A county result
Richland County, presidential election of 1928
Richland County
71.28%Herbert Hoover (R), the most votes25,909Votes counted for president
What this is
Richland County counted 25,909 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.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover | Republican | 18,468 | 71.28% |
| Al Smith | Democratic | 7,295 | 28.16% |
| Other | Other | 91 | 0.35% |
| Norman Thomas | Socialist | 55 | 0.21% |
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
- Richland County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+43.1 against Ohio's R+30.4: 12.7 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 34th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1924
- From 1924 to 1928 the county's lean moved 18.6 points toward the Republicans, from R+24.5 to R+43.1. Lean counts only the two major parties; Robert M. La Follette (Progressive) took 13.4% in 1924.
- Matched
- Richland 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
- 1928 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1928-11-06 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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