Warren G. Harding carried California R+41.9.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in California, 1920. The state ran 15.7 points more Republican than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)

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California result

944,050 votes counted

Cox (D)

229,191

24.3%

Harding (R)

624,992

66.2%

All others

89,867

9.5%

Margin

R+41.9

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1920 presidential election

California, 1920

HardingR+41.9

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	66.2%	624,992
James M. CoxDemocratic	24.3%	229,191
OtherAll other candidates	9.5%	89,867

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1920 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1920

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	R	−48.8%	21,468	73,177	105,889
Alpine County	R	−82.9%	6	64	70
Amador County	R	−33.8%	639	1,350	2,105
Butte County	R	−38.2%	2,262	5,409	8,234
Calaveras County	R	−36.3%	641	1,480	2,314
Colusa County	R	−27.5%	907	1,645	2,686
Contra Costa County	R	−39.2%	3,483	9,041	14,182
Del Norte County	R	−33.3%	279	596	952
El Dorado County	R	−35.8%	726	1,636	2,542
Fresno County	R	−19.0%	9,613	14,621	26,413
Glenn County	R	−34.0%	902	1,916	2,985
Humboldt County	R	−50.9%	1,778	6,528	9,340
Imperial County	R	−36.8%	2,022	4,699	7,284
Inyo County	R	−24.6%	682	1,195	2,089
Kern County	R	−6.8%	6,095	7,079	14,444
Kings County	R	−25.5%	1,604	2,806	4,707
Lake County	R	−24.3%	571	993	1,735
Lassen County	R	−39.3%	643	1,582	2,389
Los Angeles County	R	−47.5%	55,661	178,117	257,770
Madera County	R	−19.8%	1,145	1,779	3,208
Marin County	R	−47.2%	1,688	5,375	7,813
Mariposa County	R	−18.8%	320	484	874
Mendocino County	R	−39.3%	1,789	4,443	6,749
Merced County	R	−35.0%	1,537	3,457	5,488
Modoc County	R	−28.8%	535	992	1,585
Mono County	R	−45.4%	56	170	251
Monterey County	R	−42.8%	1,771	4,817	7,109
Napa County	R	−47.9%	1,444	4,448	6,266
Nevada County	R	−41.4%	747	2,055	3,163
Orange County	R	−51.9%	3,502	12,797	17,893
Placer County	R	−27.4%	1,559	2,894	4,869
Plumas County	R	−38.2%	403	999	1,562
Riverside County	R	−48.2%	2,798	9,124	13,118
Sacramento County	R	−35.2%	7,150	15,634	24,100
San Benito County	R	−35.2%	900	1,965	3,023
San Bernardino County	R	−34.6%	5,620	12,518	19,921
San Diego County	R	−36.5%	8,478	19,826	31,087
San Francisco County	R	−43.0%	32,637	96,105	147,450
San Joaquin County	R	−28.0%	6,487	12,003	19,698
San Luis Obispo County	R	−37.4%	1,606	4,123	6,725
San Mateo County	R	−51.4%	1,958	7,205	10,217
Santa Barbara County	R	−42.4%	2,586	6,970	10,329
Santa Clara County	R	−45.5%	6,485	19,565	28,732
Santa Cruz County	R	−41.7%	1,957	5,285	7,974
Shasta County	R	−31.8%	1,028	2,108	3,396
Sierra County	R	−49.6%	158	506	701
Siskiyou County	R	−29.0%	1,502	2,909	4,844
Solano County	R	−37.8%	2,954	7,102	10,965
Sonoma County	R	−40.7%	4,070	10,377	15,512
Stanislaus County	R	−34.9%	3,055	7,038	11,423
Sutter County	R	−46.3%	636	1,862	2,648
Tehama County	R	−34.7%	1,079	2,462	3,983
Trinity County	R	−34.1%	285	622	989
Tulare County	R	−28.8%	4,837	9,136	14,914
Tuolumne County	R	−28.9%	659	1,285	2,164
Ventura County	R	−57.0%	1,305	5,231	6,883
Yolo County	R	−29.1%	1,787	3,375	5,448
Yuba County	R	−46.2%	696	2,012	2,846