votes totaled only 1.08 percent of the national popular vote. The Socialist vote sank to 267,478, and in seven states, there were no Socialist votes. It was the last election in which the Republicans won North Carolina until 1968, the last in which they won Kentucky and West Virginia until 1956, the last in which they won Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington until 1952, the last in which they won Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon until 1948, and the last in which they won Ohio, Wisconsin, and Wyoming until 1944. Source (Popular Vote): Source (Electoral Vote): Geography of results Cartographic gallery Results by state Close states Margin of victory less than 1% (5 electoral votes): Rhode Island, 0.61% (1,451 votes) Margin of victory less than 5% (95 electoral votes): Massachusetts, 1.09% (17,192 votes) New York, 2.35% (103,481 votes) Alabama, 2.84% (7,072 votes) Texas, 3.67% (26,004 votes) Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (60 electoral votes): Utah, 7.72% (13,633 votes) Tennessee, 7.72% (28,045 votes) Virginia, 8.01% (24,463 votes) Connecticut, 8.06% (44,574 votes) Wisconsin, 9.24% (93,946 votes) North Carolina, 9.87% (62,696 votes) Tipping point state: Illinois, 14.65% (455,324 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Jackson County, Kentucky 96.52% Leslie County, Kentucky 94.51% Alpine County, California 94.23% Johnson County, Tennessee 93.74% Sevier County, Tennessee 92.57% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Jackson Parish, Louisiana 100.00% Armstrong County, South Dakota 100.00% Humphreys County, Mississippi 99.90% Edgefield County, South Carolina 99.67% Bamberg County, South Carolina 99.49% See also History of the United States (1918–1945) Inauguration of Herbert Hoover 1928 United States House of Representatives elections 1928 United States Senate elections Al Smith 1928 presidential campaign References Further reading Andersen, Kristi. The Creation of a Democratic Majority: 1928–1936. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997) Bornet, Vaughn Davis. "The Communist Party in the Presidential Election of 1928," Western Political Quarterly, (1958), 11#3 pp. 514–538. In JSTOR Bornet, Vaughn Davis. Labor Politics in a Democratic Republic: Moderation, Division, and Disruption in the Presidential Election of 1928 (1964) Chiles, Robert. 2018. The Revolution of '28: Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal. Cornell University Press. Coffman, Elesha. "The 'Religious Issue' in Presidential Politics." American Catholic Studies (2008) 119#4 pp 1–20 Craig, Douglas B. After Wilson: The Struggle for Control of the Democratic Party, 1920–1934. (Chapel