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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Kansas

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Kansas in 1928, 72.0% to 27.1%, a margin of 45.0 points and 320,669 votes.

Kansas voted 27.5 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 104 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 49,978 votes and went to the Republican by 31.9 points. The closest was Wichita, where 94 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 513,672 72.0%
Al Smith Democratic 193,003 27.1%
All other candidates 6,524 0.9%
Total713,199

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 16,884 33.8% 32,829 65.7% 265 49,978 R+31.9
Sedgwick 10,649 24.7% 32,132 74.4% 405 43,186 R+49.7
Shawnee 7,433 23.0% 24,723 76.5% 180 32,336 R+53.5
Montgomery 4,205 22.4% 14,316 76.3% 239 18,760 R+53.9
Crawford 6,351 36.0% 10,992 62.3% 299 17,642 R+26.3
Reno 3,843 22.8% 12,872 76.3% 160 16,875 R+53.5
Cowley 2,818 17.9% 12,701 80.8% 202 15,721 R+62.9
Leavenworth 6,539 43.4% 8,472 56.3% 45 15,056 R+12.8
Butler 2,533 19.8% 10,168 79.4% 101 12,802 R+59.6
Labette 2,969 24.4% 9,048 74.2% 174 12,191 R+49.9
Johnson 3,373 29.0% 8,185 70.4% 69 11,627 R+41.4
Lyon 2,761 23.8% 8,753 75.5% 81 11,595 R+51.7
Cherokee 3,442 30.5% 7,478 66.2% 376 11,296 R+35.7
Douglas 2,297 20.3% 8,887 78.7% 108 11,292 R+58.4
Sumner 2,108 18.8% 8,951 79.6% 181 11,240 R+60.9
Saline 3,108 28.1% 7,872 71.2% 76 11,056 R+43.1
Atchison 3,756 36.0% 6,647 63.7% 37 10,440 R+27.7
Marshall 3,329 32.3% 6,918 67.1% 69 10,316 R+34.8
Dickinson 2,246 22.3% 7,758 77.0% 66 10,070 R+54.7
Bourbon 2,223 23.3% 7,251 75.9% 82 9,556 R+52.6
Franklin 1,951 20.8% 7,346 78.4% 73 9,370 R+57.6
Neosho 2,459 26.9% 6,603 72.3% 74 9,136 R+45.4
Brown 2,005 23.0% 6,692 76.8% 16 8,713 R+53.8
Allen 1,803 21.1% 6,695 78.3% 52 8,550 R+57.2
Riley 1,791 21.2% 6,592 77.9% 78 8,461 R+56.7
Miami 2,148 26.3% 5,931 72.7% 78 8,157 R+46.4
Harvey 1,748 21.4% 6,330 77.6% 77 8,155 R+56.2
Osage 2,058 25.5% 5,900 73.2% 98 8,056 R+47.7
McPherson 1,457 18.7% 6,230 80.0% 102 7,789 R+61.3
Barton 2,777 35.8% 4,966 63.9% 24 7,767 R+28.2
Cloud 2,376 30.7% 5,286 68.3% 74 7,736 R+37.6
Nemaha 2,919 38.4% 4,639 61.1% 34 7,592 R+22.7
Greenwood 1,554 20.8% 5,863 78.5% 49 7,466 R+57.7
Marion 1,938 26.2% 5,446 73.5% 26 7,410 R+47.3
Wilson 1,465 20.5% 5,603 78.5% 73 7,141 R+57.9
Washington 2,267 31.9% 4,781 67.4% 49 7,097 R+35.4
Ford 1,870 27.4% 4,893 71.6% 72 6,835 R+44.2
Pottawatomie 2,341 34.3% 4,451 65.3% 24 6,816 R+31.0
Jackson 1,602 24.8% 4,811 74.6% 40 6,453 R+49.7
Jefferson 1,601 24.9% 4,810 74.8% 22 6,433 R+49.9
Republic 1,956 30.8% 4,324 68.2% 61 6,341 R+37.3
Clay 1,515 25.1% 4,457 73.7% 72 6,044 R+48.7
Jewell 1,289 21.6% 4,583 76.9% 88 5,960 R+55.3
Coffey 1,514 25.7% 4,342 73.8% 27 5,883 R+48.1
