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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Georgia

James M. Cox (Democrat) beat Warren G. Harding (Republican) in Georgia in 1920, 72.3% to 27.7%, a margin of 44.6 points and 66,073 votes.

Georgia voted 70.7 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 135 of the 154 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 19. The largest, Fulton, cast 10,176 votes and went to the Democrat by 34.4 points. The closest was Montgomery, where 21 votes separated the two parties.

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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	107,162	72.3%
Warren G. Harding	Republican	41,089	27.7%
Total		148,251

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Fulton	6,840 67.2%	3,336 32.8%	10,176	D+34.4
Chatham	4,339 81.3%	995 18.7%	5,334	D+62.7
Richmond	2,656 83.9%	511 16.1%	3,167	D+67.7
Carroll	1,637 57.2%	1,227 42.8%	2,864	D+14.3
Gwinnett	1,650 59.1%	1,140 40.9%	2,790	D+18.3
Dekalb	1,851 69.7%	803 30.3%	2,654	D+39.5
Floyd	1,925 74.3%	667 25.7%	2,592	D+48.5
Bibb	2,030 81.6%	458 18.4%	2,488	D+63.2
Walker	1,347 55.8%	1,069 44.2%	2,416	D+11.5
Hall	1,481 63.5%	852 36.5%	2,333	D+27.0
Cobb	1,208 52.5%	1,095 47.5%	2,303	D+4.9
Whitfield	783 42.2%	1,073 57.8%	1,856	R+15.6
Troup	1,451 80.9%	342 19.1%	1,793	D+61.9
Cherokee	547 32.5%	1,138 67.5%	1,685	R+35.1
Bartow	922 55.0%	754 45.0%	1,676	D+10.0
Polk	658 39.6%	1,004 60.4%	1,662	R+20.8
Gordon	713 43.4%	929 56.6%	1,642	R+13.2
Clarke	1,419 86.7%	217 13.3%	1,636	D+73.5
Emanuel	1,444 88.4%	190 11.6%	1,634	D+76.7
Fannin	549 33.6%	1,083 66.4%	1,632	R+32.7
Murray	728 46.1%	851 53.9%	1,579	R+7.8
Pike	1,283 82.1%	280 17.9%	1,563	D+64.2
Forsyth	813 52.3%	741 47.7%	1,554	D+4.6
Haralson	438 28.3%	1,108 71.7%	1,546	R+43.3
Lowndes	1,308 85.6%	220 14.4%	1,528	D+71.2
Laurens	1,172 77.0%	350 23.0%	1,522	D+54.0
Muscogee	1,405 93.3%	101 6.7%	1,506	D+86.6
Elbert	1,248 87.0%	187 13.0%	1,435	D+73.9
Chattooga	894 63.5%	514 36.5%	1,408	D+27.0
Jackson	1,069 76.2%	334 23.8%	1,403	D+52.4
Sumter	1,076 78.4%	296 21.6%	1,372	D+56.9
Bulloch	1,098 81.6%	248 18.4%	1,346	D+63.2
Franklin	889 66.5%	447 33.5%	1,336	D+33.1
Walton	1,189 90.6%	123 9.4%	1,312	D+81.3
Paulding	346 26.6%	954 73.4%	1,300	R+46.8
Thomas	1,130 87.1%	168 12.9%	1,298	D+74.1
Colquitt	771 59.6%	523 40.4%	1,294	D+19.2
Decatur	987 76.7%	300 23.3%	1,287	D+53.4
Pickens	437 34.5%	830 65.5%	1,267	R+31.0
Coweta	1,095 86.6%	169 13.4%	1,264	D+73.3
Washington	1,134 90.6%	118 9.4%	1,252	D+81.2
Meriwether	1,059 85.1%	186 14.9%	1,245	D+70.1
Gilmer	546 45.2%	662 54.8%	1,208	R+9.6
Barrow	731 64.0%	412 36.0%	1,143	D+27.9
Ware	926 81.2%	215 18.8%	1,141	D+62.3
Habersham	503 44.6%	626 55.4%	1,129	R+10.9
Upson	957 84.9%	170 15.1%	1,127	D+69.8
Grady	887 79.3%	232 20.7%	1,119	D+58.5
Telfair	1,069 96.7%	37 3.3%	1,106	D+93.3
Newton	753 68.3%	349 31.7%	1,102	D+36.7
Mitchell	947 86.8%	144 13.2%	1,091	D+73.6
Union	469 45.5%	562 54.5%	1,031	R+9.0
Hart	694 68.2%	323 31.8%	1,017	D+36.5
Spalding	830 82.1%	181 17.9%	1,011	D+64.2
Madison	693 71.1%	281 28.9%	974	D+42.3
Monroe	837 91.0%	83 9.0%	920	D+82.0
Jefferson	837 91.1%	82 8.9%	919	D+82.2
Douglas	430 47.5%	475 52.5%	905	R+5.0
Screven	639 71.1%	260 28.9%	899	D+42.2
Wilkes	876 98.6%	12 1.4%	888	D+97.3
Oglethorpe	845 95.3%	42 4.7%	887	D+90.5
Greene	683 79.3%	178 20.7%	861	D+58.7
Effingham	726 86.0%	118 14.0%	844	D+72.0
Worth	626 74.5%	214 25.5%	840	D+49.0
Banks	479 58.3%	342 41.7%	821	D+16.7
