1920 United States presidential election in Nebraska

The 1920 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1920 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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Nominee Warren G. Harding James M. Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Ohio
Running mate Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 247,498 119,608
Percentage 64.66% 31.25%

County Results
Harding
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%


President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Warren G. Harding
Republican

Nebraska voted strongly 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 every county in the state, although the trend – dramatic as it was – was substantially smaller than Harding's landslides in heavily German-American North and South Dakota.[1] This was the first time since 1904 that Nebraska voted Republican in a presidential election.

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Warren G. Harding of Ohio Calvin Coolidge Republican 8[2] 247,498 64.66%
James M. Cox Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 0 119,608 31.25%
Eugene V. Debs Seymour Stedman Socialist 0 9,600 2.51%
Aaron S. Watkins D. Leigh Colvin Prohibition 0 5,947 1.55%
Write-ins 0 90 0.02%

Results by county

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County[3] Warren Gamaliel Harding
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Aaron Sherman Watkins
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 4,849 69.19% 1,932 27.57% 118 1.68% 109 1.56% 2,917 41.62% 7,008
Antelope 3,322 70.91% 1,154 24.63% 83 1.77% 126 2.69% 2,168 46.28% 4,685
Arthur 167 57.00% 94 32.08% 18 6.14% 14 4.78% 73 24.91% 293
Banner 258 72.47% 69 19.38% 24 6.74% 5 1.40% 189 53.09% 356
Blaine 328 63.81% 176 34.24% 6 1.17% 4 0.78% 152 29.57% 514
Boone 3,108 65.97% 1,461 31.01% 60 1.27% 82 1.74% 1,647 34.96% 4,711
Box Butte 1,630 65.12% 756 30.20% 65 2.60% 52 2.08% 874 34.92% 2,503
Boyd 1,482 70.04% 527 24.91% 79 3.73% 28 1.32% 955 45.13% 2,116
Brown 1,417 68.62% 558 27.02% 33 1.60% 57 2.76% 859 41.60% 2,065
Buffalo 4,954 65.56% 2,258 29.88% 177 2.34% 168 2.22% 2,696 35.68% 7,557
Burt 2,969 70.22% 1,194 28.24% 47 1.11% 18 0.43% 1,775 41.98% 4,228
Butler 2,478 55.24% 1,918 42.76% 40 0.89% 50 1.11% 560 12.48% 4,486
Cass 3,575 58.35% 2,192 35.78% 245 4.00% 115 1.88% 1,383 22.57% 6,127
Cedar 3,906 74.50% 1,279 24.39% 35 0.67% 23 0.44% 2,627 50.10% 5,243
Chase 976 66.17% 414 28.07% 33 2.24% 52 3.53% 562 38.10% 1,475
Cherry 1,636 66.37% 711 28.84% 66 2.68% 52 2.11% 925 37.53% 2,465
Cheyenne 1,857 71.92% 604 23.39% 76 2.94% 45 1.74% 1,253 48.53% 2,582
Clay 3,392 67.73% 1,466 29.27% 79 1.58% 71 1.42% 1,926 38.46% 5,008
Colfax 1,992 66.29% 957 31.85% 42 1.40% 14 0.47% 1,035 34.44% 3,005
Cuming 3,177 78.64% 764 18.91% 81 2.00% 18 0.45% 2,413 59.73% 4,040
