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States with the Smallest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	H	S	%Margin	Margin	Hoover	Smith	Other
1	RI	5	237,194	2	1	0.61%	1,451	49.55%	50.16%	0.29%
2	MA	18	1,577,823	2	1	1.09%	17,192	49.15%	50.24%	0.60%
3	NY	45	4,405,626	1	2	2.35%	103,481	49.79%	47.44%	2.78%
4	AL	12	248,982	2	1	2.84%	7,072	48.49%	51.33%	0.18%
5	TX	20	708,999	1	2	3.67%	26,004	51.77%	48.10%	0.13%
6	TN	12	363,473	1	2	7.72%	28,045	53.76%	46.04%	0.20%
7	UT	4	176,603	1	2	7.72%	13,633	53.58%	45.86%	0.57%
8	VA	12	305,358	1	2	8.01%	24,463	53.91%	45.90%	0.20%
9	CT	7	553,031	1	2	8.06%	44,574	53.63%	45.57%	0.79%
10	WI	13	1,016,831	1	2	9.24%	93,946	53.52%	44.28%	2.20%

States with the Largest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	H	S	%Margin	Margin	Hoover	Smith	Other
1	SC	9	68,605	2	1	82.85%	56,842	8.54%	91.39%	0.07%
2	MS	10	151,692	2	1	64.20%	97,386	17.90%	82.10%	0.00%
3	LA	10	215,833	2	1	52.58%	113,495	23.70%	76.29%	0.01%
4	KS	10	713,200	1	2	44.96%	320,669	72.02%	27.06%	0.91%
5	MI	15	1,372,082	1	2	41.44%	568,634	70.36%	28.92%	0.72%
6	ME	6	262,171	1	2	37.66%	98,744	68.63%	30.96%	0.41%
7	WA	7	500,840	1	2	35.75%	179,072	67.06%	31.30%	1.64%
8	VT	4	135,191	1	2	34.00%	45,964	66.87%	32.87%	0.26%
9	PA	38	3,150,610	1	2	31.35%	987,796	65.24%	33.89%	0.88%
10	CO	6	392,242	1	2	30.78%	120,741	64.72%	33.94%	1.34%

States with Highest Percent of Vote

Hoover		Smith		Thomas
Kansas	72.02%	South Carolina	91.39%	New York	2.44%
Michigan	70.36%	Mississippi	82.10%	Wisconsin	1.79%
Maine	68.63%	Louisiana	76.29%	Florida	1.59%
Washington	67.06%	Arkansas	60.29%	California	1.09%
Vermont	66.87%	Georgia	56.56%	Wyoming	0.95%

Foster		Reynolds		Varney
Florida	1.46%	Washington	0.81%	Indiana	0.39%
Minnesota	0.50%	Oregon	0.49%	West Virginia	0.26%
North Dakota	0.35%	Minnesota	0.20%	Vermont	0.25%
Oregon	0.34%	Rhode Island	0.18%	Wisconsin	0.22%
Washington	0.31%	Maryland	0.17%	Michigan	0.20%

States with Lowest Percent of Vote

Hoover		Smith		Thomas
South Carolina	8.54%	Kansas	27.06%	Vermont	0.00%
Mississippi	17.90%	Michigan	28.92%	Rhode Island	0.00%
Louisiana	23.70%	Maine	30.96%	North Carolina	0.00%
Arkansas	39.33%	Washington	31.30%	New Mexico	0.00%
Georgia	43.36%	Vermont	32.87%	Nevada	0.00%

State Ranks

Rank	Hoover	Smith
1	40	8
2	8	40

County Ranks

Rank	Hoover	Smith
1	1,812	490
2	486	1,811

Note: county data for 1928 is not yet comprehensive.

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote

Hoover		Smith		Thomas
Alpine, CA	94.23%	Jackson, LA	100.00%	Alachua, FL	32.18%
Johnson, TN	93.97%	Armstrong, SD	100.00%	Berks, PA	10.02%
Sevier, TN	92.50%	Humphreys, MS	99.90%	Hamilton, FL	7.36%
Scott, TN	91.59%	Edgefield, SC	99.67%	Milwaukee, WI	6.27%
Carter, TN	90.40%	Bamberg, SC	99.49%	Mineral, CO	5.43%

Foster		Reynolds		Varney
Alachua, FL	30.45%	Deschutes, OR	1.66%	Warrick, IN	1.62%
Ontonagon, MI	5.98%	King, WA	1.59%	Henry, IN	1.46%
Gilchrist, FL	5.45%	St. Mary's, MD	1.37%	Pulaski, IN	1.40%
Carlton, MN	4.95%	Snohomish, WA	1.33%	Wirt, WV	1.19%
Sheridan, MT	3.84%	Jefferson, OR	0.99%	Howard, IN	1.09%

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote

Hoover		Smith
Williamsburg, VA	0.00%	Williamsburg, VA	0.00%
Waynesboro, VA	0.00%	Waynesboro, VA	0.00%
Virginia Beach, VA	0.00%	Virginia Beach, VA	0.00%
Suffolk, VA	0.00%	Suffolk, VA	0.00%
Staunton, VA	0.00%	Staunton, VA	0.00%

Counties with Highest Number of Votes

Hoover		Smith		Thomas
Cook, IL	812,063	Cook, IL	716,283	Kings, NY	24,888
Woodford, KY	558,064	Kings, NY	404,393	New York, NY	15,076
Los Angeles, CA	513,526	Woodford, KY	381,070	Milwaukee, WI	12,934
Philadelphia, PA	420,320	Zavala, TX	341,032	Erie, NY	10,118
Zavala, TX	367,036	New York, NY	317,227	Cook, IL	8,971

Foster		Reynolds		Varney
Kings, NY	3,362	King, WA	2,336	Marion, IN	457
Bronx, NY	3,297	Kings, NY	1,572	Wayne, MI	369
New York, NY	2,145	Cook, IL	753	Harrison, WV	232
Cook, IL	2,101	New York, NY	714	Henry, IN	224
St. Louis, MN	1,816	Pierce, WA	479	Philadelphia, PA	216

Counties with Lowest Number of Votes

Hoover		Smith
Williamsburg, VA	0	Williamsburg, VA	0
Waynesboro, VA	0	Waynesboro, VA	0
Virginia Beach, VA	0	Virginia Beach, VA	0
Suffolk, VA	0	Suffolk, VA	0
Staunton, VA	0	Staunton, VA	0

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote and Win

Hoover		Smith
Trinity, CA	48.85%	Alachua, FL	35.01%
Ashland, WI	49.36%	San Francisco, CA	49.44%
Delta, MI	49.59%	Placer, CA	49.46%
Dodge, WI	49.71%	McLean, ND	49.69%
Swift, MN	49.72%	Franklin, NY	49.89%

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote and Lose

Hoover		Smith
McDowell, NC	49.95%	Clay, MO	49.83%
Perry, IN	49.89%	Chickasaw, IA	49.68%
Franklin, NY	49.86%	Johnson, IA	49.63%
Audubon, IA	49.74%	Jackson, IN	49.58%
Van Buren, TN	49.71%	Delta, MI	49.58%