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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in North Dakota

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1928, 54.8% to 44.5%, a margin of 10.3 points and 24,771 votes.

North Dakota voted 7.1 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 38 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 15. The largest, Cass, cast 18,858 votes and went to the Republican by 32.7 points. The closest was Kidder, where 10 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 131,419 54.8%
Al Smith Democratic 106,648 44.5%
All other candidates 1,778 0.7%
Total239,845

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 6,315 33.5% 12,480 66.2% 63 18,858 R+32.7
Grand Forks 4,300 34.8% 8,024 64.9% 47 12,371 R+30.1
Ward 4,362 39.7% 6,561 59.7% 63 10,986 R+20.0
Stutsman 3,873 44.6% 4,782 55.1% 29 8,684 R+10.5
Richland 3,604 45.7% 4,251 53.9% 34 7,889 R+8.2
Walsh 3,798 50.8% 3,657 48.9% 17 7,472 D+1.9
Burleigh 3,076 43.2% 3,955 55.6% 84 7,115 R+12.4
Barnes 3,293 46.5% 3,755 53.0% 35 7,083 R+6.5
Morton 3,946 57.6% 2,881 42.0% 26 6,853 D+15.5
Williams 2,503 39.9% 3,591 57.3% 178 6,272 R+17.3
Ramsey 2,672 45.0% 3,246 54.6% 25 5,943 R+9.7
McLean 2,855 49.7% 2,730 47.5% 161 5,746 D+2.2
Cavalier 2,510 44.9% 3,068 54.9% 14 5,592 R+10.0
McHenry 2,535 46.1% 2,914 53.0% 45 5,494 R+6.9
Pembina 2,141 39.1% 3,324 60.7% 7 5,472 R+21.6
Bottineau 2,648 49.2% 2,680 49.8% 55 5,383 R+0.6
Stark 3,231 62.6% 1,924 37.3% 6 5,161 D+25.3
Traill 1,447 28.4% 3,638 71.4% 13 5,098 R+43.0
Benson 2,194 45.0% 2,621 53.8% 57 4,872 R+8.8
Wells 2,123 47.1% 2,364 52.4% 25 4,512 R+5.3
Mountrail 2,003 44.5% 2,354 52.3% 144 4,501 R+7.8
Dickey 1,977 46.5% 2,250 52.9% 26 4,253 R+6.4
Ransom 1,505 36.3% 2,613 63.0% 27 4,145 R+26.7
La Moure 1,800 44.1% 2,245 55.0% 37 4,082 R+10.9
Nelson 1,542 39.3% 2,364 60.2% 22 3,928 R+20.9
Emmons 2,066 53.3% 1,792 46.2% 17 3,875 D+7.1
Sargent 1,989 52.6% 1,772 46.9% 19 3,780 D+5.7
Rolette 2,181 61.6% 1,327 37.5% 31 3,539 D+24.1
McKenzie 1,289 37.5% 2,100 61.1% 46 3,435 R+23.6
Burke 1,336 39.0% 2,002 58.4% 91 3,429 R+19.4
Divide 1,250 38.4% 1,963 60.4% 39 3,252 R+21.9
Grant 1,434 44.5% 1,759 54.6% 29 3,222 R+10.1
Pierce 1,606 52.0% 1,469 47.6% 11 3,086 D+4.4
Towner 1,324 45.2% 1,588 54.2% 16 2,928 R+9.0
Dunn 1,561 53.4% 1,360 46.5% 4 2,925 D+6.9
Hettinger 1,323 45.9% 1,553 53.9% 7 2,883 R+8.0
Steele 1,152 42.0% 1,574 57.3% 19 2,745 R+15.4
Renville 1,174 43.9% 1,473 55.1% 27 2,674 R+11.2
McIntosh 1,474 55.2% 1,196 44.8% 2,670 D+10.4
Mercer 1,619 62.4% 971 37.4% 3 2,593 D+25.0
Griggs 1,182 46.6% 1,329 52.4% 23 2,534 R+5.8
Kidder 1,190 49.5% 1,200 49.9% 13 2,403 R+0.4
Eddy 1,240 53.4% 1,071 46.1% 11 2,322 D+7.3
Foster 1,178 50.8% 1,137 49.0% 6 2,321 D+1.8
Logan 1,293 55.7% 1,013 43.6% 15 2,321 D+12.1
Adams 644 28.6% 1,590 70.7% 16 2,250 R+42.0
Sheridan 944 43.0% 1,242 56.6% 8 2,194 R+13.6
Bowman 821 43.8% 1,031 55.0% 23 1,875 R+11.2
Sioux 988 58.2% 687 40.5% 23 1,698 D+17.7
Golden Valley 552 36.8% 937 62.5% 10 1,499 R+25.7
Slope 542 37.8% 873 60.9% 19 1,434 R+23.1
Oliver 631 47.9% 680 51.7% 5 1,316 R+3.7
Billings 412 47.0% 458 52.2% 7 877 R+5.2

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.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)