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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Texas

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Texas in 1928, 51.8% to 48.1%, a margin of 3.7 points and 26,004 votes.

Texas voted 13.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+17.4.

Texas changed party: in 1924 it went Democratic, for John W. Davis.

Republicans led in 142 of the 254 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 112. The largest, Harris, cast 48,810 votes and went to the Republican by 11.6 points. The closest was Midland, where 3 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 367,036 51.8%
Al Smith Democratic 341,032 48.1%
All other candidates 931 0.1%
Total708,999

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 21,536 44.1% 27,188 55.7% 86 48,810 R+11.6
Dallas 17,421 38.9% 27,272 60.9% 77 44,770 R+22.0
Bexar 18,047 52.2% 16,477 47.6% 57 34,581 D+4.5
Tarrant 9,198 31.0% 20,481 69.0% 29,679 R+38.0
Jefferson 6,984 43.1% 9,209 56.8% 16 16,209 R+13.7
El Paso 6,114 50.3% 6,050 49.7% 12,164 D+0.5
Wichita 4,853 40.2% 7,226 59.8% 12,079 R+19.6
McLennan 5,322 48.0% 5,744 51.9% 12 11,078 R+3.8
Grayson 4,597 42.2% 6,277 57.6% 15 10,889 R+15.4
Galveston 5,950 57.4% 4,401 42.4% 19 10,370 D+14.9
Travis 4,461 47.8% 4,847 52.0% 17 9,325 R+4.1
Hidalgo 4,043 48.5% 4,285 51.4% 15 8,343 R+2.9
Ellis 4,399 55.1% 3,569 44.7% 13 7,981 D+10.4
Navarro 3,636 52.1% 3,341 47.9% 6,977 D+4.2
Collin 3,372 49.1% 3,476 50.6% 23 6,871 R+1.5
Cameron 3,178 47.2% 3,544 52.6% 11 6,733 R+5.4
Hunt 3,510 53.8% 3,009 46.2% 6,519 D+7.7
Bell 3,079 47.7% 3,366 52.2% 7 6,452 R+4.4
Potter 2,637 42.1% 3,627 57.9% 6,264 R+15.8
Taylor 1,888 31.8% 4,050 68.1% 8 5,946 R+36.4
Smith 2,328 40.0% 3,493 60.0% 5,821 R+20.0
Eastland 2,448 43.1% 3,233 56.9% 5,681 R+13.8
Williamson 3,688 66.7% 1,833 33.1% 10 5,531 D+33.5
Nueces 2,977 54.5% 2,481 45.4% 3 5,461 D+9.1
Bowie 3,002 57.4% 2,225 42.6% 5,227 D+14.9
Johnson 1,978 38.3% 3,181 61.6% 4 5,163 R+23.3
Lubbock 1,979 39.1% 3,079 60.8% 7 5,065 R+21.7
Lamar 2,163 42.8% 2,887 57.1% 8 5,058 R+14.3
Denton 2,384 47.8% 2,587 51.9% 15 4,986 R+4.1
Hill 2,410 49.6% 2,446 50.4% 4,856 R+0.7
Fannin 2,522 54.3% 2,122 45.7% 4 4,648 D+8.6
Kaufman 2,657 60.7% 1,718 39.3% 4,375 D+21.5
Fayette 3,627 84.0% 689 16.0% 3 4,319 D+68.0
