Election in California
Main article: 1928 United States presidential election
1928 United States presidential election in California Turnout 79.78% (of registered voters) 6.44 pp 56.98% (of eligible voters) 8.45 pp [1]
Nominee
Herbert Hoover
Al Smith
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
California
New York
Running mate
Charles Curtis
Joseph Taylor Robinson
Electoral vote
13
0
Popular vote
1,162,323
614,365
Percentage
64.69%
34.19%
County Results
Hoover
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
90-100%
Smith
40-50%
50-60%
President before election
Calvin Coolidge
Republican
Elected President
Herbert Hoover
Republican
The 1928 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1928 as part of the 1928 United States presidential election . State voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
California voted for the Republican nominee, former Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover , in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Al Smith . This was also the first election in California where the winning candidate received over 1 million votes. This also remains the last time that a Republican got more than 60% of the vote in California.
Results [ ]
1928 United States presidential election in California[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
Herbert Hoover
1,162,323
64.69%
13
Democratic
Al Smith
614,365
34.19%
0
Socialist
Norman Thomas
19,595
1.09%
0
No party
Write-ins
261
0.01%
0
No party
William Z. Foster (write-in)
112
0.01%
0
Invalid or blank votes
—
Totals
1,796,656
100.00%
13
Voter turnout
—
Results by county [ ]
County
Hoover
Votes
Smith
Votes
Others
Votes
Alpine
94.23%
49
5.77%
3
0.00%
0
Orange
79.35%
30,572
19.75%
7,611
0.89%
344
Riverside
77.94%
17,600
21.12%
4,769
0.94%
212
San Bernardino
74.73%
29,229
24.13%
9,436
1.14%
447
Los Angeles
70.22%
513,526
28.71%
209,945
1.07%
7,830
Ventura
70.17%
9,017
28.92%
3,717
0.91%
117
Humboldt
69.75%
9,162
28.37%
3,726
1.88%
247
Santa Barbara
69.44%
11,666
29.49%
4,954
1.07%
179
Santa Cruz
68.53%
8,275
30.54%
3,688
0.93%
112
Imperial
67.61%
5,417
31.03%
2,486
1.36%
109
San Diego
67.14%
47,769
31.97%
22,749
0.89%
633
Stanislaus
67.13%
10,753
31.61%
5,063
1.27%
203
Tehama
65.58%
3,393
31.89%
1,650
2.53%
131
Alameda
65.42%
118,539
33.60%
60,875
0.98%
1,780
Lake
65.37%
1,820
33.26%
926
1.36%
38
Glenn
65.03%
2,466
34.20%
1,297
0.76%
29
Santa Clara
63.81%
31,710
35.39%
17,589
0.79%
395
Tulare
63.76%
12,057
35.09%
6,635
1.15%
218
Mendocino
63.39%
4,810
34.63%
2,628
1.98%
150
Monterey
63.12%
7,228
36.13%
4,138
0.75%
86
Kern
62.67%
14,692
36.43%
8,541
0.90%
212
Mono
61.80%
220
35.67%
127
2.53%
9
San Joaquin
61.10%
16,695
37.85%
10,343
1.05%
288
San Luis Obispo
60.82%
5,425
37.40%
3,336
1.78%
159
Butte
60.45%
6,306
37.83%
3,946
1.73%
180
Contra Costa
60.38%
13,495
38.36%
8,573
1.26%
281
Merced
60.17%
4,644
38.48%
2,970
1.35%
104
Sonoma
59.71%
12,891
39.40%
8,506
0.90%
194
San Benito
58.87%
1,971
40.80%
1,366
0.33%
11
San Mateo
58.87%
14,360
39.99%
9,755
1.14%
277
Napa
57.48%
4,699
41.86%
3,422
0.66%
54
Marin
57.44%
7,862
41.54%
5,686
1.02%
140
Inyo
57.37%
1,206
40.96%
861
1.67%
35
Yolo
56.96%
3,545
42.43%
2,641
0.61%
38
Modoc
56.75%
942
42.83%
711
0.42%
7
Lassen
56.73%
2,111
42.92%
1,597
0.35%
13
Colusa
56.30%
1,752
42.99%
1,338
0.71%
22
Del Norte
55.87%
771
43.41%
599
0.72%
10
Siskiyou
55.49%
3,758
43.06%
2,916
1.45%
98
Mariposa
55.03%
656
43.37%
517
1.59%
19
Madera
54.88%
2,354
44.21%
1,896
0.91%
39
Tuolumne
54.80%
1,731
43.05%
1,360
2.15%
68
Fresno
54.30%
20,687
44.32%
16,884
1.38%
527
Sutter
53.98%
2,239
45.20%
1,875
0.82%
34
Calaveras
53.79%
1,262
45.44%
1,066
0.77%
18
Solano
52.32%
7,061
46.51%
6,278
1.17%
158
Shasta
52.20%
2,301
45.94%
2,025
1.86%
82
Nevada
52.00%
2,173
46.88%
1,959
1.12%
47
Sierra
51.52%
457
47.35%
420
1.13%
10
Kings
51.51%
2,947
47.21%
2,701
1.28%
73
Sacramento
50.83%
20,762
48.19%
19,684
0.99%
403
Yuba
50.02%
2,022
49.23%
1,990
0.74%
30
Placer
49.25%
3,669
49.46%
3,685
1.29%
96
San Francisco
49.11%
95,987
49.44%
96,632
1.46%
2,849
Trinity
48.85%
447
47.32%
433
3.83%
35
Plumas
45.64%
947
52.00%
1,079
2.36%
49
El Dorado
44.25%
1,228
54.63%
1,516
1.12%
31
Amador
44.12%
990
55.53%
1,246
0.36%
8
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