United States presidential election in Montana, 1928

United States presidential election in Montana, 1928
Montana
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 58.4% 40.5%

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

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