United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1928

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1928

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.