Warren G. Harding carried Indiana R+14.6.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Indiana, 1920. The state ran 11.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

1,262,974 votes counted

Cox (D)

511,364

40.5%

Harding (R)

696,370

55.1%

All others

55,240

4.4%

Margin

R+14.6

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1920 presidential election

Indiana, 1920

HardingR+14.6

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	55.1%	696,370
James M. CoxDemocratic	40.5%	511,364
OtherAll other candidates	4.4%	55,240

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1920

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−6.1%	3,653	4,144	7,998
Allen County	R	−24.7%	13,804	24,208	42,177
Bartholomew County	R	−9.5%	5,420	6,585	12,210
Benton County	R	−29.6%	2,098	3,900	6,081
Blackford County	R	−9.7%	2,555	3,145	6,073
Boone County	R	−3.6%	6,178	6,650	13,058
Brown County	D	+24.6%	1,316	788	2,144
Carroll County	R	−8.8%	4,186	5,006	9,284
Cass County	R	−7.4%	8,194	9,545	18,314
Clark County	D	+2.0%	6,729	6,466	13,357
Clay County	R	−4.1%	5,612	6,129	12,716
Clinton County	R	−6.9%	6,721	7,739	14,717
Crawford County	R	−1.6%	2,213	2,290	4,669
Daviess County	R	−9.2%	5,587	6,748	12,633
Dearborn County	R	−2.7%	4,884	5,159	10,183
Decatur County	R	−16.9%	3,896	5,516	9,566
DeKalb County	R	−15.3%	4,750	6,514	11,560
Delaware County	R	−27.1%	8,329	14,845	24,030
Dubois County	D	+6.2%	4,238	3,738	8,095
Elkhart County	R	−31.9%	5,770	12,297	20,461
Fayette County	R	−11.1%	3,768	4,742	8,738
Floyd County	R	−1.8%	7,391	7,669	15,447
Fountain County	R	−11.7%	4,088	5,218	9,647
Franklin County	D	+7.7%	3,671	3,137	6,893
Fulton County	R	−11.9%	3,602	4,618	8,554
Gibson County	R	−7.6%	6,384	7,498	14,610
Grant County	R	−19.9%	7,900	12,349	22,405
Greene County	R	−7.5%	6,335	7,486	15,388
Hamilton County	R	−28.9%	4,280	7,897	12,527
Hancock County	D	+5.6%	4,958	4,422	9,579
Harrison County	R	−4.5%	3,898	4,271	8,301
Hendricks County	R	−19.8%	4,192	6,293	10,630
Henry County	R	−19.0%	5,824	8,742	15,328
Howard County	R	−26.0%	5,767	10,379	17,730
Huntington County	R	−10.6%	6,506	8,100	15,093
Jackson County	D	+2.4%	5,319	5,069	10,552
Jasper County	R	−35.1%	1,872	3,942	5,895
Jay County	R	−11.7%	4,759	6,089	11,414
Jefferson County	R	−17.5%	4,000	5,732	9,880
Jennings County	R	−13.1%	2,603	3,404	6,117
Johnson County	D	+5.5%	5,452	4,863	10,722
Knox County	R	−10.1%	8,052	10,011	19,479
Kosciusko County	R	−25.8%	4,836	8,326	13,504
LaGrange County	R	−38.2%	1,687	3,852	5,663
Lake County	R	−50.4%	7,136	26,296	38,028
LaPorte County	R	−33.3%	5,459	11,204	17,238
Lawrence County	R	−17.9%	4,709	6,808	11,708
Madison County	R	−7.5%	13,325	15,704	31,562
Marion County	R	−12.7%	61,460	79,957	145,571
Marshall County	R	−10.1%	4,631	5,708	10,642
Martin County	R	−5.8%	2,443	2,747	5,255
Miami County	R	−7.6%	6,259	7,336	14,124
Monroe County	R	−8.4%	4,751	5,633	10,500
Montgomery County	R	−10.1%	7,159	8,792	16,135
Morgan County	R	−13.7%	4,254	5,634	10,069
Newton County	R	−30.1%	1,664	3,129	4,861
Noble County	R	−23.8%	4,148	6,820	11,213
Ohio County	R	−3.5%	1,097	1,177	2,312
Orange County	R	−18.7%	3,222	4,726	8,029
Owen County	R	−0.8%	2,948	2,997	6,094
Parke County	R	−16.3%	3,543	4,989	8,888
Perry County	R	−4.1%	3,560	3,864	7,465
Pike County	R	−12.7%	3,067	4,069	7,863
Porter County	R	−50.9%	1,671	5,570	7,664
Posey County	R	−1.1%	4,695	4,802	9,658
Pulaski County	R	−10.1%	2,228	2,740	5,085
Putnam County	D	+2.6%	5,417	5,140	10,746
Randolph County	R	−34.0%	4,198	8,773	13,439
Ripley County	R	−14.8%	3,976	5,372	9,452
Rush County	R	−14.8%	4,513	6,113	10,803
Scott County	D	+3.9%	1,848	1,709	3,597
Shelby County	D	+3.8%	6,845	6,336	13,437
Spencer County	R	−15.3%	3,855	5,270	9,240
St. Joseph County	R	−17.0%	12,355	17,675	31,305
Starke County	R	−28.5%	1,467	2,683	4,264
Steuben County	R	−48.0%	1,676	4,963	6,848
Sullivan County	D	+6.0%	6,160	5,376	12,991
Switzerland County	R	−2.2%	2,412	2,525	5,038
Tippecanoe County	R	−25.0%	7,562	12,730	20,639
Tipton County	R	−4.7%	3,956	4,357	8,472
Union County	R	−17.9%	1,375	1,984	3,403
Vanderburgh County	R	−14.8%	13,904	19,357	36,946
Vermillion County	R	−18.0%	3,218	4,916	9,439
Vigo County	R	−7.9%	15,739	18,668	37,114
Wabash County	R	−24.0%	4,827	8,018	13,290
Warren County	R	−43.0%	1,311	3,337	4,707
Warrick County	R	−8.4%	3,915	4,675	9,033
Washington County	D	+5.7%	4,157	3,708	7,913
Wayne County	R	−21.8%	8,015	12,631	21,221
Wells County	D	+2.4%	4,653	4,430	9,305
White County	R	−18.0%	3,375	4,871	8,317
Whitley County	R	−7.0%	3,929	4,530	8,629