Who won Florida in the 1920 presidential election?

Cox (Democratic) carried Florida in 1920, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1920?

Florida cast 6 electoral votes in the 1920 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1920?

No. Florida backed Cox, while Warren G. Harding won the presidency nationally.

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1920

Florida: Cox carries 6 EV.

Florida cast its 6 electoral votes for Cox (Democratic). National winner: Warren G. Harding (Republican) — Florida voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1920 result in Florida

Florida backed Cox (Democratic) in the 1920 presidential election, casting 6 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Warren G. Harding (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Florida among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Florida backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Florida did not move alone — neighboring Alabama and Georgia broke the same way in 1920. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the Roaring Twenties — Republican dominance to the Great Depression.

In the national count, Warren G. Harding took 404 of the 531 electoral votes, against James M. Cox's 127. Warren G. Harding led the national popular vote with 60.32% of the ballots cast.

The 1920 national map

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