Election 1920 Results
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1920 presidential election in New York
Warren G. Harding (Republican) beat James M. Cox (Democrat) in New York in 1920, 64.6% to 27.0%, a margin of 37.6 points and 1,089,929 votes.
New York voted 11.4 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 62 of the 62 counties as they stood then. The largest, New York, cast 464,420 votes and went to the Republican by 30.1 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 365 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 | 1,871,167 | 64.6% |
| James M. Cox | Democratic | 781,238 | 27.0% |
| Eugene V. Debs | Socialist | 203,201 | 7.0% |
| All other candidates | 42,907 | 1.5% | |
| Total | 2,898,513 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 135,249 29.1% | 275,013 59.2% | 54,158 | 464,420 | R+30.1 |
| Kings | 119,612 25.9% | 292,692 63.3% | 49,944 | 462,248 | R+37.4 |
| Bronx | 45,741 24.4% | 106,050 56.6% | 35,538 | 187,329 | R+32.2 |
| Erie | 40,436 25.6% | 99,762 63.2% | 17,598 | 157,796 | R+37.6 |
| Queens | 35,296 25.7% | 94,360 68.7% | 7,668 | 137,324 | R+43.0 |
| Monroe | 28,523 24.6% | 73,809 63.8% | 13,389 | 115,721 | R+39.1 |
| Westchester | 28,060 25.2% | 76,020 68.3% | 7,255 | 111,335 | R+43.1 |
| Onondaga | 23,308 27.1% | 57,008 66.3% | 5,731 | 86,047 | R+39.2 |
| Albany | 28,376 35.9% | 48,750 61.7% | 1,863 | 78,989 | R+25.8 |
| Oneida | 15,560 28.4% | 36,311 66.3% | 2,920 | 54,791 | R+37.9 |
| Rensselaer | 20,224 39.4% | 28,810 56.1% | 2,337 | 51,371 | R+16.7 |
| Nassau | 8,595 19.8% | 33,099 76.4% | 1,637 | 43,331 | R+56.6 |
| Chautauqua | 6,781 17.6% | 27,618 71.6% | 4,188 | 38,587 | R+54.0 |
| Orange | 10,567 28.5% | 24,558 66.1% | 2,010 | 37,135 | R+37.7 |
| Suffolk | 8,852 24.2% | 26,737 73.1% | 985 | 36,574 | R+48.9 |
| Broome | 9,251 25.8% | 24,759 69.0% | 1,893 | 35,903 | R+43.2 |
| Schenectady | 8,741 26.0% | 19,208 57.2% | 5,633 | 33,582 | R+31.2 |
| St. Lawrence | 7,213 22.1% | 24,651 75.6% | 742 | 32,606 | R+53.5 |
| Dutchess | 9,938 30.8% | 21,152 65.6% | 1,156 | 32,246 | R+34.8 |
| Jefferson | 7,925 25.4% | 22,072 70.7% | 1,204 | 31,201 | R+45.3 |
| Niagara | 7,416 23.9% | 21,193 68.3% | 2,423 | 31,032 | R+44.4 |
| Ulster | 8,759 30.6% | 19,001 66.4% | 852 | 28,612 | R+35.8 |
| Richmond | 9,373 33.2% | 17,844 63.1% | 1,041 | 28,258 | R+30.0 |
| Steuben | 7,401 26.6% | 18,335 65.8% | 2,132 | 27,868 | R+39.2 |
| Oswego | 8,045 29.8% | 17,905 66.4% | 1,029 | 26,979 | R+36.5 |
| Chemung | 7,060 27.1% | 17,864 68.5% | 1,144 | 26,068 | R+41.4 |
| Cattaraugus | 6,693 27.9% | 16,083 66.9% | 1,253 | 24,029 | R+39.1 |
| Saratoga | 6,905 28.9% | 16,222 68.0% | 731 | 23,858 | R+39.1 |
| Cayuga | 6,343 28.2% | 15,234 67.7% | 933 | 22,510 | R+39.5 |
| Herkimer | 6,507 29.7% | 14,310 65.3% | 1,107 | 21,924 | R+35.6 |
| Ontario | 5,678 28.1% | 13,361 66.2% | 1,145 | 20,184 | R+38.1 |
| Montgomery | 5,911 30.4% | 12,835 66.1% | 679 | 19,425 | R+35.6 |
| Otsego | 6,275 33.1% | 12,112 63.9% | 574 | 18,961 | R+30.8 |
| Wayne | 4,289 23.6% | 13,333 73.2% | 583 | 18,205 | R+49.7 |
| Washington | 4,124 22.8% | 13,647 75.4% | 322 | 18,093 | R+52.6 |
