Warren G. Harding carried Pennsylvania R+38.6.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Pennsylvania, 1920. The state ran 12.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

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

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Pennsylvania result

1,852,616 votes counted

Cox (D)

503,843

27.2%

Harding (R)

1,218,216

65.8%

All others

130,557

7.0%

Margin

R+38.6

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1920 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1920

HardingR+38.6

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	65.8%	1,218,216
James M. CoxDemocratic	27.2%	503,843
OtherAll other candidates	7.0%	130,557

D+60

R+60

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

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1920

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−15.7%	3,852	5,323	9,349
Allegheny County	R	−49.1%	40,278	138,908	200,716
Armstrong County	R	−44.1%	3,262	8,995	12,992
Beaver County	R	−37.2%	4,771	11,691	18,586
Bedford County	R	−34.1%	2,594	5,800	9,405
Berks County	R	−8.3%	18,361	22,221	46,591
Blair County	R	−35.5%	5,668	15,035	26,392
Bradford County	R	−57.4%	2,825	11,947	15,900
Bucks County	R	−33.5%	6,867	14,130	21,681
Butler County	R	−42.4%	3,829	10,467	15,653
Cambria County	R	−41.2%	6,961	19,629	30,712
Cameron County	R	−43.3%	497	1,364	2,004
Carbon County	R	−21.5%	5,030	7,900	13,346
Centre County	R	−21.5%	4,783	7,615	13,171
Chester County	R	−42.7%	7,004	18,129	26,060
Clarion County	R	−13.0%	3,487	4,615	8,662
Clearfield County	R	−19.7%	5,987	9,615	18,393
Clinton County	R	−16.8%	2,976	4,303	7,884
Columbia County	D	+5.3%	6,965	6,238	13,665
Crawford County	R	−36.4%	4,175	10,032	16,099
Cumberland County	R	−13.6%	6,455	8,579	15,674
Dauphin County	R	−35.3%	11,990	26,094	39,923
Delaware County	R	−54.1%	9,602	34,126	45,293
Elk County	R	−39.9%	2,093	5,267	7,964
Erie County	R	−43.0%	6,311	19,465	30,569
Fayette County	R	−19.2%	13,358	20,186	35,611
Forest County	R	−34.3%	389	993	1,762
Franklin County	R	−24.2%	5,020	8,376	13,857
Fulton County	R	−2.4%	1,231	1,292	2,574
Greene County	D	+13.4%	5,592	4,253	10,028
Huntingdon County	R	−44.6%	1,784	5,232	7,724
Indiana County	R	−55.7%	1,936	8,616	11,993
Jefferson County	R	−41.1%	3,060	7,970	11,950
Juniata County	R	−18.4%	1,443	2,112	3,628
Lackawanna County	R	−23.9%	24,581	40,593	67,040
Lancaster County	R	−49.4%	9,521	29,549	40,542
Lawrence County	R	−45.8%	2,720	9,448	14,676
Lebanon County	R	−46.5%	3,016	8,778	12,402
Lehigh County	R	−23.7%	10,863	18,032	30,310
Luzerne County	R	−34.3%	23,473	49,419	75,575
Lycoming County	R	−25.3%	5,853	10,570	18,635
McKean County	R	−46.7%	2,505	7,830	11,406
Mercer County	R	−35.2%	4,823	11,575	19,199
Mifflin County	R	−22.4%	2,400	3,872	6,571
Monroe County	D	+1.7%	3,396	3,278	6,828
Montgomery County	R	−43.0%	12,239	31,963	45,855
Montour County	R	−9.9%	1,872	2,296	4,271
Northampton County	R	−21.2%	9,086	14,227	24,204
Northumberland County	R	−25.1%	9,854	17,288	29,581
Perry County	R	−23.6%	2,314	3,787	6,245
Philadelphia County	R	−51.9%	90,151	307,826	419,212
Pike County	R	−19.3%	880	1,319	2,272
Potter County	R	−51.0%	1,106	4,036	5,750
Schuylkill County	R	−22.6%	18,746	30,259	50,887
Snyder County	R	−46.9%	964	2,751	3,810
Somerset County	R	−58.1%	2,912	12,436	16,404
Sullivan County	R	−19.9%	1,061	1,620	2,814
Susquehanna County	R	−37.1%	2,905	6,572	9,896
Tioga County	R	−72.5%	1,258	9,718	11,669
Union County	R	−46.4%	1,155	3,305	4,630
Venango County	R	−43.0%	2,669	7,718	11,746
Warren County	R	−46.9%	2,180	7,791	11,974
Washington County	R	−32.7%	8,827	18,514	29,625
Wayne County	R	−50.6%	1,589	5,164	7,060
Westmoreland County	R	−31.4%	12,845	27,077	45,349
Wyoming County	R	−41.8%	1,247	3,208	4,688
York County	R	−15.4%	14,396	19,879	35,679