1928 United States presidential election in Nevada
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{{Main|1928 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1928 United States presidential election in Nevada
| country = Nevada
| flag_year = 1915
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1924 United States presidential election in Nevada
| previous_year = 1924
| next_election = 1932 United States presidential election in Nevada
| next_year = 1932
| votes_for_election = All 3 Nevada votes to the Electoral College
| election_date = November 6, 1928
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg
| nominee1 = Herbert Hoover
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = California
| running_mate1 = Charles Curtis
| electoral_vote1 = 3
| popular_vote1 = 18,327
| percentage1 = 56.54%
| image2 = Unsuccessful 1928.jpg
| nominee2 = Al Smith
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = New York
| running_mate2 = Joseph Taylor Robinson
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 14,090
| percentage2 = 43.46%
| map_image = Nevada Presidential Election Results 1928.svg
| map_size = 275px
| map_caption = County Results
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Hoover
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}}
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Smith
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = Calvin Coolidge
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Herbert Hoover
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsNV}}
The 1928 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nevada was won by former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (R–California), running with Senator Charles Curtis, with 56.54% of the popular vote, against Governor Al Smith (D–New York), running with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson, with 43.46% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1928&off=0&elect=0&fips=32&f=0|title=1928 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada|publisher=Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas|access-date=2 November 2019}}
Results
| class="wikitable"
|+ General Election Results{{cite book |title=Official Returns of the General Election of 1928 |publisher=State Printing Office |location=Carson City, Nevada |pages=11}} ! colspan=2|Party ! Pledged to ! Elector ! Votes |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Herbert Hoover | Noble H. Getchell | align="right" |18,327 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Herbert Hoover | W. H. Moffat | align="right" |18,291 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Herbert Hoover | Andrew L. Haight | align="right" |18,261 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Al Smith | Horace A. Agee | align="right" |14,090 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Al Smith | Earl W. Nungesser | align="right" |14,054 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| Al Smith | Ray Staley | align="right" |14,036 |
| colspan="4" |Votes cast{{efn|Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket}}
! 32,417 |
|---|
=Results by county=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="60%"
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |County ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Herbert Clark Hoover ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Alfred Emmanuel Smith ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Margin ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Total votes cast{{efn|Based on highest elector on each ticket}} |
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |#
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |% ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |# ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |% ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |# ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |% |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Churchill | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,126 | {{party shading/Republican}} |59.99% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |751 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |40.01% | {{party shading/Republican}} |375 | {{party shading/Republican}} |19.98% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,877 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Clark | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,284 | {{party shading/Republican}} |56.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |984 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |43.39% | {{party shading/Republican}} |300 | {{party shading/Republican}} |13.23% | {{party shading/Republican}} |2,268 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Douglas | {{party shading/Republican}} |456 | {{party shading/Republican}} |71.03% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |186 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |28.97% | {{party shading/Republican}} |270 | {{party shading/Republican}} |42.06% | {{party shading/Republican}} |642 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Elko | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,876 | {{party shading/Republican}} |56.54% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,442 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |43.46% | {{party shading/Republican}} |434 | {{party shading/Republican}} |13.08% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,318 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Esmeralda | {{party shading/Republican}} |305 | {{party shading/Republican}} |47.21% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |341 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |52.79% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 36
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 5.57%
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |646 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Eureka | {{party shading/Republican}} |251 | {{party shading/Republican}} |49.02% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |261 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |50.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 10
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 1.95%
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |512 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Humboldt | {{party shading/Republican}} |783 | {{party shading/Republican}} |56.53% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |602 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |43.47% | {{party shading/Republican}} |181 | {{party shading/Republican}} |13.07% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,385 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Lander | {{party shading/Republican}} |456 | {{party shading/Republican}} |59.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |314 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |40.78% | {{party shading/Republican}} |142 | {{party shading/Republican}} |18.44% | {{party shading/Republican}} |770 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Lincoln | {{party shading/Republican}} |553 | {{party shading/Republican}} |50.50% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |542 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |49.50% | {{party shading/Republican}} |11 | {{party shading/Republican}} |1.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,095 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Lyon | {{party shading/Republican}} |927 | {{party shading/Republican}} |56.84% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |704 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |43.16% | {{party shading/Republican}} |223 | {{party shading/Republican}} |13.67% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,631 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Mineral | {{party shading/Republican}} |275 | {{party shading/Republican}} |45.76% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |326 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |54.24% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 51
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 8.49%
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |601 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Nye | {{party shading/Republican}} |958 | {{party shading/Republican}} |46.04% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,123 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |53.96% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 165
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 7.93%
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |2,081 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Ormsby | {{party shading/Republican}} |590 | {{party shading/Republican}} |58.07% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |426 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.93% | {{party shading/Republican}} |164 | {{party shading/Republican}} |16.14% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,016 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Pershing | {{party shading/Republican}} |543 | {{party shading/Republican}} |54.57% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |452 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |45.43% | {{party shading/Republican}} |91 | {{party shading/Republican}} |9.15% | {{party shading/Republican}} |995 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |Storey | {{party shading/Republican}} |185 | {{party shading/Republican}} |40.57% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |271 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |59.43% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 86
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |
| 18.86%
| {{party shading/Democratic}} |456 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |Washoe | {{party shading/Republican}} |5,767 | {{party shading/Republican}} |59.34% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |3,952 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |40.66% | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,815 | {{party shading/Republican}} |18.67% | {{party shading/Republican}} |9,719 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}} |White Pine | {{party shading/Republican}} |1,992 | {{party shading/Republican}} |58.50% | {{party shading/Democratic}} |1,413 | {{party shading/Democratic}} |41.50% | {{party shading/Republican}} |579 | {{party shading/Republican}} |17.00% | {{party shading/Republican}} |3,405 |
| style="text-align:center;"
!Totals!!18,327!!56.54%!!14,090!!43.46%!!4,237!!13.07%!!32,417 |
== Counties that flipped from Independent to Democratic ==
== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ==
== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican ==
See also
Notes
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References
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{{1928 United States elections}}
{{State Results of the 1928 U.S. presidential election|state=expanded}}
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