1920 United States presidential election in Vermont

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1920 United States presidential election in Vermont
Flag of Vermont (1837-1923).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 vote40
Popular vote68,21220,919
Percentage75.82%23.25%

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Vermont Presidential Election Results 1920 by Municipality.svg

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

The 1920 United States presidential election in Vermont 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 four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Vermont voted overwhelmingly for the Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding ran with Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.

Harding won in a massive landslide, taking 75.82% of the vote, while Cox took 23.25%, a Republican victory margin of 52.57%.

Vermont historically was a bastion of Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1920 it had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1916, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition easily continued amidst the nationwide Republican landslide in 1920.

Harding was also helped in the state by the local popularity of his running mate, Calvin Coolidge, a traditional New England Yankee born in the small-town of Plymouth Notch, Vermont, who had started his political career nearby as Governor of Massachusetts.

Harding swept every county in Vermont by landslide margins, taking more than sixty percent of the vote in all fourteen. Harding broke seventy percent of the vote in eleven counties, and even broke eighty percent in five.

Vermont would be the third most Republican state in the union in terms of victory margin, and the second most Republican state in terms of vote share after North Dakota. [1] Vermont would weigh in as over 26% more Republican than the national average in the 1920 election.

Results

1920 United States presidential election in Vermont [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Warren G. Harding 68,21275.82%4
Democratic James M. Cox 20,91923.25%0
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 7740.86%0
N/A Write-ins 560.06%0
Totals89,961100.00%4

Results by county

Warren G. Harding
Republican
James M. Cox
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [3]
County# %# %# %# %#
Addison 4,51588.93%5039.91%591.16%4,01279.02%5,077
Bennington 4,17271.43%1,61527.65%540.92%2,55743.78%5,841
Caledonia 5,53775.85%1,69423.21%690.95%3,84352.64%7,300
Chittenden 7,21566.41%3,56432.80%860.79%3,65133.60%10,865
Essex 1,24368.90%55230.60%90.50%69138.30%1,804
Franklin 4,86966.72%2,34232.09%871.19%2,52734.63%7,298
Grand Isle 92871.60%35427.31%141.08%57444.29%1,296
Lamoille 2,31182.07%45816.26%471.67%1,85365.80%2,816
Orange 3,71378.93%93819.94%531.13%2,77558.99%4,704
Orleans 4,40084.99%73814.26%390.75%3,66270.74%5,177
Rutland 8,94073.10%3,19226.10%970.79%5,74847.00%12,229
Washington 6,41875.76%1,95323.06%1001.18%4,46552.71%8,471
Windham 5,55180.36%1,30218.85%550.80%4,24961.51%6,908
Windsor 8,40082.56%1,71416.85%610.60%6,68665.71%10,175
Totals68,21275.82%20,91923.25%8300.92%47,29352.57%89,961

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 - Vermont". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 352-354 ISBN   9780804716963