The 1920 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters in Nevada chose three electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nevada voted for Republican nominee, Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, over the Democratic nominee, Governor James M. Cox of Ohio. Harding ran with Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York.
Harding won Nevada by a margin of 20.70%.
Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Warren G. Harding Delle B. Boyd15,479 Republican Party Warren G. Harding Louis G. Campbell15,416 Republican Party Warren G. Harding H. V. Morehouse15,402 Democratic Party James M. Cox William Forman9,851 Democratic Party James M. Cox Sarah J. George9,783 Democratic Party James M. Cox Robert W. Hesson9,776 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Al Emerick1,864 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. L. Russell1,861 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Joseph York1,849Votes cast 27,194 Results by county CountyWarren Gamaliel HardingRepublicanJames Middleton CoxDemocraticEugene Victor DebsSocialistMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Churchill87354.02%50631.31%23714.67%36722.71%1,616Clark58944.62%62046.97%1118.41% -31 -2.35%1,320Douglas50376.68%14722.41%60.91%35654.27%656Elko1,36954.30%1,02940.82%1234.88%34013.49%2,521Esmeralda46649.57%34736.91%12713.51%11912.66%940Eureka31363.75%15731.98%214.28%15631.77%491Humboldt66051.40%53241.43%927.17%1289.97%1,284Lander41658.67%25435.83%395.50%16222.85%709Lincoln37347.64%36646.74%445.62%70.89%783Lyon94567.12%34424.43%1198.45%60142.68%1,408Mineral37459.46%20933.23%467.31%16526.23%629Nye1,57654.36%1,00734.74%31610.90%56919.63%2,899Ormsby59257.81%41340.33%191.86%17917.48%1,024Pershing56356.53%38939.06%444.42%17417.47%996Storey32452.51%27244.08%213.40%528.43%617Washoe4,18961.02%2,35734.33%3194.65%1,83226.69%6,865White Pine1,35455.58%90237.03%1807.39%45218.56%2,436Totals15,47956.92%9,85136.22%1,8646.85%5,62820.70%27,194
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Churchill Elko Esmeralda Eureka Humboldt Lander Lincoln Lyon Mineral Nye Ormsby Storey Washoe White Pine
See also United States presidential elections in Nevada
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