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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Illinois

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Illinois in 1928, 57.0% to 42.2%, a margin of 14.8 points and 458,488 votes.

Illinois voted 2.7 points more Democratic 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 92 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Cook, cast 1,540,171 votes and went to the Republican by 6.2 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 43 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 1,770,723 57.0%
Al Smith Democratic 1,312,235 42.2%
All other candidates 24,531 0.8%
Total3,107,489

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 716,283 46.5% 812,063 52.7% 11,825 1,540,171 R+6.2
St. Clair 36,374 53.5% 31,026 45.6% 637 68,037 D+7.9
Peoria 23,150 42.2% 31,024 56.5% 739 54,913 R+14.3
Kane 16,184 29.6% 38,236 69.9% 253 54,673 R+40.3
Sangamon 21,026 39.5% 31,957 60.0% 288 53,271 R+20.5
Madison 23,658 45.1% 28,028 53.5% 720 52,406 R+8.3
Will 20,877 44.0% 26,081 55.0% 447 47,405 R+11.0
La Salle 20,807 46.0% 24,039 53.2% 382 45,228 R+7.1
Rock Island 14,334 34.3% 27,246 65.2% 196 41,776 R+30.9
Winnebago 7,684 18.6% 33,258 80.4% 430 41,372 R+61.8
Lake 12,252 30.9% 26,814 67.7% 521 39,587 R+36.8
Du Page 10,479 27.1% 28,016 72.4% 217 38,712 R+45.3
Vermilion 12,728 36.7% 21,616 62.3% 373 34,717 R+25.6
Macon 9,932 28.7% 24,492 70.7% 230 34,654 R+42.0
McLean 10,742 33.8% 20,780 65.4% 267 31,789 R+31.6
Adams 13,215 45.4% 15,590 53.6% 288 29,093 R+8.2
Champaign 8,915 31.2% 19,494 68.3% 141 28,550 R+37.1
Macoupin 11,290 50.3% 10,699 47.7% 449 22,438 D+2.6
Knox 5,993 26.8% 16,151 72.3% 186 22,330 R+45.5
Kankakee 10,247 46.0% 11,905 53.4% 127 22,279 R+7.4
Franklin 11,369 52.6% 9,900 45.8% 353 21,622 D+6.8
Williamson 10,139 47.6% 10,913 51.2% 257 21,309 R+3.6
Henry 5,858 28.3% 14,666 70.8% 183 20,707 R+42.5
Bureau 6,486 35.8% 11,557 63.7% 90 18,133 R+28.0
Whiteside 4,079 23.0% 13,580 76.6% 69 17,728 R+53.6
Fulton 6,591 37.3% 10,600 60.0% 489 17,680 R+22.7
Stephenson 5,579 31.6% 11,992 68.0% 72 17,643 R+36.3
Christian 7,345 42.1% 9,896 56.8% 190 17,431 R+14.6
Livingston 5,737 33.8% 11,161 65.7% 94 16,992 R+31.9
Coles 5,071 30.5% 11,479 69.1% 57 16,607 R+38.6
Tazewell 6,910 41.7% 9,409 56.7% 267 16,586 R+15.1
Montgomery 7,392 44.6% 8,999 54.3% 184 16,575 R+9.7
McHenry 5,596 34.3% 10,661 65.3% 62 16,319 R+31.0
Morgan 5,805 36.2% 10,192 63.5% 49 16,046 R+27.3
De Kalb 3,940 25.4% 11,501 74.2% 62 15,503 R+48.8
Jackson 5,836 38.6% 9,180 60.8% 86 15,102 R+22.1
Marion 5,823 38.7% 9,110 60.5% 119 15,052 R+21.8
Saline 6,337 45.3% 7,525 53.8% 121 13,983 R+8.5
Iroquois 5,421 38.9% 8,453 60.7% 49 13,923 R+21.8
Lee 4,476 32.5% 9,238 67.1% 46 13,760 R+34.6
Jefferson 5,905 44.4% 7,326 55.1% 70 13,301 R+10.7
Hancock 5,447 41.0% 7,795 58.7% 48 13,290 R+17.7
McDonough 4,104 31.2% 8,953 68.1% 81 13,138 R+36.9
Edgar 5,325 41.3% 7,509 58.3% 52 12,886 R+16.9
Logan 5,019 39.4% 7,631 60.0% 75 12,725 R+20.5
Ogle 2,691 21.4% 9,808 78.2% 47 12,546 R+56.7
Randolph 6,251 51.7% 5,739 47.5% 103 12,093 D+4.2
Shelby 4,071 35.3% 7,214 62.6% 243 11,528 R+27.3
Pike 4,008 37.0% 6,705 61.9% 123 10,836 R+24.9
Warren 2,681 24.9% 7,915 73.6% 157 10,753 R+48.7