Limestone 2,608 61.4% 1,642 38.6% 4,250 D+22.7
Cooke 1,924 45.9% 2,262 54.0% 4 4,190 R+8.1
Tom Green 1,528 36.8% 2,618 63.1% 2 4,148 R+26.3
Milam 2,836 69.1% 1,270 30.9% 1 4,107 D+38.1
Brown 1,992 49.4% 2,033 50.5% 4 4,029 R+1.0
Cherokee 1,937 50.1% 1,933 49.9% 3,870 D+0.1
Harrison 2,023 53.2% 1,776 46.7% 5 3,804 D+6.5
Lavaca 2,841 75.7% 911 24.3% 3,752 D+51.4
Hopkins 1,845 51.0% 1,767 48.9% 5 3,617 D+2.2
Jones 1,564 43.8% 1,995 55.9% 8 3,567 R+12.1
Anderson 1,749 49.1% 1,814 50.9% 3,563 R+1.8
Angelina 2,341 65.9% 1,209 34.1% 3,550 D+31.9
Erath 1,400 41.1% 1,923 56.5% 82 3,405 R+15.4
Falls 2,484 73.8% 877 26.0% 7 3,368 D+47.7
Guadalupe 1,873 56.4% 1,442 43.4% 4 3,319 D+13.0
Van Zandt 1,780 53.9% 1,502 45.5% 19 3,301 D+8.4
Parker 1,110 33.8% 2,178 66.2% 3,288 R+32.5
Hale 1,094 33.7% 2,143 66.1% 7 3,244 R+32.3
Wise 1,093 33.8% 2,141 66.2% 3,234 R+32.4
Palo Pinto 1,158 36.7% 2,001 63.3% 3,159 R+26.7
Runnels 1,494 47.5% 1,645 52.3% 9 3,148 R+4.8
Coleman 1,459 47.0% 1,645 53.0% 3,104 R+6.0
Young 1,275 41.1% 1,826 58.9% 3,101 R+17.8
Wilbarger 1,447 47.6% 1,590 52.3% 3 3,040 R+4.7
Cass 1,698 56.2% 1,323 43.8% 3,021 D+12.4
Haskell 1,532 51.5% 1,430 48.1% 12 2,974 D+3.4
Montague 1,452 48.9% 1,519 51.1% 2,971 R+2.3
Stephens 1,160 39.3% 1,789 60.7% 2,949 R+21.3
Gray 986 34.4% 1,871 65.4% 6 2,863 R+30.9
Henderson 1,726 60.5% 1,128 39.5% 2,854 D+21.0
Red River 1,665 58.7% 1,172 41.3% 2,837 D+17.4
Wood 1,645 58.6% 1,161 41.4% 2,806 D+17.2
Comanche 1,311 46.9% 1,483 53.1% 2,794 R+6.2
Washington 2,491 90.1% 275 9.9% 2,766 D+80.1
Bosque 1,235 44.7% 1,526 55.2% 4 2,765 R+10.5
Rusk 1,732 62.6% 1,033 37.4% 2,765 D+25.3
De Witt 1,585 58.0% 1,142 41.8% 5 2,732 D+16.2
Nacogdoches 1,877 69.5% 822 30.4% 2 2,701 D+39.1
Wharton 1,545 57.3% 1,151 42.7% 2,696 D+14.6
Colorado 1,784 66.6% 891 33.3% 4 2,679 D+33.3
Brazoria 1,086 40.6% 1,588 59.4% 2,674 R+18.8
Medina 1,400 52.9% 1,243 46.9% 5 2,648 D+5.9
Shelby 1,961 74.1% 676 25.5% 11 2,648 D+48.5
Gillespie 1,174 44.7% 1,447 55.1% 4 2,625 R+10.4
Austin 2,129 82.0% 466 17.9% 2 2,597 D+64.0
Nolan 1,035 41.2% 1,475 58.8% 2,510 R+17.5
Freestone 1,318 52.7% 1,178 47.1% 3 2,499 D+5.6
Clay 1,160 46.6% 1,327 53.4% 2,487 R+6.7
Gonzales 1,319 54.3% 1,112 45.7% 2,431 D+8.5
Coryell 1,306 53.7% 1,123 46.2% 1 2,430 D+7.5
Comal 1,890 78.8% 508 21.2% 2 2,400 D+57.6
Caldwell 1,204 50.3% 1,189 49.7% 2,393 D+0.6
