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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Montana

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Montana in 1928, 58.4% to 40.5%, a margin of 17.9 points and 34,834 votes.

Montana voted 0.5 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 53 of the 56 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Silver Bow, cast 21,108 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.4 points. The closest was Mineral, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Herbert Hoover won Republican 113,472 58.4%
Al Smith Democratic 78,638 40.5%
All other candidates 2,267 1.2%
Total194,377

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Silver Bow 11,228 53.2% 9,461 44.8% 419 21,108 D+8.4
Cascade 6,540 43.7% 8,280 55.4% 135 14,955 R+11.6
Yellowstone 3,205 31.6% 6,904 68.1% 32 10,141 R+36.5
Missoula 3,320 39.0% 5,062 59.5% 122 8,504 R+20.5
Lewis And Clark 3,278 42.3% 4,443 57.4% 25 7,746 R+15.0
Fergus 2,667 39.0% 4,109 60.1% 63 6,839 R+21.1
Gallatin 2,423 38.4% 3,861 61.1% 34 6,318 R+22.8
Flathead 1,972 32.1% 4,098 66.6% 82 6,152 R+34.6
Deer Lodge 3,200 54.1% 2,695 45.5% 22 5,917 D+8.5
Park 1,338 29.7% 3,109 68.9% 64 4,511 R+39.3
Hill 2,022 46.2% 2,338 53.4% 19 4,379 R+7.2
Carbon 1,674 38.7% 2,514 58.1% 142 4,330 R+19.4
Custer 1,386 35.5% 2,503 64.1% 17 3,906 R+28.6
Ravalli 1,112 29.9% 2,551 68.5% 61 3,724 R+38.6
Valley 1,294 35.5% 2,330 63.9% 25 3,649 R+28.4
Dawson 1,065 32.3% 2,220 67.3% 14 3,299 R+35.0
Musselshell 1,449 45.5% 1,608 50.5% 130 3,187 R+5.0
Lake 1,256 39.8% 1,876 59.4% 26 3,158 R+19.6
Chouteau 1,232 39.6% 1,837 59.1% 39 3,108 R+19.5
Beaverhead 1,144 37.3% 1,906 62.2% 14 3,064 R+24.9
Sheridan 1,190 40.0% 1,624 54.6% 163 2,977 R+14.6
Roosevelt 1,296 43.9% 1,630 55.2% 26 2,952 R+11.3
Phillips 1,135 40.1% 1,671 59.1% 22 2,828 R+19.0
Blaine 1,160 42.7% 1,537 56.6% 17 2,714 R+13.9
Powell 1,031 39.3% 1,568 59.8% 25 2,624 R+20.5
Madison 819 31.3% 1,785 68.2% 14 2,618 R+36.9
Richland 917 35.1% 1,666 63.8% 30 2,613 R+28.7
Rosebud 1,025 40.1% 1,519 59.4% 14 2,558 R+19.3
Toole 1,076 44.4% 1,325 54.7% 22 2,423 R+10.3
Stillwater 711 29.5% 1,688 70.1% 10 2,409 R+40.6
Judith Basin 978 41.4% 1,342 56.8% 44 2,364 R+15.4
Lincoln 1,067 45.9% 1,217 52.3% 43 2,327 R+6.4
Big Horn 1,017 44.2% 1,276 55.5% 8 2,301 R+11.3
Pondera 944 41.3% 1,324 58.0% 15 2,283 R+16.6
Sanders 873 41.0% 1,142 53.6% 114 2,129 R+12.6
Teton 804 38.6% 1,263 60.6% 18 2,085 R+22.0
Glacier 976 53.2% 853 46.5% 7 1,836 D+6.7
Jefferson 751 42.2% 1,013 57.0% 14 1,778 R+14.7
Wheatland 542 30.9% 1,207 68.8% 5 1,754 R+37.9
Daniels 780 44.9% 938 53.9% 21 1,739 R+9.1
Garfield 499 29.6% 1,176 69.7% 13 1,688 R+40.1
Sweet Grass 435 27.1% 1,163 72.5% 7 1,605 R+45.4
McCone 554 36.2% 947 61.9% 29 1,530 R+25.7
Fallon 454 30.3% 1,036 69.1% 10 1,500 R+38.8
Broadwater 663 46.8% 746 52.6% 9 1,418 R+5.9
Prairie 405 29.4% 968 70.2% 6 1,379 R+40.8
Granite 509 37.2% 849 62.1% 9 1,367 R+24.9
Powder River 410 34.2% 780 65.0% 10 1,200 R+30.8
Carter 420 35.2% 763 64.0% 10 1,193 R+28.8
Meagher 337 32.0% 714 67.8% 2 1,053 R+35.8
Wibaux 448 43.2% 583 56.3% 5 1,036 R+13.0
Golden Valley 346 35.4% 625 63.9% 7 978 R+28.5
Petroleum 372 38.6% 586 60.9% 5 963 R+22.2
Mineral 371 44.5% 443 53.2% 19 833 R+8.6
Liberty 332 42.2% 446 56.7% 8 786 R+14.5
Treasure 186 34.4% 354 65.4% 1 541 R+31.1

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.

Montana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.4
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+13.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+2.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+25.1
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+2.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.0
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.9
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+22.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+23.1
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+29.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+19.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.4
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+18.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+60.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.7