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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Louisiana

James M. Cox (Democrat) beat Warren G. Harding (Republican) in Louisiana in 1920, 69.2% to 30.5%, a margin of 38.7 points and 48,816 votes.

Louisiana voted 64.8 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 64 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Orleans, cast 50,666 votes and went to the Democrat by 29.7 points. The closest was St. John The Baptist, where 3 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James M. Cox won Democratic 87,355 69.2%
Warren G. Harding Republican 38,539 30.5%
All other candidates 342 0.3%
Total126,236

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 32,847 64.8% 17,819 35.2% 50,666 D+29.7
Caddo 4,256 91.4% 401 8.6% 4,657 D+82.8
Rapides 2,767 86.1% 445 13.8% 1 3,213 D+72.3
Calcasieu 2,486 83.4% 483 16.2% 13 2,982 D+67.2
East Baton Rouge 2,336 84.1% 442 15.9% 2,778 D+68.2
Acadia 1,066 48.2% 1,141 51.6% 6 2,213 R+3.4
Avoyelles 1,353 65.1% 724 34.9% 2,077 D+30.3
Vermilion 556 28.1% 1,420 71.8% 1 1,977 R+43.7
St. Landry 1,017 51.9% 942 48.1% 1,959 D+3.8
Tangipahoa 1,510 77.4% 440 22.6% 1,950 D+54.9
Lafayette 823 44.1% 1,045 55.9% 1,868 R+11.9
Iberia 439 25.6% 1,275 74.4% 1,714 R+48.8
Natchitoches 1,471 87.9% 203 12.1% 1,674 D+75.7
Bienville 1,385 82.9% 257 15.4% 28 1,670 D+67.5
Ouachita 1,493 90.0% 164 9.9% 1 1,658 D+80.2
Jefferson Davis 731 44.9% 895 54.9% 3 1,629 R+10.1
Winn 972 65.4% 291 19.6% 223 1,486 D+45.8
Jefferson 1,242 86.6% 192 13.4% 1,434 D+73.2
Lafourche 343 24.7% 1,044 75.3% 1,387 R+50.5
Beauregard 1,151 84.2% 202 14.8% 14 1,367 D+69.4
Sabine 1,252 91.9% 111 8.1% 1,363 D+83.7
Vernon 1,145 84.8% 205 15.2% 1,350 D+69.6
St. Mary 543 40.8% 788 59.2% 1,331 R+18.4
Union 1,226 92.6% 98 7.4% 1,324 D+85.2
Desoto 1,219 95.6% 56 4.4% 1,275 D+91.2
Washington 1,106 87.0% 165 13.0% 1,271 D+74.0
Claiborne 1,216 96.2% 48 3.8% 1,264 D+92.4
Allen 1,011 80.7% 242 19.3% 1,253 D+61.4
St. Tammany 973 77.9% 276 22.1% 1,249 D+55.8
Terrebonne 484 40.4% 713 59.6% 1,197 R+19.1
Lincoln 992 84.4% 183 15.6% 1,175 D+68.9
Jackson 1,004 85.8% 166 14.2% 1,170 D+71.6
Evangeline 545 48.1% 587 51.9% 1,132 R+3.7
Ascension 627 55.8% 496 44.2% 1,123 D+11.7
Webster 1,009 90.0% 112 10.0% 1,121 D+80.0
Franklin 903 83.9% 173 16.1% 1,076 D+67.8
Red River 766 80.4% 187 19.6% 953 D+60.8
Assumption 204 22.0% 725 78.0% 929 R+56.1
Livingston 666 75.3% 218 24.6% 1 885 D+50.6
St. James 352 39.8% 533 60.2% 885 R+20.5
Iberville 391 45.7% 465 54.3% 856 R+8.6
Grant 674 86.1% 109 13.9% 783 D+72.2
Bossier 731 94.3% 44 5.7% 775 D+88.6
St. Martin 319 43.2% 419 56.8% 738 R+13.6
Richland 666 93.0% 50 7.0% 716 D+86.0
La Salle 575 82.3% 109 15.6% 15 699 D+66.7
Catahoula 522 74.8% 176 25.2% 698 D+49.6
Caldwell 538 80.8% 128 19.2% 666 D+61.6
Morehouse 625 94.3% 38 5.7% 663 D+88.5
East Feliciana 534 94.7% 30 5.3% 564 D+89.4
Pointe Coupee 407 74.0% 143 26.0% 550 D+48.0
West Baton Rouge 354 66.9% 175 33.1% 529 D+33.8
St. John The Baptist 247 49.7% 250 50.3% 497 R+0.6
Plaquemines 330 70.2% 124 26.4% 16 470 D+43.8
West Carroll 341 73.3% 104 22.4% 20 465 D+51.0
St. Bernard 362 86.6% 56 13.4% 418 D+73.2
St. Helena 366 91.0% 36 9.0% 402 D+82.1
Concordia 380 96.9% 12 3.1% 392 D+93.9
West Feliciana 354 91.2% 34 8.8% 388 D+82.5
Madison 331 98.8% 4 1.2% 335 D+97.6
St. Charles 185 66.8% 92 33.2% 277 D+33.6
Tensas 243 94.2% 15 5.8% 258 D+88.4
East Carroll 247 96.9% 8 3.1% 255 D+93.7
Cameron 146 93.0% 11 7.0% 157 D+86.0

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+22.0
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+18.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+19.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+17.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+18.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+7.7
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+12.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+9.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.6
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+5.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+37.0
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+13.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+21.8
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+5.8
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+61.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+71.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+77.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+85.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+52.6
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+56.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+38.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+78.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.0
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+72.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+78.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+58.1
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+54.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+53.1
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+46.9
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+14.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+25.0
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+41.4