Who won the 1920 presidential election?

Warren G. Harding (Republican) won the 1920 presidential election with 404 electoral votes and 60.0% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1920?

The 1920 Electoral College result was 127 Democratic to 404 Republican (531 total electoral votes, 266 needed to win).

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1920

Presidential Election · 1920

Elected President

Warren G. Harding

Republicandefeating James M. Cox

127

Cox

Electoral

Votes

266 to win

404

Harding

127 EV266 needed to win404 EV

Popular Vote

Harding(REP)60.0%

Cox(DEM)34.1%

candidates(OTH)5.8%

National margin:R+25.9%

27,045,951 total votes cast

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Cox: 11 states · 127 EV|Harding: 37 states · 404 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Cox %	Votes	Harding %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	North Dakota	5	5	18.3%	37,409	77.7%	158,997	—	R+59.4	↓ R+60.9
▶	Wisconsin	13	18	16.1%	113,195	71.1%	498,576	12.7%	R+55.0	↓ R+48.4
▶	Minnesota	12	30	19.4%	142,994	70.6%	519,421	10.0%	R+51.2	↓ R+51.1
▶	Michigan	15	45	22.3%	231,046	72.8%	755,941	—	R+50.6	↓ R+42.2
▶	Iowa	13	58	25.5%	227,924	70.9%	634,671	—	R+45.4	↓ R+34.0
▶	Vermont	4	62	23.3%	20,884	67.6%	60,575	9.2%	R+44.3	↓ R+17.1
▶	Illinois	29	91	25.5%	534,395	67.8%	1,420,480	6.7%	R+42.3	↓ R+33.1
▶	California	13	104	24.3%	229,191	66.2%	624,992	9.5%	R+41.9	↓ R+42.3
▶	South Dakota	5	109	19.8%	35,938	60.7%	109,874	19.5%	R+40.8	↓ R+36.9
▶	Massachusetts	18	127	27.8%	276,691	68.5%	681,153	—	R+40.7	↓ R+36.8
▶	New Jersey	14	141	28.4%	256,887	67.7%	611,541	—	R+39.2	↓ R+27.5
▶	Pennsylvania	38	179	27.2%	503,843	65.8%	1,218,216	7.0%	R+38.6	↓ R+24.5
▶	New York	45	224	26.9%	781,238	64.6%	1,871,167	8.5%	R+37.6	↓ R+31.2
▶	Nebraska	8	232	31.3%	119,608	64.7%	247,498	—	R+33.4	↓ R+47.7
▶	Washington	7	239	21.1%	84,298	56.0%	223,137	22.9%	R+34.8	↓ R+39.1
▶	Wyoming	3	242	31.9%	17,429	64.2%	35,091	—	R+32.3	↓ R+45.2
▶	Kansas	10	252	32.5%	185,464	64.8%	369,268	—	R+32.2	↓ R+38.1
▶	Maine	6	258	33.3%	69,306	65.5%	136,355	—	R+32.2	↓ R+28.2
▶	Idaho	4	262	34.3%	46,579	65.6%	88,975	—	R+31.3	↓ R+42.2
▶	Rhode Island	5	267	32.8%	55,062	64.0%	107,463	—	R+31.2	↓ R+26.1
▶	Connecticut	7	274	33.0%	120,721	62.7%	229,238	—	R+29.7	↓ R+26.5
▶	Montana	4	278	32.1%	57,746	61.0%	109,680	6.8%	R+28.9	↓ R+48.2
▶	Oregon	5	283	33.5%	80,019	60.2%	143,592	6.3%	R+26.6	↓ R+24.1
▶	Colorado	6	289	36.1%	104,736	59.2%	171,709	—	R+23.1	↓ R+49.1
▶	Nevada	3	292	36.2%	9,851	56.9%	15,479	6.9%	R+20.7	↓ R+37.7
▶	New Hampshire	4	296	39.4%	62,662	59.8%	95,196	—	R+20.4	↓ R+20.5
▶	Ohio	24	320	38.6%	780,037	58.5%	1,182,022	—	R+19.9	↓ R+27.6
▶	Utah	4	324	38.8%	56,639	55.9%	81,555	5.2%	R+17.1	↓ R+38.0
▶	Indiana	15	339	40.5%	511,364	55.1%	696,370	—	R+14.7	↓ R+13.7
▶	Maryland	8	347	41.2%	267,374	55.8%	361,643	—	R+14.5	↓ R+22.9
▶	Delaware	3	350	42.1%	39,911	55.7%	52,858	—	R+13.7	↓ R+11.2
▶	West Virginia	8	358	43.3%	220,789	55.3%	282,010	—	R+12.0	↓ R+11.1
▶	Arizona	3	361	44.4%	29,546	55.6%	37,016	—	R+11.2	↓ R+33.0
▶	Missouri	18	379	42.0%	574,799	53.2%	727,252	—	R+11.2	↓ R+14.7
▶	New Mexico	3	382	44.5%	42,678	54.3%	52,099	—	R+9.8	↓ R+15.2
▶	Oklahoma	10	392	44.5%	215,798	50.2%	243,465	5.3%	R+5.7	↓ R+23.1
▶	Tennessee	12	404	48.3%	206,558	51.2%	219,229	—	R+3.0	↓ R+16.8
▶	South Carolina	9	9	96.0%	64,170	3.4%	2,244	—	D+92.7	↓ R+1.5
▶	Mississippi	10	19	84.0%	69,252	14.0%	11,527	—	D+70.0	↓ R+18.4
▶	Georgia	14	33	70.9%	106,112	28.7%	42,981	—	D+42.2	↓ R+30.3
▶	Louisiana	10	43	69.2%	87,355	30.5%	38,539	—	D+38.7	↓ R+40.0
▶	Texas	20	63	59.4%	288,933	23.5%	114,384	17.1%	D+35.9	↓ R+23.7
▶	Alabama	12	75	66.7%	156,064	31.9%	74,719	—	D+34.8	↓ R+19.2
▶	Virginia	12	87	61.5%	142,252	37.7%	87,380	—	D+23.7	↓ R+11.0
▶	Arkansas	9	96	58.5%	107,406	38.7%	71,107	—	D+19.8	↓ R+17.5
▶	Florida	6	102	47.1%	89,646	19.7%	37,408	33.2%	D+27.5	↓ R+23.8
▶	North Carolina	12	114	56.7%	305,367	43.3%	232,819	—	D+13.5	↓ R+2.9
▶	Kentucky	13	127	49.8%	457,203	49.1%	451,480	—	D+0.6	↓ R+4.8

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1916 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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