what were 2 important factors in the 1928 election for president?

Answer 1

The Democratic candidate, Al Smith, was a Catholic, and that probably hurt him in his national campaign. The country, on the whole, was in the midst of prosperity, making it easier for the Republicans to maintain power through the election of Herbert Hoover.

Let me add one other key event that would have an impact four years later. Smith's decision to run led Democrats to urge Franklin Roosevelt out of political retirement. He successfully won Smith's post as Governor of New York, which made him the front runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932.

Answer 2

In 1928, Republican Herbert Hoover won a landslide vistory over Democrat, Alfred E. Smith, 444 electoral votes to 87.

Americans apparently voted to continue the strong economic policies of Republican President Calvin Coolidge, who chose not to run.
Smith was the first Roman Catholic nominated by a major party, and so lost a lot of support from people who thought that he would be "taking orders from the Vatican". Smith was also associated with the corrupt Tammany Hall political ring.

Smith did, however, win the majority of large American cities - a Democratic plus that continues to this day.

Answer 3

The United States presidential election of 1928 pitted Republican Herbert Hoover against Democrat Alfred E. Smith. The Republicans were identified with the booming economy of the 1920s, whereas Smith, a Roman Catholic, suffered politically from anti-Catholic prejudice, his anti-prohibitionist stance, and the legacy of corruption of Tammany Hall with which he was associated. Hoover's was a landslide victory.

Answer 4

The Whigs were supported by business people of the Northwest and plantation owners of the South.
Since many of the ordinary people didn't own land, the new law that dropped the voting requirement for people to own land allowed them to vote in the 1828 election.
Andrew Jackson received more than enough votes to win the next election for President as a result of the new law.