1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota
Flag of North Dakota.svg
  1916 November 2, 1920 1924  
  Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg James M. Cox 1920.jpg
Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote50
Popular vote160,07237,422
Percentage77.97%18.19%

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

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.

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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

1920 United States presidential election in North Dakota [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts 160,07277.97%5100.00%
Democratic James Middleton Cox of Ohio Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York 37,42218.19%00.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Seymour Stedman of Illinois 8,2824.02%00.00%
Total205,776100.00%5100.00%

Results by county

County [3] Warren Gamaliel Harding
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Adams 1,37777.88%34719.63%442.49%1,03058.26%1,768
Barnes 5,15080.27%1,10117.16%1652.57%4,04963.11%6,416
Benson 3,54081.10%68015.58%1453.32%2,86065.52%4,365
Billings 78791.51%617.09%121.40%72684.42%860
Bottineau 3,48772.52%97020.17%3517.30%2,51752.35%4,808
Bowman 1,19269.79%32118.79%19511.42%87151.00%1,708
Burke 1,91170.94%45616.93%32712.14%1,45554.01%2,694
Burleigh 4,30077.28%94316.95%3215.77%3,35760.33%5,564
Cass 10,73577.02%2,81720.21%3862.77%7,91856.81%13,938
Cavalier 3,93679.21%98119.74%521.05%2,95559.47%4,969
Dickey 2,88775.79%76620.11%1564.10%2,12155.68%3,809
Divide 2,43880.81%46215.31%1173.88%1,97665.50%3,017
Dunn 2,10280.60%45717.52%491.88%1,64563.08%2,608
Eddy 1,52568.76%57726.01%1165.23%94842.74%2,218
Emmons 2,90091.77%2387.53%220.70%2,66284.24%3,160
Foster 1,58378.99%37118.51%502.50%1,21260.48%2,004
Golden Valley 1,17777.08%28618.73%644.19%89158.35%1,527
Grand Forks 7,64674.00%2,52724.46%1591.54%5,11949.55%10,332
Grant 2,18483.17%29611.27%1465.56%1,88871.90%2,626
Griggs 1,73973.84%53022.51%863.65%1,20951.34%2,355
Hettinger 1,84983.44%32714.76%401.81%1,52268.68%2,216
Kidder 1,85580.69%33614.62%1084.70%1,51966.07%2,299
LaMoure 2,99177.59%64516.73%2195.68%2,34660.86%3,855
Logan 1,59089.68%1548.69%291.64%1,43680.99%1,773
McHenry 3,53474.09%84817.78%3888.13%2,68656.31%4,770
McIntosh 1,78294.34%794.18%281.48%1,70390.15%1,889
McKenzie 2,58779.50%51115.70%1564.79%2,07663.80%3,254
McLean 3,72474.23%74814.91%54510.86%2,97659.32%5,017
Mercer 1,78687.25%1728.40%894.35%1,61478.85%2,047
Morton 4,61886.37%63211.82%971.81%3,98674.55%5,347
Mountrail 2,96072.73%68716.88%42310.39%2,27355.85%4,070
Nelson 3,12784.49%50113.54%731.97%2,62670.95%3,701
Oliver 1,10585.86%1118.62%715.52%99477.23%1,287
Pembina 3,92573.24%1,40526.22%290.54%2,52047.02%5,359
Pierce 2,10284.59%29411.83%893.58%1,80872.76%2,485
Ramsey 3,99679.33%93718.60%1042.06%3,05960.73%5,037
Ransom 3,01077.30%80220.60%822.11%2,20856.70%3,894
Renville 1,98773.65%58121.53%1304.82%1,40652.11%2,698
Richland 5,48379.46%1,33919.41%781.13%4,14460.06%6,900
Rolette 2,13975.05%53518.77%1766.18%1,60456.28%2,850
Sargent 2,78778.18%67318.88%1052.95%2,11459.30%3,565
Sheridan 1,77692.12%1346.95%180.93%1,64285.17%1,928
Sioux 77680.75%16316.96%222.29%61363.79%961
Slope 1,14376.56%23515.74%1157.70%90860.82%1,493
Stark 3,52686.23%53213.01%310.76%2,99473.22%4,089
Steele 2,22285.17%33712.92%501.92%1,88572.25%2,609
Stutsman 5,53177.41%1,39419.51%2203.08%4,13757.90%7,145
Towner 2,19279.33%47617.23%953.44%1,71662.11%2,763
Traill 3,66686.00%52312.27%741.74%3,14373.73%4,263
Walsh 4,58167.13%2,04730.00%1962.87%2,53437.13%6,824
Ward 6,16667.41%2,29125.05%6907.54%3,87542.36%9,147
Wells 3,20285.71%45612.21%782.09%2,74673.50%3,736
Williams 3,76865.31%1,33023.05%67111.63%2,43842.26%5,769
Totals160,07277.79%37,42218.19%8,2824.02%122,65059.60%205,776

See also

References

  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