb County	R	−39.8%	331	776	1,119
Live Oak County	R	−11.6%	383	484	867
Llano County	D	+7.9%	514	439	953
Loving County	D	+25.0%	10	6	16
Lubbock County	R	−21.7%	1,979	3,079	5,065
Lynn County	R	−25.3%	754	1,268	2,029
Madison County	D	+10.8%	452	364	816
Marion County	D	+18.2%	640	443	1,083
Martin County	R	−21.5%	213	330	543
Mason County	R	−53.5%	244	807	1,053
Matagorda County	R	−18.0%	829	1,194	2,029
Maverick County	R	−26.7%	180	311	491
McCulloch County	R	−27.2%	741	1,294	2,035
McLennan County	R	−3.7%	5,330	5,744	11,087
McMullen County	R	−1.0%	94	96	192
Medina County	D	+5.9%	1,400	1,243	2,648
Menard County	R	−43.1%	234	589	823
Midland County	D	+0.4%	350	347	700
Milam County	D	+38.2%	2,842	1,270	4,116
Mills County	R	−27.3%	442	774	1,216
Mitchell County	R	−19.1%	746	1,099	1,845
Montague County	R	−2.3%	1,452	1,519	2,971
Montgomery County	D	+19.2%	905	613	1,519
Moore County	D	+17.5%	124	87	211
Morris County	D	+46.2%	780	287	1,067
Motley County	R	−12.6%	349	450	799
Nacogdoches County	D	+39.1%	1,879	822	2,703
Navarro County	D	+4.4%	3,648	3,341	6,989
Newton County	D	+17.4%	564	397	962
Nolan County	R	−17.5%	1,035	1,475	2,510
Nueces County	D	+9.2%	2,985	2,481	5,469
Ochiltree County	R	−34.6%	270	556	826
Oldham County	R	−4.6%	157	172	329
Orange County	D	+15.1%	1,247	919	2,166
Palo Pinto County	R	−26.6%	1,161	2,001	3,162
Panola County	D	+51.4%	1,312	420	1,735
Parker County	R	−32.5%	1,110	2,178	3,288
Parmer County	R	−32.3%	315	620	943
Pecos County	D	+3.5%	562	524	1,092
Polk County	D	+32.3%	994	508	1,506
Potter County	R	−15.8%	2,637	3,627	6,264
Presidio County	D	+10.7%	315	254	569
Rains County	D	+45.5%	544	202	751
Randall County	R	−5.3%	659	733	1,392
Reagan County	R	−25.6%	229	387	616
Real County	R	−66.0%	98	479	577
Red River County	D	+17.4%	1,666	1,172	2,838
Reeves County	D	+6.8%	394	344	738
Refugio County	D	+27.3%	671	383	1,054
Roberts County	R	−40.1%	104	243	347
Robertson County	D	+32.9%	1,487	751	2,239
Rockwall County	D	+49.3%	850	289	1,139
Runnels County	R	−4.8%	1,494	1,645	3,148
Rusk County	D	+25.3%	1,732	1,033	2,765
Sabine County	D	+31.6%	807	419	1,226
San Augustine County	D	+27.5%	821	467	1,288
San Jacinto County	D	+25.9%	503	296	800
San Patricio County	R	−41.1%	579	1,388	1,967
San Saba County	D	+4.9%	752	682	1,434
Schleicher County	R	−24.7%	137	227	364
Scurry County	R	−55.1%	462	1,597	2,061
Shackelford County	R	−2.3%	533	558	1,092
Shelby County	D	+48.5%	1,961	676	2,648
Sherman County	R	−28.8%	137	248	385
Smith County	R	−19.7%	2,343	3,493	5,836
Somervell County	R	−27.9%	136	241	377
Starr County	D	+80.6%	736	79	815
Stephens County	R	−21.2%	1,163	1,789	2,952
Sterling County	D	+15.6%	167	122	289
Stonewall County	D	+6.2%	500	442	942
Sutton County	R	−51.8%	92	290	382
Swisher County	R	−40.7%	374	887	1,261
Tarrant County	R	−38.0%	9,208	20,481	29,689
Taylor County	R	−36.3%	1,891	4,050	5,950
Terrell County	R	−61.9%	85	364	451
Terry County	R	−20.9%	407	622	1,029
Throckmorton County	R	−39.6%	304	703	1,007
Titus County	D	+42.0%	1,149	469	1,618
Tom Green County	R	−26.3%	1,528	2,618	4,148
Travis County	R	−3.8%	4,487	4,847	9,351
Trinity County	D	+20.1%	686	456	1,142
Tyler County	D	+38.1%	666	298	965
Upshur County	D	+40.9%	1,553	649	2,210
Upton County	R	−17.6%	189	270	459
Uvalde County	R	−24.2%	747	1,224	1,971
Val Verde County	R	−15.9%	620	854	1,474
Van Zandt County	D	+8.7%	1,789	1,502	3,312
Victoria County	D	+44.1%	1,710	663	2,373
Walker County	D	+21.0%	747	488	1,235
Waller County	D	+14.5%	504	376	881
Ward County	D	+8.5%	256	216	472
Washington County	D	+80.1%	2,491	275	2,766
Webb County	D	+35.6%	1,615	767	2,385
Wharton County	D	+14.6%	1,545	1,151	2,696
Wheeler County	R	−16.1%	750	1,038	1,794
Wichita County	R	−19.6%	4,853	7,226	12,079
Wilbarger County	R	−4.7%	1,447	1,590	3,040
Willacy County	D	+0.9%	396	389	785
Williamson County	D	+33.6%	3,689	1,833	5,531
Wilson County	D	+41.3%	1,499	622	2,121
Winkler County	D	+31.4%	310	162	472
Wise County	R	−32.4%	1,093	2,141	3,234
Wood County	D	+17.2%	1,645	1,161	2,806
Yoakum County	R	−13.2%	66	86	152
Young County	R	−17.8%	1,275	1,826	3,101
Zapata County	D	+87.9%	296	19	315
Zavala County	R	−42.8%	229	571	800