1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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  1920 November 4, 1924 1928  
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Nominee John W. Davis Calvin Coolidge
Party Democratic Republican
Home state West Virginia Massachusetts
Running mate Charles W. Bryan Charles G. Dawes
Electoral vote120
Popular vote284,270191,753
Percentage58.89%39.73%

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County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

The 1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain a stable one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections [1] A rapid move following disenfranchisement to a completely “lily-white” state GOP also helped maintain Republican support amongst the state’s voters. [2] Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary. [3]

In 1920, with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, North Carolina became the first former Confederate state to abolish its poll tax, which when in force was less severe than other former Confederate states with the result that more whites participated. [4] In that election North Carolina would, alongside Kentucky, see the largest mobilisation of female voters in the entire country. [5] Despite some thought that Republican nominee Harding might threaten to carry the state, [6] in fact North Carolina showed the smallest swing against the Democrats of any state in the Union. [7]

During the prolonged Democratic Party primaries, North Carolina shifted its delegates between William Gibbs McAdoo, Virginian Carter Glass, and Alabamian Oscar W. Underwood, except for a few votes for favorite son George Gordon Battle. Ultimately neither McAdoo nor New York Governor Al Smith – who represented the immigrant, anti-Prohibition wing of the party – could prove acceptable to all Democratic delegates and the nomination went to a compromise candidate in Wall Street lawyer John W. Davis of West Virginia. Although West Virginia was a border state whose limited African-American population had not been disenfranchised, [8] Davis did share the extreme social conservatism of Southern Democrats of his era; he supported poll taxes and opposed women's suffrage. [9] In addition, Davis, like Coolidge, favored strictly limited government. [9] [10] At the same time a progressive third-party run was predicted as early as winter 1923–24, and ultimately Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette would be nominated by the “Committee for Progressive Political Action”. [11]

None of the three candidates did any campaigning in a state which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876. All media polls from September onwards suggested that North Carolina would always go to Davis. [12] A Digest poll at the end of October, which included votes for some candidates not on the ballot, had Davis winning by 21.5 percentage points, [13] and that proved a good guide to the final margin, which saw Davis carry North Carolina by 19.16 points, an increase of 5.68 points upon James M. Cox’s margin in 1920 and in fact 2.77 points greater than Woodrow Wilson’s margin in the state in 1916. Although Progressive Party candidate La Follette would relegate Davis to third in twelve states and carry his home state of Wisconsin, he had almost no appeal in pro-League of Nations North Carolina. With only 1.38 percent of the vote, North Carolina would be La Follette’s second-weakest state after neighbouring South Carolina.

Results

1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John W. Davis 284,270 58.89%
Republican Calvin Coolidge (incumbent)191,75339.73%
Progressive Robert M. La Follette 6,6511.38%
Prohibition Herman P. Faris 13 [lower-alpha 1] 0.00%
Total votes482,674 100%

