Minnesota — 1928 presidential election
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Akashicstate1928 presidential electionMinnesota · PresidentHooverR+16.9
How it voted
Share of the 1928 vote
| Herbert Hoover ✓Republican | 57.8% | 560,977 |
|---|---|---|
| Al SmithDemocratic | 40.8% | 396,451 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.4% | 13,548 |
1928presidential margin
D+60R+60
87 counties, each filled by 1928 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Minnesota cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (87 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County, MN | Republican | R+44.8 |
| Anoka County, MN | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Becker County, MN | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Beltrami County, MN | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Benton County, MN | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Blue Earth County, MN | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Brown County, MN | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Carlton County, MN | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Carver County, MN | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Cass County, MN | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Chisago County, MN | Republican | R+52.3 |
| Clay County, MN | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Cook County, MN | Republican | R+46.5 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Dakota County, MN | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Dodge County, MN | Republican | R+49.5 |
| Douglas County, MN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Faribault County, MN | Republican | R+39.3 |
| Fillmore County, MN | Republican | R+56.2 |
| Freeborn County, MN | Republican | R+46.1 |
| Goodhue County, MN | Republican | R+46.6 |
| Grant County, MN | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Hennepin County, MN | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Houston County, MN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Hubbard County, MN | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Isanti County, MN | Republican | R+44.1 |
| Itasca County, MN | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Jackson County, MN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Kanabec County, MN | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Kittson County, MN | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Koochiching County, MN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Lake County, MN | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Le Sueur County, MN | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| Lyon County, MN | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | Democratic | D+38.1 |
| Marshall County, MN | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Martin County, MN | Republican | R+28.7 |
| McLeod County, MN | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Meeker County, MN | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN | Republican | R+46.1 |
| Morrison County, MN | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Mower County, MN | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Murray County, MN | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Nicollet County, MN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Nobles County, MN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Norman County, MN | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Pennington County, MN | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Pine County, MN | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Polk County, MN | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Pope County, MN | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Ramsey County, MN | Democratic | D+3.4 |
| Red Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+35.2 |
| Redwood County, MN | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Renville County, MN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Rice County, MN | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Rock County, MN | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Roseau County, MN | Republican | R+30.8 |
| Scott County, MN | Democratic | D+43.6 |
| Sherburne County, MN | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Sibley County, MN | Republican | R+12.7 |
| St. Louis County, MN | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Stearns County, MN | Democratic | D+42.6 |