Fort Bend 1,752 73.5% 631 26.5% 2 2,385 D+47.0
Webb 1,615 67.7% 767 32.2% 3 2,385 D+35.6
Bastrop 1,534 64.3% 850 35.7% 2,384 D+28.7
Victoria 1,711 72.1% 663 27.9% 2,374 D+44.1
Houston 1,520 66.6% 763 33.4% 2,283 D+33.2
Hardeman 910 40.6% 1,333 59.4% 2,243 R+18.9
Robertson 1,487 66.4% 751 33.5% 1 2,239 D+32.9
Bee 1,041 46.6% 1,189 53.2% 4 2,234 R+6.6
Brazos 1,480 66.6% 738 33.2% 3 2,221 D+33.4
Upshur 1,553 70.3% 649 29.4% 8 2,210 D+40.9
Orange 1,246 57.6% 919 42.4% 2,165 D+15.1
Childress 722 33.4% 1,438 66.6% 2,160 R+33.1
Kerr 570 26.5% 1,575 73.4% 2 2,147 R+46.8
Wilson 1,499 70.7% 622 29.3% 2,121 D+41.3
Fisher 837 39.9% 1,259 60.1% 2,096 R+20.1
Scurry 462 22.4% 1,597 77.5% 2 2,061 R+55.1
McCulloch 741 36.4% 1,294 63.6% 2,035 R+27.2
Lynn 754 37.2% 1,268 62.5% 7 2,029 R+25.3
Matagorda 829 40.9% 1,194 58.8% 6 2,029 R+18.0
Liberty 918 46.0% 1,070 53.6% 7 1,995 R+7.6
Hardin 1,032 52.0% 951 48.0% 1,983 D+4.1
Uvalde 747 37.9% 1,224 62.1% 1,971 R+24.2
San Patricio 579 29.4% 1,388 70.6% 1,967 R+41.1
Callahan 940 49.0% 979 51.0% 1,919 R+2.0
Hamilton 989 51.6% 927 48.4% 1,916 D+3.2
Karnes 1,052 55.2% 855 44.8% 1,907 D+10.3
Hall 493 25.9% 1,409 74.1% 1,902 R+48.2
Burleson 1,558 82.1% 339 17.9% 1,897 D+64.3
Dawson 427 22.8% 1,448 77.2% 1,875 R+54.5
Grimes 1,172 62.6% 701 37.4% 1,873 D+25.1
Hutchinson 730 39.6% 1,115 60.4% 1,845 R+20.9
Mitchell 746 40.4% 1,099 59.6% 1,845 R+19.1
Floyd 666 36.2% 1,176 63.8% 1,842 R+27.7
Wheeler 750 41.8% 1,038 57.9% 6 1,794 R+16.1
Collingsworth 608 34.0% 1,179 66.0% 1,787 R+32.0
Knox 783 44.0% 992 55.7% 5 1,780 R+11.7
Panola 1,312 75.6% 420 24.2% 3 1,735 D+51.4
Crosby 728 42.0% 1,004 58.0% 1,732 R+15.9
Delta 958 55.9% 753 44.0% 2 1,713 D+12.0
Hays 620 36.3% 1,088 63.7% 1,708 R+27.4
Lamb 440 25.8% 1,266 74.2% 1,706 R+48.4
Archer 865 52.0% 799 48.0% 1,664 D+4.0
Duval 1,230 73.9% 434 26.1% 1,664 D+47.8
Gregg 996 60.6% 646 39.3% 2 1,644 D+21.3
Lee 1,176 72.4% 449 27.6% 1,625 D+44.7
Titus 1,149 71.0% 469 29.0% 1,618 D+42.0
Donley 491 31.0% 1,092 68.9% 2 1,585 R+37.9
Atascosa 687 43.6% 888 56.4% 1,575 R+12.8
Jack 448 29.5% 1,068 70.3% 3 1,519 R+40.8
Montgomery 905 59.6% 613 40.4% 1 1,519 D+19.2
Jasper 898 59.4% 611 40.4% 2 1,511 D+19.0
Polk 994 66.0% 508 33.7% 4 1,506 D+32.3
Carson 592 39.9% 891 60.0% 1 1,484 R+20.1
Howard 665 45.0% 812 55.0% 1,477 R+10.0
