Who won Iowa in the 1920 presidential election?

Harding (Republican) carried Iowa in 1920, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Iowa have in 1920?

Iowa cast 13 electoral votes in the 1920 presidential election.

Did Iowa vote for the national winner in 1920?

Yes. Iowa backed Warren G. Harding, who won the presidency that year.

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1920

Iowa: Harding carries 13 EV.

Iowa cast its 13 electoral votes for Harding (Republican). National winner: Warren G. Harding (Republican) — Iowa voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1920 result in Iowa

Iowa backed Harding (Republican) in the 1920 presidential election, casting 13 electoral votes for the ticket. Iowa ended up on the winning side — Warren G. Harding captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Iowa backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1916. Iowa did not move alone — neighboring Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota broke the same way in 1920. Across the 47 presidential elections Iowa has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 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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