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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Minnesota

Warren G. Harding (Republican) beat James M. Cox (Democrat) in Minnesota in 1920, 70.6% to 19.4%, a margin of 51.2 points and 376,427 votes.

Minnesota voted 25.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+26.2.

The Republican hold continued from 1916, when Charles Evans Hughes won.

Republicans led in 86 of the 86 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hennepin, cast 140,169 votes and went to the Republican by 44.0 points. The closest was Lake, where 155 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
Warren G. Harding won	Republican	519,421	70.6%
James M. Cox	Democratic	142,994	19.4%
Eugene V. Debs	Socialist	56,106	7.6%
All other candidates		17,317	2.4%
Total		735,838

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	28,911 20.6%	90,517 64.6%	20,741	140,169	R+44.0
Ramsey	21,110 30.8%	40,204 58.6%	7,273	68,587	R+27.8
St. Louis	14,767 30.1%	27,987 57.0%	6,361	49,115	R+26.9
Stearns	1,616 10.3%	13,566 86.3%	532	15,714	R+76.0
Otter Tail	1,741 12.3%	11,084 78.5%	1,294	14,119	R+66.2
Polk	2,111 17.9%	8,197 69.5%	1,492	11,800	R+51.6
Winona	2,896 25.6%	7,888 69.8%	516	11,300	R+44.2
Blue Earth	1,974 17.5%	8,894 79.1%	383	11,251	R+61.5
Goodhue	1,118 10.2%	9,330 85.1%	520	10,968	R+74.9
Olmsted	1,756 19.0%	7,130 77.1%	359	9,245	R+58.1
Wright	1,299 14.7%	7,013 79.5%	508	8,820	R+64.8
Rice	2,040 23.4%	6,500 74.6%	175	8,715	R+51.2
Fillmore	899 10.5%	7,341 85.9%	304	8,544	R+75.4
Freeborn	1,131 13.7%	6,772 82.0%	360	8,263	R+68.3
Renville	1,283 15.8%	5,995 73.6%	863	8,141	R+57.9
Dakota	2,190 27.1%	5,373 66.4%	523	8,086	R+39.4
Washington	1,558 19.9%	5,852 74.8%	409	7,819	R+54.9
Faribault	869 11.2%	6,687 86.0%	219	7,775	R+74.8
Mower	1,061 13.7%	6,339 82.1%	325	7,725	R+68.3
Todd	1,464 19.1%	5,448 71.1%	750	7,662	R+52.0
Crow Wing	1,077 14.4%	5,262 70.3%	1,142	7,481	R+55.9
Kandiyohi	1,282 17.2%	4,759 63.7%	1,433	7,474	R+46.5
Beltrami	1,427 19.3%	4,518 61.3%	1,430	7,375	R+41.9
Brown	796 11.0%	5,841 80.7%	603	7,240	R+69.7
McLeod	1,139 16.3%	5,430 77.6%	427	6,996	R+61.3
Morrison	1,131 16.3%	5,371 77.6%	422	6,924	R+61.2
Itasca	1,930 28.3%	3,973 58.3%	910	6,813	R+30.0
Clay	1,335 19.7%	4,943 73.0%	493	6,771	R+53.3
Redwood	880 13.1%	5,589 83.1%	259	6,728	R+70.0
Douglas	733 10.9%	4,428 66.1%	1,535	6,696	R+55.2
Martin	1,221 18.6%	5,142 78.5%	191	6,554	R+59.8
Wabasha	1,275 20.0%	4,907 77.1%	182	6,364	R+57.1
Becker	901 14.2%	4,811 75.8%	637	6,349	R+61.6
Marshall	885 14.1%	4,738 75.4%	660	6,283	R+61.3
