Election 1920 Results
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1920 presidential election in Missouri
Warren G. Harding (Republican) beat James M. Cox (Democrat) in Missouri in 1920, 54.6% to 43.1%, a margin of 11.4 points and 152,363 votes.
Missouri voted 14.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+26.2.
Missouri changed party: in 1916 it went Democratic, for Woodrow Wilson.
Republicans led in 86 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 282,652 votes and went to the Republican by 20.2 points. The closest was Schuyler, where 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding won | Republican | 727,162 | 54.6% |
| James M. Cox | Democratic | 574,799 | 43.1% |
| All other candidates | 30,839 | 2.3% | |
| Total | 1,332,800 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis City | 106,047 37.5% | 163,280 57.8% | 13,325 | 282,652 | R+20.2 |
| Jackson | 76,791 48.5% | 79,875 50.5% | 1,548 | 158,214 | R+1.9 |
| St. Louis | 12,438 33.2% | 25,008 66.8% | 37,446 | R+33.6 | |
| Buchanan | 16,188 48.0% | 17,191 51.0% | 335 | 33,714 | R+3.0 |
| Jasper | 11,006 37.7% | 17,074 58.4% | 1,145 | 29,225 | R+20.8 |
| Greene | 11,514 40.9% | 15,755 56.0% | 857 | 28,126 | R+15.1 |
| Pettis | 6,561 42.7% | 8,595 56.0% | 199 | 15,355 | R+13.2 |
| Lafayette | 6,169 44.9% | 7,471 54.4% | 94 | 13,734 | R+9.5 |
| Boone | 8,748 67.9% | 4,077 31.6% | 65 | 12,890 | D+36.2 |
| Saline | 7,114 55.5% | 5,613 43.8% | 85 | 12,812 | D+11.7 |
| Nodaway | 5,504 43.7% | 6,971 55.4% | 118 | 12,593 | R+11.6 |
| Cape Girardeau | 4,584 37.4% | 7,537 61.4% | 152 | 12,273 | R+24.1 |
| Macon | 5,626 46.1% | 6,309 51.7% | 257 | 12,192 | R+5.6 |
| Randolph | 8,115 67.8% | 3,768 31.5% | 85 | 11,968 | D+36.3 |
| Franklin | 2,814 24.0% | 8,712 74.3% | 207 | 11,733 | R+50.3 |
| Marion | 6,719 58.2% | 4,660 40.4% | 166 | 11,545 | D+17.8 |
| Johnson | 5,444 48.4% | 5,700 50.7% | 108 | 11,252 | R+2.3 |
| St. Francois | 5,300 48.0% | 5,504 49.9% | 235 | 11,039 | R+1.8 |
| Linn | 5,184 47.7% | 5,557 51.1% | 137 | 10,878 | R+3.4 |
| Henry | 5,367 49.6% | 5,313 49.1% | 133 | 10,813 | D+0.5 |
| Jefferson | 4,684 44.2% | 5,730 54.1% | 181 | 10,595 | R+9.9 |
| Vernon | 5,419 52.9% | 4,645 45.3% | 182 | 10,246 | D+7.6 |
| Cole | 4,167 41.3% | 5,878 58.3% | 36 | 10,081 | R+17.0 |
| Dunklin | 5,199 52.2% | 4,455 44.7% | 309 | 9,963 | D+7.5 |
| Lawrence | 3,532 35.6% | 6,093 61.3% | 310 | 9,935 | R+25.8 |
| Newton | 4,078 41.1% | 5,541 55.9% | 293 | 9,912 | R+14.8 |
| Carroll | 4,075 41.7% | 5,609 57.4% | 96 | 9,780 | R+15.7 |
| Bates | 4,433 45.7% | 5,039 51.9% | 236 | 9,708 | R+6.2 |
| Stoddard | 4,428 46.9% | 4,641 49.2% | 372 | 9,441 | R+2.3 |
| Audrain | 5,514 58.6% | 3,827 40.7% | 68 | 9,409 | D+17.9 |
| Callaway | 6,035 64.6% | 3,274 35.1% | 30 | 9,339 | D+29.6 |
| St. Charles | 2,472 26.8% | 6,645 72.1% | 96 | 9,213 | R+45.3 |
| Cass | 5,030 54.8% | 4,055 44.1% | 100 | 9,185 | D+10.6 |
| Clay | 6,283 68.9% | 2,804 30.8% | 31 | 9,118 | D+38.2 |
| Chariton | 4,675 51.5% | 4,331 47.7% | 78 | 9,084 | D+3.8 |
| Barry | 3,729 41.2% | 5,162 57.0% | 158 | 9,049 | R+15.8 |
| Pike | 5,034 56.2% | 3,860 43.1% | 69 | 8,963 | D+13.1 |
| Cooper | 3,657 41.3% | 5,151 58.2% | 48 | 8,856 | R+16.9 |
