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Election 1924 Results

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1924 presidential election in California

Calvin Coolidge (Republican) beat Robert M. La Follette (independent) in California in 1924, 57.2% to 33.1%, a margin of 24.1 points and 308,601 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1920, when Warren G. Harding won.

Republicans led in 43 of the 58 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 15. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 457,424 votes and went to the Republican by 58.2 points. The closest was Mariposa, where 3 votes separated the top two.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Calvin Coolidge won Republican 733,250 57.2%
Robert M. La Follette Progressive 424,649 33.1%
John W. Davis Democratic 105,514 8.2%
All other candidates 18,487 1.4%
Total1,281,900

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 33,554 7.3% 299,619 65.5% 124,251 457,424 R+58.2
San Francisco 9,811 6.4% 73,663 47.8% 70,645 154,119 R+41.4
Alameda 8,020 6.0% 81,410 61.4% 43,137 132,567 R+55.4
San Diego 2,944 6.3% 22,708 49.0% 20,723 46,375 R+42.6
Fresno 4,610 13.0% 15,665 44.0% 15,289 35,564 R+31.1
Santa Clara 2,560 7.4% 20,043 58.0% 11,950 34,553 R+50.6
Sacramento 2,285 7.0% 13,395 41.1% 16,931 32,611 Others
Orange 2,565 8.7% 19,906 67.3% 7,089 29,560 R+58.7
San Bernardino 2,634 9.4% 15,984 56.9% 9,461 28,079 R+47.5
San Joaquin 2,397 10.6% 11,048 48.9% 9,153 22,598 R+38.3
Kern 3,159 16.8% 8,643 46.1% 6,957 18,759 R+29.2
Tulare 3,425 18.3% 9,475 50.8% 5,769 18,669 R+32.4
Sonoma 1,767 10.4% 9,518 55.9% 5,729 17,014 R+45.6
Contra Costa 1,114 6.7% 9,044 54.6% 6,394 16,552 R+47.9
Riverside 1,318 8.5% 9,625 62.0% 4,575 15,518 R+53.5
San Mateo 771 5.2% 8,128 55.3% 5,803 14,702 R+50.0
Santa Barbara 1,242 9.3% 8,608 64.7% 3,461 13,311 R+55.3
Stanislaus 1,274 9.6% 7,555 56.8% 4,475 13,304 R+47.2
Humboldt 845 7.1% 6,765 56.8% 4,296 11,906 R+49.7
Marin 656 6.1% 5,781 53.5% 4,366 10,803 R+47.4
Butte 1,299 12.5% 4,383 42.2% 4,693 10,375 Others
Solano 957 9.6% 4,777 48.0% 4,221 9,955 R+38.4
Santa Cruz 801 9.0% 5,398 60.8% 2,675 8,874 R+51.8
Ventura 911 10.4% 5,695 65.1% 2,139 8,745 R+54.7
Monterey 886 11.4% 4,744 61.1% 2,139 7,769 R+49.7
San Luis Obispo 731 9.4% 3,805 49.0% 3,226 7,762 R+39.6
Imperial 759 11.0% 3,451 50.2% 2,663 6,873 R+39.2
Merced 710 10.5% 3,570 52.9% 2,465 6,745 R+42.4
Napa 670 10.2% 3,605 54.8% 2,300 6,575 R+44.6
Mendocino 739 12.0% 3,469 56.5% 1,931 6,139 R+44.5
Siskiyou 584 9.7% 2,439 40.6% 2,982 6,005 Others
Placer 390 6.5% 2,194 36.7% 3,402 5,986 Others
Kings 1,109 19.7% 2,809 50.0% 1,703 5,621 R+30.2
Yolo 797 14.6% 2,468 45.3% 2,180 5,445 R+30.7
Shasta 598 12.9% 1,948 41.9% 2,102 4,648 Others
Tehama 486 11.5% 1,942 45.9% 1,799 4,227 R+34.4
Yuba 426 11.6% 1,736 47.4% 1,499 3,661 R+35.8
Nevada 307 8.6% 1,519 42.3% 1,762 3,588 Others
Madera 450 12.7% 1,514 42.6% 1,592 3,556 Others
Sutter 367 11.4% 1,611 49.8% 1,255 3,233 R+38.5
Glenn 367 11.4% 1,443 44.9% 1,404 3,214 R+33.5
El Dorado 361 12.1% 847 28.4% 1,778 2,986 Others
Tuolumne 357 12.0% 1,282 42.9% 1,347 2,986 Others
San Benito 361 13.4% 1,437 53.5% 890 2,688 R+40.0
Lassen 356 13.5% 1,069 40.7% 1,203 2,628 Others
Colusa 495 19.3% 1,124 43.8% 950 2,569 R+24.5
Calaveras 333 15.1% 871 39.4% 1,005 2,209 Others
Inyo 256 12.8% 949 47.4% 796 2,001 R+34.6
Amador 316 17.1% 719 38.9% 812 1,847 Others
Lake 261 14.7% 795 44.9% 714 1,770 R+30.2
Plumas 182 10.6% 562 32.8% 970 1,714 Others
Modoc 374 22.4% 732 43.8% 567 1,673 R+21.4
Del Norte 122 12.1% 530 52.6% 355 1,007 R+40.5
Trinity 154 16.7% 337 36.6% 430 921 Others
Mariposa 168 19.6% 346 40.4% 343 857 R+20.8
Sierra 73 10.3% 276 38.9% 360 709 Others
Mono 45 14.6% 165 53.4% 99 309 R+38.8
Alpine 5 8.5% 52 88.1% 2 59 R+79.7

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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.

California in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+20.1
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+29.2
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+30.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+23.1
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+24.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+9.9
2000 Al Gore (D) D+11.8
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+12.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.8
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+13.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+0.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.6
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.4
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+16.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+35.3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.5
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+49.0
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+41.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+0.4
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+22.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+34.9
1900 William McKinley (R) R+13.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+0.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+6.6
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+0.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.8
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+0.5