<P> In the few primaries that mattered, Hoover did not perform as well as expected, and it was thought that the president or Vice-President Charles G. Dawes might accept a draft in case of a deadlock, but Lowden withdrew just as the convention was about to start, paving the way for a Hoover victory . </P> <P> The Republican Convention, held in Kansas City, Missouri, from June 12 to 15, nominated Hoover on the first ballot . With Hoover disinclined to interfere in the selection of his running mate, the party leaders were at first partial to giving Dawes a shot at a second term, but when this information leaked, Coolidge sent an angry telegram saying that he would consider a second nomination for Dawes, whom he hated, a "personal affront ." To attract votes from farmers concerned about Hoover's pro-business orientation, it was instead offered to Senator Curtis, who accepted . He was nominated overwhelmingly on the first ballot . </P> <P> In his acceptance speech eight weeks after the convention ended, Secretary Hoover said: "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of this land...We shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this land ." The phrase would eventually haunt Hoover during the Great Depression . </P> <Table> The Balloting <Tr> <Th> Presidential Ballot </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> Vice Presidential Ballot </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Herbert Hoover </Th> <Th> 837 </Th> <Th> Charles Curtis </Th> <Th> 1,052 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Frank Orren Lowden </Th> <Th> 74 </Th> <Th> Herman Ekern </Th> <Th> 19 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Charles Curtis </Th> <Th> 64 </Th> <Th> Charles G. Dawes </Th> <Th> 13 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> James Eli Watson </Th> <Th> 45 </Th> <Th> Hanford MacNider </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> George W. Norris </Th> <Th> 24 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Guy D. Goff </Th> <Th> 18 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Calvin Coolidge </Th> <Th> 17 </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Charles G. Dawes </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Charles Evans Hughes </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> </Table>

Who would you have voted for in the 1928 election explain your answer