See main article: 1928 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1928 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Country: | Colorado |
| Flag Year: | 1911 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1924 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Previous Year: | 1924 |
| Next Election: | 1932 United States presidential election in Colorado |
| Next Year: | 1932 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1928 |
| Image1: | Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Herbert Hoover |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | California |
| Running Mate1: | Charles Curtis |
| Electoral Vote1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 253,872 |
| Percentage1: | 64.72% |
| Nominee2: | Al Smith |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Joseph T. Robinson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 133,131 |
| Percentage2: | 33.94% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Calvin Coolidge |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Herbert Hoover |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1928 United States presidential election in Colorado 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 six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Although Colorado had been strongly Democratic-leaning between 1896 and 1916, the nomination of Catholic New York Governor Smith was very poorly received in the eastern part of the state, part of the High Plains Methodist “Bible Belt”. The state had been all but ruled by the Ku Klux Klan for a number of years early in the decade,[1] and the strong anti-Catholic sentiment remained outside the heavily Mexican-American south-central part of the state.[2] Although Smith did make large gains in the Mexican-American counties, Hoover gained greatly over Calvin Coolidge in 1924 by up to 30 percent in the heavily populated Front Range counties and Colorado consequently became the seventh most Republican state in the nation, voting 14 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large.
Hoover's is the best Republican presidential performance in Colorado's history,[3] and the second-best by any candidate behind William Jennings Bryan in 1896 when he was overwhelmingly supported by the state's powerful silver mining industry.[4]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover of California | Charles Curtis | Republican | 6[5] | 253,872 | 64.72% | |
| Alfred E. Smith | Joseph T. Robinson | Democratic | 0 | 156,319 | 33.94% | |
| Norman Thomas | James Maurer | Socialist | 0 | 3,472 | 0.89% | |
| Frank E. Webb | Will Vereen | Farmer-Labor | 0 | 1,092 | 0.28% | |
| William Z. Foster | Benjamin Gitlow | Workers Communist | 0 | 675 | 0.17% | |
| County | Herbert Clark Hoover[6] Republican | Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Frank E. Webb Farmer-Labor | William Z. Foster Communist | Margin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | |||||||||
| align="center" | Baca | align="center" | 78.48% | align="center" | 2,108 | align="center" | 19.51% | align="center" | 524 | align="center" | 1.56% | align="center" | 42 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 58.97% | align="center" | 1,584 | |
| align="center" | Morgan | align="center" | 76.10% | align="center" | 4,197 | align="center" | 22.52% | align="center" | 1,242 | align="center" | 1.03% | align="center" | 57 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 53.58% | align="center" | 2,955 | |
| align="center" | El Paso | align="center" | 75.28% | align="center" | 16,243 | align="center" | 23.49% | align="center" | 5,069 | align="center" | 1.05% | align="center" | 227 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 51.78% | align="center" | 11,174 | |
| align="center" | Otero | align="center" | 74.88% | align="center" | 5,788 | align="center" | 24.27% | align="center" | 1,876 | align="center" | 0.52% | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 0.25% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 50.61% | align="center" | 3,912 | |
| align="center" | Logan | align="center" | 71.92% | align="center" | 4,377 | align="center" | 26.62% | align="center" | 1,620 | align="center" | 0.72% | align="center" | 44 | align="center" | 0.58% | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 45.30% | align="center" | 2,757 | |
| align="center" | Bent | align="center" | 72.13% | align="center" | 1,957 | align="center" | 27.31% | align="center" | 741 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 44.82% | align="center" | 1,216 | |
| align="center" | Prowers | align="center" | 71.50% | align="center" | 3,228 | align="center" | 26.93% | align="center" | 1,216 | align="center" | 0.84% | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 0.55% | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 44.56% | align="center" | 2,012 | |
| align="center" | Elbert | align="center" | 71.38% | align="center" | 1,933 | align="center" | 27.25% | align="center" | 738 | align="center" | 0.89% | align="center" | 24 | align="center" | 0.41% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 44.13% | align="center" | 1,195 | |
| align="center" | Larimer | align="center" | 70.94% | align="center" | 8,213 | align="center" | 27.66% | align="center" | 3,203 | align="center" | 0.86% | align="center" | 100 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 46 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 43.27% | align="center" | 5,010 | |
