United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1928

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1928
Minnesota
November 6, 1928

 
Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 560,977 396,451
Percentage 57.8% 40.8%

County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6, 1928 in Minnesota as part of the 1928 United States presidential election.

The Republican candidate, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover won the state over New York governor Al Smith by a margin of 164,526 votes, or 16.94%. Nationally, Hoover won the election, with 444 electoral votes and a landslide 17.41% lead over Smith in the popular vote. This was the last presidential election held in Minnesota before the elimination of the 10th congressional district, and hence the last presidential election in which Minnesota had 12 electoral votes.

Results

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1928[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Herbert Hoover 560,977 57.77% 12
Democratic Al Smith 396,451 40.83% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 6,774 0.70% 0
Workers (Communist) William Z. Foster 4,853 0.50% 0
Socialist Labor Verne L. Reynolds 1,921 0.20% 0
Totals 970,976 100.00% 12

References

  1. "1928 Presidential Election Results, 1928". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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