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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Virginia

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Virginia in 1928, 53.9% to 45.9%, a margin of 8.0 points and 24,463 votes.

Virginia voted 9.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+17.4.

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

Republicans led in 67 of the 123 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 56. The largest, Richmond, cast 20,980 votes and went to the Republican by 2.6 points. The closest was Caroline, where 1 vote 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
Herbert Hoover won	Republican	164,609	53.9%
Al Smith	Democratic	140,146	45.9%
All other candidates		603	0.2%
Total		305,358

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Richmond	10,213 48.7%	10,767 51.3%	20,980	R+2.6
Norfolk	5,888 41.2%	8,392 58.8%	14,280	R+17.5
Roanoke	4,018 38.3%	6,471 61.7%	10,489	R+23.4
Wise	4,559 50.3%	4,504 49.7%	9,063	D+0.6
Washington	2,666 43.6%	3,449 56.4%	6,115	R+12.8
Portsmouth	2,587 42.7%	3,474 57.3%	6,061	R+14.6
Lee	2,383 41.7%	3,337 58.3%	5,720	R+16.7
Scott	2,355 44.7%	2,916 55.3%	5,271	R+10.6
Rockingham	1,402 26.8%	3,822 73.2%	5,224	R+46.3
Newport News	1,951 38.5%	3,118 61.5%	5,069	R+23.0
Tazewell	1,979 39.2%	3,072 60.8%	5,051	R+21.6
Shenandoah	1,589 31.7%	3,420 68.3%	5,009	R+36.6
Lynchburg	1,987 42.1%	2,730 57.9%	4,717	R+15.8
Smyth	1,937 41.3%	2,751 58.7%	4,688	R+17.4
Russell	2,511 55.6%	2,006 44.4%	4,517	D+11.2
Grayson	1,713 38.6%	2,728 61.4%	4,441	R+22.9
Pittsylvania	1,688 39.4%	2,598 60.6%	4,286	R+21.2
Augusta	1,507 36.0%	2,679 64.0%	4,186	R+28.0
Wythe	1,516 37.4%	2,540 62.6%	4,056	R+25.2
Roanoke	1,284 32.4%	2,675 67.6%	3,959	R+35.1
Halifax	2,742 71.5%	1,091 28.5%	3,833	D+43.1
Pulaski	1,821 47.7%	1,998 52.3%	3,819	R+4.6
Dickenson	1,879 50.1%	1,868 49.9%	3,747	D+0.3
Fairfax	1,229 32.9%	2,507 67.1%	3,736	R+34.2
Carroll	1,117 31.2%	2,459 68.8%	3,576	R+37.5
Danville	1,196 33.6%	2,360 66.4%	3,556	R+32.7
Franklin	1,861 54.9%	1,529 45.1%	3,390	D+9.8
Norfolk (Ext)	1,418 42.5%	1,922 57.5%	3,340	R+15.1
Loudoun	1,915 59.1%	1,325 40.9%	3,240	D+18.2
Henrico	1,349 41.7%	1,887 58.3%	3,236	R+16.6
Accomack	1,826 57.2%	1,367 42.8%	3,193	D+14.4
Arlington	1,307 44.7%	1,617 55.3%	2,924	R+10.6
Alexandria	1,307 44.7%	1,617 55.3%	2,924	R+10.6
Montgomery	967 34.2%	1,861 65.8%	2,828	R+31.6
Botetourt	1,200 43.2%	1,575 56.8%	2,775	R+13.5
Buchanan	1,365 50.6%	1,333 49.4%	2,698	D+1.2
Giles	1,293 49.6%	1,313 50.4%	2,606	R+0.8
Page	1,025 39.3%	1,580 60.7%	2,605	R+21.3
Bedford	1,436 56.2%	1,118 43.8%	2,554	D+12.5
Mecklenburg	1,752 69.1%	784 30.9%	2,536	D+38.2
Rockbridge	1,311 52.1%	1,206 47.9%	2,517	D+4.2
Fauquier	1,531 61.2%	972 38.8%	2,503	D+22.3
Albemarle	1,571 65.0%	846 35.0%	2,417	D+30.0
Chesterfield	1,082 45.0%	1,325 55.0%	2,407	R+10.1
Henry	1,267 52.7%	1,139 47.3%	2,406	D+5.3
Petersburg	1,379 60.3%	909 39.7%	2,288	D+20.5
Alleghany	622 27.5%	1,642 72.5%	2,264	R+45.1
Frederick	1,140 53.1%	1,006 46.9%	2,146	D+6.2
Patrick	883 42.6%	1,191 57.4%	2,074	R+14.9
Winchester	794 40.5%	1,168 59.5%	1,962	R+19.1
Elizabeth City (Ext)	807 41.8%	1,122 58.2%	1,929	R+16.3