| Steele County, MN | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Stevens County, MN | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Swift County, MN | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Todd County, MN | Republican | R+20.5 |
| Traverse County, MN | Democratic | D+21.9 |
| Wabasha County, MN | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Wadena County, MN | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Waseca County, MN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Washington County, MN | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Watonwan County, MN | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Wilkin County, MN | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Winona County, MN | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Wright County, MN | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Republican | R+7.1 |
Minnesota results by county
87 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County | Herbert Hoover+2,523 | 3,95170.1% | 1,42825.3% | 2574.6% | 5,636 |
| Anoka County | Herbert Hoover+1,245 | 3,81659.1% | 2,57139.8% | 751.2% | 6,462 |
| Becker County | Herbert Hoover+1,020 | 4,27355.5% | 3,25342.2% | 1772.3% | 7,703 |
| Beltrami County | Herbert Hoover+1,841 | 4,06262.3% | 2,22134.1% | 2393.7% | 6,522 |
| Benton County | Al Smith+359 | 2,37346.3% | 2,73253.3% | 210.4% | 5,126 |
| Big Stone County | Al Smith+492 | 1,64143.2% | 2,13356.1% | 250.7% | 3,799 |
| Blue Earth County | Herbert Hoover+2,943 | 8,12060.7% | 5,17738.7% | 790.6% | 13,376 |
| Brown County | Al Smith+1,730 | 3,61140.1% | 5,34159.2% | 640.7% | 9,016 |
| Carlton County | Herbert Hoover+2,444 | 4,58264.0% | 2,13829.9% | 4386.1% | 7,158 |
| Carver County | Herbert Hoover+1,098 | 3,98357.7% | 2,88541.8% | 330.5% | 6,901 |
| Cass County | Herbert Hoover+2,034 | 3,78167.0% | 1,74731.0% | 1142.0% | 5,642 |
| Chippewa County | Herbert Hoover+1,515 | 3,54762.8% | 2,03236.0% | 721.3% | 5,651 |
| Chisago County | Herbert Hoover+2,918 | 4,21575.5% | 1,29723.2% | 701.3% | 5,582 |
| Clay County | Herbert Hoover+1,929 | 5,05761.1% | 3,12837.8% | 871.1% | 8,272 |
| Clearwater County | Herbert Hoover+709 | 1,89860.0% | 1,18937.6% | 762.4% | 3,163 |
| Cook County | Herbert Hoover+390 | 60972.6% | 21926.1% | 111.3% | 839 |
| Cottonwood County | Herbert Hoover+1,801 | 3,40567.5% | 1,60431.8% | 390.8% | 5,048 |
| Crow Wing County | Herbert Hoover+3,585 | 6,43667.9% | 2,85130.1% | 1962.1% | 9,483 |
| Dakota County | Al Smith+1,196 | 6,01945.2% | 7,21554.2% | 890.7% | 13,323 |
| Dodge County | Herbert Hoover+2,373 | 3,56974.5% | 1,19625.0% | 260.5% | 4,791 |
| Douglas County | Herbert Hoover+1,433 | 4,26259.3% | 2,82939.3% | 1001.4% | 7,191 |
| Faribault County | Herbert Hoover+3,340 | 5,88569.2% | 2,54529.9% | 760.9% | 8,506 |
| Fillmore County | Herbert Hoover+5,576 | 7,71977.8% | 2,14321.6% | 630.6% | 9,925 |
| Freeborn County | Herbert Hoover+4,956 | 7,81572.7% | 2,85926.6% | 760.7% | 10,750 |
| Goodhue County | Herbert Hoover+6,232 | 9,75272.9% | 3,52026.3% | 1000.7% | 13,372 |
| Grant County | Herbert Hoover+370 | 2,05754.3% | 1,68744.6% | 421.1% | 3,786 |
| Hennepin County | Herbert Hoover+44,621 | 125,47260.2% | 80,85138.8% | 2,1241.0% | 208,447 |
| Houston County | Herbert Hoover+1,678 | 3,61564.9% | 1,93734.8% | 210.4% | 5,573 |
| Hubbard County | Herbert Hoover+1,171 | 2,29165.8% | 1,12032.1% | 732.1% | 3,484 |
| Isanti County | Herbert Hoover+1,946 | 3,13771.1% | 1,19127.0% | 821.9% | 4,410 |
| Itasca County | Herbert Hoover+1,981 | 5,10359.0% | 3,12236.1% | 4315.0% | 8,656 |
| Jackson County | Herbert Hoover+596 | 3,09955.1% | 2,50344.5% | 260.5% | 5,628 |
| Kanabec County | Herbert Hoover+1,340 | 2,38068.4% | 1,04029.9% | 621.8% | 3,482 |
| Kandiyohi County | Herbert Hoover+3,299 | 5,78067.8% | 2,48129.1% | 2613.1% | 8,522 |
| Kittson County | Herbert Hoover+574 | 1,95756.8% | 1,38340.1% | 1053.0% | 3,445 |
| Koochiching County | Herbert Hoover+489 | 2,59953.7% | 2,11043.6% | 1342.8% | 4,843 |
| Lac qui Parle County | Herbert Hoover+1,161 | 3,40659.6% | 2,24539.3% | 591.0% | 5,710 |
| Lake County | Herbert Hoover+1,396 | 2,01472.8% | 61822.4% | 1334.8% | 2,765 |
| Lake of the Woods County | Herbert Hoover+110 | 78151.8% | 67144.5% | 563.7% | 1,508 |
| Le Sueur County | Al Smith+1,214 | 3,40142.2% | 4,61557.3% | 380.5% | 8,054 |
| Lincoln County | Al Smith+112 | 1,95248.2% | 2,06451.0% | 340.8% | 4,050 |
| Lyon County | Herbert Hoover+784 | 4,05854.9% | 3,27444.3% | 560.8% | 7,388 |
| Mahnomen County | Al Smith+772 | 60629.9% | 1,37868.0% | 432.1% | 2,027 |
