1928 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1928 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. Voters chose fifteen[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Michigan voted for Republican nominees Herbert Hoover of California and his running mate Charles Curtis in a landslide. The ticket received slightly over 70% of the popular vote compared to Democrats Al Smith of New York and Joseph T. Robinson's 28.92%.[2][3]
With 70.36% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Hoover's second strongest victory in the nation after Kansas.[4]
As of the 2016 presidential election, this remains the last time a Republican presidential candidate carried Wayne County, home of Michigan's most populated city, Detroit.[5][6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Herbert Hoover | 965,396 | 70.36% | |
| Democratic | Al Smith | 396,762 | 28.92% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,516 | 0.26% | |
| Workers Party | William Z. Foster | 2,881 | 0.21% | |
| Prohibition | William F. Varney | 2,728 | 0.20% | |
| Socialist Labor | Verne L. Reynolds | 799 | 0.06% | |
| Total votes | 1,372,082 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Herbert Hoover Republican |
Alfred E. Smith Democratic |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
William Foster Workers |
William Varney Prohibition |
Verne Reynolds Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 1,149 | 78.81% | 302 | 20.71% | 2 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 847 | 58.09% | 1,458 |
| Alger | 1,716 | 59.05% | 1,053 | 36.24% | 24 | 0.83% | 105 | 3.61% | 4 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.14% | 663 | 22.81% | 2,906 |
| Allegan | 10,792 | 81.65% | 2,358 | 17.84% | 19 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.03% | 40 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.03% | 8,434 | 63.81% | 13,217 |
| Alpena | 3,467 | 63.43% | 1,984 | 36.30% | 7 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,483 | 27.13% | 5,466 |
| Antrim | 2,756 | 84.46% | 484 | 14.83% | 10 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,272 | 69.63% | 3,263 |
| Arenac | 1,612 | 67.87% | 749 | 31.54% | 8 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.04% | 863 | 36.34% | 2,375 |
| Baraga | 2,203 | 65.27% | 1,046 | 30.99% | 3 | 0.09% | 119 | 3.53% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,157 | 34.28% | 3,375 |
| Barry | 6,044 | 79.94% | 1,459 | 19.30% | 14 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.03% | 42 | 0.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,585 | 60.64% | 7,561 |
| Bay | 12,467 | 56.88% | 9,395 | 42.87% | 19 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.02% | 26 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.02% | 3,072 | 14.02% | 21,917 |
| Benzie | 1,849 | 84.28% | 321 | 14.63% | 16 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,528 | 69.64% | 2,194 |
| Berrien | 19,064 | 68.60% | 8,555 | 30.78% | 68 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.07% | 77 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.03% | 10,509 | 37.81% | 27,791 |
| Branch | 6,818 | 74.51% | 2,266 | 24.77% | 19 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.01% | 44 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,552 | 49.75% | 9,150 |
| Calhoun | 24,379 | 80.40% | 5,769 | 19.03% | 69 | 0.23% | 14 | 0.05% | 72 | 0.24% | 18 | 0.06% | 18,610 | 61.38% | 30,321 |
| Cass | 5,720 | 70.24% | 2,346 | 28.81% | 34 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.05% | 33 | 0.41% | 6 | 0.07% | 3,374 | 41.43% | 8,143 |
| Charlevoix | 3,489 | 79.97% | 842 | 19.30% | 25 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,647 | 60.67% | 4,363 |
| Cheboygan | 2,743 | 60.34% | 1,784 | 39.24% | 5 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 959 | 21.10% | 4,546 |
| Chippewa | 5,326 | 68.68% | 2,355 | 30.37% | 8 | 0.10% | 54 | 0.70% | 9 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,971 | 38.31% | 7,755 |
| Clare | 1,920 | 82.62% | 381 | 16.39% | 9 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,539 | 66.22% | 2,324 |
| Clinton | 6,161 | 75.04% | 2,013 | 24.52% | 8 | 0.10% | 26 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,148 | 50.52% | 8,210 |
| Crawford | 776 | 76.30% | 237 | 23.30% | 2 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 539 | 53.00% | 1,017 |
| Delta | 5,420 | 49.59% | 5,419 | 49.58% | 44 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.15% | 22 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.01% | 10,930 |
| Dickinson | 5,840 | 55.57% | 4,626 | 44.02% | 26 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,214 | 11.55% | 10,509 |
| Eaton | 8,493 | 78.38% | 2,285 | 21.09% | 20 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 36 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,208 | 57.29% | 10,836 |
