The American Vote
2024 result
Candidate

Al Smith

Democratic

Elections
1
Won
0
Electoral votes, all elections
87
Years
1928

Record

Al Smith: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
1928
87
of 531
15,016,443
40.7%
Lost

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1928 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1928Democratic · Lost

States carried · 8 of 48
Closest states won
  1. Rhode Islandby 1,451 · 0.6 pts
  2. Massachusettsby 17,192 · 1.1 pts
  3. Alabamaby 7,072 · 2.8 pts
Closest states lost
  1. New YorkHoover by 103,481 · 2.3 pts
  2. TexasHoover by 26,004 · 3.7 pts
  3. TennesseeHoover by 28,045 · 7.7 pts

Margins computed for 48 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Smith.

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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