Who won Texas in the 1920 presidential election?

Cox (Democratic) carried Texas in 1920, winning its 20 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1920?

Texas cast 20 electoral votes in the 1920 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1920?

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

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1920

Texas: Cox carries 20 EV.

Texas cast its 20 electoral votes for Cox (Democratic). National winner: Warren G. Harding (Republican) — Texas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Texas, 1920

In 1920, Texas awarded its 20 electoral votes to Cox of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Warren G. Harding (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Texas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 13th consecutive election in which Texas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. The region divided — Arkansas and Louisiana joined Texas for the Democratic ticket, while New Mexico and Oklahoma did not. Across the 44 presidential elections Texas 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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