James M. Cox carried Georgia D+42.3.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Georgia, 1920. The state ran 68.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

149,093 votes counted

Cox (D)

106,112

71.2%

Harding (R)

42,981

28.8%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+42.3

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1920 presidential election

Georgia, 1920

CoxD+42.3

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

James M. Cox ✓Democratic	71.2%	106,112
Warren G. HardingRepublican	28.8%	42,981
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1920

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	D	+23.0%	313	196	509
Atkinson County	D	+58.4%	453	119	572
Bacon County	D	+16.7%	307	219	526
Baker County	D	+27.6%	141	80	221
Baldwin County	D	+71.5%	554	92	646
Banks County	D	+16.7%	479	342	821
Barrow County	D	+27.9%	731	412	1,143
Bartow County	D	+10.0%	922	754	1,676
Ben Hill County	D	+40.1%	543	232	775
Berrien County	D	+83.0%	623	58	681
Bibb County	D	+63.2%	2,030	458	2,488
Bleckley County	D	+100.0%	262	0	262
Brooks County	D	+77.4%	597	76	673
Bryan County	D	+78.6%	175	21	196
Bulloch County	D	+63.2%	1,098	248	1,346
Burke County	D	+81.7%	387	39	426
Butts County	D	+56.1%	502	141	643
Calhoun County	D	+97.8%	449	5	454
Camden County	D	+83.1%	152	14	166
Candler County	D	+81.6%	673	68	741
Carroll County	D	+14.2%	1,632	1,227	2,859
Catoosa County	D	+25.0%	55	33	88
Charlton County	D	+69.7%	157	28	185
Chatham County	D	+62.0%	4,243	995	5,238
Chattahoochee County	D	+89.1%	87	5	92
Chattooga County	D	+26.6%	887	514	1,401
Cherokee County	R	−35.3%	544	1,138	1,682
Clarke County	D	+73.5%	1,419	217	1,636
Clay County	D	+57.0%	230	63	293
Clayton County	D	+86.6%	475	34	509
Clinch County	D	+58.5%	294	77	371
Cobb County	D	+4.9%	1,208	1,095	2,303
Coffee County	D	+29.9%	426	230	656
Colquitt County	D	+19.0%	768	523	1,291
Columbia County	D	+100.0%	476	0	476
Cook County	R	−7.6%	260	303	563
Coweta County	D	+73.2%	1,094	169	1,263
Crawford County	D	+56.7%	235	65	300
Crisp County	D	+74.4%	565	83	648
Dade County	D	+62.5%	494	114	608
Dawson County	R	−16.4%	254	354	608
Decatur County	D	+53.2%	982	300	1,282
DeKalb County	D	+39.4%	1,847	803	2,650
Dodge County	D	+56.0%	627	177	804
Dooly County	D	+86.6%	544	39	583
Dougherty County	D	+71.1%	621	105	726
Douglas County	R	−5.3%	427	475	902
Early County	D	+83.6%	381	34	415
Effingham County	D	+72.0%	726	118	844
Elbert County	D	+73.9%	1,247	187	1,434
Emanuel County	D	+76.7%	1,444	190	1,634
Evans County	D	+92.9%	432	16	448
Fannin County	R	−32.7%	549	1,083	1,632
Fayette County	D	+48.6%	231	80	311
Floyd County	D	+48.5%	1,923	667	2,590
Forsyth County	D	+4.6%	813	741	1,554
Franklin County	D	+33.1%	889	447	1,336
Fulton County	D	+32.3%	7,176	3,674	10,850
Gilmer County	R	−9.6%	546	662	1,208
Glascock County	D	+47.3%	232	83	315
Glynn County	D	+52.3%	422	132	554
Gordon County	R	−13.2%	713	929	1,642
Grady County	D	+58.5%	887	232	1,119
Greene County	D	+58.6%	681	178	859
Gwinnett County	D	+18.1%	1,645	1,140	2,785
Habersham County	R	−10.9%	503	626	1,129
Hall County	D	+26.8%	1,475	852	2,327
