1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

none June 2025 September 2023 1928 United States presidential election 1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1924 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1924 1932 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1932 November 6, 1928 x200px Unsuccessful 1928.jpg Al Smith Democratic Party (United States) New York Joseph Taylor Robinson 5 118,973 50.16% Herbert Hoover - NARA - 532049.jpg Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) California Charles Curtis 0 117,522 49.55% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Smith #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Hoover #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Calvin Coolidge Republican Party (United States) Herbert Hoover Republican Party (United States) The 1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Rhode Island voted for the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, over the Republican nominee, former Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California. Smith's running mate was Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas, while Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas. Smith won Rhode Island by a very narrow margin of 0.61%, making him the first Democratic presidential candidate since Woodrow Wilson in 1912 to carry the state, as well as the first to win an absolute majority of the vote since Franklin Pierce in 1852. Although Hoover won more counties than Smith, key to Smith's victory was his appeal to "ethnic white" Roman Catholic voters in Providence County and Bristol County. Rhode Island was the only state save adjacent Massachusetts (another state with a large Catholic population) outside the Democratic "Solid South" that voted for Smith in 1928. This was the second of three times that the state voted differently than Minnesota, along with 1912 and 1984. Despite winning in a landslide nationally, Hoover became the first Republican to ever win the presidency without carrying Rhode Island. Given the scale of Hoover's win, Rhode Island weighed in as 18 percentage points more Democratic than the United States at large. Hoover also became the first Republican to ever win without carrying Providence and Bristol counties. Beginning in 1928, Rhode Island would transition from a strongly Yankee Republican state into a Democratic-leaning state. Since then, Republicans have only carried the state four times, all in Republican landslide years: 1952, 1956, 1972, and 1984. Results 1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1928 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1928&fips=44&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Democratic Party (United States) Al Smith New York Joseph Taylor Robinson Arkansas 118,973 50.16% 5 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Herbert Hoover California Charles Curtis Kansas 117,522 49.55% 0 0.00% Socialist Labor Party of America Verne L. Reynolds Michigan Jeremiah D. Crowley New York 416 0.18% 0 0.00% Communist Party USA William Z. Foster Massachusetts Benjamin Gitlow New York 283 0.12% 0 0.00% 237,194 100.00% 5 100.00% By county 1928 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county)https://www.ri.gov/election/results/ RI.gov: Election Results www.ri.gov February 11, 2024CountyAl SmithDemocraticHerbert HooverRepublicanOther candidatesVarious partiesMargin Total % # % # % # % ##Bristol 51.8% 4,080 48.0% 3,780 0.2% 13 300 3.8% 7,873Kent 39.3% 7,460 60.4% 11,487 0.3% 58 -4,027 -21.1% 19,005Newport 43.9% 6,748 55.8% 8,578 0.2% 33 -1,830 -11.9% 15,359Providence 52.9% 97,185 46.8% 85,884 0.3% 568 11,301 6.1% 183,637Washington 30.9% 3,500 68.8% 7,793 0.2% 27 -4,293 -37.9% 11,320 See also United States presidential elections in Rhode Island References expanded Rhode Island 1928 Category:1928 Rhode Island elections