Floyd	433 22.6%	1,481 77.4%	1,914	R+54.8
Amherst	1,442 76.3%	447 23.7%	1,889	D+52.7
Princess Anne (Ext)	841 44.7%	1,040 55.3%	1,881	R+10.6
Nelson	1,216 66.3%	618 33.7%	1,834	D+32.6
Campbell	967 54.7%	801 45.3%	1,768	D+9.4
Staunton	733 41.7%	1,026 58.3%	1,759	R+16.7
Charlottesville	992 58.4%	708 41.6%	1,700	D+16.7
Nottoway	986 59.6%	667 40.4%	1,653	D+19.3
Harrisonburg	616 37.3%	1,037 62.7%	1,653	R+25.5
Prince William	826 50.3%	817 49.7%	1,643	D+0.5
Northampton	935 57.6%	688 42.4%	1,623	D+15.2
Culpeper	836 52.6%	753 47.4%	1,589	D+5.2
Orange	846 53.6%	732 46.4%	1,578	D+7.2
Bristol	922 59.4%	630 40.6%	1,552	D+18.8
Charlotte	1,112 73.4%	403 26.6%	1,515	D+46.8
Lunenburg	1,199 79.2%	314 20.8%	1,513	D+58.5
Louisa	734 48.7%	772 51.3%	1,506	R+2.5
Southampton	844 56.6%	648 43.4%	1,492	D+13.1
Hanover	831 58.4%	592 41.6%	1,423	D+16.8
Bland	575 41.0%	826 59.0%	1,401	R+17.9
Nansemond (Ext)	737 53.2%	649 46.8%	1,386	D+6.3
Clifton Forge	591 43.1%	781 56.9%	1,372	R+13.8
Madison	580 42.9%	772 57.1%	1,352	R+14.2
Appomattox	885 66.5%	446 33.5%	1,331	D+33.0
Fredericksburg	594 46.0%	697 54.0%	1,291	R+8.0
Mathews	431 33.5%	855 66.5%	1,286	R+33.0
Caroline	639 50.0%	638 50.0%	1,277	D+0.1
Dinwiddie	945 74.0%	332 26.0%	1,277	D+48.0
Warren	710 55.7%	564 44.3%	1,274	D+11.5
Stafford	441 35.6%	797 64.4%	1,238	R+28.8
Suffolk	637 52.6%	573 47.4%	1,210	D+5.3
Gloucester	587 48.9%	614 51.1%	1,201	R+2.2
Prince Edward	699 58.6%	494 41.4%	1,193	D+17.2
Buckingham	599 50.8%	579 49.2%	1,178	D+1.7
Brunswick	922 79.0%	245 21.0%	1,167	D+58.0
Hampton	615 53.1%	544 46.9%	1,159	D+6.1
Bath	409 35.9%	731 64.1%	1,140	R+28.2
Spotsylvania	439 40.2%	654 59.8%	1,093	R+19.7
Isle Of Wight	531 48.9%	555 51.1%	1,086	R+2.2
Northumberland	286 27.8%	744 72.2%	1,030	R+44.5
South Norfolk	158 15.4%	865 84.6%	1,023	R+69.1
Highland	371 37.3%	623 62.7%	994	R+25.4
Clarke	740 74.9%	248 25.1%	988	D+49.8
Hopewell	482 48.8%	505 51.2%	987	R+2.3
Westmoreland	393 41.5%	554 58.5%	947	R+17.0
Craig	489 52.0%	451 48.0%	940	D+4.0
Sussex	547 58.7%	385 41.3%	932	D+17.4
Radford	373 41.6%	524 58.4%	897	R+16.8
Rappahannock	513 60.9%	329 39.1%	842	D+21.9
Greensville	519 62.0%	318 38.0%	837	D+24.0
York	194 23.2%	642 76.8%	836	R+53.6
Lancaster	315 37.7%	520 62.3%	835	R+24.6
Amelia	498 64.3%	277 35.7%	775	D+28.5
Fluvanna	447 57.8%	327 42.2%	774	D+15.5
Warwick (Ext)	298 39.1%	465 60.9%	763	R+21.9
King William	431 56.7%	329 43.3%	760	D+13.4
Richmond	292 38.5%	467 61.5%	759	R+23.1
Goochland	431 57.5%	318 42.5%	749	D+15.1
King George	309 42.8%	413 57.2%	722	R+14.4
Middlesex	397 55.5%	318 44.5%	715	D+11.0
Surry	541 77.5%	157 22.5%	698	D+55.0
Greene	259 38.0%	423 62.0%	682	R+24.0
Prince George	428 64.6%	235 35.4%	663	D+29.1
Cumberland	442 67.5%	213 32.5%	655	D+35.0
King And Queen	280 46.7%	319 53.3%	599	R+6.5
Essex	321 62.2%	195 37.8%	516	D+24.4
Powhatan	287 60.3%	189 39.7%	476	D+20.6
Buena Vista	172 39.2%	267 60.8%	439	R+21.6
Williamsburg	310 76.0%	98 24.0%	408	D+52.0
James City	201 49.6%	204 50.4%	405	R+0.7
New Kent	178 45.1%	217 54.9%	395	R+9.9
Charles City	105 33.7%	207 66.3%	312	R+32.7

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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