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Election 1928 Results

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1928 presidential election in Washington

Herbert Hoover (Republican) beat Al Smith (Democrat) in Washington in 1928, 67.1% to 31.4%, a margin of 35.7 points and 178,731 votes.

Washington voted 18.3 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 38 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, King, cast 146,306 votes and went to the Republican by 33.9 points. The closest was Ferry, where 93 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 335,503 67.1%
Al Smith Democratic 156,772 31.4%
All other candidates 7,766 1.6%
Total500,041

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 46,604 31.9% 96,150 65.7% 3,552 146,306 R+33.9
Spokane 18,527 33.8% 35,837 65.5% 370 54,734 R+31.6
Pierce 17,402 32.2% 35,724 66.1% 919 54,045 R+33.9
Snohomish 7,419 30.3% 16,499 67.5% 532 24,450 R+37.1
Yakima 6,008 26.5% 16,492 72.9% 135 22,635 R+46.3
Whatcom 4,100 21.5% 14,676 77.0% 293 19,069 R+55.5
Grays Harbor 5,258 32.2% 10,843 66.4% 224 16,325 R+34.2
Lewis 3,591 27.6% 9,264 71.1% 166 13,021 R+43.6
Clark 4,467 35.9% 7,786 62.6% 176 12,429 R+26.7
Skagit 2,848 25.2% 8,330 73.6% 138 11,316 R+48.4
Kitsap 3,668 35.3% 6,547 63.0% 171 10,386 R+27.7
Thurston 3,013 29.1% 7,222 69.7% 130 10,365 R+40.6
Whitman 2,969 29.4% 7,062 69.9% 65 10,096 R+40.5
Chelan 2,239 22.7% 7,566 76.8% 42 9,847 R+54.1
Walla Walla 2,859 29.6% 6,778 70.1% 33 9,670 R+40.5
Cowlitz 2,581 30.2% 5,883 68.8% 93 8,557 R+38.6
Stevens 2,147 35.6% 3,805 63.0% 87 6,039 R+27.5
Kittitas 2,136 39.6% 3,207 59.5% 49 5,392 R+19.9
Clallam 1,705 33.6% 3,337 65.7% 38 5,080 R+32.1
Okanogan 1,722 34.4% 3,254 65.0% 32 5,008 R+30.6
Pacific 1,523 31.6% 3,254 67.5% 46 4,823 R+35.9
Lincoln 1,807 39.7% 2,716 59.6% 33 4,556 R+20.0
Benton 1,080 28.5% 2,649 69.9% 59 3,788 R+41.4
Klickitat 975 32.9% 1,944 65.6% 46 2,965 R+32.7
Mason 992 35.7% 1,749 63.0% 35 2,776 R+27.3
Douglas 862 32.5% 1,759 66.3% 31 2,652 R+33.8
Asotin 776 29.8% 1,807 69.3% 23 2,606 R+39.6
Jefferson 810 35.1% 1,475 63.9% 22 2,307 R+28.8
Adams 807 35.1% 1,471 64.0% 20 2,298 R+28.9
Franklin 799 37.0% 1,336 61.9% 23 2,158 R+24.9
Island 556 26.7% 1,482 71.2% 44 2,082 R+44.5
Grant 641 31.1% 1,406 68.1% 17 2,064 R+37.1
Columbia 689 33.9% 1,322 65.0% 23 2,034 R+31.1
Pend Oreille 793 39.2% 1,204 59.5% 25 2,022 R+20.3
Garfield 412 29.0% 1,004 70.7% 5 1,421 R+41.7
Ferry 732 52.4% 639 45.7% 26 1,397 D+6.7
San Juan 400 32.8% 816 66.8% 5 1,221 R+34.1
Skamania 473 42.0% 630 56.0% 22 1,125 R+14.0
Wahkiakum 382 39.1% 578 59.2% 16 976 R+20.1

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.

Washington in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+18.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+19.2
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+15.7
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+14.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+17.2
2004 John Kerry (D) D+7.2
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.6
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+12.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+11.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+1.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+3.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.3
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+2.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.6
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+8.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.6
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+14.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+36.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+35.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+42.1
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+34.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+4.2
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+25.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+50.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+11.7
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+15.1
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+7.6