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] County Results
Hoover
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
90-100%
Smith
40-50%
50-60%
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.
Results [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] 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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