Dodge	627 78.0%	177 22.0%	804	D+56.0
Ben Hill	545 70.1%	232 29.9%	777	D+40.3
Houston	723 94.9%	39 5.1%	762	D+89.8
Tattnall	447 59.8%	301 40.2%	748	D+19.5
Candler	673 90.8%	68 9.2%	741	D+81.6
Tift	578 79.0%	154 21.0%	732	D+57.9
Dougherty	621 85.5%	105 14.5%	726	D+71.1
Taylor	491 69.9%	211 30.1%	702	D+39.9
Henry	690 100.0%	0 0.0%	690	D+100.0
Rockdale	488 70.8%	201 29.2%	689	D+41.7
Berrien	625 91.5%	58 8.5%	683	D+83.0
Brooks	597 88.7%	76 11.3%	673	D+77.4
Stephens	415 62.2%	252 37.8%	667	D+24.4
Coffee	428 65.0%	230 35.0%	658	D+30.1
Towns	256 39.1%	398 60.9%	654	R+21.7
Crisp	565 87.2%	83 12.8%	648	D+74.4
Baldwin	554 85.8%	92 14.2%	646	D+71.5
Butts	502 78.1%	141 21.9%	643	D+56.1
Toombs	397 61.7%	246 38.3%	643	D+23.5
Irwin	525 82.2%	114 17.8%	639	D+64.3
Morgan	450 71.9%	176 28.1%	626	D+43.8
Dade	494 81.3%	114 18.8%	608	D+62.5
Dawson	254 41.8%	354 58.2%	608	R+16.4
Wilcox	481 81.9%	106 18.1%	587	D+63.9
Randolph	534 91.3%	51 8.7%	585	D+82.6
Dooly	544 93.3%	39 6.7%	583	D+86.6
Atkinson	459 79.4%	119 20.6%	578	D+58.8
Turner	393 68.3%	182 31.7%	575	D+36.7
Cook	260 46.2%	303 53.8%	563	R+7.6
Jeff Davis	260 46.2%	303 53.8%	563	R+7.6
Glynn	422 76.2%	132 23.8%	554	D+52.3
Hancock	498 90.4%	53 9.6%	551	D+80.8
Macon	483 87.7%	68 12.3%	551	D+75.3
Terrell	500 91.2%	48 8.8%	548	D+82.5
Pierce	407 76.9%	122 23.1%	529	D+53.9
Bacon	307 58.4%	219 41.6%	526	D+16.7
Lincoln	509 99.4%	3 0.6%	512	D+98.8
Appling	313 61.5%	196 38.5%	509	D+23.0
Clayton	475 93.3%	34 6.7%	509	D+86.6
Milton (Ext)	278 54.6%	231 45.4%	509	D+9.2
McDuffie	382 77.8%	109 22.2%	491	D+55.6
Warren	402 82.9%	83 17.1%	485	D+65.8
Liberty	303 63.4%	175 36.6%	478	D+26.8
Columbia	476 100.0%	0 0.0%	476	D+100.0
Heard	461 97.1%	14 2.9%	475	D+94.1
White	209 44.2%	264 55.8%	473	R+11.6
Jasper	429 91.1%	42 8.9%	471	D+82.2
Rabun	312 68.0%	147 32.0%	459	D+35.9
Calhoun	449 98.9%	5 1.1%	454	D+97.8
Wheeler	350 77.6%	101 22.4%	451	D+55.2
Oconee	341 75.9%	108 24.1%	449	D+51.9
Evans	432 96.4%	16 3.6%	448	D+92.9
Wayne	407 94.2%	25 5.8%	432	D+88.4
Burke	387 90.8%	39 9.2%	426	D+81.7
Putnam	420 98.8%	5 1.2%	425	D+97.6
Talbot	379 89.8%	43 10.2%	422	D+79.6
Marion	236 56.7%	180 43.3%	416	D+13.5
Early	381 91.8%	34 8.2%	415	D+83.6
Harris	398 97.8%	9 2.2%	407	D+95.6
Pulaski	338 85.6%	57 14.4%	395	D+71.1
Jenkins	331 87.1%	49 12.9%	380	D+74.2
Johnson	306 80.5%	74 19.5%	380	D+61.1
Stewart	344 91.7%	31 8.3%	375	D+83.5
Clinch	294 79.2%	77 20.8%	371	D+58.5
Campbell (Ext)	263 71.1%	107 28.9%	370	D+42.2
Treutlen	263 71.1%	107 28.9%	370	D+42.2
Lumpkin	155 43.1%	205 56.9%	360	R+13.9
Taliaferro	330 96.5%	12 3.5%	342	D+93.0
Montgomery	169 53.3%	148 46.7%	317	D+6.6
Twiggs	273 86.1%	44 13.9%	317	D+72.2
Glascock	232 73.7%	83 26.3%	315	D+47.3
Fayette	231 74.3%	80 25.7%	311	D+48.6
Crawford	235 78.3%	65 21.7%	300	D+56.7
Clay	230 78.5%	63 21.5%	293	D+57.0
Wilkinson	256 87.4%	37 12.6%	293	D+74.7
Schley	235 81.6%	53 18.4%	288	D+63.2
Lee	251 93.0%	19 7.0%	270	D+85.9
Bleckley	262 100.0%	0 0.0%	262	D+100.0
Baker	141 63.8%	80 36.2%	221	D+27.6
Webster	185 88.5%	24 11.5%	209	D+77.0
Bryan	175 89.3%	21 10.7%	196	D+78.6
Charlton	157 84.9%	28 15.1%	185	D+69.7
Miller	155 83.8%	30 16.2%	185	D+67.6
Camden	152 91.6%	14 8.4%	166	D+83.1
McIntosh	119 75.3%	39 24.7%	158	D+50.6
Quitman	135 97.1%	4 2.9%	139	D+94.2
Jones	87 73.7%	31 26.3%	118	D+47.5
Chattahoochee	87 94.6%	5 5.4%	92	D+89.1
Catoosa	55 62.5%	33 37.5%	88	D+25.0

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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