| Livingston | 3,666 41.4% | 5,093 57.5% | 97 | 8,856 | R+16.1 |
| Scott | 4,157 48.5% | 4,204 49.0% | 218 | 8,579 | R+0.5 |
| Pemiscot | 3,901 46.1% | 4,443 52.6% | 109 | 8,453 | R+6.4 |
| Ray | 4,865 59.6% | 3,228 39.5% | 72 | 8,165 | D+20.0 |
| Sullivan | 3,475 42.8% | 4,576 56.3% | 70 | 8,121 | R+13.6 |
| Daviess | 3,560 43.9% | 4,458 54.9% | 100 | 8,118 | R+11.1 |
| Grundy | 2,721 34.1% | 5,123 64.3% | 129 | 7,973 | R+30.1 |
| Polk | 2,847 36.0% | 4,967 62.8% | 93 | 7,907 | R+26.8 |
| Adair | 2,534 32.2% | 4,861 61.7% | 483 | 7,878 | R+29.5 |
| Harrison | 2,502 32.3% | 5,151 66.6% | 87 | 7,740 | R+34.2 |
| Monroe | 6,136 80.4% | 1,406 18.4% | 93 | 7,635 | D+62.0 |
| New Madrid | 3,637 48.5% | 3,745 49.9% | 116 | 7,498 | R+1.4 |
| Butler | 2,662 35.8% | 4,601 61.8% | 179 | 7,442 | R+26.1 |
| Montgomery | 3,103 43.8% | 3,910 55.2% | 75 | 7,088 | R+11.4 |
| Gentry | 3,374 48.7% | 3,442 49.7% | 113 | 6,929 | R+1.0 |
| Lincoln | 3,660 53.0% | 3,209 46.4% | 40 | 6,909 | D+6.5 |
| Howard | 4,735 68.7% | 2,125 30.9% | 28 | 6,888 | D+37.9 |
| Howell | 2,323 33.8% | 4,344 63.2% | 202 | 6,869 | R+29.4 |
| Barton | 3,040 44.6% | 3,480 51.1% | 294 | 6,814 | R+6.5 |
| Caldwell | 2,498 37.4% | 4,168 62.3% | 22 | 6,688 | R+25.0 |
| Texas | 2,965 45.0% | 3,552 53.9% | 68 | 6,585 | R+8.9 |
| Holt | 2,329 35.5% | 4,153 63.3% | 74 | 6,556 | R+27.8 |
| Clinton | 3,304 50.7% | 3,165 48.6% | 45 | 6,514 | D+2.1 |
| Webster | 2,428 37.3% | 4,000 61.5% | 81 | 6,509 | R+24.2 |
| Andrew | 2,466 38.4% | 3,913 60.9% | 50 | 6,429 | R+22.5 |
| Lewis | 3,542 55.3% | 2,810 43.9% | 53 | 6,405 | D+11.4 |
| Shelby | 3,935 64.2% | 2,128 34.7% | 71 | 6,134 | D+29.5 |
| Platte | 4,361 71.5% | 1,724 28.3% | 17 | 6,102 | D+43.2 |
| Moniteau | 2,405 40.1% | 3,535 59.0% | 54 | 5,994 | R+18.9 |
| Clark | 2,383 41.4% | 3,310 57.5% | 68 | 5,761 | R+16.1 |
| Laclede | 2,183 37.9% | 3,469 60.3% | 102 | 5,754 | R+22.3 |
| Wright | 2,008 34.9% | 3,661 63.7% | 79 | 5,748 | R+28.8 |
| St. Clair | 2,296 40.2% | 3,249 56.9% | 161 | 5,706 | R+16.7 |
| Atchison | 2,227 40.4% | 3,236 58.7% | 51 | 5,514 | R+18.3 |
| Dade | 1,892 34.4% | 3,520 63.9% | 95 | 5,507 | R+29.6 |
| Cedar | 1,936 35.2% | 3,488 63.5% | 71 | 5,495 | R+28.2 |
| Miller | 1,833 33.5% | 3,555 64.9% | 86 | 5,474 | R+31.5 |
| Putnam | 1,315 24.7% | 3,880 72.9% | 126 | 5,321 | R+48.2 |
| McDonald | 2,242 42.4% | 2,921 55.2% | 128 | 5,291 | R+12.8 |
| De Kalb | 2,121 40.9% | 3,001 57.8% | 67 | 5,189 | R+17.0 |
| Perry | 1,504 29.0% | 3,652 70.5% | 25 | 5,181 | R+41.5 |
| Phelps | 2,422 47.0% | 2,692 52.3% | 38 | 5,152 | R+5.2 |
| Knox | 2,250 44.5% | 2,749 54.3% | 62 | 5,061 | R+9.9 |
| Gasconade | 454 9.1% | 4,481 90.0% | 43 | 4,978 | R+80.9 |
| Bollinger | 2,019 40.8% | 2,869 58.0% | 61 | 4,949 | R+17.2 |
| Benton | 1,506 30.6% | 3,367 68.5% | 42 | 4,915 | R+37.9 |
| Christian | 919 18.9% | 3,795 78.1% | 143 | 4,857 | R+59.2 |
| Osage | 1,118 23.0% | 3,699 76.2% | 39 | 4,856 | R+53.2 |
| Morgan | 1,834 38.4% | 2,911 60.9% | 35 | 4,780 | R+22.5 |
| Scotland | 2,124 45.0% | 2,509 53.1% | 91 | 4,724 | R+8.1 |
| Mississippi | 2,442 52.2% | 2,193 46.9% | 44 | 4,679 | D+5.3 |
| Wayne | 2,072 45.5% | 2,380 52.3% | 100 | 4,552 | R+6.8 |
