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1928 United States presidential election in Iowa

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The 1928 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 6, 1928. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1928 United States presidential election in Iowa
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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 13 0
Popular vote 623,570 379,311
Percentage 61.77% 37.57%
County Results
President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Iowa was won by Republican former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California (actually an Iowan by birth) who was running against Democratic Governor of New York Alfred E. Smith. Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith's running mate was Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas. Hoover won Iowa by a margin of 24.20 percent.

Results edit

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis Republican 13[1] 623,570 61.77%
Al Smith Joseph T. Robinson Democratic 0 379,311 37.57%
Frank Webb Will Vereen Farmer-Labor 0 3,088[a] 0.31%
Norman Thomas James Maurer Socialist 0 2,960[a] 0.29%
William Z. Foster Benjamin Gitlow Communist 0 328[a] 0.03%
Verne L. Reynolds Jeremiah Crowley Socialist Labor 0 230[a] 0.02%
— — Write-ins 0 2[a] 0.00%

Results by county edit

County[2] Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Adair 4,176 69.25% 1,854 30.75% 2,322 38.51% 6,030
Adams 2,958 66.67% 1,479 33.33% 1,479 33.33% 4,437
Allamakee 4,785 59.72% 3,227 40.28% 1,558 19.45% 8,012
Appanoose 6,864 67.27% 3,340 32.73% 3,524 34.54% 10,204
Audubon 2,340 49.74% 2,364 50.26% -24 -0.51% 4,704
Benton 5,669 63.16% 3,307 36.84% 2,362 26.31% 8,976
Black Hawk 19,409 69.63% 8,467 30.37% 10,942 39.25% 27,876
Boone 7,521 71.15% 3,049 28.85% 4,472 42.31% 10,570
Bremer 3,879 55.22% 3,146 44.78% 733 10.43% 7,025
Buchanan 5,885 65.51% 3,099 34.49% 2,786 31.01% 8,984
Buena Vista 5,087 66.10% 2,609 33.90% 2,478 32.20% 7,696
Butler 4,789 71.85% 1,876 28.15% 2,913 43.71% 6,665
Calhoun 4,136 60.67% 2,681 39.33% 1,455 21.34% 6,817
Carroll 4,014 39.55% 6,134 60.45% -2,120 -20.89% 10,148
Cass 6,120 69.86% 2,640 30.14% 3,480 39.73% 8,760
Cedar 4,856 65.86% 2,517 34.14% 2,339 31.72% 7,373
Cerro Gordo 9,582 66.13% 4,908 33.87% 4,674 32.26% 14,490
Cherokee 3,909 59.14% 2,701 40.86% 1,208 18.28% 6,610
Chickasaw 3,712 50.32% 3,665 49.68% 47 0.64% 7,377
Clarke 2,780 62.87% 1,642 37.13% 1,138 25.73% 4,422
Clay 3,986 65.88% 2,064 34.12% 1,922 31.77% 6,050
Clayton 6,774 61.55% 4,231 38.45% 2,543 23.11% 11,005
Clinton 12,295 58.72% 8,643 41.28% 3,652 17.44% 20,938
Crawford 3,436 43.32% 4,495 56.68% -1,059 -13.35% 7,931
Dallas 7,294 70.12% 3,108 29.88% 4,186 40.24% 10,402
Davis 3,097 54.76% 2,559 45.24% 538 9.51% 5,656
Decatur 3,942 59.57% 2,675 40.43% 1,267 19.15% 6,617
Delaware 5,390 57.75% 3,943 42.25% 1,447 15.50% 9,333
Des Moines 10,547 65.41% 5,578 34.59% 4,969 30.82% 16,125
Dickinson 3,045 70.88% 1,251 29.12% 1,794 41.76% 4,296
Dubuque 9,744 33.39% 19,437 66.61% -9,693 -33.22% 29,181
Emmet 3,218 70.11% 1,372 29.89% 1,846 40.22% 4,590
Fayette 8,338 67.25% 4,061 32.75% 4,277 34.49% 12,399
Floyd 5,674 73.23% 2,074 26.77% 3,600 46.46% 7,748
Franklin 3,424 66.98% 1,688 33.02% 1,736 33.96% 5,112
Fremont 3,597 56.04% 2,822 43.96% 775 12.07% 6,419
Greene 4,299 68.17% 2,007 31.83% 2,292 36.35% 6,306
Grundy 3,671 69.38% 1,620 30.62% 2,051 38.76% 5,291
Guthrie 4,772 68.10% 2,235 31.90% 2,537 36.21% 7,007
Hamilton 4,171 58.37% 2,975 41.63% 1,196 16.74% 7,146
Hancock 3,114 61.70% 1,933 38.30% 1,181 23.40% 5,047
