Election 1920 Results
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1920 presidential election in Florida
James M. Cox (Democrat) beat Warren G. Harding (Republican) in Florida in 1920, 62.1% to 30.8%, a margin of 31.3 points and 45,662 votes.
Florida voted 57.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+26.2.
The Democratic hold continued from 1916, when Woodrow Wilson won.
Democrats led in 50 of the 54 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Duval, cast 22,017 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.5 points. The closest was Flagler, where 53 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| James M. Cox won | Democratic | 90,515 | 62.1% |
| Warren G. Harding | Republican | 44,853 | 30.8% |
| All other candidates | 10,313 | 7.1% | |
| Total | 145,681 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duval | 13,711 62.3% | 6,991 31.8% | 1,315 | 22,017 | D+30.5 |
| Hillsborough | 7,946 59.7% | 4,521 33.9% | 852 | 13,319 | D+25.7 |
| Dade | 4,479 53.7% | 3,016 36.2% | 842 | 8,337 | D+17.5 |
| Polk | 3,823 64.9% | 1,745 29.6% | 327 | 5,895 | D+35.3 |
| Pinellas | 2,933 50.0% | 2,294 39.1% | 638 | 5,865 | D+10.9 |
| Volusia | 2,742 51.9% | 2,032 38.5% | 509 | 5,283 | D+13.4 |
| Escambia | 3,149 67.3% | 1,208 25.8% | 325 | 4,682 | D+41.5 |
| Alachua | 2,981 71.1% | 920 21.9% | 293 | 4,194 | D+49.1 |
| Palm Beach | 1,558 40.0% | 1,810 46.5% | 523 | 3,891 | R+6.5 |
| Marion | 2,467 64.6% | 1,093 28.6% | 260 | 3,820 | D+36.0 |
| De Soto | 2,340 61.5% | 1,195 31.4% | 269 | 3,804 | D+30.1 |
| Orange | 1,969 54.6% | 1,248 34.6% | 389 | 3,606 | D+20.0 |
| St. Johns | 1,816 57.1% | 1,123 35.3% | 244 | 3,183 | D+21.8 |
| Jackson | 2,455 80.0% | 489 15.9% | 124 | 3,068 | D+64.1 |
| Putnam | 1,559 54.0% | 1,054 36.5% | 273 | 2,886 | D+17.5 |
| Manatee | 1,813 63.9% | 800 28.2% | 224 | 2,837 | D+35.7 |
| Lake | 1,626 66.7% | 619 25.4% | 192 | 2,437 | D+41.3 |
| Seminole | 1,487 63.4% | 668 28.5% | 189 | 2,344 | D+34.9 |
| Walton | 1,335 65.6% | 545 26.8% | 156 | 2,036 | D+38.8 |
| Suwannee | 1,507 74.8% | 424 21.1% | 83 | 2,014 | D+53.8 |
| Gadsden | 1,905 96.6% | 62 3.1% | 6 | 1,973 | D+93.4 |
| Leon | 1,416 72.0% | 458 23.3% | 94 | 1,968 | D+48.7 |
| St. Lucie | 1,115 58.4% | 628 32.9% | 167 | 1,910 | D+25.5 |
| Pasco | 1,128 59.3% | 637 33.5% | 136 | 1,901 | D+25.8 |
| Osceola | 761 40.2% | 854 45.1% | 278 | 1,893 | R+4.9 |
| Monroe | 955 55.0% | 659 38.0% | 121 | 1,735 | D+17.1 |
| Bay | 793 47.7% | 850 51.1% | 20 | 1,663 | R+3.4 |
| Lee | 964 58.2% | 547 33.0% | 146 | 1,657 | D+25.2 |
| Holmes | 857 54.1% | 584 36.8% | 144 | 1,585 | D+17.2 |
| Brevard | 825 52.4% | 616 39.2% | 132 | 1,573 | D+13.3 |
| Bradford | 1,218 80.3% | 240 15.8% | 58 | 1,516 | D+64.5 |
| Columbia | 1,194 81.9% | 227 15.6% | 36 | 1,457 | D+66.4 |
| Nassau | 974 74.5% | 273 20.9% | 60 | 1,307 | D+53.6 |
| Levy | 878 69.2% | 298 23.5% | 93 | 1,269 | D+45.7 |
| Washington | 722 62.2% | 372 32.0% | 67 | 1,161 | D+30.1 |
| Santa Rosa | 821 71.5% | 241 21.0% | 87 | 1,149 | D+50.5 |
| Sumter | 855 76.3% | 227 20.3% | 38 | 1,120 | D+56.1 |
| Clay | 561 51.2% | 451 41.1% | 84 | 1,096 | D+10.0 |
| Calhoun | 815 77.5% | 195 18.6% | 41 | 1,051 | D+59.0 |
| Okaloosa | 575 54.8% | 398 37.9% | 77 | 1,050 | D+16.9 |
| Jefferson | 756 72.7% | 231 22.2% | 53 | 1,040 | D+50.5 |
| Broward | 424 41.3% | 521 50.7% | 82 | 1,027 | R+9.4 |
| Madison | 929 94.6% | 46 4.7% | 7 | 982 | D+89.9 |
| Franklin | 574 63.4% | 262 29.0% | 69 | 905 | D+34.5 |
| Hamilton | 642 77.3% | 156 18.8% | 33 | 831 | D+58.5 |
| Hernando | 619 75.5% | 168 20.5% | 33 | 820 | D+55.0 |
| Citrus | 644 83.1% | 108 13.9% | 23 | 775 | D+69.2 |
| Lafayette | 635 88.2% | 69 9.6% | 16 | 720 | D+78.6 |
| Taylor | 563 81.4% | 129 18.6% | 692 | D+62.7 | |
| Wakulla | 521 80.2% | 104 16.0% | 25 | 650 | D+64.2 |
| Baker | 342 66.3% | 151 29.3% | 23 | 516 | D+37.0 |
| Liberty | 415 89.8% | 41 8.9% | 6 | 462 | D+81.0 |
| Flagler | 197 55.3% | 144 40.4% | 15 | 356 | D+14.9 |
| Okeechobee | 224 64.7% | 109 31.5% | 13 | 346 | D+33.2 |
Counties as they stood in 1920; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Florida in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+3.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+1.2 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+0.9 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+2.8 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+5.0 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | level |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+5.7 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+1.9 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+22.4 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+30.7 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+17.0 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+5.3 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+44.1 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+9.6 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+2.3 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+3.0 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+14.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+10.0 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.2 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+40.6 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+48.0 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+52.2 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+49.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.2 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis (D) | D+28.8 |
| 1920 | James M. Cox (D) | D+31.3 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+51.2 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+61.1 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+41.4 |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker (D) | D+46.9 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+52.8 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+46.2 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+85.0 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+19.6 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+6.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+8.3 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+2.0 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+7.0 |