1928 United States presidential election in Colorado
1928 United States presidential election in Colorado
County Results
Hoover
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Smith
50–60%
60–70%
The 1928 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Although Colorado had been strongly Democratic-leaning between 1896 and 1916 , the nomination of Catholic New York Governor Smith was very poorly received in the eastern part of the state, part of the High Plains Methodist “Bible Belt ”. The state had been all but ruled by the Ku Klux Klan for a number of years early in the decade,[1] and the strong anti-Catholic sentiment remained outside the heavily Mexican-American south-central part of the state.[2] Although Smith did make large gains in the Mexican-American counties, Hoover gained greatly over Calvin Coolidge in 1924 by up to 30 percent in the heavily populated Front Range counties and Colorado consequently became the seventh most Republican state in the nation, voting 14 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large.
Hoover’s is the best Republican presidential performance in Colorado’s history,[3] and the second-best by any candidate behind William Jennings Bryan in 1896 when he was overwhelmingly supported by the state’s powerful silver mining industry.[4]
Results
Results by county
County
Herbert Clark Hoover [6] Republican
Alfred Emmanuel Smith [6] Democratic
Norman Mattoon Thomas [6] Socialist
Frank E. Webb[6] Farmer-Labor
William Z. Foster [6] Communist
Margin
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Baca
78.48%
2,108
19.51%
524
1.56%
42
0.30%
8
0.15%
4
58.97%
1,584
Morgan
76.10%
4,197
22.52%
1,242
1.03%
57
0.18%
10
0.16%
9
53.58%
2,955
El Paso
75.28%
16,243
23.49%
5,069
1.05%
227
0.13%
29
0.05%
10
51.78%
11,174
Otero
74.88%
5,788
24.27%
1,876
0.52%
40
0.25%
19
0.09%
7
50.61%
3,912
Logan
71.92%
4,377
26.62%
1,620
0.72%
44
0.58%
35
0.16%
10
45.30%
2,757
Bent
72.13%
1,957
27.31%
741
0.29%
8
0.18%
5
0.07%
2
44.82%
1,216
Prowers
71.50%
3,228
26.93%
1,216
0.84%
38
0.55%
25
0.18%
8
44.56%
2,012
Elbert
71.38%
1,933
27.25%
738
0.89%
24
0.41%
11
0.07%
2
44.13%
1,195
Larimer
70.94%
8,213
27.66%
3,203
0.86%
100
0.40%
46
0.14%
16
43.27%
5,010
Washington
69.99%
2,132
27.94%
851
1.25%
38
0.66%
20
0.16%
5
42.06%
1,281
Arapahoe
70.29%
6,086
28.44%
2,463
0.80%
69
0.38%
33
0.09%
8
41.84%
3,623
Yuma
69.07%
3,401
28.09%
1,383
1.87%
92
0.81%
40
0.16%
8
40.98%
2,018
Weld
69.58%
13,719
29.22%
5,762
0.62%
123
0.44%
87
0.13%
26
40.36%
7,957
Lincoln
69.11%
2,110
29.09%
888
0.85%
26
0.92%
28
0.03%
1
40.03%
1,222
Jefferson
69.09%
6,754
29.46%
2,880
0.99%
97
0.32%
31
0.13%
13
39.63%
3,874
Fremont
68.79%
5,365
30.16%
2,352
0.83%
65
0.17%
13
0.05%
4
38.63%
3,013
Kiowa
67.59%
1,024
30.23%
458
1.12%
17
0.99%
15
0.07%
1
37.36%
566
Delta
67.32%
3,731
30.17%
1,672
1.61%
89
0.72%
40
0.18%
10
37.15%
2,059
Montrose
67.27%
2,873
30.37%
1,297
1.50%
64
0.73%
31
0.14%
6
36.90%
1,576
Kit Carson
67.37%
2,486
30.81%
1,137
1.03%
38
0.70%
26
0.08%
3
36.56%
1,349
Boulder
67.48%
9,457
31.13%
4,363
0.92%
129
0.28%
39
0.19%
27
36.35%
5,094
Sedgwick
67.51%
1,247
31.40%
580
0.81%
15
0.22%
4
0.05%
1
36.11%
667
Phillips
65.16%
1,440
31.90%
705
2.49%
55
0.45%
10
0.00%
0
33.26%
735
Mesa
65.76%
6,446
32.88%
3,223
0.92%
90
0.36%
35
0.08%
8
32.88%
3,223
Rio Blanco
65.50%
860
32.67%
429
1.45%
19
0.15%
2
0.23%
3
32.83%
431
Pueblo
