United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1928

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United States presidential election in Connecticut, 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 7 0 Popular vote 296,641 252,085 Percentage 53.63% 45.57%

President before election Calvin Coolidge Republican Elected President Herbert Hoover Republican

The 1928 United States Presidential Election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1928 as part of the 1928 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Hoover’s running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas.

Hoover won Connecticut by a narrow margin of 8.06 percent.

Results

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1928
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Herbert Hoover of California	Charles Curtis of Kansas	296,641	53.63%	7	100.00%
	Democratic	Al Smith of Nebraska	Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas	252,085	45.57%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania	3,029	0.55%	0	0.00%
	Communist	William Z. Foster of Massachusetts	Benjamin Gitlow of New York	738	0.13%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Verne L. Reynolds of Michigan	Jeremiah D. Crowley of New York	625	0.10%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	6	0.01%	0	0.00%
Total				553,124	100.00%	7	100.00%