| align="center" | Washington | align="center" | 69.99% | align="center" | 2,132 | align="center" | 27.94% | align="center" | 851 | align="center" | 1.25% | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 0.66% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 42.06% | align="center" | 1,281 | |
| align="center" | Arapahoe | align="center" | 70.29% | align="center" | 6,086 | align="center" | 28.44% | align="center" | 2,463 | align="center" | 0.80% | align="center" | 69 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 41.84% | align="center" | 3,623 | |
| align="center" | Yuma | align="center" | 69.07% | align="center" | 3,401 | align="center" | 28.09% | align="center" | 1,383 | align="center" | 1.87% | align="center" | 92 | align="center" | 0.81% | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 0.16% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 40.98% | align="center" | 2,018 | |
| align="center" | Weld | align="center" | 69.58% | align="center" | 13,719 | align="center" | 29.22% | align="center" | 5,762 | align="center" | 0.62% | align="center" | 123 | align="center" | 0.44% | align="center" | 87 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 40.36% | align="center" | 7,957 | |
| align="center" | Lincoln | align="center" | 69.11% | align="center" | 2,110 | align="center" | 29.09% | align="center" | 888 | align="center" | 0.85% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 0.92% | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 40.03% | align="center" | 1,222 | |
| align="center" | Jefferson | align="center" | 69.09% | align="center" | 6,754 | align="center" | 29.46% | align="center" | 2,880 | align="center" | 0.99% | align="center" | 97 | align="center" | 0.32% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 39.63% | align="center" | 3,874 | |
| align="center" | Fremont | align="center" | 68.79% | align="center" | 5,365 | align="center" | 30.16% | align="center" | 2,352 | align="center" | 0.83% | align="center" | 65 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 38.63% | align="center" | 3,013 | |
| align="center" | Kiowa | align="center" | 67.59% | align="center" | 1,024 | align="center" | 30.23% | align="center" | 458 | align="center" | 1.12% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 0.99% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 37.36% | align="center" | 566 | |
| align="center" | Delta | align="center" | 67.32% | align="center" | 3,731 | align="center" | 30.17% | align="center" | 1,672 | align="center" | 1.61% | align="center" | 89 | align="center" | 0.72% | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 37.15% | align="center" | 2,059 | |
| align="center" | Montrose | align="center" | 67.27% | align="center" | 2,873 | align="center" | 30.37% | align="center" | 1,297 | align="center" | 1.50% | align="center" | 64 | align="center" | 0.73% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 0.14% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 36.90% | align="center" | 1,576 | |
| align="center" | Kit Carson | align="center" | 67.37% | align="center" | 2,486 | align="center" | 30.81% | align="center" | 1,137 | align="center" | 1.03% | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 0.70% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 36.56% | align="center" | 1,349 | |
| align="center" | Boulder | align="center" | 67.48% | align="center" | 9,457 | align="center" | 31.13% | align="center" | 4,363 | align="center" | 0.92% | align="center" | 129 | align="center" | 0.28% | align="center" | 39 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 36.35% | align="center" | 5,094 | |
| align="center" | Sedgwick | align="center" | 67.51% | align="center" | 1,247 | align="center" | 31.40% | align="center" | 580 | align="center" | 0.81% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 36.11% | align="center" | 667 | |
| align="center" | Phillips | align="center" | 65.16% | align="center" | 1,440 | align="center" | 31.90% | align="center" | 705 | align="center" | 2.49% | align="center" | 55 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 33.26% | align="center" | 735 | |
| align="center" | Mesa | align="center" | 65.76% | align="center" | 6,446 | align="center" | 32.88% | align="center" | 3,223 | align="center" | 0.92% | align="center" | 90 | align="center" | 0.36% | align="center" | 35 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 32.88% | align="center" | 3,223 | |
| align="center" | Rio Blanco | align="center" | 65.50% | align="center" | 860 | align="center" | 32.67% | align="center" | 429 | align="center" | 1.45% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 32.83% | align="center" | 431 | |
| align="center" | Pueblo | align="center" | 65.65% | align="center" | 15,541 | align="center" | 33.29% | align="center" | 7,881 | align="center" | 0.74% | align="center" | 174 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 32.36% | align="center" | 7,660 | |
| align="center" | Crowley | align="center" | 65.42% | align="center" | 1,243 | align="center" | 33.42% | align="center" | 635 | align="center" | 0.63% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.53% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 32.00% | align="center" | 608 | |
