Elections in Maine |
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The 1928 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maine voted for the Republican nominee, former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas.
Hoover won Maine by a margin of 37.67%, making Maine his third-strongest state after Kansas and Michigan. [1]
1928 United States presidential election in Maine [2] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Herbert Hoover of California | Charles Curtis of Kansas | 179,923 | 68.63% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | Al Smith of New York | Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas | 81,179 | 30.96% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist | Norman Thomas of New York | James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania | 1,068 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
N/A | Others | Others | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 262,171 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% |
County | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Total votes cast [3] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Androscoggin | 11,790 | 51.59% | 10,940 | 47.87% | 124 | 0.54% | 22,854 |
Aroostook | 14,545 | 71.45% | 5,771 | 28.35% | 41 | 0.20% | 20,357 |
Cumberland | 33,190 | 67.74% | 15,648 | 31.94% | 157 | 0.32% | 48,995 |
Franklin | 4,923 | 76.54% | 1,487 | 23.12% | 22 | 0.34% | 6,432 |
Hancock | 8,140 | 81.84% | 1,773 | 17.83% | 33 | 0.33% | 9,946 |
Kennebec | 15,541 | 65.14% | 8,226 | 34.48% | 92 | 0.39% | 23,859 |
Knox | 6,660 | 73.35% | 2,332 | 25.68% | 88 | 0.97% | 9,080 |
Lincoln | 4,470 | 78.85% | 1,181 | 20.83% | 18 | 0.32% | 5,669 |
Oxford | 9,409 | 69.76% | 4,015 | 29.77% | 63 | 0.47% | 13,487 |
Penobscot | 21,750 | 70.25% | 9,114 | 29.44% | 96 | 0.31% | 30,960 |
Piscataquis | 4,792 | 77.78% | 1,353 | 21.96% | 16 | 0.26% | 6,161 |
Sagadahoc | 3,518 | 73.26% | 1,084 | 22.57% | 200 | 4.16% | 4,802 |
Somerset | 8,055 | 70.62% | 3,251 | 28.50% | 100 | 0.88% | 11,406 |
Waldo | 4,851 | 77.07% | 1,402 | 22.28% | 41 | 0.65% | 6,294 |
Washington | 8,531 | 73.30% | 3,073 | 26.40% | 35 | 0.30% | 11,639 |
York | 18,671 | 64.78% | 10,030 | 34.80% | 119 | 0.41% | 28,820 |
Totals | 178,836 | 68.58% | 80,680 | 30.94% | 1,245 | 0.48% | 260,761 |
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