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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1928 United States presidential election canonical 10
1924 United States presidential election 1
1928 United States presidential campaign 1

Statements (49)

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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, United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 1928 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Herbert Hoover → election → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
1928 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1928 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1924 United States presidential election
1932 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
Al Smith → notableWork → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1928 United States presidential campaign
Al Smith → election → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
Indian Charley → wasCandidateIn → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Curtis
Joseph T. Robinson → candidateIn → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
Norman Thomas → candidateInElection → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
Alfred Emanuel Smith → candidateInElection → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
William Z. Foster → electionParticipatedIn → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
Benjamin Gitlow → candidateIn → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ
1924 United States presidential election → nextElection → 1928 United States presidential election ⓘ