United States presidential election in Michigan, 1920

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1920
November 2, 1920
All 15 Michigan votes to the Electoral College

 
Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 762,865 233,450
Percentage 72.76% 22.27%
President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

 Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

The 1920 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Michigan voters chose fifteen[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican candidate Warren G. Harding won Michigan in a landslide, carrying over 70% of the vote to Democratic opponent James M. Cox's 22%. Harding received the largest share of the popular vote in a presidential election for Michigan at the time, though that record would be broken only four years later.[2][3] This was the first of three consecutive elections where Michigan supported a Republican candidate with more than 70% of the vote and the only examples of any presidential candidate receiving such a high share in the state.

With 72.76% of the popular, Michigan would prove to be Harding third strongest state in the 1920 election terms of popular vote percentage after North Dakota and Vermont[4].

Results

United States presidential election in Michigan, 1920
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Warren G. Harding 762,865 72.76%
Democratic James M. Cox 233,450 22.27%
Socialist Eugene Debs 28,947 2.76%
Farmer–Labor Parley P. Christensen 10,480 1.00%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 9,646 0.92%
Socialist Labor William Wesley Cox 2,539 0.24%
Single Tax Robert Macauley 484 0.29%
Total votes 1,048,411 100%

References

  1. ↑ "1920 Election for the Thirty-Fourth Term (1921-1925)". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  2. ↑ "1920 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  3. ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1920". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  4. ↑ "1920 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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