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Election 1920 Results

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1920 presidential election in Virginia

James M. Cox (Democrat) beat Warren G. Harding (Republican) in Virginia in 1920, 61.4% to 37.7%, a margin of 23.7 points and 54,872 votes.

Virginia voted 49.9 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 96 of the 122 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 26. The largest, Richmond, cast 19,595 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.9 points. The closest was King George, where 4 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	142,252	61.4%
Warren G. Harding	Republican	87,380	37.7%
All other candidates		1,877	0.8%
Total		231,509

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	14,878 75.9%	4,515 23.0%	202	19,595	D+52.9
Norfolk	5,953 70.7%	2,386 28.3%	78	8,417	D+42.4
Roanoke	4,715 66.0%	2,329 32.6%	100	7,144	D+33.4
Wise	2,587 44.2%	3,236 55.3%	30	5,853	R+11.1
Washington	2,251 45.6%	2,672 54.1%	12	4,935	R+8.5
Shenandoah	2,077 43.4%	2,683 56.0%	27	4,787	R+12.7
Rockingham	2,068 45.1%	2,464 53.7%	56	4,588	R+8.6
Portsmouth	3,228 74.2%	1,061 24.4%	59	4,348	D+49.8
Tazewell	1,770 42.3%	2,408 57.5%	9	4,187	R+15.2
Scott	1,671 40.5%	2,449 59.3%	7	4,127	R+18.9
Grayson	1,781 45.3%	2,153 54.7%		3,934	R+9.5
Pittsylvania	2,715 69.7%	1,162 29.8%	19	3,896	D+39.9
Augusta	2,106 54.3%	1,707 44.0%	66	3,879	D+10.3
Carroll	1,265 33.4%	2,520 66.5%	6	3,791	R+33.1
Lee	1,592 42.3%	2,162 57.5%	7	3,761	R+15.2
Wythe	1,465 40.9%	2,104 58.7%	13	3,582	R+17.8
Pulaski	1,814 51.4%	1,710 48.4%	7	3,531	D+2.9
Russell	1,704 49.0%	1,772 50.9%	5	3,481	R+2.0
Smyth	1,516 44.4%	1,883 55.2%	15	3,414	R+10.7
Newport News	1,703 53.2%	1,450 45.3%	50	3,203	D+7.9
Franklin	1,765 56.0%	1,381 43.8%	5	3,151	D+12.2
Lynchburg	2,096 76.7%	609 22.3%	26	2,731	D+54.4
Halifax	2,103 78.0%	586 21.7%	8	2,697	D+56.2
Norfolk (Ext)	1,824 68.3%	813 30.4%	35	2,672	D+37.8
Fairfax	1,598 61.1%	987 37.7%	32	2,617	D+23.3
Botetourt	1,331 51.7%	1,240 48.2%	3	2,574	D+3.5
Petersburg	2,072 80.7%	485 18.9%	9	2,566	D+61.8
Loudoun	1,720 68.6%	757 30.2%	29	2,506	D+38.4
Accomack	2,026 81.7%	409 16.5%	45	2,480	D+65.2
Danville	1,888 76.3%	551 22.3%	37	2,476	D+54.0
Rockbridge	1,365 56.1%	1,054 43.3%	13	2,432	D+12.8
Patrick	1,154 48.3%	1,230 51.5%	3	2,387	R+3.2
Bedford	1,774 74.5%	583 24.5%	24	2,381	D+50.0
Arlington	1,417 59.6%	921 38.7%	41	2,379	D+20.8
Alexandria	1,417 59.6%	921 38.7%	41	2,379	D+20.8
Roanoke	1,286 56.4%	955 41.8%	41	2,282	D+14.5
Frederick	1,337 59.8%	875 39.1%	24	2,236	D+20.7
Montgomery	969 44.9%	1,160 53.8%	28	2,157	R+8.9
Albemarle	1,587 74.6%	541 25.4%		2,128	D+49.2
Dickenson	903 45.4%	1,067 53.6%	20	1,990	R+8.2
Giles	1,104 55.6%	877 44.1%	6	1,987	D+11.4
Page	846 42.7%	1,126 56.8%	10	1,982	R+14.1
Fauquier	1,365 70.3%	568 29.3%	8	1,941	D+41.1
Mecklenburg	1,619 85.7%	264 14.0%	7	1,890	D+71.7
Floyd	497 26.6%	1,355 72.7%	13	1,865	R+46.0
Buchanan	675 38.5%	1,078 61.4%	2	1,755	R+23.0
Campbell	1,341 77.2%	375 21.6%	22	1,738	D+55.6
Staunton	931 56.6%	705 42.9%	9	1,645	D+13.7
Charlotte	1,266 77.5%	364 22.3%	4	1,634	D+55.2
Henry	871 55.0%	698 44.0%	16	1,585	D+10.9
Southampton	1,314 83.1%	250 15.8%	18	1,582	D+67.3