| align="center" | Moffat | align="center" | 64.56% | align="center" | 1,346 | align="center" | 34.05% | align="center" | 710 | align="center" | 0.96% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.34% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 30.50% | align="center" | 636 | |
| align="center" | Cheyenne | align="center" | 63.85% | align="center" | 945 | align="center" | 33.78% | align="center" | 500 | align="center" | 1.55% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 0.81% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 30.07% | align="center" | 445 | |
| align="center" | Douglas | align="center" | 64.25% | align="center" | 1,107 | align="center" | 35.00% | align="center" | 603 | align="center" | 0.58% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 29.25% | align="center" | 504 | |
| align="center" | Rio Grande | align="center" | 64.03% | align="center" | 2,254 | align="center" | 34.83% | align="center" | 1,226 | align="center" | 0.60% | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 0.37% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 29.20% | align="center" | 1,028 | |
| align="center" | Denver | align="center" | 63.40% | align="center" | 73,543 | align="center" | 35.55% | align="center" | 41,238 | align="center" | 0.63% | align="center" | 736 | align="center" | 0.13% | align="center" | 150 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 335 | align="center" | 27.85% | align="center" | 32,305 | |
| align="center" | Eagle | align="center" | 63.18% | align="center" | 1,014 | align="center" | 35.51% | align="center" | 570 | align="center" | 0.75% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.37% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 27.66% | align="center" | 444 | |
| align="center" | Adams | align="center" | 63.10% | align="center" | 4,031 | align="center" | 35.46% | align="center" | 2,265 | align="center" | 0.85% | align="center" | 54 | align="center" | 0.49% | align="center" | 31 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 27.65% | align="center" | 1,766 | |
| align="center" | Park | align="center" | 62.82% | align="center" | 740 | align="center" | 35.57% | align="center" | 419 | align="center" | 1.10% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.42% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 27.25% | align="center" | 321 | |
| align="center" | Saguache | align="center" | 62.62% | align="center" | 1,491 | align="center" | 35.87% | align="center" | 854 | align="center" | 1.18% | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 26.75% | align="center" | 637 | |
| align="center" | Montezuma | align="center" | 62.37% | align="center" | 1,341 | align="center" | 35.91% | align="center" | 772 | align="center" | 1.30% | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 0.42% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 26.47% | align="center" | 569 | |
| align="center" | Grand | align="center" | 62.15% | align="center" | 770 | align="center" | 36.40% | align="center" | 451 | align="center" | 1.29% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.08% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 25.75% | align="center" | 319 | |
| align="center" | Clear Creek | align="center" | 61.05% | align="center" | 790 | align="center" | 37.17% | align="center" | 481 | align="center" | 1.55% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 23.88% | align="center" | 309 | |
| align="center" | Jackson | align="center" | 60.21% | align="center" | 401 | align="center" | 37.39% | align="center" | 249 | align="center" | 1.50% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.45% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 22.82% | align="center" | 152 | |
| align="center" | Garfield | align="center" | 60.03% | align="center" | 2,435 | align="center" | 38.51% | align="center" | 1,562 | align="center" | 0.94% | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 0.42% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 21.52% | align="center" | 873 | |
| align="center" | Custer | align="center" | 58.88% | align="center" | 600 | align="center" | 38.17% | align="center" | 389 | align="center" | 2.45% | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 20.71% | align="center" | 211 | |
| align="center" | Chaffee | align="center" | 59.49% | align="center" | 1,880 | align="center" | 38.92% | align="center" | 1,230 | align="center" | 1.17% | align="center" | 37 | align="center" | 0.22% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 20.57% | align="center" | 650 | |
| align="center" | La Plata | align="center" | 59.58% | align="center" | 2,837 | align="center" | 39.31% | align="center" | 1,872 | align="center" | 0.84% | align="center" | 40 | align="center" | 0.17% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 20.26% | align="center" | 965 | |
| align="center" | Alamosa | align="center" | 58.23% | align="center" | 1,759 | align="center" | 41.01% | align="center" | 1,239 | align="center" | 0.50% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.23% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.03% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 17.21% | align="center" | 520 | |
| align="center" | Routt | align="center" | 57.36% | align="center" | 2,304 | align="center" | 40.95% | align="center" | 1,645 | align="center" | 1.17% | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | 0.32% | align="center" | 13 | align="center" | 0.20% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 16.41% | align="center" | 659 | |