Lampasas 565 38.3% 899 61.0% 10 1,474 R+22.7
Val Verde 616 41.9% 854 58.1% 1,470 R+16.2
Kleberg 695 48.1% 751 51.9% 1,446 R+3.9
Leon 888 61.8% 543 37.8% 5 1,436 D+24.0
San Saba 752 52.4% 682 47.6% 1,434 D+4.9
Burnet 466 33.2% 936 66.7% 1 1,403 R+33.5
Randall 658 47.3% 733 52.7% 1,391 R+5.4
San Augustine 821 63.7% 467 36.3% 1,288 D+27.5
Baylor 784 61.5% 491 38.5% 1,275 D+23.0
Swisher 375 29.7% 887 70.3% 1,262 R+40.6
Bandera 312 24.9% 936 74.8% 3 1,251 R+49.9
Walker 747 60.5% 488 39.5% 1,235 D+21.0
Mills 442 36.3% 774 63.7% 1,216 R+27.3
Jim Wells 746 63.7% 423 36.1% 3 1,172 D+27.6
Dallam 536 46.1% 618 53.1% 9 1,163 R+7.1
Dickens 415 35.9% 741 64.1% 1,156 R+28.2
Blanco 539 46.7% 615 53.2% 1 1,155 R+6.6
Rockwall 850 74.6% 289 25.4% 1,139 D+49.3
Trinity 682 59.9% 456 40.1% 1,138 D+19.9
Camp 640 56.4% 494 43.6% 1,134 D+12.9
Hood 479 42.7% 640 57.1% 2 1,121 R+14.4
Lipscomb 331 29.6% 776 69.3% 12 1,119 R+39.8
Franklin 713 64.9% 386 35.1% 1,099 D+29.8
Pecos 562 51.5% 524 48.0% 6 1,092 D+3.5
Shackelford 533 48.8% 558 51.1% 1 1,092 R+2.3
Marion 640 59.1% 443 40.9% 1,083 D+18.2
Garza 285 26.4% 794 73.6% 1,079 R+47.2
Morris 780 73.1% 287 26.9% 1,067 D+46.2
Refugio 671 63.7% 383 36.3% 1,054 D+27.3
Mason 244 23.2% 807 76.6% 2 1,053 R+53.5
Jackson 473 45.2% 572 54.7% 1 1,046 R+9.5
Kendall 377 36.2% 663 63.6% 2 1,042 R+27.4
Terry 407 39.6% 622 60.4% 1,029 R+20.9
Goliad 468 45.7% 554 54.1% 2 1,024 R+8.4
Hockley 235 23.3% 765 75.8% 9 1,009 R+52.5
Throckmorton 304 30.2% 703 69.8% 1,007 R+39.6
Deaf Smith 411 41.9% 570 58.1% 981 R+16.2
Tyler 666 69.0% 298 30.9% 1 965 D+38.1
Newton 564 58.6% 397 41.3% 1 962 D+17.4
Llano 515 54.0% 439 46.0% 954 D+8.0
Parmer 315 33.4% 620 65.7% 8 943 R+32.3
Stonewall 500 53.1% 442 46.9% 942 D+6.2
Frio 257 27.6% 673 72.3% 1 931 R+44.7
Cottle 451 48.8% 473 51.2% 924 R+2.4
Foard 466 51.5% 430 47.5% 9 905 D+4.0
Dimmit 258 29.2% 626 70.8% 884 R+41.6
Waller 504 57.2% 376 42.7% 1 881 D+14.5
Concho 426 48.7% 446 51.0% 3 875 R+2.3
Live Oak 382 44.1% 484 55.9% 866 R+11.8
Ochiltree 270 32.7% 556 67.3% 826 R+34.6
Menard 234 28.4% 589 71.6% 823 R+43.1
Kimble 157 19.1% 660 80.4% 4 821 R+61.3
Madison 452 55.4% 364 44.6% 816 D+10.8
Starr 733 90.3% 79 9.7% 812 D+80.5
Sabine 807 100.0% 0 0.0% 807 D+100.0
Hemphill 317 39.3% 489 60.7% 806 R+21.3
La Salle 478 59.4% 327 40.6% 805 D+18.8
