Who won the 1928 presidential election?

Herbert Hoover (Republican) won the 1928 presidential election with 454 electoral votes and 58.0% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1928?

The 1928 Electoral College result was 75 Democratic to 454 Republican (535 total electoral votes, 268 needed to win).

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1928

Presidential Election · 1928

Elected President

Herbert Hoover

Republicandefeating A L Smith

Smith

Electoral

Votes

268 to win

454

Hoover

75 EV268 needed to win454 EV

Popular Vote

Hoover(REP)58.0%

Smith(DEM)40.7%

Other(OTH)1.3%

National margin:R+17.3%

37,160,429 total votes cast

View state-by-state results →

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Smith: 8 states · 75 EV|Hoover: 40 states · 454 EV

	State ▲	EV	Smith %	Votes	Hoover %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	11	51.3%	127,796	48.5%	120,725	—	D+2.8	↓ R+41.8
▶	Arizona	4	42.2%	38,537	57.6%	52,533	—	R+15.3	↓ R+9.6
▶	Arkansas	6	60.3%	119,195	39.3%	77,785	—	D+20.9	↓ R+11.0
▶	California	32	34.2%	614,365	63.9%	1,147,929	—	R+29.7	↑ D+19.3
▶	Colorado	6	31.4%	132,747	67.5%	285,172	—	R+36.1	↓ R+2.3
▶	Connecticut	8	45.6%	252,040	53.6%	296,614	—	R+8.1	↑ D+25.9
▶	Delaware	3	33.8%	35,354	65.8%	68,860	—	R+32.0	↓ R+11.1
▶	Florida	10	39.9%	100,721	57.1%	144,168	—	R+17.2	↓ R+46.0
▶	Georgia	12	56.6%	129,602	28.0%	64,125	15.4%	D+28.6	↓ R+27.3
▶	Idaho	4	34.9%	52,926	64.2%	97,322	—	R+29.3	↑ D+2.6
▶	Illinois	27	42.2%	1,312,235	57.0%	1,770,723	—	R+14.8	↑ D+20.7
▶	Indiana	13	39.6%	562,691	59.7%	848,290	—	R+20.1	↓ R+3.5
▶	Iowa	10	37.8%	379,011	62.2%	623,570	—	R+24.4	↑ D+14.2
▶	Kansas	8	27.1%	193,003	72.0%	513,672	—	R+45.0	↓ R+7.0
▶	Kentucky	10	40.5%	381,060	59.3%	558,064	—	R+18.8	↓ R+16.2
▶	Louisiana	10	76.3%	164,655	23.7%	51,160	—	D+52.6	↓ R+3.6
▶	Maine	5	31.0%	81,179	68.6%	179,923	—	R+37.7	↑ D+12.5
▶	Maryland	9	44.2%	349,732	55.2%	436,661	—	R+11.0	↓ R+6.4
▶	Massachusetts	16	50.2%	792,758	49.1%	775,566	—	D+1.1	↑ D+38.5
▶	Michigan	20	28.9%	396,762	70.4%	965,396	—	R+41.4	↑ D+20.8
▶	Minnesota	11	40.8%	396,451	57.8%	560,977	—	R+16.9	↑ D+27.4
▶	Mississippi	8	82.2%	124,445	17.3%	26,203	—	D+64.9	↓ R+17.1
▶	Missouri	13	42.0%	662,684	52.9%	834,080	5.1%	R+10.9	↓ R+5.3
▶	Montana	4	40.5%	78,638	58.4%	113,472	—	R+17.9	↑ D+5.2
▶	Nebraska	6	36.2%	197,950	63.2%	345,745	—	R+27.0	↓ R+9.4
▶	Nevada	3	43.5%	14,090	56.5%	18,327	—	R+13.1	↑ D+6.7
▶	New Hampshire	4	41.0%	80,715	58.6%	115,404	—	R+17.6	↑ D+7.5
▶	New Jersey	16	39.8%	616,162	59.8%	925,285	—	R+20.0	↑ D+14.8
▶	New Mexico	4	40.8%	48,211	59.0%	69,708	—	R+18.2	↓ R+12.7
▶	New York	45	47.4%	2,089,863	49.8%	2,193,344	—	R+2.4	↑ D+24.3
▶	North Carolina	14	45.1%	286,227	54.9%	348,923	—	R+9.9	↓ R+29.3
▶	North Dakota	4	44.5%	106,648	54.8%	131,419	—	R+10.3	↑ D+30.4
▶	Ohio	25	34.5%	864,210	64.9%	1,627,546	—	R+30.4	↑ D+4.2
▶	Oklahoma	8	35.4%	219,174	63.7%	394,046	—	R+28.3	↓ R+34.0
▶	Oregon	6	34.1%	109,223	64.2%	205,341	—	R+30.0	↓ R+3.2
▶	Pennsylvania	32	33.9%	1,067,586	65.2%	2,055,382	—	R+31.4	↑ D+14.9
▶	Rhode Island	4	50.2%	118,973	49.5%	117,522	—	D+0.6	↑ D+23.8
▶	South Carolina	8	91.4%	62,700	4.7%	3,205	—	D+86.7	↓ R+7.5
▶	South Dakota	4	39.2%	102,660	60.2%	157,603	—	R+21.0	↑ D+15.4
▶	Tennessee	11	44.4%	156,169	55.5%	195,195	—	R+11.1	↓ R+20.6
▶	Texas	24	48.2%	345,927	51.7%	371,444	—	R+3.5	↓ R+56.6
▶	Utah	4	45.9%	80,985	53.5%	94,485	—	R+7.7	↑ D+11.7
▶	Vermont	3	32.9%	44,440	66.9%	90,404	—	R+34.0	↑ D+28.6
▶	Virginia	12	46.4%	140,009	53.6%	161,952	—	R+7.3	↓ R+37.4
▶	Washington	9	31.4%	156,772	67.1%	335,503	—	R+35.7	↑ D+6.3
▶	West Virginia	8	41.0%	263,784	58.4%	375,551	—	R+17.4	↓ R+12.0
▶	Wisconsin	12	44.3%	450,259	53.5%	544,205	—	R+9.2	↑ D+19.7
▶	Wyoming	3	35.4%	29,299	63.7%	52,748	—	R+28.3	↑ D+8.0

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1924 margin. Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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