Results by county

1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county [15]
County John William Davis
Democratic
John Calvin Coolidge
Republican
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Progressive
Margin
 %# %# %# %#
Robeson 92.53%4,0647.15%3140.32%1485.38%3,750
Currituck 91.16%6707.07%521.77%1384.08%618
Bertie 91.59%1,7858.16%1590.26%583.43%1,626
Northampton 91.17%1,6627.90%1440.93%1783.27%1,518
Halifax 90.20%3,2327.48%2682.32%8382.72%2,964
Edgecombe 89.04%2,2746.70%1714.27%10982.34%2,103
Anson 90.47%2,3728.58%2250.95%2581.88%2,147
Martin 89.88%1,9999.71%2160.40%980.17%1,783
Warren 88.43%1,7428.43%1663.15%6280.00%1,576
Craven 88.86%2,9429.82%3251.33%4479.04%2,617
Hoke 88.77%1,14610.92%1410.31%477.85%1,005
Chowan 87.39%71412.00%980.61%575.40%616
Scotland 87.18%1,46912.17%2050.65%1175.01%1,264
Franklin 86.34%1,99113.10%3020.56%1373.24%1,689
Greene 85.55%1,11913.91%1820.54%771.64%937
Pitt 84.91%3,19713.60%5121.49%5671.31%2,685
Hertford 84.80%93214.92%1640.27%369.88%768
Granville 82.37%2,22017.11%4610.52%1465.27%1,759
Pender 81.31%1,17517.51%2531.18%1763.81%922
Wilson 79.99%2,61917.53%5742.47%8162.46%2,045
Vance 80.39%2,01318.77%4700.84%2161.62%1,543
Lenoir 80.26%2,19118.83%5140.92%2561.43%1,677
Pasquotank 79.59%1,23619.64%3050.77%1259.95%931
Union 79.45%2,72119.62%6720.93%3259.82%2,049
Jones 79.27%69220.50%1790.23%258.76%513
Richmond 76.46%2,47518.50%5995.04%16357.95%1,876
Nash 76.63%3,12920.16%8233.21%13156.48%2,306
New Hanover 74.80%4,73518.80%1,1906.40%40556.00%3,545
Camden 75.56%43622.88%1321.56%952.69%304
Gates 75.87%67924.02%2150.11%151.84%464
Mecklenburg 73.73%8,44322.46%2,5723.82%43751.27%5,871
Wake 70.77%8,37625.14%2,9754.10%48545.63%5,401
Onslow 71.19%1,12226.84%4231.97%3144.35%699
Lee 71.81%1,83427.80%7100.39%1044.01%1,124
Wayne 70.32%3,36628.81%1,3790.88%4241.51%1,987
Caswell 69.53%1,07530.21%4670.26%439.33%608
Cleveland 67.81%3,74931.52%1,7430.67%3736.28%2,006
Cumberland 67.47%2,92331.67%1,3720.85%3735.80%1,551
Hyde 67.04%65331.31%3051.64%1635.73%348
Beaufort 65.65%3,04832.35%1,5022.00%9333.30%1,546
Bladen 65.72%1,55133.31%7860.97%2332.42%765
Duplin 64.93%2,92434.24%1,5420.82%3730.69%1,382
Haywood 65.18%4,58234.71%2,4400.11%830.47%2,142
Perquimans 64.48%55034.58%2950.94%829.89%255
Gaston 64.24%6,55434.95%3,5660.80%8229.29%2,988
Iredell 63.54%6,44935.12%3,5651.34%13628.41%2,884
Orange 62.43%1,87935.38%1,0652.19%6627.04%814
Pamlico 63.48%79836.52%4590.00%026.97%339
Rockingham 62.72%4,46736.03%2,5661.25%8926.69%1,901
Columbus 62.49%2,75736.92%1,6290.59%2625.57%1,128
Buncombe 59.93%10,09837.30%6,2852.77%46722.63%3,813
Durham 59.34%4,83737.95%3,0932.71%22121.40%1,744
Person 60.52%1,57639.36%1,0250.12%321.16%551
Alamance 59.48%4,85939.38%3,2171.14%9320.10%1,642
Tyrrell 59.02%63840.89%4420.09%118.13%196
Moore 57.93%2,77141.27%1,9740.79%3816.66%797
Forsyth 56.18%7,40440.33%5,3153.48%45915.85%2,089
Caldwell 56.97%3,34842.59%2,5030.44%2614.38%845
Alleghany 56.99%1,64342.80%1,2340.21%614.19%409
Rowan 52.84%4,81639.06%3,5608.10%73813.78%1,256
Dare 56.69%82643.17%6290.14%213.52%197
Rutherford 56.51%5,10143.17%3,8970.32%2913.34%1,204
Burke 56.46%4,13743.54%3,1900.00%012.92%947
Guilford 55.22%8,80442.79%6,8221.99%31712.43%1,982
Cabarrus 54.60%4,44943.08%3,5102.32%18911.52%939
Chatham 55.44%3,44644.32%2,7550.24%1511.12%691
Carteret 54.75%2,26144.89%1,8540.36%159.85%407
Yancey 54.35%2,59245.21%2,1560.44%219.14%436
Montgomery 54.39%2,48345.50%2,0770.11%58.89%406
McDowell 53.62%3,02345.94%2,5900.44%257.68%433
Harnett 53.14%3,29646.68%2,8950.18%116.47%401
Polk 52.52%1,61347.05%1,4450.42%135.47%168
Jackson 52.50%3,10047.21%2,7880.29%175.28%312
Ashe 52.28%4,33347.68%3,9520.04%34.60%381
Lincoln 51.86%2,90947.39%2,6580.75%424.47%251
Macon 51.72%2,17847.85%2,0150.43%183.87%163
Stanly 51.26%3,83248.07%3,5940.67%503.18%238
Washington 51.25%88348.40%8340.35%62.84%49
Davidson 50.88%6,50748.69%6,2270.44%562.19%280
Transylvania 49.17%1,77650.22%1,8140.61%22-1.05%-38
Catawba 48.28%5,75450.32%5,9981.40%167-2.05%-244
Johnston 48.56%4,65651.20%4,9100.24%23-2.65%-254
Alexander 48.25%2,29151.33%2,4370.42%20-3.07%-146
Stokes 47.76%2,30951.33%2,4820.91%44-3.58%-173
Graham 47.81%84151.56%9070.63%11-3.75%-66
Watauga 46.94%2,36552.90%2,6650.16%8-5.95%-300
Surry 46.63%4,41852.67%4,9900.70%66-6.04%-572
Clay 46.24%95352.89%1,0900.87%18-6.65%-137
Brunswick 45.54%1,11852.79%1,2961.67%41-7.25%-178
Randolph 45.90%5,39753.89%6,3360.20%24-7.99%-939
Henderson 45.54%3,00753.73%3,5480.73%48-8.19%-541
Swain 44.55%1,76954.85%2,1780.60%24-10.30%-409
Cherokee 42.71%1,74256.73%2,3140.56%23-14.02%-572
Davie 40.07%1,79559.64%2,6720.29%13-19.58%-877
Sampson 38.54%2,02160.79%3,1880.67%35-22.25%-1,167
Wilkes 36.86%3,58663.02%6,1310.11%11-26.16%-2,545
Yadkin 32.26%1,38167.48%2,8890.26%11-35.23%-1,508
Madison 30.66%1,47167.79%3,2521.54%74-37.13%-1,781
Mitchell 30.80%68968.84%1,5400.36%8-38.04%-851
Avery 13.95%35785.51%2,1890.55%14-71.56%-1,832

See also

Notes

  1. These votes were given as a statewide total and not separated by county. [15]

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