1928 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election political event

The 1928 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Herbert Hoover defeated Democrat Al Smith, reflecting the prosperity and cultural tensions of the late 1920s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election → political event →
campaignSlogan	A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage →
context	Roaring Twenties prosperity → prelude to the Great Depression →
country	United States →
date	1928-11-06 →
democraticNominee	Al Smith →
democraticRunningMate	Joseph T. Robinson →
electedCandidate	Herbert Hoover →
electedOffice	President of the United States →
electionNumber	36th quadrennial presidential election →
electoralVoteRunnerUp	Al Smith →
electoralVotesNeededToWin	266 →
electoralVoteWinner	Herbert Hoover →
firstMajorPartyCatholicNominee	Al Smith →
hooverElectoralVotes	444 →
hooverHomeState	California →
hooverPopularVote	21427623 →
hooverPopularVotePercentage	58.2 →
incumbentPresident	Calvin Coolidge →
incumbentPresidentParty	Republican Party →
losingParty	Democratic Party →
mainCandidates	Al Smith → Herbert Hoover →
nextElection	1932 United States presidential election →
notableIssue	Prohibition → economic prosperity of the 1920s → religious tensions over Catholicism → urban–rural divide →
ongoing	no →
popularVoteRunnerUp	Al Smith →
popularVoteWinner	Herbert Hoover →
presidentElect	Herbert Hoover →
previousElection	1924 United States presidential election →
republicanNominee	Herbert Hoover →
republicanRunningMate	Charles Curtis →
smithElectoralVotes	87 →
smithHomeState	New York →
smithPopularVote	15015703 →
smithPopularVotePercentage	40.8 →
smithReligion	Roman Catholic →
totalElectoralVotes	531 →
type	presidential →
vicePresidentElect	Charles Curtis →
voterTurnoutChange	+8.3 →
voterTurnoutPercentage	56.9 →
winner	Herbert Hoover →
winningParty	Republican Party →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Benjamin Gitlow → Joseph T. Robinson →	candidateIn
Alfred Emanuel Smith → Norman Thomas →	candidateInElection
Al Smith → Herbert Hoover →	election
1928 United States presidential election ("1924 United States presidential election") → 1932 United States presidential election →	previousElection
William Z. Foster →	electionParticipatedIn
Al Smith ("1928 United States presidential campaign") →	notableWork
Charles Curtis →	wasCandidateIn