| Rockland | 5,057 29.9% | 11,169 66.1% | 671 | 16,897 | R+36.2 |
| Delaware | 4,528 27.1% | 11,719 70.2% | 454 | 16,701 | R+43.1 |
| Fulton | 3,192 20.5% | 10,946 70.4% | 1,401 | 15,539 | R+49.9 |
| Madison | 3,797 24.7% | 11,094 72.3% | 457 | 15,348 | R+47.5 |
| Columbia | 5,203 35.1% | 9,284 62.6% | 336 | 14,823 | R+27.5 |
| Allegany | 2,799 19.0% | 10,898 74.2% | 1,000 | 14,697 | R+55.1 |
| Chenango | 3,735 26.3% | 10,116 71.1% | 373 | 14,224 | R+44.9 |
| Franklin | 3,825 27.6% | 9,786 70.6% | 254 | 13,865 | R+43.0 |
| Livingston | 3,571 25.9% | 9,488 68.8% | 724 | 13,783 | R+42.9 |
| Tompkins | 3,487 25.7% | 9,508 70.1% | 578 | 13,573 | R+44.4 |
| Clinton | 4,110 30.7% | 9,062 67.7% | 213 | 13,385 | R+37.0 |
| Genesee | 2,570 19.9% | 9,628 74.5% | 725 | 12,923 | R+54.6 |
| Warren | 3,227 25.7% | 9,009 71.8% | 319 | 12,555 | R+46.1 |
| Cortland | 2,541 20.3% | 9,606 76.7% | 369 | 12,516 | R+56.4 |
| Sullivan | 3,623 29.1% | 8,029 64.4% | 806 | 12,458 | R+35.4 |
| Wyoming | 2,442 20.2% | 9,134 75.5% | 525 | 12,101 | R+55.3 |
| Orleans | 2,266 19.9% | 8,305 72.8% | 839 | 11,410 | R+52.9 |
| Essex | 2,218 21.4% | 8,042 77.5% | 119 | 10,379 | R+56.1 |
| Greene | 3,498 34.0% | 6,323 61.5% | 461 | 10,282 | R+27.5 |
| Seneca | 3,023 31.2% | 6,260 64.6% | 413 | 9,696 | R+33.4 |
| Schoharie | 3,697 38.8% | 5,572 58.4% | 268 | 9,537 | R+19.7 |
| Tioga | 2,406 25.3% | 6,772 71.2% | 333 | 9,511 | R+45.9 |
| Lewis | 2,673 30.8% | 5,906 67.9% | 113 | 8,692 | R+37.2 |
| Yates | 1,571 21.3% | 5,638 76.3% | 182 | 7,391 | R+55.0 |
| Schuyler | 1,231 22.9% | 3,827 71.3% | 310 | 5,368 | R+48.4 |
| Putnam | 1,405 28.6% | 3,447 70.2% | 59 | 4,911 | R+41.6 |
| Hamilton | 516 36.7% | 881 62.7% | 9 | 1,406 | R+26.0 |
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.
New York in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+12.6 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+23.1 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+22.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+28.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+26.9 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+18.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+25.0 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+28.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.8 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.7 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+17.3 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+37.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.0 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+19.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+12.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+37.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+7.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+12.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+12.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.3 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+18.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.5 |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+1.2 |