1928 United States presidential election in California

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United States presidential election in California, 1928

November 6, 1928

Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith Party Republican Democratic Home state California New York Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph Taylor Robinson Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,162,323 614,365 Percentage 64.69% 34.19%

200px County Results   Smith—50-60%   Smith—40-50%   Hoover—<50%   Hoover—50-60%   Hoover—60-70%   Hoover—70-80%   Hoover—>90%

President before election Calvin Coolidge Republican Elected President Herbert Hoover Republican

In the 1928 United States presidential election, California voted for the Republican nominee, former Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Al Smith. This was also the first election where California was won by more than 1 million votes.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Herbert Hoover	1,162,323	64.69%	13
	Democratic	Al Smith	614,365	34.19%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	19,595	1.09%	0
	No party	Write-ins	261	0.01%	0
	No party	William Z. Foster (write-in)	112	0.01%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			1,796,656	100.00%	13
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Hoover	Votes	Smith	Votes	Others	Votes
Alpine	94.23%	49	5.77%	3	0.00%	0
Orange	79.35%	30,572	19.75%	7,611	0.89%	344
Riverside	77.94%	17,600	21.12%	4,769	0.94%	212
San Bernardino	74.73%	29,229	24.13%	9,436	1.14%	447
Los Angeles	70.22%	513,526	28.71%	209,945	1.07%	7,830
Ventura	70.17%	9,017	28.92%	3,717	0.91%	117
Humboldt	69.75%	9,162	28.37%	3,726	1.88%	247
Santa Barbara	69.44%	11,666	29.49%	4,954	1.07%	179
Santa Cruz	68.53%	8,275	30.54%	3,688	0.93%	112
Imperial	67.61%	5,417	31.03%	2,486	1.36%	109
San Diego	67.14%	47,769	31.97%	22,749	0.89%	633
Stanislaus	67.13%	10,753	31.61%	5,063	1.27%	203
Tehama	65.58%	3,393	31.89%	1,650	2.53%	131
Alameda	65.42%	118,539	33.60%	60,875	0.98%	1,780
Lake	65.37%	1,820	33.26%	926	1.36%	38
Glenn	65.03%	2,466	34.20%	1,297	0.76%	29
Santa Clara	63.81%	31,710	35.39%	17,589	0.79%	395
Tulare	63.76%	12,057	35.09%	6,635	1.15%	218
Mendocino	63.39%	4,810	34.63%	2,628	1.98%	150
Monterey	63.12%	7,228	36.13%	4,138	0.75%	86
Kern	62.67%	14,692	36.43%	8,541	0.90%	212
Mono	61.80%	220	35.67%	127	2.53%	9
San Joaquin	61.10%	16,695	37.85%	10,343	1.05%	288
San Luis Obispo	60.82%	5,425	37.40%	3,336	1.78%	159
Butte	60.45%	6,306	37.83%	3,946	1.73%	180
Contra Costa	60.38%	13,495	38.36%	8,573	1.26%	281
Merced	60.17%	4,644	38.48%	2,970	1.35%	104
Sonoma	59.71%	12,891	39.40%	8,506	0.90%	194
San Benito	58.87%	1,971	40.80%	1,366	0.33%	11
San Mateo	58.87%	14,360	39.99%	9,755	1.14%	277
Napa	57.48%	4,699	41.86%	3,422	0.66%	54
Marin	57.44%	7,862	41.54%	5,686	1.02%	140
Inyo	57.37%	1,206	40.96%	861	1.67%	35
Yolo	56.96%	3,545	42.43%	2,641	0.61%	38
Modoc	56.75%	942	42.83%	711	0.42%	7
Lassen	56.73%	2,111	42.92%	1,597	0.35%	13
Colusa	56.30%	1,752	42.99%	1,338	0.71%	22
Del Norte	55.87%	771	43.41%	599	0.72%	10
Siskiyou	55.49%	3,758	43.06%	2,916	1.45%	98
Mariposa	55.03%	656	43.37%	517	1.59%	19
Madera	54.88%	2,354	44.21%	1,896	0.91%	39
Tuolumne	54.80%	1,731	43.05%	1,360	2.15%	68
Fresno	54.30%	20,687	44.32%	16,884	1.38%	527
Sutter	53.98%	2,239	45.20%	1,875	0.82%	34
Calaveras	53.79%	1,262	45.44%	1,066	0.77%	18
Solano	52.32%	7,061	46.51%	6,278	1.17%	158
Shasta	52.20%	2,301	45.94%	2,025	1.86%	82
Nevada	52.00%	2,173	46.88%	1,959	1.12%	47
Sierra	51.52%	457	47.35%	420	1.13%	10
Kings	51.51%	2,947	47.21%	2,701	1.28%	73
Sacramento	50.83%	20,762	48.19%	19,684	0.99%	403
Yuba	50.02%	2,022	49.23%	1,990	0.74%	30
Placer	49.25%	3,669	49.46%	3,685	1.29%	96
San Francisco	49.11%	95,987	49.44%	96,632	1.46%	2,849
Trinity	48.85%	447	47.32%	433	3.83%	35
Plumas	45.64%	947	52.00%	1,079	2.36%	49
El Dorado	44.25%	1,228	54.63%	1,516	1.12%	31
Amador	44.12%	990	55.53%	1,246	0.36%	8

References

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