1928 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 345,745 197,959
Percentage 63.19% 36.18%
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The 1928 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on November 6, 1928 as part of the 1928 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by the Republican candidate Herbert Hoover, who won the state by 147,786 votes or 27.01 percentage points against Al Smith.[1]

Results

1928 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 345,745 63.19% 8 100%
Democratic Al Smith of New York Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas 197,959 36.18% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 3,434 0.63% 0 0.00%
Various Write-ins Various 6[a] 0.00% 0 0
Total 547,144 100% 8 100%

Results by county

County[2] Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican 		Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 7,194 70.63% 2,926 28.73% 66 0.65% 4,268 41.90% 10,186
Antelope 4,277 67.80% 2,016 31.96% 15 0.24% 2,261 35.84% 6,308
Arthur 402 69.43% 169 29.19% 8 1.38% 233 40.24% 579
Banner 548 86.30% 81 12.76% 6 0.94% 467 73.54% 635
Blaine 484 73.11% 175 26.44% 3 0.45% 309 46.68% 662
Boone 3,816 62.57% 2,260 37.06% 23 0.38% 1,556 25.51% 6,099
Box Butte 3,028 70.71% 1,238 28.91% 16 0.37% 1,790 41.80% 4,282
Boyd 1,653 58.72% 1,143 40.60% 19 0.67% 510 18.12% 2,815
Brown 1,907 74.06% 636 24.70% 32 1.24% 1,271 49.36% 2,575
Buffalo 7,460 72.22% 2,801 27.12% 68 0.66% 4,659 45.11% 10,329
Burt 3,551 66.34% 1,783 33.31% 19 0.35% 1,768 33.03% 5,353
Butler 2,930 45.65% 3,465 53.99% 23 0.36% -535 -8.34% 6,418
Cass 4,970 63.91% 2,739 35.22% 68 0.87% 2,231 28.69% 7,777
Cedar 3,206 49.57% 3,241 50.12% 20 0.31% -35 -0.54% 6,467
Chase 1,540 71.90% 579 27.03% 23 1.07% 961 44.86% 2,142
Cherry 2,905 69.04% 1,285 30.54% 18 0.43% 1,620 38.50% 4,208
Cheyenne 2,618 62.29% 1,563 37.19% 22 0.52% 1,055 25.10% 4,203
Clay 4,105 69.27% 1,767 29.82% 54 0.91% 2,338 39.45% 5,926
Colfax 1,432 34.14% 2,746 65.47% 16 0.38% -1,314 -31.33% 4,194
Cuming 2,418 47.95% 2,597 51.50% 28 0.56% -179 -3.55% 5,043
Custer 8,379 76.40% 2,506 22.85% 82 0.75% 5,873 53.55% 10,967
Dakota 1,709 49.35% 1,754 50.65% 0 0.00% -45 -1.30% 3,463
Dawes 3,276 73.32% 1,173 26.25% 19 0.43% 2,103 47.07% 4,468
Dawson 5,125 74.25% 1,718 24.89% 59 0.85% 3,407 49.36% 6,902
Deuel 1,197 74.39% 403 25.05% 9 0.56% 794 49.35% 1,609
Dixon 2,982 64.81% 1,607 34.93% 12 0.26% 1,375 29.88% 4,601
Dodge 6,250 60.59% 4,030 39.07% 35 0.34% 2,220 21.52% 10,315
Douglas 47,551 52.60% 42,267 46.75% 587 0.65% 5,284 5.84% 90,405
Dundy 1,575 76.42% 472 22.90% 14 0.68% 1,103 53.52% 2,061
Fillmore 3,479 60.55% 2,235 38.90% 32 0.56% 1,244 21.65% 5,746
Franklin 2,533 63.44% 1,443 36.14% 17 0.43% 1,090 27.30% 3,993
Frontier 2,335 71.76% 879 27.01% 40 1.23% 1,456 44.74% 3,254
Furnas 3,760 73.17% 1,339 26.06% 40 0.78% 2,421 47.11% 5,139
Gage 8,378 69.83% 3,526 29.39% 94 0.78% 4,852 40.44% 11,998
Garden 1,470 77.82% 404 21.39% 15 0.79% 1,066 56.43% 1,889
Garfield 1,180 83.04% 235 16.54% 6 0.42% 945 66.50% 1,421
Gosper 875 64.10% 480 35.16% 10 0.73% 395 28.94% 1,365
Grant 398 70.94% 160 28.52% 3 0.53% 238 42.42% 561
Greeley 1,457 40.88% 2,098 58.87% 9 0.25% -641 -17.99% 3,564
Hall 6,862 66.58% 3,391 32.90% 53 0.51% 3,471 33.68% 10,306
Hamilton 3,634 68.77% 1,606 30.39% 44 0.83% 2,028 38.38% 5,284
Harlan 2,702 69.98% 1,055 27.32% 104 2.69% 1,647 42.66% 3,861