65.65%
15,541
33.29%
7,881
0.74%
174
0.20%
47
0.13%
30
32.36%
7,660
Crowley
65.42%
1,243
33.42%
635
0.63%
12
0.53%
10
0.00%
0
32.00%
608
Moffat
64.56%
1,346
34.05%
710
0.96%
20
0.34%
7
0.10%
2
30.50%
636
Cheyenne
63.85%
945
33.78%
500
1.55%
23
0.81%
12
0.00%
0
30.07%
445
Douglas
64.25%
1,107
35.00%
603
0.58%
10
0.17%
3
0.00%
0
29.25%
504
Rio Grande
64.03%
2,254
34.83%
1,226
0.60%
21
0.37%
13
0.17%
6
29.20%
1,028
Denver
63.40%
73,543
35.55%
41,238
0.63%
736
0.13%
150
0.29%
335
27.85%
32,305
Eagle
63.18%
1,014
35.51%
570
0.75%
12
0.37%
6
0.19%
3
27.66%
444
Adams
63.10%
4,031
35.46%
2,265
0.85%
54
0.49%
31
0.11%
7
27.65%
1,766
Park
62.82%
740
35.57%
419
1.10%
13
0.42%
5
0.08%
1
27.25%
321
Saguache
62.62%
1,491
35.87%
854
1.18%
28
0.17%
4
0.17%
4
26.75%
637
Montezuma
62.37%
1,341
35.91%
772
1.30%
28
0.42%
9
0.00%
0
26.47%
569
Grand
62.15%
770
36.40%
451
1.29%
16
0.08%
1
0.08%
1
25.75%
319
Clear Creek
61.05%
790
37.17%
481
1.55%
20
0.23%
3
0.00%
0
23.88%
309
Jackson
60.21%
401
37.39%
249
1.50%
10
0.45%
3
0.45%
3
22.82%
152
Garfield
60.03%
2,435
38.51%
1,562
0.94%
38
0.42%
17
0.10%
4
21.52%
873
Custer
58.88%
600
38.17%
389
2.45%
25
0.29%
3
0.20%
2
20.71%
211
Chaffee
59.49%
1,880
38.92%
1,230
1.17%
37
0.22%
7
0.19%
6
20.57%
650
La Plata
59.58%
2,837
39.31%
1,872
0.84%
40
0.17%
8
0.10%
5
20.26%
965
Alamosa
58.23%
1,759
41.01%
1,239
0.50%
15
0.23%
7
0.03%
1
17.21%
520
Routt
57.36%
2,304
40.95%
1,645
1.17%
47
0.32%
13
0.20%
8
16.41%
659
Dolores
55.92%
387
40.17%
278
3.18%
22
0.29%
2
0.43%
3
15.75%
109
Archuleta
56.48%
610
41.39%
447
1.57%
17
0.56%
6
0.00%
0
15.09%
163
San Miguel
54.91%
721
42.19%
554
1.29%
17
0.38%
5
1.22%
16
12.72%
167
Gunnison
55.21%
1,456
43.04%
1,135
1.25%
33
0.30%
8
0.19%
5
12.17%
321
Gilpin
55.17%
299
43.54%
236
1.11%
6
0.18%
1
0.00%
0
11.62%
63
Hinsdale
53.78%
128
44.54%
106
1.68%
4
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
9.24%
22
Summit
53.16%
362
44.93%
306
1.76%
12
0.15%
1
0.00%
0
8.22%
56
Teller
52.04%
1,184
45.58%
1,037
1.80%
41
0.31%
7
0.26%
6
6.46%
147
Ouray
51.49%
535
46.10%
479
1.54%
16
0.87%
9
0.00%
0
5.39%
56
Pitkin
50.95%
485
47.69%
454
0.95%
9
0.42%
4
0.00%
0
3.26%
31
Huerfano
49.15%
3,260
50.40%
3,343
0.30%
20
0.09%
6
0.06%
4
-1.25%
-83
Conejos
45.24%
1,463
52.32%
1,692
1.76%
57
0.34%
11
0.34%
11
-7.08%
-229
Las Animas
44.74%
5,367
53.85%
6,459
1.24%
149
0.10%
12
0.07%
8
-9.10%
-1,092
Mineral
41.14%
144
53.43%
187
5.43%
19
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
-12.29%
-43
Lake
40.10%
990
58.69%
1,449
0.93%
23
0.04%
1
0.24%
6
-18.59%
-459
San Juan
37.13%
277
58.45%
436
3.62%
27
0.40%
3
0.40%
3
-21.31%
-159
Costilla
37.33%
657
60.80%
1,070
0.85%
15
0.91%
16
0.11%
2
-23.47%
-413
References
^ Ubbelohde, Carl; Benson, Maxine and Smith Duane A.; A Colorado History , p. 286 ISBN 0871089424
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Religious Factor in the 1960 Presidential Election. An Analysis of the Kennedy Victory Over Anti-Catholic Prejudice , p. 175 ISBN 0786460377
^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Colorado" . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
^ Phillips, Kevin P. ; The Emerging Republican Majority , p. 458 ISBN 9780691163246
^ "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado" . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
^ a b c d e Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 06, 1928