Herbert Hoover was elected President on Tuesday November 6th, 1928. He was up against Al Smith, who had lost the election by a landslide. Smith was a Roman-Catholic who based his speeches and motives very much off of his religion and the people were not interested in that. Hoover was not a very good public speaker, as Smith had a motivational way about him.
Hoover focused mostly on the economy during his time of election. Previous to running for President, Hoover was Missouri’s secretary of commerce and he had not planned to run for President. When the current President at the time Calvin Coolidge announced that he would not be running again for President, Hoover took the opportunity.
Al Smith was a catholic and a wet and on the day of election the people made it apparent that they did not see any real motivation is his speaking as Hoover took the winning of the 1928 Presidential Election. Republican Hoover walked away with 444 electoral votes, and Democrat Smith had 87.
Herbert Hoover was the 36th president of the United States and people said that the election changed who Hoover was. Coming into the election, he was known as a quiet man who tried his best to keep to himself. But when he was running for President of the United States, he realized that method wasn't going to lead him into victory.
In his early days, Hoover was a quiet speaker and had to be motivated by his crowd to get him to speak up. One day his campaign manager took a poll of some people to ask them if currently they planned to vote for Hoover or for Smith, and Hoover got every survey vote. This made him realize that he didn't have anything to be afraid of and it was time to put himself out there.
Hoover did just that, put himself out on the stands and made himself heard. After doing so, he took the win home with him for the Presidential Election for the United States in 1928.
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