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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Oklahoma

Warren G. Harding (Republican) beat James M. Cox (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 1920, 50.1% to 44.6%, a margin of 5.5 points and 26,778 votes.

Oklahoma voted 20.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+26.2.

Oklahoma changed party: in 1916 it went Democratic, for Woodrow Wilson.

Republicans led in 48 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 34,323 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.2 points. The closest was Pittsburg, where 1 vote 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	243,831	50.1%
James M. Cox	Democratic	217,053	44.6%
Eugene V. Debs	Socialist	25,726	5.3%
Total		486,610

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	17,797 51.9%	15,314 44.6%	1,212	34,323	D+7.2
Tulsa	9,994 39.8%	14,484 57.7%	638	25,116	R+17.9
Creek	5,406 38.7%	7,936 56.9%	614	13,956	R+18.1
Muskogee	6,378 54.8%	5,159 44.3%	96	11,633	D+10.5
Pittsburg	5,364 47.0%	5,363 47.0%	683	11,410	level
Pottawatomie	5,314 47.2%	5,357 47.6%	591	11,262	R+0.4
Garfield	3,656 33.7%	6,615 61.0%	569	10,840	R+27.3
Kay	4,543 42.4%	5,949 55.5%	222	10,714	R+13.1
Okmulgee	4,492 43.0%	5,368 51.4%	588	10,448	R+8.4
Carter	6,003 59.2%	3,555 35.1%	576	10,134	D+24.2
Ottawa	3,922 41.0%	5,269 55.1%	368	9,559	R+14.1
Le Flore	3,757 41.4%	4,928 54.3%	387	9,072	R+12.9
Caddo	3,581 39.6%	4,818 53.2%	653	9,052	R+13.7
Lincoln	2,968 33.5%	5,254 59.3%	635	8,857	R+25.8
Osage	3,801 44.1%	4,567 53.0%	254	8,622	R+8.9
Payne	3,240 38.8%	4,576 54.7%	543	8,359	R+16.0
Grady	4,320 52.6%	3,412 41.6%	476	8,208	D+11.1
Bryan	4,502 55.9%	3,127 38.8%	424	8,053	D+17.1
Canadian	3,268 44.0%	3,875 52.1%	291	7,434	R+8.2
Garvin	4,096 56.2%	2,915 40.0%	274	7,285	D+16.2
Logan	2,210 31.2%	4,606 64.9%	278	7,094	R+33.8
Washington	2,800 39.5%	4,102 57.9%	186	7,088	R+18.4
Comanche	2,988 44.6%	3,286 49.0%	431	6,705	R+4.4
Hughes	3,481 52.1%	3,046 45.6%	150	6,677	D+6.5
Pontotoc	3,800 59.7%	2,365 37.1%	204	6,369	D+22.5
Craig	2,903 47.7%	3,091 50.8%	87	6,081	R+3.1
Custer	2,263 38.8%	3,224 55.3%	340	5,827	R+16.5
Sequoyah	2,503 43.1%	3,192 55.0%	113	5,808	R+11.9
Kiowa	2,512 44.9%	2,638 47.2%	442	5,592	R+2.3
Seminole	1,870 33.5%	3,388 60.8%	316	5,574	R+27.2
Rogers	2,450 44.4%	2,850 51.7%	212	5,512	R+7.3
Pawnee	1,948 36.7%	2,982 56.3%	371	5,301	R+19.5
Grant	1,879 35.5%	3,205 60.6%	206	5,290	R+25.1
McIntosh	2,635 50.2%	2,353 44.9%	258	5,246	D+5.4
Kingfisher	1,743 33.5%	3,214 61.7%	249	5,206	R+28.3
Stephens	2,814 54.1%	2,038 39.2%	348	5,200	D+14.9
Haskell	2,201 43.4%	2,673 52.7%	201	5,075	R+9.3
Cleveland	2,383 48.0%	2,280 45.9%	304	4,967	D+2.1
Choctaw	2,529 51.6%	2,088 42.6%	282	4,899	D+9.0
McCurtain	2,598 53.3%	1,959 40.2%	315	4,872	D+13.1
Atoka	2,103 43.7%	2,078 43.1%	636	4,817	D+0.5
Beckham	2,343 49.5%	1,743 36.8%	644	4,730	D+12.7
Alfalfa	1,350 28.7%	3,004 63.9%	348	4,702	R+35.2
Woods	1,524 32.6%	2,815 60.3%	330	4,669	R+27.7
Mayes	1,989 43.2%	2,447 53.2%	163	4,599	R+10.0
Blaine	1,292 28.6%	2,782 61.7%	436	4,510	R+33.0
Washita	2,122 47.1%	2,065 45.8%	320	4,507	D+1.3
Cherokee	1,859 41.6%	2,522 56.5%	86	4,467	R+14.8
Johnston	2,119 47.6%	1,945 43.6%	392	4,456	D+3.9
Nowata	1,699 38.2%	2,678 60.2%	75	4,452	R+22.0
Jackson	2,694 60.6%	1,340 30.1%	415	4,449	D+30.4
Jefferson	2,281 52.0%	1,728 39.4%	379	4,388	D+12.6
Tillman	2,640 61.0%	1,540 35.6%	151	4,331	D+25.4
McClain	2,310 53.9%	1,728 40.3%	249	4,287	D+13.6
Cotton	2,256 53.2%	1,815 42.8%	172	4,243	D+10.4
Woodward	1,440 34.2%	2,482 59.0%	288	4,210	R+24.8
Noble	1,467 35.9%	2,465 60.3%	154	4,086	R+24.4
Coal	1,797 44.6%	1,748 43.4%	483	4,028	D+1.2
Okfuskee	1,643 45.0%	1,764 48.4%	241	3,648	R+3.3
Adair	1,560 43.3%	2,020 56.0%	25	3,605	R+12.8
Pushmataha	1,364 39.0%	1,862 53.3%	267	3,493	R+14.3
Delaware	1,280 36.8%	2,059 59.2%	141	3,480	R+22.4
Marshall	1,589 47.5%	1,487 44.5%	269	3,345	D+3.0
Dewey	987 29.5%	1,734 51.9%	623	3,344	R+22.3
Texas	1,397 42.6%	1,751 53.3%	135	3,283	R+10.8
Beaver	1,068 32.6%	1,965 60.0%	240	3,273	R+27.4
Murray	1,747 54.2%	1,359 42.1%	119	3,225	D+12.0
Major	780 24.5%	1,920 60.3%	483	3,183	R+35.8
Greer	1,850 60.0%	1,009 32.7%	226	3,085	D+27.3
Ellis	842 28.0%	1,786 59.4%	380	3,008	R+31.4
Wagoner	1,373 46.5%	1,428 48.4%	150	2,951	R+1.9
Latimer	1,200 40.8%	1,410 47.9%	333	2,943	R+7.1
Roger Mills	930 36.5%	1,189 46.7%	426	2,545	R+10.2
Love	1,660 65.8%	711 28.2%	152	2,523	D+37.6
Harper	751 32.1%	1,404 60.1%	182	2,337	R+27.9
Harmon	1,120 59.9%	635 33.9%	116	1,871	D+25.9
Cimarron	460 39.4%	626 53.6%	82	1,168	R+14.2

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

1920 presidential election in Oklahoma

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