| Marshall County | Herbert Hoover+1,538 | 3,73861.6% | 2,20036.2% | 1322.2% | 6,070 |
| Martin County | Herbert Hoover+2,288 | 5,11064.1% | 2,82235.4% | 400.5% | 7,972 |
| McLeod County | Herbert Hoover+807 | 4,25254.8% | 3,44544.4% | 600.8% | 7,757 |
| Meeker County | Herbert Hoover+1,414 | 4,17559.6% | 2,76139.4% | 660.9% | 7,002 |
| Mille Lacs County | Herbert Hoover+2,562 | 3,99872.0% | 1,43625.9% | 1182.1% | 5,552 |
| Morrison County | Al Smith+1,376 | 3,84642.2% | 5,22257.3% | 510.6% | 9,119 |
| Mower County | Herbert Hoover+2,622 | 6,20963.1% | 3,58736.4% | 460.5% | 9,842 |
| Murray County | Herbert Hoover+524 | 2,60255.3% | 2,07844.1% | 290.6% | 4,709 |
| Nicollet County | Herbert Hoover+1,162 | 3,62859.1% | 2,46640.2% | 420.7% | 6,136 |
| Nobles County | Herbert Hoover+814 | 3,67656.0% | 2,86243.6% | 250.4% | 6,563 |
| Norman County | Herbert Hoover+1,907 | 3,30867.4% | 1,40128.5% | 2004.1% | 4,909 |
| Olmsted County | Herbert Hoover+3,614 | 8,33463.6% | 4,72036.0% | 440.3% | 13,098 |
| Otter Tail County | Herbert Hoover+6,634 | 11,62468.3% | 4,99029.3% | 4112.4% | 17,025 |
| Pennington County | Herbert Hoover+1,308 | 2,50665.3% | 1,19831.2% | 1343.5% | 3,838 |
| Pine County | Herbert Hoover+1,093 | 4,27856.5% | 3,18542.1% | 1051.4% | 7,568 |
| Pipestone County | Herbert Hoover+987 | 2,57861.3% | 1,59137.8% | 380.9% | 4,207 |
| Polk County | Herbert Hoover+1,858 | 7,21556.1% | 5,35741.6% | 2942.3% | 12,866 |
| Pope County | Herbert Hoover+1,715 | 3,38266.1% | 1,66732.6% | 651.3% | 5,114 |
| Ramsey County | Al Smith+3,753 | 53,05447.8% | 56,80751.2% | 1,0490.9% | 110,910 |
| Red Lake County | Al Smith+795 | 71231.6% | 1,50766.8% | 371.6% | 2,256 |
| Redwood County | Herbert Hoover+2,212 | 5,11163.2% | 2,89935.8% | 791.0% | 8,089 |
| Renville County | Herbert Hoover+1,376 | 5,10757.2% | 3,73141.8% | 941.1% | 8,932 |
| Rice County | Herbert Hoover+1,562 | 6,57656.5% | 5,01443.1% | 490.4% | 11,639 |
| Rock County | Herbert Hoover+826 | 2,43360.0% | 1,60739.6% | 130.3% | 4,053 |
| Roseau County | Herbert Hoover+1,276 | 2,61863.2% | 1,34232.4% | 1854.5% | 4,145 |
| Scott County | Al Smith+2,687 | 1,73228.1% | 4,41971.7% | 110.2% | 6,162 |
| Sherburne County | Herbert Hoover+1,373 | 2,43769.1% | 1,06430.2% | 270.8% | 3,528 |
| Sibley County | Herbert Hoover+748 | 3,30155.9% | 2,55343.3% | 470.8% | 5,901 |
| St. Louis County | Herbert Hoover+18,930 | 44,33161.1% | 25,40135.0% | 2,7853.8% | 72,517 |
| Stearns County | Al Smith+9,645 | 6,45928.6% | 16,10471.2% | 520.2% | 22,615 |
| Steele County | Herbert Hoover+1,918 | 4,74462.5% | 2,82637.2% | 250.3% | 7,595 |
| Stevens County | Herbert Hoover+818 | 2,27560.7% | 1,45738.9% | 160.4% | 3,748 |
| Swift County | Herbert Hoover+58 | 2,79149.7% | 2,73348.7% | 891.6% | 5,613 |
| Todd County | Herbert Hoover+1,949 | 5,68259.8% | 3,73339.3% | 850.9% | 9,500 |
| Traverse County | Al Smith+685 | 1,21438.8% | 1,89960.7% | 170.5% | 3,130 |
| Wabasha County | Herbert Hoover+857 | 3,94455.8% | 3,08743.7% | 320.5% | 7,063 |
| Wadena County | Herbert Hoover+1,249 | 2,59264.1% | 1,34333.2% | 1092.7% | 4,044 |
| Waseca County | Herbert Hoover+833 | 3,25156.9% | 2,41842.3% | 410.7% | 5,710 |
| Washington County | Herbert Hoover+1,955 | 6,11359.1% | 4,15840.2% | 800.8% | 10,351 |
| Watonwan County | Herbert Hoover+1,894 | 3,30669.7% | 1,41229.8% | 260.5% | 4,744 |
| Wilkin County | Herbert Hoover+296 | 1,87453.9% | 1,57845.4% | 250.7% | 3,477 |
| Winona County | Herbert Hoover+975 | 7,45953.2% | 6,48446.2% | 880.6% | 14,031 |
| Wright County | Herbert Hoover+1,528 | 6,01156.6% | 4,48342.2% | 1321.2% | 10,626 |
| Yellow Medicine County | Herbert Hoover+441 | 3,30253.0% | 2,86145.9% | 721.2% | 6,235 |
Nominees: Al Smith (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)
Minnesota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1928 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.3% |
| 1896 | −15.7% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −55.1% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +23.6% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +3.8% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +17.3% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −7.6% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −5.5% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | +3.9% |
| 1984 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.1% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +7.7% |
| 2016 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1928 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.