Custer 4,974 59.31% 2,739 32.66% 387 4.61% 263 3.14% 2,235 26.65% 8,387[a]
Dakota 1,525 62.58% 873 35.82% 28 1.15% 11 0.45% 652 26.75% 2,437
Dawes 1,801 64.60% 900 32.28% 63 2.26% 24 0.86% 901 32.32% 2,788
Dawson 3,384 65.99% 1,444 28.16% 140 2.73% 160 3.12% 1,940 37.83% 5,128
Deuel 684 64.83% 321 30.43% 35 3.32% 15 1.42% 363 34.41% 1,055
Dixon 2,435 71.43% 911 26.72% 16 0.47% 47 1.38% 1,524 44.71% 3,409
Dodge 4,832 70.40% 1,799 26.21% 161 2.35% 72 1.05% 3,033 44.19% 6,864
Douglas 28,543 57.81% 18,439 37.34% 2,116 4.29% 246 0.50% 10,104 20.46% 49,375[b]
Dundy 1,094 69.59% 375 23.85% 70 4.45% 33 2.10% 719 45.74% 1,572
Fillmore 2,803 63.43% 1,549 35.05% 26 0.59% 41 0.93% 1,254 28.38% 4,419
Franklin 2,294 67.41% 1,030 30.27% 36 1.06% 43 1.26% 1,264 37.14% 3,403
Frontier 1,750 68.09% 673 26.19% 66 2.57% 81 3.15% 1,077 41.91% 2,570
Furnas 2,445 60.53% 1,371 33.94% 72 1.78% 151 3.74% 1,074 26.59% 4,039
Gage 6,059 68.96% 2,477 28.19% 106 1.21% 144 1.64% 3,582 40.77% 8,786
Garden 924 66.24% 421 30.18% 26 1.86% 24 1.72% 503 36.06% 1,395
Garfield 611 64.32% 252 26.53% 65 6.84% 22 2.32% 359 37.79% 950
Gosper 794 58.04% 486 35.53% 41 3.00% 47 3.44% 308 22.51% 1,368
Grant 256 64.16% 141 35.34% 2 0.50% 0 0.00% 115 28.82% 399
Greeley 1,345 51.38% 1,180 45.07% 58 2.22% 35 1.34% 165 6.30% 2,618
Hall 4,719 66.25% 1,724 24.20% 582 8.17% 98 1.38% 2,995 42.05% 7,123
Hamilton 2,950 66.89% 1,356 30.75% 45 1.02% 59 1.34% 1,594 36.15% 4,410
Harlan 1,756 59.59% 974 33.05% 143 4.85% 74 2.51% 782 26.54% 2,947
Hayes 512 66.41% 207 26.85% 42 5.45% 10 1.30% 305 39.56% 771
Hitchcock 1,127 61.58% 615 33.61% 58 3.17% 30 1.64% 512 27.98% 1,830
Holt 3,163 64.58% 1,577 32.20% 75 1.53% 83 1.69% 1,586 32.38% 4,898
Hooker 230 63.54% 117 32.32% 8 2.21% 7 1.93% 113 31.22% 362
Howard 1,508 50.76% 1,311 44.13% 109 3.67% 43 1.45% 197 6.63% 2,971
Jefferson 3,488 67.94% 1,408 27.43% 107 2.08% 131 2.55% 2,080 40.51% 5,134
Johnson 2,416 71.29% 909 26.82% 24 0.71% 40 1.18% 1,507 44.47% 3,389
Kearney 1,683 55.31% 1,273 41.83% 48 1.58% 39 1.28% 410 13.47% 3,043
Keith 1,050 64.73% 472 29.10% 77 4.75% 23 1.42% 578 35.64% 1,622
Keya Paha 479 64.73% 218 29.46% 29 3.92% 14 1.89% 261 35.27% 740
Kimball 910 70.05% 339 26.10% 25 1.92% 25 1.92% 571 43.96% 1,299
Knox 3,678 69.87% 1,470 27.93% 82 1.56% 34 0.65% 2,208 41.95% 5,264
Lancaster 15,638 62.58% 8,435 33.75% 382 1.53% 503 2.01% 7,203 28.82% 24,990[c]
Lincoln 3,342 57.40% 1,896 32.57% 400 6.87% 184 3.16% 1,446 24.84% 5,822
Logan 312 57.78% 180 33.33% 31 5.74% 17 3.15% 132 24.44% 540
Loup 343 66.73% 117 22.76% 35 6.81% 19 3.70% 226 43.97% 514
Madison 5,171 73.29% 1,716 24.32% 98 1.39% 71 1.01% 3,455 48.97% 7,056
McPherson 229 70.03% 75 22.94% 13 3.98% 10 3.06% 154 47.09% 327
Merrick 2,385 65.11% 1,075 29.35% 55 1.50% 148 4.04% 1,310 35.76% 3,663
Morrill 1,366 65.52% 667 31.99% 34 1.63% 18 0.86% 699 33.53% 2,085
