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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Utah

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Utah in 1928, 53.5% to 45.9%, a margin of 7.7 points and 13,500 votes.

Utah voted 9.8 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 27 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 68,820 votes and went to the Republican by 0.2 points. The closest was Grand, where 35 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 94,485 53.5%
Al Smith Democratic 80,985 45.9%
All other candidates 1,000 0.6%
Total176,470

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 34,127 49.6% 34,273 49.8% 420 68,820 R+0.2
Weber 8,361 45.2% 9,948 53.8% 173 18,482 R+8.6
Utah 7,955 47.3% 8,794 52.3% 81 16,830 R+5.0
Cache 4,748 47.1% 5,307 52.6% 26 10,081 R+5.5
Sanpete 2,482 40.1% 3,695 59.6% 19 6,196 R+19.6
Box Elder 2,488 42.7% 3,314 56.9% 20 5,822 R+14.2
Carbon 2,954 56.9% 2,187 42.1% 50 5,191 D+14.8
Davis 2,296 47.6% 2,514 52.1% 14 4,824 R+4.5
Sevier 1,399 36.5% 2,420 63.1% 17 3,836 R+26.6
Millard 1,440 38.8% 2,255 60.7% 17 3,712 R+22.0
Juab 1,714 52.3% 1,555 47.5% 8 3,277 D+4.9
Tooele 1,421 45.0% 1,714 54.3% 20 3,155 R+9.3
Summit 1,260 41.5% 1,752 57.7% 24 3,036 R+16.2
Washington 857 33.9% 1,668 66.0% 4 2,529 R+32.1
Iron 682 27.0% 1,818 72.1% 23 2,523 R+45.0
Duchesne 899 36.0% 1,587 63.5% 13 2,499 R+27.5
Uintah 880 35.4% 1,589 64.0% 14 2,483 R+28.6
Wasatch 973 42.0% 1,340 57.8% 4 2,317 R+15.8
Emery 965 41.9% 1,314 57.0% 26 2,305 R+15.1
Beaver 936 45.5% 1,118 54.3% 5 2,059 R+8.8
Garfield 325 24.1% 1,021 75.6% 5 1,351 R+51.5
Morgan 454 47.0% 511 52.9% 1 966 R+5.9
Kane 141 19.9% 565 79.9% 1 707 R+60.0
Rich 224 32.2% 471 67.8% 695 R+35.5
San Juan 231 33.7% 449 65.5% 5 685 R+31.8
Piute 237 35.1% 433 64.1% 5 675 R+29.0
Grand 310 47.1% 345 52.4% 3 658 R+5.3
Wayne 195 31.6% 421 68.1% 2 618 R+36.6
Daggett 31 22.5% 107 77.5% 138 R+55.1

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.

Utah in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+21.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+18.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+48.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+28.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+45.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+21.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+18.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+34.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+49.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+52.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+28.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+29.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+24.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+39.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+17.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.9
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+2.3
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+65.5