Hayes 917 65.83% 440 31.59% 36 2.58% 477 34.24% 1,393
Hitchcock 2,022 73.71% 698 25.45% 23 0.84% 1,324 48.27% 2,743
Holt 3,746 54.43% 3,126 45.42% 10 0.15% 620 9.01% 6,882
Hooker 355 76.02% 110 23.55% 2 0.43% 245 52.46% 467
Howard 1,937 46.60% 2,197 52.85% 23 0.55% -260 -6.25% 4,157
Jefferson 4,359 65.96% 2,193 33.18% 57 0.86% 2,166 32.77% 6,609
Johnson 2,632 63.67% 1,485 35.92% 17 0.41% 1,147 27.75% 4,134
Kearney 2,426 68.28% 1,093 30.76% 34 0.96% 1,333 37.52% 3,553
Keith 1,715 67.10% 832 32.55% 9 0.35% 883 34.55% 2,556
Keya Paha 989 79.76% 232 18.71% 19 1.53% 757 61.05% 1,240
Kimball 1,296 74.01% 438 25.01% 17 0.97% 858 49.00% 1,751
Knox 3,668 55.46% 2,914 44.06% 32 0.48% 754 11.40% 6,614
Lancaster 30,523 75.17% 9,840 24.23% 242 0.60% 20,683 50.94% 40,605
Lincoln 5,946 70.58% 2,381 28.26% 98 1.16% 3,565 42.31% 8,425
Logan 595 74.38% 195 24.38% 10 1.25% 400 50.00% 800
Loup 594 83.78% 106 14.95% 9 1.27% 488 68.83% 709
Madison 6,229 64.32% 3,407 35.18% 48 0.50% 2,822 29.14% 9,684
McPherson 419 84.31% 69 13.88% 9 1.81% 350 70.42% 497
Merrick 3,269 69.57% 1,403 29.86% 27 0.57% 1,866 39.71% 4,699
Morrill 2,318 74.27% 765 24.51% 38 1.22% 1,553 49.76% 3,121
Nance 2,299 63.28% 1,318 36.28% 16 0.44% 981 27.00% 3,633
Nemaha 3,777 68.08% 1,767 31.85% 4 0.07% 2,010 36.23% 5,548
Nuckolls 3,299 65.63% 1,684 33.50% 44 0.88% 1,615 32.13% 5,027
Otoe 5,063 62.68% 2,959 36.63% 55 0.68% 2,104 26.05% 8,077
Pawnee 2,825 64.29% 1,547 35.21% 22 0.50% 1,278 29.09% 4,394
Perkins 1,461 69.37% 631 29.96% 14 0.66% 830 39.41% 2,106
Phelps 3,297 77.56% 927 21.81% 27 0.64% 2,370 55.75% 4,251
Pierce 2,542 61.45% 1,586 38.34% 9 0.22% 956 23.11% 4,137
Platte 3,435 41.84% 4,748 57.83% 27 0.33% -1,313 -15.99% 8,210
Polk 3,096 67.17% 1,494 32.41% 19 0.41% 1,602 34.76% 4,609
Red Willow 3,559 66.10% 1,770 32.88% 55 1.02% 1,789 33.23% 5,384
Richardson 5,833 65.09% 3,072 34.28% 57 0.64% 2,761 30.81% 8,962
Rock 1,034 77.11% 305 22.74% 2 0.15% 729 54.36% 1,341
Saline 3,347 45.67% 3,955 53.97% 26 0.35% -608 -8.30% 7,328
Sarpy 2,011 51.04% 1,900 48.22% 29 0.74% 111 2.82% 3,940
Saunders 5,356 58.31% 3,793 41.29% 37 0.40% 1,563 17.02% 9,186
Scotts Bluff 6,677 81.76% 1,403 17.18% 87 1.07% 5,274 64.58% 8,167
Seward 3,539 59.68% 2,367 39.92% 24 0.40% 1,172 19.76% 5,930
Sheridan 3,030 70.22% 1,226 28.41% 59 1.37% 1,804 41.81% 4,315
Sherman 1,675 48.76% 1,733 50.45% 27 0.79% -58 -1.69% 3,435
Sioux 1,178 72.54% 435 26.79% 11 0.68% 743 45.75% 1,624
Stanton 1,211 48.17% 1,296 51.55% 7 0.28% -85 -3.38% 2,514
Thayer 3,552 61.80% 2,173 37.80% 23 0.40% 1,379 23.99% 5,748
Thomas 406 72.24% 152 27.05% 4 0.71% 254 45.20% 562
Thurston 1,538 45.33% 1,837 54.14% 18 0.53% -299 -8.81% 3,393
Valley 2,768 69.27% 1,205 30.16% 23 0.58% 1,563 39.11% 3,996
Washington 2,750 58.71% 1,912 40.82% 22 0.47% 838 17.89% 4,684
Wayne 2,354 64.88% 1,235 34.04% 39 1.07% 1,119 30.84% 3,628
Webster 2,924 68.22% 1,342 31.31% 20 0.47% 1,582 36.91% 4,286
Wheeler 534 64.18% 293 35.22% 5 0.60% 241 28.97% 832
York 5,769 74.16% 1,979 25.44% 31 0.40% 3,790 48.72% 7,779
Totals 345,745 63.19% 197,959 36.18% 3,434 0.63% 147,786 27.01% 547,144

See also

Notes

  1. ^ There write-in votes were not listed by county but as a state-wide total.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "NE US President Race, November 06, 1928". Our Campaigns.
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