Lyon	1,232 19.8%	4,557 73.2%	440	6,229	R+53.4
Le Sueur	1,853 30.2%	4,059 66.2%	218	6,130	R+36.0
Meeker	878 14.7%	4,693 78.4%	415	5,986	R+63.7
Yellow Medicine	814 14.0%	4,225 72.5%	790	5,829	R+58.5
Carver	562 9.7%	5,073 87.3%	175	5,810	R+77.6
Pine	1,127 19.4%	3,879 66.8%	798	5,804	R+47.4
Nobles	982 17.7%	4,420 79.6%	148	5,550	R+61.9
Steele	1,167 21.0%	4,243 76.5%	140	5,550	R+55.4
Chisago	484 8.9%	4,361 80.0%	605	5,450	R+71.1
Jackson	715 13.9%	4,313 83.6%	130	5,158	R+69.8
Lac Qui Parle	653 12.7%	4,219 82.3%	255	5,127	R+69.6
Chippewa	960 19.0%	3,532 69.7%	572	5,064	R+50.8
Swift	985 19.5%	3,553 70.2%	522	5,060	R+50.8
Waseca	1,257 24.9%	3,626 71.8%	168	5,051	R+46.9
Nicollet	556 11.3%	4,115 83.5%	260	4,931	R+72.2
Sibley	502 10.3%	4,198 85.9%	185	4,885	R+75.7
Anoka	865 17.8%	3,505 72.1%	489	4,859	R+54.3
Mille Lacs	526 10.9%	3,521 73.2%	765	4,812	R+62.2
Houston	598 12.5%	4,101 85.7%	88	4,787	R+73.2
Carlton	1,152 24.2%	2,833 59.5%	779	4,764	R+35.3
Norman	481 10.3%	3,451 74.2%	721	4,653	R+63.8
Cass	710 15.4%	3,242 70.5%	646	4,598	R+55.1
Pope	709 15.6%	3,466 76.3%	365	4,540	R+60.7
Cottonwood	451 10.0%	3,882 86.3%	167	4,500	R+76.2
Isanti	405 9.1%	3,007 67.6%	1,038	4,450	R+58.5
Scott	1,253 28.7%	3,015 69.0%	104	4,372	R+40.3
Watonwan	647 15.0%	3,510 81.4%	155	4,312	R+66.4
Aitkin	613 14.7%	2,933 70.2%	635	4,181	R+55.5
Murray	698 16.9%	3,270 79.2%	163	4,131	R+62.3
Dodge	516 12.7%	3,386 83.4%	158	4,060	R+70.7
Pipestone	490 12.6%	3,106 79.9%	292	3,888	R+67.3
Pennington	768 20.1%	2,320 60.7%	734	3,822	R+40.6
Roseau	500 13.4%	2,387 64.1%	835	3,722	R+50.7
Benton	554 15.0%	2,920 78.8%	230	3,704	R+63.9
Rock	442 12.0%	3,121 84.5%	129	3,692	R+72.6
Wadena	503 14.4%	2,635 75.6%	349	3,487	R+61.1
Lincoln	673 19.9%	2,548 75.3%	163	3,384	R+55.4
Kittson	599 18.0%	2,485 74.6%	245	3,329	R+56.7
Koochiching	859 26.6%	1,786 55.3%	585	3,230	R+28.7
Sherburne	307 9.5%	2,747 85.2%	171	3,225	R+75.7
Kanabec	332 10.3%	2,436 75.7%	451	3,219	R+65.4
Grant	533 16.6%	2,427 75.8%	242	3,202	R+59.2
Big Stone	451 14.6%	2,415 78.2%	224	3,090	R+63.6
Hubbard	453 14.9%	2,238 73.8%	340	3,031	R+58.9
Stevens	457 15.6%	2,339 79.8%	134	2,930	R+64.2
Wilkin	561 20.0%	2,106 75.2%	134	2,801	R+55.2
Clearwater	340 13.4%	1,788 70.7%	400	2,528	R+57.3
Lake	594 24.6%	990 40.9%	835	2,419	R+16.4
Traverse	550 22.9%	1,759 73.2%	94	2,403	R+50.3
Red Lake	558 26.6%	1,308 62.4%	231	2,097	R+35.8
Mahnomen	215 14.4%	1,076 72.0%	204	1,495	R+57.6
Cook	98 15.3%	467 72.9%	76	641	R+57.6

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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