San Jacinto 503 62.9% 296 37.0% 1 800 D+25.9
Zavala 229 28.6% 571 71.4% 800 R+42.8
Motley 349 43.7% 450 56.3% 799 R+12.6
Rains 537 72.2% 202 27.2% 5 744 D+45.0
Reeves 394 53.4% 344 46.6% 738 D+6.8
Hansford 319 43.3% 417 56.7% 736 R+13.3
Calhoun 375 52.7% 333 46.8% 3 711 D+5.9
Castro 384 54.6% 319 45.4% 703 D+9.2
Midland 350 50.2% 347 49.8% 697 D+0.4
Armstrong 373 54.1% 316 45.8% 1 690 D+8.3
Brewster 272 39.9% 406 59.6% 3 681 R+19.7
Coke 206 31.4% 450 68.6% 656 R+37.2
Briscoe 336 52.4% 301 47.0% 4 641 D+5.5
Reagan 228 37.1% 387 62.9% 615 R+25.9
Edwards 59 9.7% 546 89.7% 4 609 R+80.0
Real 98 17.0% 479 83.0% 577 R+66.0
Presidio 315 55.4% 254 44.6% 569 D+10.7
Bailey 142 25.7% 410 74.3% 552 R+48.6
Martin 213 39.2% 330 60.8% 543 R+21.5
Kent 163 31.0% 363 69.0% 526 R+38.0
Chambers 242 48.6% 256 51.4% 498 R+2.8
Brooks 332 67.5% 160 32.5% 492 D+35.0
Maverick 180 36.7% 311 63.3% 491 R+26.7
Winkler 311 65.8% 162 34.2% 473 D+31.5
Ward 256 54.2% 216 45.8% 472 D+8.5
Upton 189 41.2% 270 58.8% 459 R+17.6
Gaines 140 31.0% 312 69.0% 452 R+38.1
Terrell 85 18.8% 364 80.7% 2 451 R+61.9
Willacy 391 100.0% 0 0.0% 391 D+100.0
Sherman 137 35.6% 248 64.4% 385 R+28.8
Kinney 200 52.4% 182 47.6% 382 D+4.7
Sutton 92 24.1% 290 75.9% 382 R+51.8
Irion 119 31.5% 259 68.5% 378 R+37.0
Somervell 136 36.1% 241 63.9% 377 R+27.9
Jim Hogg 263 70.7% 109 29.3% 372 D+41.4
Schleicher 137 37.6% 227 62.4% 364 R+24.7
Crockett 64 18.0% 291 82.0% 355 R+63.9
Roberts 104 30.0% 243 70.0% 347 R+40.1
Hartley 163 47.7% 179 52.3% 342 R+4.7
Oldham 156 47.6% 172 52.4% 328 R+4.9
Ector 151 47.3% 168 52.7% 319 R+5.3
Zapata 296 94.0% 19 6.0% 315 D+87.9
Aransas 151 48.4% 161 51.6% 312 R+3.2
Cochran 109 35.6% 197 64.4% 306 R+28.8
Sterling 167 57.8% 122 42.2% 289 D+15.6
Crane 159 55.6% 127 44.4% 286 D+11.2
Jeff Davis 112 41.5% 157 58.1% 1 270 R+16.7
Hudspeth 117 48.8% 123 51.3% 240 R+2.5
Moore 124 58.8% 87 41.2% 211 D+17.5
McMullen 93 48.7% 96 50.3% 2 191 R+1.6
Borden 73 42.7% 98 57.3% 171 R+14.6
Glasscock 34 21.5% 124 78.5% 158 R+57.0
Yoakum 66 43.4% 86 56.6% 152 R+13.2
Kenedy 118 90.8% 12 9.2% 130 D+81.5
King 45 34.6% 85 65.4% 130 R+30.8
Andrews 25 27.5% 66 72.5% 91 R+45.1
Culberson 85 100.0% 0 0.0% 85 D+100.0
Loving 10 62.5% 6 37.5% 16 D+25.0

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.

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)