Henrico	1,078 74.2%	338 23.3%	37	1,453	D+50.9
Alleghany	663 46.8%	736 51.9%	18	1,417	R+5.2
Charlottesville	1,041 74.0%	351 24.9%	15	1,407	D+49.0
Nelson	973 71.2%	392 28.7%	2	1,367	D+42.5
Harrisonburg	594 45.4%	704 53.9%	9	1,307	R+8.4
Culpeper	973 74.5%	330 25.3%	3	1,306	D+49.2
Winchester	736 56.6%	540 41.5%	24	1,300	D+15.1
Chesterfield	964 75.4%	302 23.6%	13	1,279	D+51.8
Amherst	1,094 86.1%	168 13.2%	8	1,270	D+72.9
Prince William	786 66.5%	393 33.2%	3	1,182	D+33.2
Northampton	954 81.0%	217 18.4%	7	1,178	D+62.6
Elizabeth City (Ext)	675 58.8%	439 38.2%	34	1,148	D+20.6
Bristol	784 69.1%	344 30.3%	6	1,134	D+38.8
Hanover	903 79.7%	224 19.8%	6	1,133	D+59.9
Suffolk	761 70.9%	302 28.1%	11	1,074	D+42.7
Buckingham	749 70.5%	311 29.3%	2	1,062	D+41.2
Stafford	459 43.3%	599 56.5%	2	1,060	R+13.2
Lunenburg	818 79.0%	208 20.1%	10	1,036	D+58.9
Warren	720 69.6%	293 28.3%	21	1,034	D+41.3
Clifton Forge	727 70.4%	274 26.5%	32	1,033	D+43.9
Appomattox	837 81.1%	190 18.4%	5	1,032	D+62.7
Isle Of Wight	759 75.5%	245 24.4%	1	1,005	D+51.1
Louisa	684 68.2%	312 31.1%	7	1,003	D+37.1
Brunswick	866 87.0%	125 12.6%	4	995	D+74.5
Caroline	665 67.6%	308 31.3%	11	984	D+36.3
Orange	718 73.5%	258 26.4%	1	977	D+47.1
Clarke	774 79.3%	154 15.8%	48	976	D+63.5
Nottoway	821 84.2%	154 15.8%		975	D+68.4
Gloucester	677 69.9%	283 29.2%	9	969	D+40.7
Prince Edward	774 80.2%	189 19.6%	2	965	D+60.6
Madison	499 53.0%	431 45.8%	11	941	D+7.2
Nansemond (Ext)	690 74.0%	243 26.0%		933	D+47.9
Fredericksburg	581 65.1%	299 33.5%	13	893	D+31.6
Bland	403 45.7%	478 54.3%		881	R+8.5
Highland	379 44.2%	474 55.3%	4	857	R+11.1
Mathews	624 72.9%	216 25.2%	16	856	D+47.7
Spotsylvania	440 52.8%	380 45.6%	14	834	D+7.2
Dinwiddie	636 77.2%	186 22.6%	2	824	D+54.6
Hampton	601 78.4%	152 19.8%	14	767	D+58.5
Northumberland	536 70.2%	221 29.0%	6	763	D+41.3
Greene	306 42.3%	414 57.2%	4	724	R+14.9
Fluvanna	562 78.4%	146 20.4%	9	717	D+58.0
Princess Anne (Ext)	610 85.1%	105 14.6%	2	717	D+70.4
Sussex	548 76.4%	166 23.2%	3	717	D+53.3
Bath	343 48.3%	362 51.0%	5	710	R+2.7
Craig	381 54.5%	315 45.1%	3	699	D+9.4
Radford	402 60.9%	245 37.1%	13	660	D+23.8
Rappahannock	418 66.3%	210 33.3%	2	630	D+33.0
Middlesex	438 71.9%	170 27.9%	1	609	D+44.0
Goochland	384 63.8%	212 35.2%	6	602	D+28.6
Amelia	389 67.8%	179 31.2%	6	574	D+36.6
Lancaster	404 74.0%	138 25.3%	4	546	D+48.7
Greensville	424 78.8%	111 20.6%	3	538	D+58.2
King William	353 66.0%	176 32.9%	6	535	D+33.1
Cumberland	413 77.8%	114 21.5%	4	531	D+56.3
Westmoreland	396 74.7%	133 25.1%	1	530	D+49.6
King And Queen	347 65.7%	181 34.3%		528	D+31.4
Richmond	321 60.9%	206 39.1%		527	D+21.8
Prince George	375 74.1%	127 25.1%	4	506	D+49.0
King George	249 49.5%	253 50.3%	1	503	R+0.8
Surry	397 80.7%	92 18.7%	3	492	D+62.0
Essex	319 76.0%	101 24.0%		420	D+51.9
Buena Vista	262 62.8%	154 36.9%	1	417	D+25.9
Powhatan	263 64.8%	140 34.5%	3	406	D+30.3
York	281 74.5%	92 24.4%	4	377	D+50.1
New Kent	190 63.5%	109 36.5%		299	D+27.1
James City	207 76.4%	61 22.5%	3	271	D+53.9
Warwick (Ext)	152 56.9%	109 40.8%	6	267	D+16.1
Williamsburg	166 72.8%	62 27.2%		228	D+45.6
Charles City	119 58.9%	82 40.6%	1	202	D+18.3
Hopewell	97 69.8%	41 29.5%	1	139	D+40.3

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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