United States presidential election in California, 1920

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United States presidential election in California, 1920

November 2, 1920

Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Democratic Socialist Home state Ohio Ohio Indiana Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt Seymour Stedman Electoral vote 13 0 0 Popular vote 624,992 229,191 64,076 Percentage 66.20% 24.28% 6.79%

County Results   Harding—<50%   Harding—50-60%   Harding—60-70%   Harding—70-80%   Harding—>90%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Warren G. Harding Republican

The 1920 United States presidential election in California took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 General Election in which all 48 states participated. California voters chose 9 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Democratic nominee James M. Cox and his running mate, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt, against Republican challenger U.S. Senator Warren G. Harding and his running mate, Governor Calvin Coolidge.

Warren Harding carried California in a landslide, winning with 66.20% of the vote to James Cox's 24.28%.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1920
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Warren G. Harding	624,992	66.20%	13
	Democratic	James M. Cox	229,191	24.28%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	64,076	6.79%	0
	Prohibition	Aaron S. Watkins	25,204	2.67%	0
	No party	Others	587	0.06%	0
Totals			944,050	100.00%	13
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Harding%	Harding#	Cox%	Cox#	Debs%	Debs#	Watkins%	Watkins#	Others%	Others#
Alpine	91.43%	64	8.57%	6	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0
Ventura	76.00%	5,231	18.96%	1,305	2.63%	181	2.41%	166	0.00%	0
Sierra	72.18%	506	22.54%	158	3.42%	24	1.85%	13	0.00%	0
Orange	71.52%	12,797	19.57%	3,502	3.53%	632	5.38%	962	0.00%	0
Napa	70.99%	4,448	23.05%	1,444	4.37%	274	1.60%	100	0.00%	0
Yuba	70.70%	2,012	24.46%	696	2.88%	82	1.97%	56	0.00%	0
San Mateo	70.52%	7,205	19.16%	1,958	9.36%	956	0.96%	98	0.00%	0
Sutter	70.32%	1,862	24.02%	636	2.61%	69	3.06%	81	0.00%	0
Humboldt	69.89%	6,528	19.04%	1,778	8.17%	763	2.90%	271	0.00%	0
Riverside	69.55%	9,124	21.33%	2,798	5.26%	690	3.86%	506	0.00%	0
Alameda	69.11%	73,177	20.27%	21,468	8.75%	9,266	1.87%	1,978	0.00%	0
Los Angeles	69.10%	178,117	21.59%	55,661	5.69%	14,674	3.42%	8,812	0.20%	506
Marin	68.80%	5,375	21.61%	1,688	8.09%	632	1.51%	118	0.00%	0
Santa Clara	68.09%	19,565	22.57%	6,485	5.80%	1,667	3.53%	1,015	0.00%	0
Monterey	67.76%	4,817	24.91%	1,771	3.70%	263	3.63%	258	0.00%	0
Mono	67.73%	170	22.31%	56	8.76%	22	1.20%	3	0.00%	0
Santa Barbara	67.48%	6,970	25.04%	2,586	4.80%	496	2.68%	277	0.00%	0
Sonoma	66.90%	10,377	26.24%	4,070	4.38%	680	2.48%	385	0.00%	0
Santa Cruz	66.28%	5,285	24.54%	1,957	5.17%	412	4.01%	320	0.00%	0
Lassen	66.22%	1,582	26.92%	643	4.06%	97	2.80%	67	0.00%	0
Mendocino	65.83%	4,443	26.51%	1,789	5.94%	401	1.72%	116	0.00%	0
Butte	65.69%	5,409	27.47%	2,262	4.12%	339	2.72%	224	0.00%	0
San Francisco	65.18%	96,105	22.13%	32,637	11.56%	17,049	1.11%	1,630	0.02%	29
San Benito	65.00%	1,965	29.77%	900	2.45%	74	2.78%	84	0.00%	0
Nevada	64.97%	2,055	23.62%	747	8.82%	279	2.59%	82	0.00%	0
Sacramento	64.87%	15,634	29.67%	7,150	3.92%	944	1.54%	372	0.00%	0
Solano	64.77%	7,102	26.94%	2,954	6.78%	743	1.51%	166	0.00%	0
Imperial	64.51%	4,699	27.76%	2,022	5.13%	374	2.59%	189	0.00%	0
El Dorado	64.36%	1,636	28.56%	726	4.52%	115	2.56%	65	0.00%	0
Glenn	64.19%	1,916	30.22%	902	2.98%	89	2.61%	78	0.00%	0
Amador	64.13%	1,350	30.36%	639	2.99%	63	2.52%	53	0.00%	0
Calaveras	63.96%	1,480	27.70%	641	4.80%	111	3.54%	82	0.00%	0
Plumas	63.96%	999	25.80%	403	7.30%	114	2.94%	46	0.00%	0
San Diego	63.78%	19,826	27.27%	8,478	5.83%	1,812	3.12%	971	0.00%	0
Contra Costa	63.75%	9,041	24.56%	3,483	9.94%	1,410	1.75%	248	0.00%	0
Merced	62.99%	3,457	28.01%	1,537	6.03%	331	2.97%	163	0.00%	0
Trinity	62.89%	622	28.82%	285	7.58%	75	0.71%	7	0.00%	0
San Bernardino	62.84%	12,518	28.21%	5,620	4.47%	890	4.48%	893	0.00%	0
Del Norte	62.61%	596	29.31%	279	5.15%	49	2.94%	28	0.00%	0
Modoc	62.59%	992	33.75%	535	2.27%	36	1.39%	22	0.00%	0
Shasta	62.07%	2,108	30.27%	1,028	6.04%	205	1.62%	55	0.00%	0
Yolo	61.95%	3,375	32.80%	1,787	2.44%	133	2.81%	153	0.00%	0
Tehama	61.81%	2,462	27.09%	1,079	5.80%	231	5.30%	211	0.00%	0
Stanislaus	61.61%	7,038	26.74%	3,055	5.09%	582	6.55%	748	0.00%	0
San Luis Obispo	61.31%	4,123	23.88%	1,606	9.56%	643	4.48%	301	0.77%	52
Tulare	61.26%	9,136	32.43%	4,837	3.53%	527	2.78%	414	0.00%	0
Colusa	61.24%	1,645	33.77%	907	2.68%	72	2.31%	62	0.00%	0
San Joaquin	60.94%	12,003	32.93%	6,487	3.53%	695	2.60%	513	0.00%	0
Siskiyou	60.05%	2,909	31.01%	1,502	6.96%	337	1.98%	96	0.00%	0
Kings	59.61%	2,806	34.08%	1,604	3.82%	180	2.49%	117	0.00%	0
Placer	59.44%	2,894	32.02%	1,559	5.91%	288	2.63%	128	0.00%	0
Tuolumne	59.38%	1,285	30.45%	659	7.26%	157	2.91%	63	0.00%	0
Lake	57.23%	993	32.91%	571	4.32%	75	5.53%	96	0.00%	0
Inyo	57.20%	1,195	32.65%	682	8.62%	180	1.53%	32	0.00%	0
Madera	55.46%	1,779	35.69%	1,145	5.64%	181	3.21%	103	0.00%	0
Mariposa	55.38%	484	36.61%	320	6.06%	53	1.95%	17	0.00%	0
Fresno	55.36%	14,621	36.39%	9,613	5.40%	1,426	2.85%	753	0.00%	0
Kern	49.01%	7,079	42.20%	6,095	6.46%	933	2.33%	337	0.00%	0

References

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