1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota explained

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Election Name:1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Country:Minnesota
Flag Year:1893
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1924 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Previous Year:1924
Next Election:1932 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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 Vote1:12
Popular Vote1:560,977
Percentage1:57.77%
Nominee2:Al Smith
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:396,451
Percentage2:40.83%
Map Size:350px
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 Minnesota took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Minnesota was won by the Republican candidate, former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover won the state over Democratic Party candidate, 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.

A Republican presidential nominee would not carry Minnesota again until Dwight D. Eisenhower did so in 1952. In fact, only two Republicans have since carried it; Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, and Richard Nixon in 1972. This is the last presidential election in which a Republican won Minnesota without Richard Nixon being on the ticket. This was also 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., this is the last election in which Carlton County and St. Louis County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[1]

This was the last election as of 2020 in which both Otter Tail County and Lake County voted for the same candidate. In 1932, Otter Tail would back Franklin Roosevelt and then vote for every ensuing Republican while Lake would be the sole Minnesota county to back Hoover's re-election bid before rapidly becoming one of the most Democratic counties in the state and never voting Republican again.[2]

Results

1928 United States presidential election in Minnesota[3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanHerbert Hoover560,97757.77%12
DemocraticAl Smith396,45140.83%0
SocialistNorman Thomas6,7740.70%0
Workers (Communist)William Z. Foster4,8530.50%0
Socialist LaborVerne L. Reynolds1,9210.20%0
Totals970,976100.00%12

