Who won Georgia in the 1924 presidential election?

Davis (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1924, winning its 14 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1924?

Georgia cast 14 electoral votes in the 1924 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1924?

No. Georgia backed Davis, while Calvin Coolidge won the presidency nationally.

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1924

Georgia: Davis carries 14 EV.

Georgia cast its 14 electoral votes for Davis (Democratic). National winner: Calvin Coolidge (Republican) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Georgia, 1924

In 1924, Georgia awarded its 14 electoral votes to Davis of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Calvin Coolidge (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 15th consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1924. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Roaring Twenties — Republican dominance to the Great Depression.

In the national count, Calvin Coolidge took 382 of the 531 electoral votes, against John W. Davis's 136. Calvin Coolidge led the national popular vote with 54.04% of the ballots cast.

The 1924 national map

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