United States presidential election in Montana, 1928

United States presidential election in Montana, 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 4 0 Popular vote 113,300 78,578 Percentage 58.37% 40.48%

County results

President before election Calvin Coolidge Republican Elected President Herbert Hoover Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 1928 throughout the continuous 48 states. Voters chose 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Montana overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Al Smith. Hoover won Montana by a landslide margin of 17.89%. The Republicans at this time were associated with the booming economy of the 1920s while Smith was associated with the corruption of Tammany Hall.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Herbert Hoover	113,300	58.37%	4
	Democratic	Al Smith	78,578	40.48%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	1,667	0.86%	0
	Communist	William Foster	563	0.29%	0

References

1. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html