Herbert Hoover carried West Virginia R+17.4.

Al Smith (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in West Virginia, 1928. The state ran 0.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+17.5 nationally).

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

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West Virginia result

642,752 votes counted

Smith (D)

263,784

41.0%

Hoover (R)

375,551

58.4%

All others

3,417

0.5%

Margin

R+17.4

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1928 presidential election

West Virginia, 1928

HooverR+17.4

How it voted

Share of the 1928 vote

Herbert Hoover ✓Republican	58.4%	375,551
Al SmithDemocratic	41.0%	263,784
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	3,417

D+60

R+60

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

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West Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context

West Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+2.4%
1896	−5.4%
1900	−9.5%
1904	−13.2%
1908	−10.2%
1912	+21.3%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−12.0%
1924	−5.4%
1928	−17.4%
1932	+10.0%
1936	+21.4%
1940	+14.2%
1944	+9.8%
1948	+15.1%
1952	+3.8%
1956	−8.2%
1960	+5.5%
1964	+35.9%
1968	+8.8%
1972	−27.2%
1976	+16.1%
1980	+4.5%
1984	−10.5%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+13.0%
1996	+14.7%
2000	−6.3%
2004	−12.9%
2008	−13.1%
2012	−26.7%
2016	−41.7%
2020	−38.9%
2024	−41.9%

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County results — 1928

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Barbour County	R	−7.1%	3,491	4,023	7,514
Berkeley County	R	−40.9%	3,540	8,477	12,059
Boone County	D	+9.1%	4,805	4,000	8,835
Braxton County	D	+6.4%	4,582	4,028	8,651
Brooke County	R	−36.9%	2,419	5,277	7,744
Cabell County	R	−15.7%	15,340	21,091	36,583
Calhoun County	D	+11.0%	2,179	1,745	3,942
Clay County	R	−13.8%	1,929	2,551	4,494
Doddridge County	R	−41.7%	1,202	2,919	4,121
Fayette County	R	−2.4%	12,351	12,961	25,416
Gilmer County	D	+15.0%	2,313	1,705	4,044
Grant County	R	−65.9%	542	2,648	3,197
Greenbrier County	R	−2.2%	6,141	6,423	12,624
Hampshire County	D	+9.0%	2,132	1,779	3,926
Hancock County	R	−48.5%	1,884	5,461	7,374
Hardy County	D	+9.9%	1,965	1,611	3,582
Harrison County	R	−16.5%	12,483	17,502	30,331
Jackson County	R	−25.7%	2,452	4,150	6,602
Jefferson County	D	+4.1%	3,312	3,050	6,384
Kanawha County	R	−16.6%	25,563	35,788	61,535
Lewis County	R	−15.9%	3,825	5,290	9,221
Lincoln County	R	−5.6%	3,416	3,823	7,239
Logan County	R	−6.8%	9,944	11,404	21,389
Marion County	R	−22.3%	10,133	16,088	26,663
Marshall County	R	−31.3%	4,785	9,204	14,112
Mason County	R	−28.9%	2,814	5,125	7,992
McDowell County	R	−28.2%	8,294	14,810	23,135
Mercer County	R	−11.3%	10,273	12,887	23,210
Mineral County	R	−43.2%	2,310	5,860	8,212
Mingo County	R	−0.8%	6,801	6,904	13,732
Monongalia County	R	−29.2%	6,182	11,364	17,734
Monroe County	R	−12.6%	2,346	3,025	5,388
Morgan County	R	−53.8%	758	2,539	3,308
Nicholas County	R	−5.6%	3,495	3,917	7,481
Ohio County	R	−20.7%	13,132	20,064	33,415
Pendleton County	D	+5.8%	1,921	1,710	3,631
Pleasants County	R	−20.2%	1,210	1,821	3,032
Pocahontas County	R	−11.6%	2,487	3,141	5,654
Preston County	R	−53.1%	2,355	7,783	10,216
Putnam County	R	−16.2%	2,406	3,346	5,793
Raleigh County	R	−5.5%	10,366	11,581	21,947
Randolph County	D	+6.8%	5,085	4,436	9,597
Ritchie County	R	−41.7%	1,711	4,195	5,959
Roane County	R	−19.5%	3,007	4,472	7,511
Summers County	R	−4.0%	3,752	4,063	7,832
Taylor County	R	−33.1%	2,548	5,101	7,705
Tucker County	R	−5.4%	2,263	2,525	4,872
Tyler County	R	−41.4%	1,591	3,881	5,533
Upshur County	R	−51.2%	1,683	5,277	7,017
Wayne County	R	−4.2%	5,177	5,630	10,849
Webster County	D	+8.7%	2,306	1,936	4,252
Wetzel County	R	−4.4%	4,052	4,428	8,539
Wirt County	R	−10.1%	1,272	1,561	2,869
Wood County	R	−40.4%	6,412	15,184	21,721
Wyoming County	R	−13.4%	3,047	3,987	7,034