Results by county

CountyHerbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast[4]
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Aitkin3,95170.10%1,42825.34%2574.56%2,52344.77%5,636
Anoka3,81659.05%2,57139.79%751.16%1,24519.27%6,462
Becker4,27355.47%3,25342.23%1772.30%1,02013.24%7,703
Beltrami4,06262.28%2,22134.05%2393.66%1,84128.23%6,522
Benton2,37346.29%2,73253.30%210.41%-359-7.00%5,126
Big Stone1,64143.20%2,13356.15%250.66%-492-12.95%3,799
Blue Earth8,12060.71%5,17738.70%790.59%2,94322.00%13,376
Brown3,61140.05%5,34159.24%640.71%-1,730-19.19%9,016
Carlton4,58264.01%2,13829.87%4386.12%2,44434.14%7,158
Carver3,98357.72%2,88541.81%330.48%1,09815.91%6,901
Cass3,78167.02%1,74730.96%1142.02%2,03436.05%5,642
Chippewa3,54762.77%2,03235.96%721.27%1,51526.81%5,651
Chisago4,21575.51%1,29723.24%701.25%2,91852.28%5,582
Clay5,05761.13%3,12837.81%871.05%1,92923.32%8,272
Clearwater1,89860.01%1,18937.59%762.40%70922.42%3,163
Cook60972.59%21926.10%111.31%39046.48%839
Cottonwood3,40567.45%1,60431.77%390.77%1,80135.68%5,048
Crow Wing6,43667.87%2,85130.06%1962.07%3,58537.80%9,483
Dakota6,01945.18%7,21554.15%890.67%-1,196-8.98%13,323
Dodge3,56974.49%1,19624.96%260.54%2,37349.53%4,791
Douglas4,26259.27%2,82939.34%1001.39%1,43319.93%7,191
Faribault5,88569.21%2,54229.90%760.89%3,34339.32%8,503
Fillmore7,71977.77%2,14321.59%630.63%5,57656.18%9,925
Freeborn7,81572.70%2,85926.60%760.71%4,95646.10%10,750
Goodhue9,75272.93%3,52026.32%1000.75%6,23246.60%13,372
Grant2,05754.33%1,68744.56%421.11%3709.77%3,786
Hennepin125,47260.19%80,85138.79%2,1241.02%44,62121.41%208,447
Houston3,61564.87%1,93734.76%210.38%1,67830.11%5,573
Hubbard2,29165.76%1,12032.15%732.10%1,17133.61%3,484
Isanti3,13771.13%1,19127.01%821.86%1,94644.13%4,410
Itasca5,10358.95%3,12236.07%4314.98%1,98122.89%8,656
Jackson3,09955.06%2,50344.47%260.46%59610.59%5,628
Kanabec2,38068.35%1,04029.87%621.78%1,34038.48%3,482
Kandiyohi5,78067.82%2,48129.11%2613.06%3,29938.71%8,522
Kittson1,95756.81%1,38340.15%1053.05%57416.66%3,445
Koochiching2,59953.67%2,11043.57%1342.77%48910.10%4,843
Lac qui Parle3,40659.65%2,24539.32%591.03%1,16120.33%5,710
Lake2,01472.84%61822.35%1334.81%1,39650.49%2,765
Lake of the Woods78151.45%68144.86%563.69%1006.59%1,518
Le Sueur3,40142.23%4,61557.30%380.47%-1,214-15.07%8,054
Lincoln1,95248.20%2,06450.96%340.84%-112-2.77%4,050
Lyon4,05854.93%3,27444.32%560.76%78410.61%7,388
McLeod4,25254.82%3,44544.41%600.77%80710.40%7,757
Mahnomen60629.90%1,37867.98%432.12%-772-38.09%2,027
Marshall3,73861.58%2,20036.24%1322.17%1,53825.34%6,070
Martin5,11064.10%2,82235.40%400.50%2,28828.70%7,972
Meeker4,17559.63%2,76139.43%660.94%1,41420.19%7,002
Mille Lacs3,99872.01%1,43625.86%1182.13%2,56246.15%5,552
Morrison3,84642.18%5,22257.27%510.56%-1,376-15.09%9,119
Mower6,20963.09%3,58736.45%460.47%2,62226.64%9,842
Murray2,60255.26%2,07844.13%290.62%52411.13%4,709
Nicollet3,62859.13%2,46640.19%420.68%1,16218.94%6,136
Nobles3,67656.01%2,86243.61%250.38%81412.40%6,563
Norman3,30867.39%1,40128.54%2004.07%1,90738.85%4,909
Olmsted8,33463.63%4,72036.04%440.34%3,61427.59%13,098
Otter Tail11,62468.28%4,99029.31%4112.41%6,63438.97%17,025
Pennington2,50665.29%1,19831.21%1343.49%1,30834.08%3,838
Pine4,27856.53%3,18542.09%1051.39%1,09314.44%7,568
Pipestone2,57861.40%1,59137.89%300.71%98723.51%4,199
Polk7,21556.08%5,35741.64%2942.29%1,85814.44%12,866
Pope3,38266.13%1,66732.60%651.27%1,71533.54%5,114
Ramsey53,05447.84%56,80751.22%1,0490.95%-3,753-3.38%110,910
Red Lake71231.56%1,50766.80%371.64%-795-35.24%2,256
Redwood5,11163.18%2,89935.84%790.98%2,21227.35%8,089
Renville5,10757.18%3,73141.77%941.05%1,37615.41%8,932
Rice6,57656.50%5,01443.08%490.42%1,56213.42%11,639
Rock2,43360.03%1,60739.65%130.32%82620.38%4,053
Roseau2,61863.16%1,34232.38%1854.46%1,27630.78%4,145
Saint Louis44,33161.13%25,40135.03%2,7853.84%18,93026.10%72,517
Scott1,73228.11%4,41971.71%110.18%-2,687-43.61%6,162
Sherburne2,43769.08%1,06430.16%270.77%1,37338.92%3,528
Sibley3,30155.94%2,55343.26%470.80%74812.68%5,901
Stearns6,45928.56%16,10471.21%520.23%-9,645-42.65%22,615
Steele4,74462.46%2,82637.21%250.33%1,91825.25%7,595
Stevens2,27560.70%1,45738.87%160.43%81821.82%3,748
Swift2,79149.72%2,73348.69%891.59%581.03%5,613
Todd5,68259.81%3,73339.29%850.89%1,94920.52%9,500
Traverse1,21438.79%1,89960.67%170.54%-685-21.88%3,130
Wabasha3,94455.84%3,08743.71%320.45%85712.13%7,063
Wadena2,59264.09%1,34333.21%1092.70%1,24930.89%4,044
Waseca3,25156.94%2,41842.35%410.72%83314.59%5,710
Washington6,11359.06%4,15840.17%800.77%1,95518.89%10,351
Watonwan3,30669.69%1,41229.76%260.55%1,89439.92%4,744
Wilkin1,87453.90%1,57845.38%250.72%2968.51%3,477
Winona7,45953.16%6,48446.21%880.63%9756.95%14,031
Wright6,01156.57%4,48342.19%1321.24%1,52814.38%10,626
Yellow Medicine3,30252.56%2,86145.54%1191.89%4417.02%6,282
Totals560,97757.77%396,45840.83%13,5871.40%164,51916.94%971,022

See also

Notes and References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. Web site: Minnesota. 2021-11-16. Google Docs. en-US.
  3. Web site: 1928 Presidential Election Results, 1928 . 2016-10-05 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 234-241