1928 United States presidential election in Maine

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1928 United States presidential election in Maine

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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith Party Republican Democratic Home state California New York Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph Taylor Robinson Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 179,923 81,179 Percentage 68.63% 30.96%

County Results Hoover   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% 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 [[1928 United States presidential election in Kansas. And the 4th state in the union that he won every county. [1] Results 1928 United States presidential election in Maine [2] 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% Results by county County Herbert Clark Hoover Republican Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist Total votes cast [3] #  % #  % #  % 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 See also United States presidential elections in Maine References "1928 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 223-224 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.