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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Mississippi

Al Smith (Democrat) beat Herbert Hoover (Republican) in Mississippi in 1928, 82.1% to 17.9%, a margin of 64.2 points and 97,386 votes.

Mississippi voted 81.6 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 79 of the 82 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 3. The largest, Hinds, cast 6,708 votes and went to the Democrat by 70.7 points. The closest was Perry, where 9 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	124,539	82.1%
Herbert Hoover	Republican	27,153	17.9%
Total		151,692

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hinds	5,724 85.3%	984 14.7%	6,708	D+70.7
Lauderdale	3,558 66.4%	1,798 33.6%	5,356	D+32.9
Harrison	3,703 71.4%	1,481 28.6%	5,184	D+42.9
Jones	2,284 55.9%	1,804 44.1%	4,088	D+11.7
Monroe	3,033 88.9%	378 11.1%	3,411	D+77.8
Pike	2,432 72.6%	920 27.4%	3,352	D+45.1
Warren	2,758 83.9%	529 16.1%	3,287	D+67.8
Forrest	1,793 55.3%	1,447 44.7%	3,240	D+10.7
Lee	2,757 88.2%	368 11.8%	3,125	D+76.4
Copiah	2,728 94.4%	163 5.6%	2,891	D+88.7
Sunflower	2,676 96.8%	88 3.2%	2,764	D+93.6
Lincoln	2,186 83.9%	420 16.1%	2,606	D+67.8
Newton	2,061 84.9%	366 15.1%	2,427	D+69.8
Neshoba	1,906 78.7%	516 21.3%	2,422	D+57.4
Attala	2,258 95.2%	113 4.8%	2,371	D+90.5
Leflore	2,219 95.5%	105 4.5%	2,324	D+91.0
Lowndes	2,138 92.1%	184 7.9%	2,322	D+84.2
Tallahatchie	2,284 98.6%	33 1.4%	2,317	D+97.2
Scott	2,050 92.6%	164 7.4%	2,214	D+85.2
Bolivar	1,939 87.9%	266 12.1%	2,205	D+75.9
Union	1,859 85.2%	322 14.8%	2,181	D+70.5
Adams	1,329 61.4%	835 38.6%	2,164	D+22.8
Yazoo	2,029 94.8%	112 5.2%	2,141	D+89.5
Holmes	2,004 93.7%	134 6.3%	2,138	D+87.5
Simpson	1,892 89.1%	231 10.9%	2,123	D+78.2
Coahoma	1,778 88.9%	223 11.1%	2,001	D+77.7
Leake	1,695 88.9%	212 11.1%	1,907	D+77.8
Smith	1,450 77.6%	419 22.4%	1,869	D+55.2
Alcorn	1,530 82.1%	334 17.9%	1,864	D+64.2
Jackson	1,256 68.9%	566 31.1%	1,822	D+37.9
Pearl River	880 48.9%	919 51.1%	1,799	R+2.2
Pontotoc	1,533 85.5%	261 14.5%	1,794	D+70.9
Lafayette	1,650 92.7%	130 7.3%	1,780	D+85.4
Tippah	1,453 83.1%	296 16.9%	1,749	D+66.2
Washington	1,496 85.9%	246 14.1%	1,742	D+71.8
Hancock	1,276 73.8%	453 26.2%	1,729	D+47.6
Winston	1,620 94.4%	97 5.6%	1,717	D+88.7
Panola	1,571 91.8%	140 8.2%	1,711	D+83.6
Montgomery	1,606 94.2%	99 5.8%	1,705	D+88.4
Clarke	1,131 66.8%	563 33.2%	1,694	D+33.5
Oktibbeha	1,577 93.4%	111 6.6%	1,688	D+86.8
Chickasaw	1,498 89.8%	170 10.2%	1,668	D+79.6
Madison	1,519 92.5%	124 7.5%	1,643	D+84.9
Prentiss	1,366 83.7%	266 16.3%	1,632	D+67.4
Jasper	979 61.0%	625 39.0%	1,604	D+22.1
Clay	1,452 92.5%	117 7.5%	1,569	D+85.1
Kemper	1,421 91.0%	141 9.0%	1,562	D+81.9
Calhoun	1,276 82.1%	279 17.9%	1,555	D+64.1
Tishomingo	965 62.3%	585 37.7%	1,550	D+24.5
Marshall	1,422 93.4%	100 6.6%	1,522	D+86.9
Rankin	1,323 88.0%	180 12.0%	1,503	D+76.0
Amite	1,180 78.7%	320 21.3%	1,500	D+57.3
Yalobusha	1,249 86.0%	204 14.0%	1,453	D+71.9
Marion	913 63.5%	524 36.5%	1,437	D+27.1
Webster	1,092 76.4%	338 23.6%	1,430	D+52.7
De Soto	1,356 95.6%	63 4.4%	1,419	D+91.1
Tate	1,274 96.8%	42 3.2%	1,316	D+93.6
Covington	1,121 87.0%	167 13.0%	1,288	D+74.1
Noxubee	1,152 91.9%	101 8.1%	1,253	D+83.9
Wayne	917 76.0%	289 24.0%	1,206	D+52.1
Grenada	1,156 96.7%	40 3.3%	1,196	D+93.3
Itawamba	852 72.0%	331 28.0%	1,183	D+44.0
Carroll	1,101 95.7%	50 4.3%	1,151	D+91.3
Lamar	718 63.7%	410 36.3%	1,128	D+27.3
Choctaw	1,008 89.5%	118 10.5%	1,126	D+79.0
Franklin	905 83.3%	181 16.7%	1,086	D+66.7
Walthall	864 79.9%	218 20.1%	1,082	D+59.7
Humphreys	1,020 99.9%	1 0.1%	1,021	D+99.8
Jefferson Davis	856 84.0%	163 16.0%	1,019	D+68.0
Lawrence	757 78.4%	209 21.6%	966	D+56.7
Greene	593 63.4%	342 36.6%	935	D+26.8
Jefferson	837 93.1%	62 6.9%	899	D+86.2
Quitman	793 90.2%	86 9.8%	879	D+80.4
Benton	793 94.1%	50 5.9%	843	D+88.1
Wilkinson	766 91.3%	73 8.7%	839	D+82.6
Claiborne	708 94.3%	43 5.7%	751	D+88.5
George	336 47.7%	369 52.3%	705	R+4.7
Stone	258 37.2%	436 62.8%	694	R+25.6
Tunica	654 96.2%	26 3.8%	680	D+92.4
Perry	284 50.8%	275 49.2%	559	D+1.6
Sharkey	475 93.0%	36 7.0%	511	D+85.9
Issaquena	134 95.7%	6 4.3%	140	D+91.4

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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