Warren G. Harding carried Minnesota R+51.2.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Minnesota, 1920. The state ran 25.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

735,838 votes counted

Cox (D)

142,994

19.4%

Harding (R)

519,421

70.6%

All others

73,423

10.0%

Margin

R+51.2

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1920 presidential election

Minnesota, 1920

HardingR+51.2

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	70.6%	519,421
James M. CoxDemocratic	19.4%	142,994
OtherAll other candidates	10.0%	73,423

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1920

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−55.5%	613	2,933	4,181
Anoka County	R	−54.3%	865	3,505	4,859
Becker County	R	−61.6%	901	4,811	6,349
Beltrami County	R	−41.9%	1,427	4,518	7,375
Benton County	R	−63.9%	554	2,920	3,704
Big Stone County	R	−63.6%	451	2,415	3,090
Blue Earth County	R	−61.5%	1,974	8,894	11,251
Brown County	R	−69.7%	796	5,841	7,240
Carlton County	R	−35.3%	1,152	2,833	4,764
Carver County	R	−77.6%	562	5,073	5,810
Cass County	R	−55.1%	710	3,242	4,598
Chippewa County	R	−50.8%	960	3,532	5,064
Chisago County	R	−71.1%	484	4,361	5,450
Clay County	R	−53.3%	1,335	4,943	6,771
Clearwater County	R	−57.3%	340	1,788	2,528
Cook County	R	−57.6%	98	467	641
Cottonwood County	R	−76.2%	451	3,882	4,500
Crow Wing County	R	−55.9%	1,077	5,262	7,481
Dakota County	R	−39.4%	2,190	5,373	8,086
Dodge County	R	−70.7%	516	3,386	4,060
Douglas County	R	−55.2%	733	4,428	6,696
Faribault County	R	−74.8%	869	6,687	7,775
Fillmore County	R	−75.4%	899	7,341	8,544
Freeborn County	R	−68.3%	1,131	6,772	8,263
Goodhue County	R	−74.9%	1,118	9,330	10,968
Grant County	R	−59.2%	533	2,427	3,202
Hennepin County	R	−44.0%	28,911	90,517	140,169
Houston County	R	−73.2%	598	4,101	4,787
Hubbard County	R	−58.9%	453	2,238	3,031
Isanti County	R	−58.5%	405	3,007	4,450
Itasca County	R	−30.0%	1,930	3,973	6,813
Jackson County	R	−69.8%	715	4,313	5,158
Kanabec County	R	−65.4%	332	2,436	3,219
Kandiyohi County	R	−46.5%	1,282	4,759	7,474
Kittson County	R	−56.7%	599	2,485	3,329
Koochiching County	R	−28.7%	859	1,786	3,230
Lac qui Parle County	R	−69.6%	653	4,219	5,127
Lake County	R	−16.4%	594	990	2,419
Le Sueur County	R	−36.0%	1,853	4,059	6,130
Lincoln County	R	−55.4%	673	2,548	3,384
Lyon County	R	−53.4%	1,232	4,557	6,229
Mahnomen County	R	−57.6%	215	1,076	1,495
Marshall County	R	−61.3%	885	4,738	6,283
Martin County	R	−59.8%	1,221	5,142	6,554
McLeod County	R	−61.3%	1,139	5,430	6,996
Meeker County	R	−63.7%	878	4,693	5,986
Mille Lacs County	R	−62.2%	526	3,521	4,812
Morrison County	R	−61.2%	1,131	5,371	6,924
Mower County	R	−68.3%	1,061	6,339	7,725
Murray County	R	−62.3%	698	3,270	4,131
Nicollet County	R	−72.2%	556	4,115	4,931
Nobles County	R	−61.9%	982	4,420	5,550
Norman County	R	−63.8%	481	3,451	4,653
Olmsted County	R	−58.1%	1,756	7,130	9,245
Otter Tail County	R	−66.2%	1,741	11,084	14,119
Pennington County	R	−40.6%	768	2,320	3,822
Pine County	R	−47.4%	1,127	3,879	5,804
Pipestone County	R	−67.3%	490	3,106	3,888
Polk County	R	−51.6%	2,111	8,197	11,800
Pope County	R	−60.7%	709	3,466	4,540
Ramsey County	R	−27.8%	21,110	40,204	68,587
Red Lake County	R	−35.8%	558	1,308	2,097
Redwood County	R	−70.0%	880	5,589	6,728
Renville County	R	−57.9%	1,283	5,995	8,141
Rice County	R	−51.2%	2,040	6,500	8,715
Rock County	R	−72.6%	442	3,121	3,692
Roseau County	R	−50.7%	500	2,387	3,722
Scott County	R	−40.3%	1,253	3,015	4,372
Sherburne County	R	−75.7%	307	2,747	3,225
Sibley County	R	−75.7%	502	4,198	4,885
St. Louis County	R	−26.9%	14,767	27,987	49,115
Stearns County	R	−76.0%	1,616	13,566	15,714
Steele County	R	−55.4%	1,167	4,243	5,550
Stevens County	R	−64.2%	457	2,339	2,930
Swift County	R	−50.8%	985	3,553	5,060
Todd County	R	−52.0%	1,464	5,448	7,662
Traverse County	R	−50.3%	550	1,759	2,403
Wabasha County	R	−57.1%	1,275	4,907	6,364
Wadena County	R	−61.1%	503	2,635	3,487
Waseca County	R	−46.9%	1,257	3,626	5,051
Washington County	R	−54.9%	1,558	5,852	7,819
Watonwan County	R	−66.4%	647	3,510	4,312
Wilkin County	R	−55.2%	561	2,106	2,801
Winona County	R	−44.2%	2,896	7,888	11,300
Wright County	R	−64.8%	1,299	7,013	8,820
Yellow Medicine County	R	−58.5%	814	4,225	5,829