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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 abstract "The 1928 United States Presidential Election in Vermont 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 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Vermont voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Hoover's running mate was Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis of Kansas, while Smith ran with Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson of Arkansas.Hoover took 66.87% of the vote, to Smith's 32.87%, a margin of 34.00%. Vermont historically was a bastion of liberal Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1928 the Green Mountain State had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1924, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition continued amidst a third consecutive nationwide Republican landslide in 1928. While Hoover won the state in a decisive landslide, Smith's performance nevertheless represented a dramatic Democratic improvement in the state. In 1924, Vermont had been the most Republican state in the union, with Republican Calvin Coolidge winning 78.22% to only 15.67% for Democrat John W. Davis, a massive margin of 62.55%. Vermont, like New England and the Northeast as a whole, swung strongly toward the Democrats in 1928, even as Hoover won another decisive Republican victory nationally. Thus in the 1928 election, Vermont fell to being only the fifth most Republican state in the nation, about 16% more Republican than the national average. Hoover carried 13 of the state's 14 counties, many by large margins. But the three northwestern counties of Vermont would by 1932 become staunch Democratic enclaves in an otherwise Republican state, and in 1928 movement toward the Democratic Party in this region would first manifest itself, as Smith won over the votes of urban and ethnic Catholic working class voters. In 1928, Smith became the first Democrat to win Chittenden County, the state's most populous county, home to the state's largest city, Burlington. Just four years earlier, in 1924, Republican Calvin Coolidge had received over 70% of the vote in the county.".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 country Vermont.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 startDate "1928-11-06".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 title "United States presidential election in Vermont, 1928".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 afterElection Herbert_Hoover.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 afterParty "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 beforeElection Calvin_Coolidge.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 beforeParty "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 country "Vermont".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 electionDate "1928-11-06".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 electionName "United States presidential election in Vermont, 1928".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 electoralVote "0".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 electoralVote "4".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 homeState California.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 homeState New_York.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 mapCaption "County Results".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 nextElection "United States presidential election in Vermont, 1932".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 nextYear "1932".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 nominee Al_Smith.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 nominee "Herbert Hoover".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 ongoing "no".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 party "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 party "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 percentage "32.87".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 percentage "66.87".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 popularVote "44440".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 popularVote "90404".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 previousElection "United States presidential election in Vermont, 1924".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 previousYear "1924".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 runningMate Joseph_Taylor_Robinson.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 runningMate "Charles Curtis".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 title "President".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 type "presidential".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Vermont,_1928 comment "The 1928 United States Presidential Election in Vermont 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 4 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Vermont voted for the Republican nominee, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of California, over the Democratic nominee, Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York.".
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