Fayette 3,998 37.7% 6,545 61.7% 73 10,616 R+24.0
Jo Daviess 3,856 37.5% 6,333 61.6% 94 10,283 R+24.1
Clinton 6,774 68.8% 3,031 30.8% 47 9,852 D+38.0
Perry 5,029 51.5% 4,636 47.5% 101 9,766 D+4.0
Lawrence 3,806 39.1% 5,851 60.2% 69 9,726 R+21.0
Crawford 3,495 36.7% 5,989 62.9% 38 9,522 R+26.2
Clark 3,621 39.0% 5,632 60.6% 35 9,288 R+21.7
Alexander 3,558 38.5% 5,666 61.2% 28 9,252 R+22.8
De Witt 2,631 29.9% 6,100 69.4% 59 8,790 R+39.5
Woodford 3,311 38.8% 5,140 60.3% 73 8,524 R+21.5
Greene 4,076 48.4% 4,299 51.1% 46 8,421 R+2.6
Wayne 3,108 37.2% 5,189 62.0% 67 8,364 R+24.9
Grundy 3,174 38.1% 5,126 61.5% 29 8,329 R+23.4
Effingham 4,239 51.6% 3,882 47.3% 93 8,214 D+4.3
Carroll 1,876 23.1% 6,197 76.3% 45 8,118 R+53.2
Mercer 2,316 28.7% 5,699 70.6% 58 8,073 R+41.9
White 3,666 46.5% 4,177 53.0% 36 7,879 R+6.5
Union 4,149 55.1% 3,352 44.5% 29 7,530 D+10.6
Cass 3,461 46.2% 4,009 53.5% 24 7,494 R+7.3
Boone 1,371 18.6% 5,965 80.9% 33 7,369 R+62.3
Mason 3,246 45.0% 3,956 54.8% 19 7,221 R+9.8
Douglas 2,239 31.2% 4,890 68.2% 42 7,171 R+37.0
Clay 2,418 34.8% 4,522 65.2% 6,940 R+30.3
Marshall 2,828 41.2% 4,029 58.7% 8 6,865 R+17.5
Ford 2,098 30.9% 4,668 68.7% 27 6,793 R+37.8
Richland 2,550 38.5% 4,042 61.0% 31 6,623 R+22.5
Piatt 1,959 29.9% 4,565 69.6% 33 6,557 R+39.7
Washington 2,848 43.8% 3,638 55.9% 22 6,508 R+12.1
Bond 2,298 35.4% 4,160 64.1% 36 6,494 R+28.7
Hamilton 3,037 47.4% 3,275 51.1% 100 6,412 R+3.7
Wabash 2,373 37.3% 3,955 62.1% 41 6,369 R+24.8
Jasper 3,055 48.7% 3,201 51.0% 16 6,272 R+2.3
Monroe 2,934 51.8% 2,721 48.0% 10 5,665 D+3.8
Schuyler 2,542 45.6% 3,011 54.0% 23 5,576 R+8.4
Moultrie 2,168 39.5% 3,310 60.3% 10 5,488 R+20.8
Jersey 2,473 45.1% 2,993 54.6% 14 5,480 R+9.5
Cumberland 1,873 36.4% 3,242 63.0% 28 5,143 R+26.6
Pulaski 1,726 33.9% 3,319 65.2% 47 5,092 R+31.3
Menard 1,742 34.7% 3,243 64.5% 40 5,025 R+29.9
Kendall 1,154 24.3% 3,589 75.5% 9 4,752 R+51.2
Massac 1,241 26.6% 3,405 72.9% 27 4,673 R+46.3
Gallatin 2,343 53.6% 2,002 45.8% 28 4,373 D+7.8
Scott 1,730 39.9% 2,601 60.0% 7 4,338 R+20.1
Stark 1,306 30.4% 2,966 69.1% 21 4,293 R+38.7
Brown 1,867 44.8% 2,289 55.0% 9 4,165 R+10.1
Johnson 1,163 28.4% 2,892 70.7% 36 4,091 R+42.3
Edwards 950 24.8% 2,861 74.8% 15 3,826 R+49.9
Henderson 1,065 28.1% 2,695 71.1% 30 3,790 R+43.0
Calhoun 1,551 48.8% 1,594 50.2% 33 3,178 R+1.4
Hardin 933 34.2% 1,758 64.3% 41 2,732 R+30.2
Pope 679 25.1% 2,004 74.1% 23 2,706 R+49.0
Putnam 869 38.3% 1,387 61.1% 14 2,270 R+22.8

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+10.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+17.0
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+17.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+16.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.3
2000 Al Gore (D) D+12.0
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.9
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+42.3
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+9.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.2
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+8.4
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+3.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+3.7
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4