Hardin 5,781 70.90% 2,373 29.10% 3,408 41.80% 8,154
Harrison 5,605 55.99% 4,406 44.01% 1,199 11.98% 10,011
Henry 5,160 71.54% 2,053 28.46% 3,107 43.08% 7,213
Howard 3,375 51.39% 3,193 48.61% 182 2.77% 6,568
Humboldt 2,828 62.75% 1,679 37.25% 1,149 25.49% 4,507
Ida 2,486 53.37% 2,172 46.63% 314 6.74% 4,658
Iowa 4,091 57.09% 3,075 42.91% 1,016 14.18% 7,166
Jackson 4,740 55.97% 3,729 44.03% 1,011 11.94% 8,469
Jasper 9,144 70.33% 3,857 29.67% 5,287 40.67% 13,001
Jefferson 4,919 69.50% 2,159 30.50% 2,760 38.99% 7,078
Johnson 7,288 50.37% 7,181 49.63% 107 0.74% 14,469
Jones 5,090 63.10% 2,976 36.90% 2,114 26.21% 8,066
Keokuk 5,304 58.44% 3,772 41.56% 1,532 16.88% 9,076
Kossuth 4,878 50.74% 4,736 49.26% 142 1.48% 9,614
Lee 11,645 59.93% 7,785 40.07% 3,860 19.87% 19,430
Linn 25,452 68.48% 11,715 31.52% 13,737 36.96% 37,167
Louisa 3,275 69.21% 1,457 30.79% 1,818 38.42% 4,732
Lucas 3,811 66.87% 1,888 33.13% 1,923 33.74% 5,699
Lyon 3,170 66.01% 1,632 33.99% 1,538 32.03% 4,802
Madison 4,364 66.71% 2,178 33.29% 2,186 33.41% 6,542
Mahaska 7,368 69.72% 3,200 30.28% 4,168 39.44% 10,568
Marion 6,225 60.21% 4,113 39.79% 2,112 20.43% 10,338
Marshall 9,326 73.38% 3,384 26.62% 5,942 46.75% 12,710
Mills 3,429 61.14% 2,179 38.86% 1,250 22.29% 5,608
Mitchell 3,534 60.49% 2,308 39.51% 1,226 20.99% 5,842
Monona 3,745 56.91% 2,836 43.09% 909 13.81% 6,581
Monroe 4,060 59.02% 2,819 40.98% 1,241 18.04% 6,879
Montgomery 5,155 71.26% 2,079 28.74% 3,076 42.52% 7,234
Muscatine 8,604 67.97% 4,055 32.03% 4,549 35.93% 12,659
O'Brien 4,845 66.90% 2,397 33.10% 2,448 33.80% 7,242
Osceola 2,085 57.09% 1,567 42.91% 518 14.18% 3,652
Page 7,181 74.35% 2,478 25.65% 4,703 48.69% 9,659
Palo Alto 3,463 54.92% 2,843 45.08% 620 9.83% 6,306
Plymouth 4,848 49.15% 5,015 50.85% -167 -1.69% 9,863
Pocahontas 3,322 54.05% 2,824 45.95% 498 8.10% 6,146
Polk 42,290 68.19% 19,725 31.81% 22,565 36.39% 62,015
Pottawattamie 14,354 59.17% 9,905 40.83% 4,449 18.34% 24,259
Poweshiek 5,212 65.16% 2,787 34.84% 2,425 30.32% 7,999
Ringgold 3,674 70.03% 1,572 29.97% 2,102 40.07% 5,246
Sac 4,461 64.89% 2,414 35.11% 2,047 29.77% 6,875
Scott 16,974 56.74% 12,942 43.26% 4,032 13.48% 29,916
Shelby 3,459 48.97% 3,604 51.03% -145 -2.05% 7,063
Sioux 6,378 69.20% 2,839 30.80% 3,539 38.40% 9,217
Story 9,035 76.90% 2,714 23.10% 6,321 53.80% 11,749
Tama 5,589 53.81% 4,798 46.19% 791 7.62% 10,387
Taylor 4,700 69.38% 2,074 30.62% 2,626 38.77% 6,774
Union 5,432 67.20% 2,651 32.80% 2,781 34.41% 8,083
Van Buren 3,904 66.76% 1,944 33.24% 1,960 33.52% 5,848
Wapello 11,586 66.67% 5,793 33.33% 5,793 33.33% 17,379
Warren 5,294 70.28% 2,239 29.72% 3,055 40.55% 7,533
Washington 5,948 68.35% 2,754 31.65% 3,194 36.70% 8,702
Wayne 3,911 60.26% 2,579 39.74% 1,332 20.52% 6,490
Webster 8,525 56.75% 6,497 43.25% 2,028 13.50% 15,022
Winnebago 3,386 72.75% 1,268 27.25% 2,118 45.51% 4,654
Winneshiek 5,084 52.85% 4,535 47.15% 549 5.71% 9,619
Woodbury 20,587 53.59% 17,831 46.41% 2,756 7.17% 38,418
Worth 2,921 69.04% 1,310 30.96% 1,611 38.08% 4,231
Wright 5,020 66.34% 2,547 33.66% 2,473 32.68% 7,567
Totals 623,570 61.79% 379,011 37.56% 244,559 24.23% 1,009,189[b]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Votes for candidates other than the Republican and Democratic were not separated by county but listed only as a state-wide total. They are included in the statewide total at the bottom of the county table.
  2. ^ This total includes all minor parties that were not separated by county.

References edit

  1. ^ "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "IA US President Race, November 06, 1928". Our Campaigns.
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