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Jackson County, presidential election of 1928

Jackson County

71.40%Herbert Hoover (R), the most votes9,985Votes counted for president

Every election in Jackson County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1928

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What this is

Jackson County counted 9,985 votes for president across 4 candidates in 1928. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Herbert HooverRepublican7,12971.40%
Al SmithDemocratic2,77527.79%
OtherOther420.42%
Norman ThomasSocialist390.39%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to Herbert Hoover (Republican) with 64.89%, a 30.4-point margin over Al Smith. The country elected Herbert Hoover.
Against the state
Jackson County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+43.6 against Ohio's R+30.4: 13.2 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 32nd of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1924
From 1924 to 1928 the county's lean moved 11.4 points toward the Republicans, from R+32.2 to R+43.6.
Matched
Jackson County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.

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Where this appears

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Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1928-11-06 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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