Hancock County	D	+80.8%	498	53	551
Haralson County	R	−43.3%	438	1,108	1,546
Harris County	D	+95.6%	398	9	407
Hart County	D	+36.5%	694	323	1,017
Heard County	D	+94.1%	461	14	475
Henry County	D	+100.0%	608	0	608
Houston County	D	+89.8%	723	39	762
Irwin County	D	+64.3%	525	114	639
Jackson County	D	+52.4%	1,069	334	1,403
Jasper County	D	+82.2%	429	42	471
Jeff Davis County	R	−7.6%	260	303	563
Jefferson County	D	+82.2%	837	82	919
Jenkins County	D	+74.2%	331	49	380
Johnson County	D	+61.1%	306	74	380
Jones County	D	+47.5%	87	31	118
Laurens County	D	+53.9%	1,167	350	1,517
Lee County	D	+85.9%	251	19	270
Liberty County	D	+26.8%	303	175	478
Lincoln County	D	+98.8%	509	3	512
Lowndes County	D	+71.2%	1,308	220	1,528
Lumpkin County	R	−13.9%	155	205	360
Macon County	D	+75.3%	483	68	551
Madison County	D	+42.3%	693	281	974
Marion County	D	+13.5%	236	180	416
McDuffie County	D	+55.6%	382	109	491
McIntosh County	D	+50.6%	119	39	158
Meriwether County	D	+70.1%	1,059	186	1,245
Miller County	D	+67.6%	155	30	185
Mitchell County	D	+73.2%	930	144	1,074
Monroe County	D	+82.0%	837	83	920
Montgomery County	D	+6.6%	169	148	317
Morgan County	D	+43.8%	450	176	626
Murray County	R	−7.8%	728	851	1,579
Muscogee County	D	+86.3%	1,372	101	1,473
Newton County	D	+36.7%	753	349	1,102
Oconee County	D	+51.9%	341	108	449
Oglethorpe County	D	+90.5%	844	42	886
Paulding County	R	−47.4%	340	954	1,294
Pickens County	R	−31.0%	437	830	1,267
Pierce County	D	+53.9%	407	122	529
Pike County	D	+64.0%	1,277	280	1,557
Polk County	R	−20.8%	658	1,004	1,662
Pulaski County	D	+71.1%	338	57	395
Putnam County	D	+97.6%	420	5	425
Quitman County	D	+94.2%	135	4	139
Rabun County	D	+35.9%	312	147	459
Randolph County	D	+82.6%	534	51	585
Richmond County	D	+67.7%	2,656	511	3,167
Rockdale County	D	+41.7%	488	201	689
Schley County	D	+63.2%	235	53	288
Screven County	D	+42.2%	639	260	899
Spalding County	D	+64.2%	830	181	1,011
Stephens County	D	+24.4%	415	252	667
Stewart County	D	+83.5%	344	31	375
Sumter County	D	+56.9%	1,076	296	1,372
Talbot County	D	+79.6%	379	43	422
Taliaferro County	D	+93.0%	330	12	342
Tattnall County	D	+19.5%	447	301	748
Taylor County	D	+39.9%	491	211	702
Telfair County	D	+93.3%	1,069	37	1,106
Terrell County	D	+82.5%	500	48	548
Thomas County	D	+74.1%	1,130	168	1,298
Tift County	D	+57.8%	576	154	730
Toombs County	D	+23.5%	397	246	643
Towns County	R	−21.7%	256	398	654
Treutlen County	D	+42.2%	263	107	370
Troup County	D	+61.9%	1,451	342	1,793
Turner County	D	+36.7%	393	182	575
Twiggs County	D	+72.2%	273	44	317
Union County	R	−9.0%	469	562	1,031
Upson County	D	+69.8%	957	170	1,127
Walker County	D	+11.5%	1,347	1,069	2,416
Walton County	D	+81.3%	1,189	123	1,312
Ware County	D	+61.5%	901	215	1,116
Warren County	D	+65.8%	402	83	485
Washington County	D	+81.2%	1,134	118	1,252
Wayne County	D	+88.4%	407	25	432
Webster County	D	+77.0%	185	24	209
Wheeler County	D	+55.2%	350	101	451
White County	R	−11.6%	209	264	473
Whitfield County	R	−16.9%	762	1,073	1,835
Wilcox County	D	+63.9%	481	106	587
Wilkes County	D	+97.3%	876	12	888
Wilkinson County	D	+74.7%	256	37	293
Worth County	D	+49.0%	626	214	840