| align="center" | Dolores | align="center" | 55.92% | align="center" | 387 | align="center" | 40.17% | align="center" | 278 | align="center" | 3.18% | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 0.29% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 0.43% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 15.75% | align="center" | 109 | |
| align="center" | Archuleta | align="center" | 56.48% | align="center" | 610 | align="center" | 41.39% | align="center" | 447 | align="center" | 1.57% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 0.56% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 15.09% | align="center" | 163 | |
| align="center" | San Miguel | align="center" | 54.91% | align="center" | 721 | align="center" | 42.19% | align="center" | 554 | align="center" | 1.29% | align="center" | 17 | align="center" | 0.38% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1.22% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 12.72% | align="center" | 167 | |
| align="center" | Gunnison | align="center" | 55.21% | align="center" | 1,456 | align="center" | 43.04% | align="center" | 1,135 | align="center" | 1.25% | align="center" | 33 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 0.19% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 12.17% | align="center" | 321 | |
| align="center" | Gilpin | align="center" | 55.17% | align="center" | 299 | align="center" | 43.54% | align="center" | 236 | align="center" | 1.11% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.18% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 11.62% | align="center" | 63 | |
| align="center" | Hinsdale | align="center" | 53.78% | align="center" | 128 | align="center" | 44.54% | align="center" | 106 | align="center" | 1.68% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 9.24% | align="center" | 22 | |
| align="center" | Summit | align="center" | 53.16% | align="center" | 362 | align="center" | 44.93% | align="center" | 306 | align="center" | 1.76% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.15% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 8.22% | align="center" | 56 | |
| align="center" | Teller | align="center" | 52.04% | align="center" | 1,184 | align="center" | 45.58% | align="center" | 1,037 | align="center" | 1.80% | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 0.31% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.26% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 6.46% | align="center" | 147 | |
| align="center" | Ouray | align="center" | 51.49% | align="center" | 535 | align="center" | 46.10% | align="center" | 479 | align="center" | 1.54% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 0.87% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 5.39% | align="center" | 56 | |
| align="center" | Pitkin | align="center" | 50.95% | align="center" | 485 | align="center" | 47.69% | align="center" | 454 | align="center" | 0.95% | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 0.42% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 3.26% | align="center" | 31 | |
| align="center" | Huerfano | align="center" | 49.15% | align="center" | 3,260 | align="center" | 50.40% | align="center" | 3,343 | align="center" | 0.30% | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 0.09% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | 0.06% | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | -1.25% | align="center" | -83 | |
| align="center" | Conejos | align="center" | 45.24% | align="center" | 1,463 | align="center" | 52.32% | align="center" | 1,692 | align="center" | 1.76% | align="center" | 57 | align="center" | 0.34% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | 0.34% | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | -7.08% | align="center" | -229 | |
| align="center" | Las Animas | align="center" | 44.74% | align="center" | 5,367 | align="center" | 53.85% | align="center" | 6,459 | align="center" | 1.24% | align="center" | 149 | align="center" | 0.10% | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 0.07% | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | -9.10% | align="center" | -1,092 | |
| align="center" | Mineral | align="center" | 41.14% | align="center" | 144 | align="center" | 53.43% | align="center" | 187 | align="center" | 5.43% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | 0.00% | align="center" | 0 | align="center" | -12.29% | align="center" | -43 | |
| align="center" | Lake | align="center" | 40.10% | align="center" | 990 | align="center" | 58.69% | align="center" | 1,449 | align="center" | 0.93% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 0.04% | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0.24% | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | -18.59% | align="center" | -459 | |
| align="center" | San Juan | align="center" | 37.13% | align="center" | 277 | align="center" | 58.45% | align="center" | 436 | align="center" | 3.62% | align="center" | 27 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 0.40% | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | -21.31% | align="center" | -159 | |
| align="center" | Costilla | align="center" | 37.33% | align="center" | 657 | align="center" | 60.80% | align="center" | 1,070 | align="center" | 0.85% | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 0.91% | align="center" | 16 | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | -23.47% | align="center" | -413 | |