Who won Iowa in the 1928 presidential election?

Hoover (Republican) carried Iowa in 1928, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Iowa have in 1928?

Iowa cast 13 electoral votes in the 1928 presidential election.

Did Iowa vote for the national winner in 1928?

Yes. Iowa backed Herbert Hoover, who won the presidency that year.

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1928

Iowa: Hoover carries 13 EV.

Iowa cast its 13 electoral votes for Hoover (Republican). National winner: Herbert Hoover (Republican) — Iowa voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Iowa, 1928

In 1928, Iowa awarded its 13 electoral votes to Hoover of the Republican party. Iowa ended up on the winning side — Herbert Hoover captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Iowa backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1916. Iowa did not move alone — neighboring Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota broke the same way in 1928. Across the 47 presidential elections Iowa has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 times). The vote fell within the Roaring Twenties — Republican dominance to the Great Depression.

In the national count, Herbert Hoover took 444 of the 531 electoral votes, against Al Smith's 87. Herbert Hoover led the national popular vote with 58.21% of the ballots cast.

The 1928 national map

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