United States presidential election in Kansas, 1928

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1928
November 6, 1928

 
Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph Taylor Robinson
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 513,672 193,003
Percentage 72.02% 27.06%
President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

 Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Hoover’s running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas. Hoover won the by a margin of 44.96 percent.

With 72.02% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Hoover's strongest state in the 1928 presidential election in terms of popular vote percentage[1].

Results

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1928[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis of Kansas 513,672 72.02% 10 100.00%
Democratic Al Smith of Nebraska Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas 193,003 27.06% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York James Hudson Maurer of Pennsylvania 6,205 0.87% 0 0.00%
Communist William Z. Foster of Massachusetts Benjamin Gitlow of New York 320 0.04% 0 0.00%
Total 713,200 100.00% 10 100.00%


References

  1. ↑ "1928 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ↑ "1928 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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