Who won Mississippi in the 1920 presidential election?

Cox (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1920, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1920?

Mississippi cast 10 electoral votes in the 1920 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1920?

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

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1920

Mississippi: Cox carries 10 EV.

Mississippi cast its 10 electoral votes for Cox (Democratic). National winner: Warren G. Harding (Republican) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1920 result in Mississippi

Mississippi backed Cox (Democratic) in the 1920 presidential election, casting 10 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Warren G. Harding (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 12th consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. The region divided — Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama joined Mississippi for the Democratic ticket, while Tennessee did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 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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