| Emmet | 3,679 | 75.36% | 1,166 | 23.88% | 21 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,513 | 51.47% | 4,882 |
| Genesee | 42,743 | 79.37% | 10,910 | 20.26% | 83 | 0.15% | 22 | 0.04% | 71 | 0.13% | 24 | 0.04% | 31,833 | 59.11% | 53,853 |
| Gladwin | 1,795 | 83.76% | 341 | 15.91% | 3 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,454 | 67.85% | 2,143 |
| Gogebic | 6,061 | 64.74% | 3,134 | 33.48% | 24 | 0.26% | 118 | 1.26% | 18 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,927 | 31.26% | 9,362 |
| Grand Traverse | 4,429 | 74.56% | 1,489 | 25.07% | 5 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 16 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,940 | 49.49% | 5,940 |
| Gratiot | 8,823 | 82.14% | 1,854 | 17.26% | 18 | 0.17% | 46 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,969 | 64.88% | 10,741 |
| Hillsdale | 8,282 | 80.99% | 1,893 | 18.51% | 5 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 43 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,389 | 62.48% | 10,226 |
| Houghton | 11,240 | 62.30% | 6,573 | 36.43% | 20 | 0.11% | 171 | 0.95% | 25 | 0.14% | 13 | 0.07% | 4,667 | 25.87% | 18,042 |
| Huron | 7,046 | 64.79% | 3,797 | 34.91% | 4 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 26 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,249 | 29.88% | 10,875 |
| Ingham | 29,383 | 78.90% | 7,654 | 20.55% | 85 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.04% | 93 | 0.25% | 12 | 0.03% | 21,729 | 58.34% | 37,243 |
| Ionia | 9,471 | 74.91% | 3,089 | 24.43% | 22 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 57 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.02% | 6,382 | 50.48% | 12,643 |
| Iosco | 1,873 | 76.79% | 552 | 22.63% | 4 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,321 | 54.16% | 2,439 |
| Iron | 4,103 | 63.96% | 2,262 | 35.26% | 4 | 0.06% | 32 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,841 | 28.70% | 6,415 |
| Isabella | 4,926 | 73.13% | 1,762 | 26.16% | 13 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 34 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,164 | 46.97% | 6,736 |
| Jackson | 25,080 | 76.71% | 7,462 | 22.82% | 38 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.03% | 95 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.02% | 17,618 | 53.89% | 32,693 |
| Kalamazoo | 23,626 | 79.20% | 5,946 | 19.93% | 158 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.02% | 81 | 0.27% | 13 | 0.04% | 17,680 | 59.27% | 29,830 |
| Kalkaska | 988 | 84.59% | 160 | 13.70% | 13 | 1.11% | 5 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 828 | 70.89% | 1,168 |
| Kent | 56,573 | 75.12% | 18,229 | 24.21% | 154 | 0.20% | 119 | 0.16% | 211 | 0.28% | 24 | 0.03% | 38,344 | 50.91% | 75,310 |
| Keweenaw | 1,305 | 76.58% | 360 | 21.13% | 28 | 1.64% | 11 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 945 | 55.46% | 1,704 |
| Lake | 1,147 | 73.06% | 409 | 26.05% | 9 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 738 | 47.01% | 1,570 |
| Lapeer | 6,514 | 82.80% | 1,312 | 16.68% | 9 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | 29 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,202 | 66.12% | 7,867 |
| Leelanau | 1,521 | 62.41% | 903 | 37.05% | 3 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 618 | 25.36% | 2,437 |
| Lenawee | 14,794 | 76.94% | 4,321 | 22.47% | 16 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.01% | 88 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.03% | 10,473 | 54.47% | 19,227 |
| Livingston | 5,642 | 72.88% | 2,075 | 26.81% | 4 | 0.05% | 20 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,567 | 46.08% | 7,741 |
| Luce | 1,466 | 80.24% | 350 | 19.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,116 | 61.08% | 1,827 |
| Mackinac | 1,879 | 57.94% | 1,355 | 41.78% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.03% | 524 | 16.16% | 3,243 |
| Macomb | 12,845 | 63.28% | 7,363 | 36.27% | 28 | 0.14% | 18 | 0.09% | 39 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.03% | 5,482 | 27.01% | 20,299 |
| Manistee | 4,129 | 60.73% | 2,624 | 38.59% | 8 | 0.12% | 23 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,505 | 22.14% | 6,799 |
| Marquette | 10,879 | 68.81% | 4,716 | 29.83% | 36 | 0.23% | 143 | 0.90% | 27 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.06% | 6,163 | 38.98% | 15,811 |
| Mason | 4,318 | 72.74% | 1,567 | 26.40% | 23 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.12% | 10 | 0.17% | 11 | 0.19% | 2,751 | 46.34% | 5,936 |
| Mecosta | 4,422 | 80.94% | 1,004 | 18.38% | 15 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.05% | 17 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,418 | 62.57% | 5,463 |
| Menominee | 4,255 | 50.02% | 4,198 | 49.35% | 32 | 0.38% | 8 | 0.09% | 11 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.04% | 57 | 0.67% | 8,507 |
