1928: Hoover VS Al Smith

Known as 'Silent cal'

1st President to be signed in by his das!

• Gained  photo opportunities for publicity by posing in an Indian headdress, Golf in White house & Horse in the White House
• Put town Boston police strike 1919
• Believer of laissez-faire
• Believed McNarry Haughten Bill would lead to acute severe over-production

• Americans felt save in his hands
• Brought biggest economic boom
• In safe hands during changes

"Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed"

• Head of food production board WW1
• Head of Commission for relief in belgium

1915- fed 7 million Belgium & French

• Secretary of Commerce promoted radio, TV and aviation
• A humanitarian (helped starving people)

CAMPAIGN:

• Economic Boom
• Al Smith a 'Drunkard''
• Pope would move to Al Smith

• Ran for 1924 Election but KKK stopped him as he was an Irish Catholic
• Anti- Prohibition (rumoured alcoholic)
• Govenor of New York (brash)
• (Tammany Hall) Head of Democrats CORRUPT

CANPAIGN:

• Al Smith under control of the Pople 9move Pope to CD)

Herbert Hoover--- 58.2% (40 states)

AlSmith--- 40.8% (8 states)

• About: Good Economy & Prohibition 

Landslide Victory