| Washington | 1,837 40.9% | 2,618 58.4% | 31 | 4,486 | R+17.4 |
| Crawford | 1,658 38.0% | 2,634 60.4% | 66 | 4,358 | R+22.4 |
| Mercer | 1,044 24.4% | 3,170 74.2% | 60 | 4,274 | R+49.7 |
| Dent | 1,970 46.2% | 2,204 51.7% | 90 | 4,264 | R+5.5 |
| Ralls | 2,803 66.8% | 1,362 32.5% | 32 | 4,197 | D+34.3 |
| Warren | 545 13.2% | 3,512 85.0% | 76 | 4,133 | R+71.8 |
| Douglas | 577 14.2% | 3,327 82.1% | 149 | 4,053 | R+67.9 |
| Madison | 1,830 47.2% | 2,023 52.2% | 23 | 3,876 | R+5.0 |
| Pulaski | 1,978 51.1% | 1,853 47.9% | 39 | 3,870 | D+3.2 |
| Dallas | 1,100 28.9% | 2,665 69.9% | 46 | 3,811 | R+41.1 |
| Ripley | 1,735 47.2% | 1,752 47.7% | 189 | 3,676 | R+0.5 |
| Schuyler | 1,793 49.3% | 1,806 49.7% | 38 | 3,637 | R+0.4 |
| Stone | 672 19.2% | 2,749 78.5% | 79 | 3,500 | R+59.3 |
| Worth | 1,532 44.4% | 1,888 54.7% | 30 | 3,450 | R+10.3 |
| Shannon | 1,661 49.3% | 1,639 48.6% | 71 | 3,371 | D+0.7 |
| Camden | 1,034 30.9% | 2,276 68.0% | 39 | 3,349 | R+37.1 |
| Oregon | 1,961 58.8% | 1,319 39.6% | 53 | 3,333 | D+19.3 |
| Maries | 1,677 53.2% | 1,445 45.9% | 28 | 3,150 | D+7.4 |
| Ste. Genevieve | 1,149 37.2% | 1,917 62.1% | 22 | 3,088 | R+24.9 |
| Ozark | 569 18.5% | 2,457 79.7% | 56 | 3,082 | R+61.3 |
| Iron | 1,554 50.6% | 1,463 47.6% | 54 | 3,071 | D+3.0 |
| Reynolds | 1,837 60.3% | 1,173 38.5% | 36 | 3,046 | D+21.8 |
| Taney | 913 30.9% | 2,001 67.7% | 42 | 2,956 | R+36.8 |
| Hickory | 532 19.6% | 2,131 78.5% | 50 | 2,713 | R+58.9 |
| Carter | 930 45.4% | 1,057 51.6% | 60 | 2,047 | R+6.2 |
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.
Missouri in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+18.4 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+15.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+18.6 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+9.4 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+0.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+7.2 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+3.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+6.3 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+10.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+20.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+24.6 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+28.1 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+0.5 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+1.6 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+16.6 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.9 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+4.8 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+22.6 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+28.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.8 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+17.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+0.1 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+8.7 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+4.9 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+7.5 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+13.7 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+16.3 |
| 1872 | Third party (other) | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+13.9 |