Nance 1,877 69.49% 746 27.62% 40 1.48% 38 1.41% 1,131 41.87% 2,701
Nemaha 2,888 64.02% 1,512 33.52% 50 1.11% 61 1.35% 1,376 30.50% 4,511
Nuckolls 2,637 64.07% 1,337 32.48% 89 2.16% 53 1.29% 1,300 31.58% 4,116
Otoe 3,869 67.62% 1,671 29.20% 75 1.31% 107 1.87% 2,198 38.41% 5,722
Pawnee 2,510 69.88% 972 27.06% 35 0.97% 75 2.09% 1,538 42.82% 3,592
Perkins 722 61.19% 387 32.80% 48 4.07% 23 1.95% 335 28.39% 1,180
Phelps 2,324 61.91% 1,169 31.14% 152 4.05% 109 2.90% 1,155 30.77% 3,754
Pierce 2,478 75.11% 743 22.52% 45 1.36% 33 1.00% 1,735 52.59% 3,299
Platte 4,058 73.88% 1,367 24.89% 29 0.53% 39 0.71% 2,691 48.99% 5,493
Polk 2,393 63.80% 1,236 32.95% 43 1.15% 76 2.03% 1,157 30.85% 3,751[d]
Red Willow 1,993 58.88% 1,133 33.47% 188 5.55% 71 2.10% 860 25.41% 3,385
Richardson 4,496 61.72% 2,679 36.78% 46 0.63% 63 0.86% 1,817 24.95% 7,284
Rock 621 70.17% 239 27.01% 14 1.58% 11 1.24% 382 43.16% 885
Saline 3,197 58.67% 2,172 39.86% 20 0.37% 60 1.10% 1,025 18.81% 5,449
Sarpy 1,662 59.78% 1,027 36.94% 70 2.52% 21 0.76% 635 22.84% 2,780
Saunders 3,733 59.99% 2,296 36.90% 127 2.04% 67 1.08% 1,437 23.09% 6,223
Scotts Bluff 3,189 71.52% 969 21.73% 162 3.63% 139 3.12% 2,220 49.79% 4,459
Seward 3,690 69.98% 1,497 28.39% 30 0.57% 56 1.06% 2,193 41.59% 5,273
Sheridan 1,714 64.53% 784 29.52% 106 3.99% 52 1.96% 930 35.02% 2,656
Sherman 1,582 60.96% 848 32.68% 110 4.24% 55 2.12% 734 28.29% 2,595
Sioux 627 64.97% 252 26.11% 58 6.01% 28 2.90% 375 38.86% 965
Stanton 1,457 72.67% 501 24.99% 32 1.60% 15 0.75% 956 47.68% 2,005
Thayer 3,456 73.31% 1,120 23.76% 78 1.65% 60 1.27% 2,336 49.55% 4,714
Thomas 305 55.86% 207 37.91% 21 3.85% 13 2.38% 98 17.95% 546
Thurston 1,667 63.34% 925 35.14% 29 1.10% 11 0.42% 742 28.19% 2,632
Valley 1,935 64.80% 912 30.54% 78 2.61% 61 2.04% 1,023 34.26% 2,986
Washington 2,409 63.60% 1,295 34.19% 39 1.03% 45 1.19% 1,114 29.41% 3,788
Wayne 2,312 74.46% 681 21.93% 69 2.22% 43 1.38% 1,631 52.53% 3,105
Webster 2,599 70.72% 913 24.84% 69 1.88% 94 2.56% 1,686 45.88% 3,675
Wheeler 352 57.52% 165 26.96% 85 13.89% 10 1.63% 187 30.56% 612
York 4,265 66.87% 1,857 29.12% 140 2.20% 116 1.82% 2,408 37.75% 6,378
Totals 247,498 64.66% 119,608 31.25% 9,600 2.51% 5,947 1.55% 127,890 33.41% 382,743

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 24 write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
  2. ^ 31 write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
  3. ^ 32 write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.
  4. ^ Three write-in votes for various candidates were recorded from this county.

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 420, 424 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. ^ "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. ^ Nebraska Secretary of State Election Administration; Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board: General Election Held November 2nd, 1920