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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Colorado

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Colorado in 1928, 64.7% to 33.9%, a margin of 30.8 points and 120,741 votes.

Colorado voted 13.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+17.4.

The Republican hold continued from 1924, when Calvin Coolidge won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 63 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Denver, cast 107,789 votes and went to the Republican by 22.1 points. The closest was Hinsdale, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Herbert Hoover won Republican 253,872 64.7%
Al Smith Democratic 133,131 33.9%
All other candidates 5,239 1.3%
Total392,242

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Denver 41,363 38.4% 65,221 60.5% 1,205 107,789 R+22.1
Delta 1,610 4.8% 31,898 94.7% 161 33,669 R+90.0
Pueblo 7,915 36.1% 13,815 62.9% 224 21,954 R+26.9
El Paso 4,993 25.5% 14,336 73.2% 268 19,597 R+47.7
Weld 5,817 31.8% 12,244 66.9% 247 18,308 R+35.1
Boulder 4,379 33.6% 8,422 64.7% 218 13,019 R+31.1
Las Animas 6,482 56.9% 4,788 42.0% 131 11,401 D+14.9
Larimer 3,173 29.8% 7,287 68.4% 189 10,649 R+38.6
Mesa 3,230 35.6% 5,698 62.8% 151 9,079 R+27.2
Jefferson 2,898 32.1% 5,985 66.3% 143 9,026 R+34.2
Arapahoe 2,466 30.8% 5,422 67.7% 116 8,004 R+36.9
Fremont 2,358 32.6% 4,784 66.2% 85 7,227 R+33.6
Otero 1,883 26.5% 5,153 72.5% 68 7,104 R+46.0
Huerfano 3,359 53.4% 2,908 46.2% 29 6,296 D+7.2
Adams 2,271 38.1% 3,595 60.4% 89 5,955 R+22.2
Logan 1,615 28.9% 3,872 69.3% 97 5,584 R+40.4
Morgan 1,251 24.6% 3,746 73.8% 80 5,077 R+49.1
Yuma 1,376 30.2% 3,022 66.3% 158 4,556 R+36.1
La Plata 1,879 42.1% 2,528 56.7% 55 4,462 R+14.5
Prowers 1,214 29.4% 2,867 69.4% 52 4,133 R+40.0
Montrose 1,301 32.7% 2,566 64.5% 112 3,979 R+31.8
Garfield 1,571 41.2% 2,179 57.2% 61 3,811 R+16.0
Routt 1,659 43.9% 2,051 54.3% 68 3,778 R+10.4
Kit Carson 1,130 33.2% 2,210 64.8% 68 3,408 R+31.7
Rio Grande 1,237 37.6% 2,017 61.3% 38 3,292 R+23.7
Conejos 1,693 55.1% 1,305 42.5% 75 3,073 D+12.6
Chaffee 1,252 41.8% 1,693 56.5% 52 2,997 R+14.7
Lincoln 901 31.6% 1,887 66.1% 66 2,854 R+34.5
Alamosa 1,236 44.0% 1,556 55.4% 18 2,810 R+11.4
Washington 838 30.1% 1,887 67.7% 63 2,788 R+37.6
Gunnison 1,142 46.0% 1,293 52.1% 46 2,481 R+6.1
Elbert 729 29.5% 1,707 69.1% 35 2,471 R+39.6
Bent 723 29.7% 1,696 69.6% 19 2,438 R+39.9
Baca 513 21.1% 1,858 76.6% 56 2,427 R+55.4
Lake 1,392 60.9% 863 37.8% 31 2,286 D+23.1
Saguache 859 38.7% 1,343 60.4% 20 2,222 R+21.8
Teller 1,040 48.3% 1,053 49.0% 58 2,151 R+0.6
Phillips 703 34.4% 1,279 62.5% 64 2,046 R+28.2
Montezuma 761 39.0% 1,158 59.4% 31 1,950 R+20.4
Moffat 712 36.6% 1,198 61.6% 35 1,945 R+25.0
Crowley 636 36.2% 1,100 62.7% 19 1,755 R+26.4
Costilla 1,061 63.7% 577 34.7% 27 1,665 D+29.1
Sedgwick 557 33.6% 1,084 65.3% 19 1,660 R+31.7
Douglas 606 37.8% 986 61.4% 13 1,605 R+23.7
Eagle 558 38.5% 872 60.2% 18 1,448 R+21.7
Kiowa 459 33.3% 889 64.4% 32 1,380 R+31.2
Cheyenne 475 35.5% 830 62.0% 33 1,338 R+26.5
San Miguel 554 45.0% 635 51.6% 42 1,231 R+6.6
Rio Blanco 432 35.9% 751 62.4% 21 1,204 R+26.5
Clear Creek 482 40.4% 696 58.3% 15 1,193 R+17.9
Grand 454 39.2% 693 59.8% 12 1,159 R+20.6
Park 412 38.1% 650 60.1% 19 1,081 R+22.0
Archuleta 444 44.1% 545 54.1% 18 1,007 R+10.0
Ouray 469 49.6% 459 48.5% 18 946 D+1.1
Custer 383 40.9% 523 55.8% 31 937 R+14.9
Pitkin 455 50.6% 427 47.5% 17 899 D+3.1
San Juan 437 61.5% 247 34.7% 27 711 D+26.7
Dolores 269 42.0% 340 53.1% 31 640 R+11.1
Summit 298 47.6% 321 51.3% 7 626 R+3.7
Jackson 244 40.9% 345 57.9% 7 596 R+16.9
Gilpin 230 46.3% 265 53.3% 2 497 R+7.0
Mineral 187 55.3% 128 37.9% 23 338 D+17.5
Hinsdale 106 47.1% 114 50.7% 5 225 R+3.6

Counties as they stood in 1928; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+11.0
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+13.5
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+4.9
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.4
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+4.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+8.4
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+1.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.3
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.8
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+28.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+11.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+28.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+23.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+21.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+5.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+6.8
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+2.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.0
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+23.4
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+26.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+20.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+14.2
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+13.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+71.1
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+14.4
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+12.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+5.2