Rice 1,462 25.1% 4,321 74.1% 52 5,835 R+49.0
Linn 1,328 23.6% 4,231 75.2% 68 5,627 R+51.6
Doniphan 1,496 27.2% 4,002 72.6% 11 5,509 R+45.5
Anderson 1,874 34.2% 3,562 64.9% 49 5,485 R+30.8
Smith 1,338 24.7% 4,021 74.3% 50 5,409 R+49.6
Mitchell 1,855 35.9% 3,245 62.8% 64 5,164 R+26.9
Ellis 3,364 66.3% 1,700 33.5% 12 5,076 D+32.8
Pratt 934 18.6% 4,055 80.6% 43 5,032 R+62.0
Morris 929 19.3% 3,830 79.5% 56 4,815 R+60.2
Harper 1,005 21.1% 3,712 77.9% 51 4,768 R+56.8
Kingman 1,408 29.8% 3,287 69.6% 26 4,721 R+39.8
Phillips 1,332 29.0% 3,206 69.8% 57 4,595 R+40.8
Norton 1,087 23.9% 3,365 74.0% 96 4,548 R+50.1
Osborne 821 18.1% 3,683 81.3% 27 4,531 R+63.2
Stafford 1,025 23.5% 3,278 75.3% 52 4,355 R+51.7
Ottawa 1,131 26.0% 3,158 72.5% 65 4,354 R+46.6
Chautauqua 944 21.7% 3,303 76.0% 101 4,348 R+54.3
Wabaunsee 1,189 27.6% 3,099 71.9% 23 4,311 R+44.3
Russell 1,366 32.7% 2,782 66.6% 32 4,180 R+33.9
Ellsworth 1,588 39.0% 2,450 60.2% 29 4,067 R+21.2
Geary 1,203 30.3% 2,746 69.2% 22 3,971 R+38.9
Barber 871 22.3% 2,984 76.4% 50 3,905 R+54.1
Elk 831 21.4% 3,007 77.5% 42 3,880 R+56.1
Woodson 855 22.7% 2,885 76.6% 27 3,767 R+53.9
Pawnee 918 24.4% 2,829 75.2% 16 3,763 R+50.8
Rooks 1,044 28.6% 2,583 70.7% 25 3,652 R+42.1
Lincoln 953 26.2% 2,655 73.1% 23 3,631 R+46.9
Decatur 1,129 32.5% 2,314 66.5% 35 3,478 R+34.1
Rush 1,296 39.2% 1,985 60.0% 26 3,307 R+20.8
Finney 709 22.3% 2,433 76.7% 32 3,174 R+54.3
Graham 1,087 36.6% 1,832 61.7% 51 2,970 R+25.1
Edwards 768 25.9% 2,171 73.3% 21 2,960 R+47.4
Rawlins 1,164 40.3% 1,668 57.8% 55 2,887 R+17.5
Ness 784 27.2% 2,058 71.5% 36 2,878 R+44.3
Chase 739 25.9% 2,079 72.8% 38 2,856 R+46.9
Thomas 899 32.4% 1,828 66.0% 44 2,771 R+33.5
Sherman 630 23.2% 2,028 74.6% 60 2,718 R+51.4
Seward 538 22.1% 1,873 77.0% 22 2,433 R+54.9
Sheridan 930 38.8% 1,450 60.5% 16 2,396 R+21.7
Trego 982 41.7% 1,359 57.7% 13 2,354 R+16.0
Kiowa 406 17.3% 1,929 82.1% 15 2,350 R+64.8
Meade 618 26.5% 1,709 73.2% 9 2,336 R+46.7
Cheyenne 586 27.8% 1,466 69.6% 54 2,106 R+41.8
Gove 590 28.5% 1,470 70.9% 12 2,072 R+42.5
Comanche 385 19.8% 1,554 80.0% 4 1,943 R+60.2
Gray 606 31.6% 1,294 67.5% 18 1,918 R+35.9
Clark 419 23.1% 1,383 76.4% 8 1,810 R+53.3
Hodgeman 528 31.8% 1,122 67.5% 11 1,661 R+35.8
Logan 405 27.2% 1,066 71.6% 17 1,488 R+44.4
Stevens 300 20.8% 1,133 78.5% 10 1,443 R+57.7
Scott 450 33.4% 886 65.8% 11 1,347 R+32.4
Lane 364 27.2% 954 71.3% 20 1,338 R+44.1
Morton 259 20.2% 1,010 78.8% 13 1,282 R+58.6
Hamilton 363 29.6% 839 68.4% 24 1,226 R+38.8
Wallace 356 31.9% 738 66.2% 21 1,115 R+34.3
Kearny 229 20.7% 854 77.2% 23 1,106 R+56.5
Haskell 222 25.2% 646 73.4% 12 880 R+48.2
Wichita 370 43.8% 464 54.9% 11 845 R+11.1
Grant 185 22.3% 635 76.4% 11 831 R+54.2
Stanton 164 24.7% 497 74.8% 3 664 R+50.2
Greeley 121 21.6% 439 78.3% 1 561 R+56.7

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7