Who won Mississippi in the 1928 presidential election?

Smith (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1928, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1928?

Mississippi cast 10 electoral votes in the 1928 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1928?

No. Mississippi backed Smith, while Herbert Hoover won the presidency nationally.

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1928

Mississippi: Smith carries 10 EV.

Mississippi cast its 10 electoral votes for Smith (Democratic). National winner: Herbert Hoover (Republican) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Mississippi, 1928

In 1928, Mississippi awarded its 10 electoral votes to Smith of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Herbert Hoover (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 14th consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. The region divided — Louisiana and Arkansas joined Mississippi for the Democratic ticket, while Tennessee and Alabama did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 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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