Elections / 1920 · President

Warren G. Harding defeated James M. Cox.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)

1920 presidential election

HardingR+26.2

1920presidential margin

D+60

R+60

Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1920 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.

Smaller states, enlarged

VTR+52.64 EV NHR+20.44 EV MAR+40.718 EV RIR+31.25 EV CTR+29.77 EV NJR+39.214 EV DER+13.63 EV MDR+13.08 EV

Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.

Electoral college

531 electors · 266 for a majority

Harding won 404 of 531 electoral votes.

Cox127Harding404

National popular vote

26,747,030 votes counted

Cox (D)

9,132,345

34.1%

Harding (R)

16,137,308

60.3%

All others

1,479,376

5.5%

Margin

R+26.2

The county map

3,050 county-level results on record for 1920

Democrats carried 1,095 counties, Republicans 1,944, third-party candidates 11. 960 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Vermilion Parish, LA (R+100.3 swing) · Evangeline Parish, LA (R+93.8 swing) · Paulding County, GA (R+92.6 swing) · Dunn County, ND (R+91.2 swing) · Kewaunee County, WI (R+89.7 swing) · Iberia Parish, LA (R+86.3 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+34.8%	156,064	74,719	233,951
Arkansas	D	+18.9%	106,682	71,948	183,771
Arizona	R	−11.2%	29,546	37,016	66,562
California	R	−41.9%	229,191	624,992	944,050
Colorado	R	−23.4%	104,936	173,248	292,053
Connecticut	R	−29.7%	120,719	229,233	365,509
Delaware	R	−13.6%	39,911	52,858	94,875
Florida	D	+31.3%	90,515	44,853	145,684
Georgia	D	+42.3%	106,112	42,981	149,093
Iowa	R	−45.5%	227,804	634,674	894,965
Idaho	R	−31.3%	46,579	88,975	135,624
Illinois	R	−42.3%	534,395	1,420,480	2,094,714
Indiana	R	−14.6%	511,364	696,370	1,262,974
Kansas	R	−32.2%	185,464	369,268	570,318
Kentucky	D	+0.4%	456,497	452,480	918,636
Louisiana	D	+38.8%	87,519	38,539	126,397
Massachusetts	R	−40.7%	276,691	681,153	993,718
Maryland	R	−13.0%	180,626	236,117	428,442
Maine	R	−39.1%	58,961	136,355	197,840
Michigan	R	−50.6%	231,046	755,941	1,037,981
Minnesota	R	−51.2%	142,994	519,421	735,838
Missouri	R	−11.5%	574,699	727,252	1,332,140
Mississippi	D	+69.9%	69,077	11,576	82,292
Montana	R	−29.1%	57,372	109,430	179,006
North Carolina	D	+13.5%	305,367	232,819	538,186
North Dakota	R	−59.6%	37,422	160,082	205,786
Nebraska	R	−33.4%	119,608	247,498	382,743
New Hampshire	R	−20.4%	62,662	95,196	159,092
New Jersey	R	−39.2%	256,887	611,451	903,844
New Mexico	R	−10.4%	46,668	57,634	105,421
Nevada	R	−20.7%	9,851	15,479	27,194
New York	R	−37.6%	781,238	1,871,167	2,898,513
Ohio	R	−19.9%	780,037	1,182,022	2,021,653
Oklahoma	R	−5.7%	216,122	243,840	485,678
Oregon	R	−26.7%	80,019	143,592	238,522
Pennsylvania	R	−38.6%	503,843	1,218,216	1,852,616
Rhode Island	R	−31.2%	55,062	107,453	167,981
South Carolina	D	+92.1%	64,170	2,610	66,808
South Dakota	R	−41.0%	35,938	110,692	182,237
Tennessee	R	−2.8%	205,898	217,898	425,975
Texas	D	+36.6%	291,627	113,646	486,827
Utah	R	−17.1%	56,639	81,555	145,828
Virginia	D	+23.5%	141,670	87,456	231,000
Vermont	R	−52.6%	20,919	68,212	89,961
Washington	R	−34.8%	84,298	223,137	398,715
Wisconsin	R	−54.9%	113,418	498,676	701,377
West Virginia	R	−12.0%	220,789	282,007	509,940
Wyoming	R	−32.3%	17,429	35,091	54,700