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Elections in California |
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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.
This was the last time until 1952 that a Republican presidential nominee carried California.
1928 United States presidential election in California [2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican / Prohibition | 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 | — |
County | Hoover | Votes | Smith | Votes | Others | Votes |
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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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