United States presidential election in Virginia, 1928

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November 6, 1928

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Nominee	Herbert Hoover	Al Smith
Party	Republican	Democratic
Home state	Iowa	New York
Running mate	Charles Curtis	Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote	12	0
Popular vote	164,609	140,146
Percentage	53.91%	45.90%

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Herbert Hoover
Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1928. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, former United States Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, over the Democratic nominee, New York Governor Al Smith. Hoover ultimately won the national election with 53.91% of the vote. This was only the second election that Virginia had voted for a Republican candidate. The first was in 1872 during the Reconstruction era.

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