| Midland | 4,555 | 82.25% | 964 | 17.41% | 4 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,591 | 64.84% | 5,538 |
| Missaukee | 1,756 | 87.19% | 247 | 12.26% | 3 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,509 | 74.93% | 2,014 |
| Monroe | 10,202 | 58.27% | 7,242 | 41.37% | 15 | 0.09% | 9 | 0.05% | 37 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,960 | 16.91% | 17,507 |
| Montcalm | 7,691 | 82.54% | 1,572 | 16.87% | 14 | 0.15% | 40 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,119 | 65.67% | 9,318 |
| Montmorency | 787 | 73.97% | 270 | 25.38% | 5 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 517 | 48.59% | 1,064 |
| Muskegon | 16,997 | 76.28% | 5,158 | 23.15% | 55 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.13% | 37 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.02% | 11,839 | 53.13% | 22,281 |
| Newaygo | 4,552 | 83.29% | 888 | 16.25% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,664 | 67.04% | 5,465 |
| Oakland | 45,343 | 81.53% | 10,011 | 18.00% | 140 | 0.25% | 58 | 0.10% | 43 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.04% | 35,332 | 63.53% | 55,618 |
| Oceana | 3,555 | 79.55% | 871 | 19.49% | 18 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.02% | 21 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,684 | 60.06% | 4,469 |
| Ogemaw | 1,630 | 73.39% | 579 | 26.07% | 4 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,051 | 47.32% | 2,221 |
| Ontonagon | 2,394 | 59.66% | 1,353 | 33.72% | 10 | 0.25% | 240 | 5.98% | 6 | 0.15% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,041 | 25.94% | 4,013 |
| Osceola | 3,923 | 86.66% | 582 | 12.86% | 3 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,341 | 73.80% | 4,527 |
| Oscoda | 476 | 86.39% | 73 | 13.25% | 2 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 403 | 73.14% | 551 |
| Otsego | 1,049 | 68.52% | 476 | 31.09% | 3 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 573 | 37.43% | 1,531 |
| Ottawa | 15,417 | 85.48% | 2,524 | 14.00% | 28 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.03% | 56 | 0.31% | 4 | 0.02% | 12,893 | 71.49% | 18,035 |
| Presque Isle | 1,992 | 65.50% | 1,029 | 33.84% | 6 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.10% | 963 | 31.67% | 3,041 |
| Roscommon | 780 | 76.25% | 236 | 23.07% | 4 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 544 | 53.18% | 1,023 |
| Saginaw | 22,467 | 65.61% | 11,555 | 33.75% | 61 | 0.18% | 21 | 0.06% | 120 | 0.35% | 18 | 0.05% | 10,912 | 31.87% | 34,242 |
| Sanilac | 7,888 | 81.59% | 1,736 | 17.96% | 10 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.04% | 6,152 | 63.63% | 9,668 |
| Schoolcraft | 1,826 | 66.81% | 877 | 32.09% | 20 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.04% | 949 | 34.72% | 2,733 |
| Shiawassee | 9,851 | 79.40% | 2,496 | 20.12% | 13 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.02% | 41 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.02% | 7,355 | 59.28% | 12,407 |
| St. Clair | 18,177 | 71.57% | 7,151 | 28.15% | 15 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.02% | 41 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.04% | 11,026 | 43.41% | 25,399 |
| St. Joseph | 8,781 | 76.05% | 2,698 | 23.37% | 26 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.03% | 34 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.03% | 6,083 | 52.68% | 11,546 |
| Tuscola | 8,188 | 84.39% | 1,464 | 15.09% | 10 | 0.10% | 41 | 0.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,724 | 69.30% | 9,703 |
| Van Buren | 9,325 | 77.39% | 2,643 | 21.93% | 34 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.02% | 40 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.04% | 6,682 | 55.45% | 12,050 |
| Washtenaw | 19,676 | 78.41% | 5,308 | 21.15% | 51 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.04% | 47 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.01% | 14,368 | 57.26% | 25,093 |
| Wayne | 265,852 | 62.30% | 157,047 | 36.80% | 1,629 | 0.38% | 1,369 | 0.32% | 369 | 0.09% | 452 | 0.11% | 108,805 | 25.50% | 426,718 |
| Wexford | 4,825 | 84.53% | 853 | 14.94% | 12 | 0.21% | 18 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,972 | 69.59% | 5,708 |
| Totals | 965,396 | 70.36% | 396,762 | 28.92% | 3,516 | 0.26% | 2,881 | 0.21% | 2,728 | 0.20% | 799 | 0.06% | 568,634 | 41.44% | 1,372,082 |
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References
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- "1928 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1928". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
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- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 225-227 ISBN 0786422173
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Our Campaigns; MI US President 1928
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