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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Mississippi

James M. Cox (Democrat) beat Warren G. Harding (Republican) in Mississippi in 1920, 84.0% to 14.0%, a margin of 70.0 points and 57,725 votes.

Mississippi voted 96.2 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 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Lauderdale, cast 2,893 votes and went to the Democrat by 79.9 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 70 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	69,252	84.0%
Warren G. Harding	Republican	11,527	14.0%
All other candidates		1,639	2.0%
Total		82,418

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Lauderdale	2,539 87.8%	228 7.9%	126	2,893	D+79.9
Hinds	2,542 92.8%	131 4.8%	67	2,740	D+88.0
Monroe	1,881 92.5%	139 6.8%	14	2,034	D+85.6
Lee	1,652 84.2%	301 15.3%	10	1,963	D+68.8
Alcorn	1,336 77.2%	354 20.5%	41	1,731	D+56.7
Union	1,224 73.5%	429 25.8%	12	1,665	D+47.7
Harrison	1,281 78.2%	314 19.2%	44	1,639	D+59.0
Kemper	1,399 90.1%	128 8.2%	26	1,553	D+81.8
Prentiss	993 64.6%	495 32.2%	49	1,537	D+32.4
Attala	1,187 80.3%	270 18.3%	21	1,478	D+62.0
Pontotoc	994 68.6%	437 30.2%	17	1,448	D+38.5
Newton	1,213 86.6%	106 7.6%	82	1,401	D+79.0
Jones	735 52.7%	420 30.1%	240	1,395	D+22.6
Copiah	1,305 94.8%	57 4.1%	14	1,376	D+90.7
Bolivar	1,039 75.8%	326 23.8%	5	1,370	D+52.0
Forrest	1,160 85.5%	131 9.7%	66	1,357	D+75.8
Neshoba	1,092 82.2%	181 13.6%	55	1,328	D+68.6
Pike	1,114 84.9%	153 11.7%	45	1,312	D+73.2
Warren	1,082 86.0%	161 12.8%	15	1,258	D+73.2
Smith	968 77.1%	265 21.1%	23	1,256	D+56.0
Tishomingo	841 67.3%	387 31.0%	21	1,249	D+36.3
Leake	1,085 88.2%	120 9.8%	25	1,230	D+78.5
Itawamba	1,023 83.6%	198 16.2%	3	1,224	D+67.4
Tippah	955 78.7%	237 19.5%	22	1,214	D+59.1
Lafayette	876 72.5%	321 26.6%	12	1,209	D+45.9
Lincoln	778 64.4%	417 34.5%	13	1,208	D+29.9
Tallahatchie	1,092 93.0%	69 5.9%	13	1,174	D+87.1
Chickasaw	947 81.3%	192 16.5%	26	1,165	D+64.8
Scott	1,059 92.4%	65 5.7%	22	1,146	D+86.7
Sunflower	1,062 95.0%	47 4.2%	9	1,118	D+90.8
Calhoun	889 81.6%	160 14.7%	41	1,090	D+66.9
Winston	954 88.2%	111 10.3%	17	1,082	D+77.9
Simpson	902 88.0%	109 10.6%	14	1,025	D+77.4
Jasper	899 88.8%	98 9.7%	15	1,012	D+79.2
Leflore	969 95.8%	39 3.9%	4	1,012	D+91.9
Yazoo	948 94.1%	46 4.6%	13	1,007	D+89.6
Tate	877 87.2%	118 11.7%	11	1,006	D+75.4
Holmes	917 91.6%	69 6.9%	15	1,001	D+84.7
Lowndes	938 94.2%	49 4.9%	9	996	D+89.3
Yalobusha	894 90.7%	82 8.3%	10	986	D+82.4
Choctaw	779 79.2%	191 19.4%	14	984	D+59.8
Rankin	908 95.1%	42 4.4%	5	955	D+90.7
Covington	656 69.7%	256 27.2%	29	941	D+42.5
Coahoma	853 90.8%	76 8.1%	10	939	D+82.7
Webster	582 62.8%	299 32.3%	46	927	D+30.5
Panola	843 91.0%	80 8.6%	3	926	D+82.4
Montgomery	848 92.3%	57 6.2%	14	919	D+86.1
Madison	831 92.7%	57 6.4%	8	896	D+86.4
Lamar	672 76.1%	192 21.7%	19	883	D+54.4
Clarke	809 91.8%	48 5.4%	24	881	D+86.4
Franklin	662 76.3%	203 23.4%	3	868	D+52.9
Carroll	670 77.5%	183 21.2%	11	864	D+56.4
Marshall	823 96.4%	28 3.3%	3	854	D+93.1
Oktibbeha	779 91.6%	70 8.2%	1	850	D+83.4
De Soto	817 96.6%	27 3.2%	2	846	D+93.4
Washington	777 92.7%	60 7.2%	1	838	D+85.6
Clay	772 94.0%	46 5.6%	3	821	D+88.4
Marion	613 79.3%	144 18.6%	16	773	D+60.7
Adams	642 84.6%	114 15.0%	3	759	D+69.6
Noxubee	699 96.8%	22 3.0%	1	722	D+93.8
Wayne	548 77.4%	112 15.8%	48	708	D+61.6
Jackson	577 82.1%	122 17.4%	4	703	D+64.7
Amite	578 85.9%	90 13.4%	5	673	D+72.5
Jefferson Davis	486 72.6%	178 26.6%	5	669	D+46.0
Lawrence	534 80.3%	129 19.4%	2	665	D+60.9
Walthall	465 75.5%	136 22.1%	15	616	D+53.4
Grenada	533 96.4%	12 2.2%	8	553	D+94.2
Benton	405 75.7%	124 23.2%	6	535	D+52.5
Pearl River	464 89.4%	53 10.2%	2	519	D+79.2
Jefferson	430 96.6%	14 3.1%	1	445	D+93.5
Hancock	302 69.4%	130 29.9%	3	435	D+39.5
Wilkinson	416 96.1%	15 3.5%	2	433	D+92.6
Quitman	377 90.4%	39 9.4%	1	417	D+81.1
Claiborne	401 96.4%	14 3.4%	1	416	D+93.0
Greene	337 92.6%	24 6.6%	3	364	D+86.0
Perry	271 78.6%	69 20.0%	5	345	D+58.6
Humphreys	323 94.2%	18 5.2%	2	343	D+88.9
George	263 78.5%	55 16.4%	17	335	D+62.1
Stone	299 93.4%	16 5.0%	5	320	D+88.4
Tunica	256 98.8%	2 0.8%	1	259	D+98.1
Sharkey	228 97.0%	7 3.0%		235	D+94.0
Issaquena	83 86.5%	13 13.5%		96	D+72.9

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

1920 presidential election in Mississippi

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