1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota

The 1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 160,072 37,422
Percentage 77.97% 18.19%

County Results
Harding
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%


President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

North Dakota voted for Republican nominee, Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, over the Democratic nominee, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Harding ran with Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Harding won the state by a landslide margin of 59.60 percentage points, the strongest performance of any presidential candidate in state history.

With 77.97 percent of the popular vote, North Dakota would prove to be Harding's strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage and margin of victory.[1]

Results

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1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 160,072 77.97% 5 100.00%
Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 37,422 18.19% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 8,282 4.02% 0 0.00%
Total 205,776 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by county

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County[3] Warren Gamaliel Harding
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 1,377 77.88% 347 19.63% 44 2.49% 1,030 58.26% 1,768
Barnes 5,150 80.27% 1,101 17.16% 165 2.57% 4,049 63.11% 6,416
Benson 3,540 81.10% 680 15.58% 145 3.32% 2,860 65.52% 4,365
Billings 787 91.51% 61 7.09% 12 1.40% 726 84.42% 860
Bottineau 3,487 72.52% 970 20.17% 351 7.30% 2,517 52.35% 4,808
Bowman 1,192 69.79% 321 18.79% 195 11.42% 871 51.00% 1,708
Burke 1,911 70.94% 456 16.93% 327 12.14% 1,455 54.01% 2,694
Burleigh 4,300 77.28% 943 16.95% 321 5.77% 3,357 60.33% 5,564
Cass 10,735 77.02% 2,817 20.21% 386 2.77% 7,918 56.81% 13,938
Cavalier 3,936 79.21% 981 19.74% 52 1.05% 2,955 59.47% 4,969
Dickey 2,887 75.79% 766 20.11% 156 4.10% 2,121 55.68% 3,809
Divide 2,438 80.81% 462 15.31% 117 3.88% 1,976 65.50% 3,017
Dunn 2,102 80.60% 457 17.52% 49 1.88% 1,645 63.08% 2,608
Eddy 1,525 68.76% 577 26.01% 116 5.23% 948 42.74% 2,218
Emmons 2,900 91.77% 238 7.53% 22 0.70% 2,662 84.24% 3,160
Foster 1,583 78.99% 371 18.51% 50 2.50% 1,212 60.48% 2,004
Golden Valley 1,177 77.08% 286 18.73% 64 4.19% 891 58.35% 1,527
Grand Forks 7,646 74.00% 2,527 24.46% 159 1.54% 5,119 49.55% 10,332
Grant 2,184 83.17% 296 11.27% 146 5.56% 1,888 71.90% 2,626
Griggs 1,739 73.84% 530 22.51% 86 3.65% 1,209 51.34% 2,355
Hettinger 1,849 83.44% 327 14.76% 40 1.81% 1,522 68.68% 2,216
Kidder 1,855 80.69% 336 14.62% 108 4.70% 1,519 66.07% 2,299
LaMoure 2,991 77.59% 645 16.73% 219 5.68% 2,346 60.86% 3,855
Logan 1,590 89.68% 154 8.69% 29 1.64% 1,436 80.99% 1,773
McHenry 3,534 74.09% 848 17.78% 388 8.13% 2,686 56.31% 4,770
McIntosh 1,782 94.34% 79 4.18% 28 1.48% 1,703 90.15% 1,889
McKenzie 2,587 79.50% 511 15.70% 156 4.79% 2,076 63.80% 3,254
McLean 3,724 74.23% 748 14.91% 545 10.86% 2,976 59.32% 5,017
Mercer 1,786 87.25% 172 8.40% 89 4.35% 1,614 78.85% 2,047
Morton 4,618 86.37% 632 11.82% 97 1.81% 3,986 74.55% 5,347
Mountrail 2,960 72.73% 687 16.88% 423 10.39% 2,273 55.85% 4,070
Nelson 3,127 84.49% 501 13.54% 73 1.97% 2,626 70.95% 3,701
Oliver 1,105 85.86% 111 8.62% 71 5.52% 994 77.23% 1,287
Pembina 3,925 73.24% 1,405 26.22% 29 0.54% 2,520 47.02% 5,359
Pierce 2,102 84.59% 294 11.83% 89 3.58% 1,808 72.76% 2,485
Ramsey 3,996 79.33% 937 18.60% 104 2.06% 3,059 60.73% 5,037
Ransom 3,010 77.30% 802 20.60% 82 2.11% 2,208 56.70% 3,894
Renville 1,987 73.65% 581 21.53% 130 4.82% 1,406 52.11% 2,698
Richland 5,483 79.46% 1,339 19.41% 78 1.13% 4,144 60.06% 6,900
Rolette 2,139 75.05% 535 18.77% 176 6.18% 1,604 56.28% 2,850
Sargent 2,787 78.18% 673 18.88% 105 2.95% 2,114 59.30% 3,565
Sheridan 1,776 92.12% 134 6.95% 18 0.93% 1,642 85.17% 1,928
Sioux 776 80.75% 163 16.96% 22 2.29% 613 63.79% 961
Slope 1,143 76.56% 235 15.74% 115 7.70% 908 60.82% 1,493
Stark 3,526 86.23% 532 13.01% 31 0.76% 2,994 73.22% 4,089
Steele 2,222 85.17% 337 12.92% 50 1.92% 1,885 72.25% 2,609
Stutsman 5,531 77.41% 1,394 19.51% 220 3.08% 4,137 57.90% 7,145
Towner 2,192 79.33% 476 17.23% 95 3.44% 1,716 62.11% 2,763
Traill 3,666 86.00% 523 12.27% 74 1.74% 3,143 73.73% 4,263
Walsh 4,581 67.13% 2,047 30.00% 196 2.87% 2,534 37.13% 6,824
Ward 6,166 67.41% 2,291 25.05% 690 7.54% 3,875 42.36% 9,147
Wells 3,202 85.71% 456 12.21% 78 2.09% 2,746 73.50% 3,736
Williams 3,768 65.31% 1,330 23.05% 671 11.63% 2,438 42.26% 5,769
Totals 160,072 77.79% 37,422 18.19% 8,282 4.02% 122,650 59.60% 205,776

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1920 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ North Dakota Secretary of State Elections; Party Votes, General Election, November 2, 1920