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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Louisiana

Al Smith (Democrat) beat Herbert Hoover (Republican) in Louisiana in 1928, 76.3% to 23.7%, a margin of 52.6 points and 113,495 votes.

Louisiana voted 70.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+17.4.

The Democratic hold continued from 1924, when John W. Davis won.

Democrats led in 64 of the 64 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 70,343 votes and went to the Democrat by 59.0 points. The closest was Livingston, where 72 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Al Smith won	Democratic	164,655	76.3%
Herbert Hoover	Republican	51,160	23.7%
Total		215,815

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Orleans	55,919 79.5%	14,424 20.5%	70,343	D+59.0
Caddo	6,934 65.4%	3,665 34.6%	10,599	D+30.8
East Baton Rouge	4,575 60.4%	2,995 39.6%	7,570	D+20.9
Rapides	4,470 64.2%	2,494 35.8%	6,964	D+28.4
Jefferson	5,326 87.8%	742 12.2%	6,068	D+75.5
Calcasieu	3,532 63.9%	1,997 36.1%	5,529	D+27.8
Acadia	3,633 77.2%	1,071 22.8%	4,704	D+54.5
Tangipahoa	2,834 66.7%	1,415 33.3%	4,249	D+33.4
Ouachita	2,739 66.5%	1,380 33.5%	4,119	D+33.0
St. Landry	3,394 82.5%	718 17.5%	4,112	D+65.1
Lafayette	3,197 84.4%	592 15.6%	3,789	D+68.8
Washington	2,020 56.9%	1,528 43.1%	3,548	D+13.9
Avoyelles	2,896 87.4%	419 12.6%	3,315	D+74.7
Vermilion	2,580 85.1%	451 14.9%	3,031	D+70.2
Iberia	2,561 86.1%	413 13.9%	2,974	D+72.2
Jefferson Davis	1,703 60.3%	1,120 39.7%	2,823	D+20.7
St. Tammany	1,811 65.7%	945 34.3%	2,756	D+31.4
Vernon	2,191 81.4%	500 18.6%	2,691	D+62.8
Natchitoches	2,099 80.0%	526 20.0%	2,625	D+59.9
St. Bernard	2,359 96.8%	77 3.2%	2,436	D+93.7
St. Mary	1,754 74.4%	605 25.6%	2,359	D+48.7
Lafourche	1,994 89.1%	243 10.9%	2,237	D+78.3
Evangeline	1,873 86.2%	300 13.8%	2,173	D+72.4
Sabine	1,414 65.8%	735 34.2%	2,149	D+31.6
St. Martin	1,892 88.7%	242 11.3%	2,134	D+77.3
Allen	1,308 64.3%	725 35.7%	2,033	D+28.7
Livingston	1,047 51.8%	975 48.2%	2,022	D+3.6
Beauregard	1,513 76.4%	468 23.6%	1,981	D+52.8
Desoto	1,445 73.6%	517 26.4%	1,962	D+47.3
Terrebonne	1,642 86.0%	268 14.0%	1,910	D+71.9
Iberville	1,630 85.4%	278 14.6%	1,908	D+70.9
Ascension	1,402 76.3%	436 23.7%	1,838	D+52.6
Claiborne	1,560 86.2%	249 13.8%	1,809	D+72.5
Webster	1,430 80.1%	356 19.9%	1,786	D+60.1
Lincoln	1,041 60.8%	670 39.2%	1,711	D+21.7
Winn	1,161 68.5%	533 31.5%	1,694	D+37.1
Bienville	1,301 78.0%	367 22.0%	1,668	D+56.0
Franklin	1,141 69.9%	492 30.1%	1,633	D+39.7
St. James	1,486 92.1%	128 7.9%	1,614	D+84.1
Grant	1,023 67.0%	505 33.0%	1,528	D+33.9
Union	1,085 72.0%	422 28.0%	1,507	D+44.0
Pointe Coupee	1,330 92.9%	102 7.1%	1,432	D+85.8
Bossier	1,187 84.1%	225 15.9%	1,412	D+68.1
La Salle	881 66.2%	450 33.8%	1,331	D+32.4
Richland	1,083 81.7%	242 18.3%	1,325	D+63.5
Assumption	948 75.5%	307 24.5%	1,255	D+51.1
St. Charles	1,116 91.2%	108 8.8%	1,224	D+82.4
Red River	891 73.8%	317 26.2%	1,208	D+47.5
Morehouse	840 71.2%	340 28.8%	1,180	D+42.4
Plaquemines	1,056 91.5%	98 8.5%	1,154	D+83.0
Caldwell	802 73.6%	288 26.4%	1,090	D+47.2
St. John The Baptist	971 89.2%	118 10.8%	1,089	D+78.3
Catahoula	710 67.6%	341 32.4%	1,051	D+35.1
Jackson	907 100.0%	0 0.0%	907	D+100.0
West Carroll	673 75.9%	214 24.1%	887	D+51.7
East Feliciana	622 79.5%	160 20.5%	782	D+59.1
St. Helena	609 80.8%	145 19.2%	754	D+61.5
Concordia	591 81.6%	133 18.4%	724	D+63.3
West Baton Rouge	608 88.6%	78 11.4%	686	D+77.3
East Carroll	436 77.0%	130 23.0%	566	D+54.1
West Feliciana	421 82.4%	90 17.6%	511	D+64.8
Madison	318 67.8%	151 32.2%	469	D+35.6
Tensas	350 78.5%	96 21.5%	446	D+57.0
Cameron	390 90.5%	41 9.5%	431	D+81.0

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

1928 presidential election in Louisiana

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