1920 United States presidential election in Colorado explained

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Election Name:1920 United States presidential election in Colorado
Election Date:November 2, 1920
Ongoing:no
Type:presidential
Country:Colorado
Flag Year:1911
Previous Election:1916 United States presidential election in Colorado
Previous Year:1916
Next Election:1924 United States presidential election in Colorado
Next Year:1924
Image1:Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg
Nominee1:Warren G. Harding
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Running Mate1:Calvin Coolidge
Home State1:Ohio
Popular Vote1:173,248
Percentage1:59.32%
Electoral Vote1:6
Nominee2:James M. Cox
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Running Mate2:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home State2:Ohio
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:104,936
Percentage2:35.93%
Map Size:300px
President
Before Election:Woodrow Wilson
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Warren G. Harding
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1920 United States presidential election in Colorado was held on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

In 1916, Colorado was the most Democratic state outside of the “Solid South” as a result of historic Bryanite Populist support in silver-mining regions,[1] and a powerful "peace vote" for incumbent President Woodrow Wilson;[2] however, by the beginning of 1920 skyrocketing inflation and Wilson's focus upon his proposed League of Nations at the expense of domestic policy had helped make the incumbent president very unpopular[3] – besides which Wilson also had major health problems that had left First Lady Edith effectively running the nation. Political unrest seen in the Palmer Raids and the "Red Scare" further added to the unpopularity of the Democratic Party, since this global political turmoil produced considerable fear of alien revolutionaries invading the country.[4] Demand in the West for exclusion of Asian immigrants became even stronger than it had been before.[5]

All these factors combined to produce a national landslide, with a swing of almost twenty-nine percentage points to the Republicans vis-à-vis of four years earlier. Colorado mirrored this trend, with a total swing of 49.38 points from Wilson's 26-point 1916 victory where he carried every county except Sedgwick.[6] This time, Harding would not merely become only the second Republican victor in the state since James B. Weaver’s Populist victory transitioned the state into a Democratic-leaning one, but become the only presidential candidate in history to carry all Colorado’s counties. The state was still 2.84 points more Democratic than the nation at-large despite Harding’s historic county sweep.

Results

Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Warren G. Harding of OhioCalvin CoolidgeRepublican6[7] 173,24859.32%
James M. CoxFranklin D. RooseveltDemocratic0104,93635.93%
Eugene DebsSeymour StedmanSocialist08,0462.75%
Parley P. ChristensenMaximilian S. HayesFarmer-Labor03,0161.03%
Aaron S. WatkinsDavid ColvinProhibition02,8070.96%

Results by county

CountyWarren Gamaliel Harding[8]
Republican
James Middleton Cox
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Parley Parker Christensen
Farmer-Labor
Aaron Sherman Watkins
Prohibition
Margin
data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" data-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number"
align="center" Jackson align="center" 76.28% align="center" 402 align="center" 21.44% align="center" 113 align="center" 0.19% align="center" 1 align="center" 0.57% align="center" 3 align="center" 1.52% align="center" 8 align="center" 54.84% align="center" 289
align="center" Morgan align="center" 70.45% align="center" 3,114 align="center" 25.00% align="center" 1,105 align="center" 2.19% align="center" 97 align="center" 0.86% align="center" 38 align="center" 1.49% align="center" 66 align="center" 45.45% align="center" 2,009
align="center" Phillips align="center" 66.80% align="center" 1,191 align="center" 26.92% align="center" 480 align="center" 4.94% align="center" 88 align="center" 0.84% align="center" 15 align="center" 0.50% align="center" 9 align="center" 39.88% align="center" 711
align="center" Elbert align="center" 66.35% align="center" 1,654 align="center" 27.00% align="center" 673 align="center" 3.33% align="center" 83 align="center" 1.81% align="center" 45 align="center" 1.52% align="center" 38 align="center" 39.35% align="center" 981
align="center" Kit Carson align="center" 65.48% align="center" 1,872 align="center" 27.84% align="center" 796 align="center" 4.16% align="center" 119 align="center" 1.29% align="center" 37 align="center" 1.22% align="center" 35 align="center" 37.64% align="center" 1,076
align="center" Cheyenne align="center" 64.57% align="center" 840 align="center" 27.52% align="center" 358 align="center" 5.07% align="center" 66 align="center" 1.15% align="center" 15 align="center" 1.69% align="center" 22 align="center" 37.05% align="center" 482
align="center" Gilpin align="center" 66.99% align="center" 416 align="center" 30.43% align="center" 189 align="center" 1.45% align="center" 9 align="center" 1.13% align="center" 7 align="center" 0.00% align="center" 0 align="center" 36.55% align="center" 227
align="center" Baca align="center" 63.21% align="center" 1,615 align="center" 27.20% align="center" 695 align="center" 7.16% align="center" 183 align="center" 0.86% align="center" 22 align="center" 1.57% align="center" 40 align="center" 36.01% align="center" 920
align="center" Sedgwick align="center" 65.31% align="center" 819 align="center" 29.67% align="center" 372 align="center" 2.55% align="center" 32 align="center" 0.56% align="center" 7 align="center" 1.91% align="center" 24 align="center" 35.65% align="center" 447
align="center" Moffat align="center" 65.42% align="center" 1,294 align="center" 29.78% align="center" 589 align="center" 2.63% align="center" 52 align="center" 1.31% align="center" 26 align="center" 0.86% align="center" 17 align="center" 35.64% align="center" 705
align="center" Prowers align="center" 65.00% align="center" 2,650 align="center" 30.59% align="center" 1,247 align="center" 2.16% align="center" 88 align="center" 0.91% align="center" 37 align="center" 1.35% align="center" 55 align="center" 34.41% align="center" 1,403
align="center" Yuma align="center" 63.42% align="center" 2,673 align="center" 29.75% align="center" 1,254 align="center" 4.46% align="center" 188 align="center" 0.78% align="center" 33 align="center" 1.59% align="center" 67 align="center" 33.67% align="center" 1,419
align="center" Larimer align="center" 64.34% align="center" 5,487 align="center" 31.75% align="center" 2,708 align="center" 1.91% align="center" 163 align="center" 0.66% align="center" 56 align="center" 1.34% align="center" 114 align="center" 32.59% align="center" 2,779
align="center" Hinsdale align="center" 59.13% align="center" 149 align="center" 26.59% align="center" 67 align="center" 9.92% align="center" 25 align="center" 1.19% align="center" 3 align="center" 3.17% align="center" 8 align="center" 32.54% align="center" 82
align="center" Washington align="center" 63.44% align="center" 2,117 align="center" 31.77% align="center" 1,060 align="center" 2.79% align="center" 93 align="center" 1.11% align="center" 37 align="center" 0.90% align="center" 30 align="center" 31.68% align="center" 1,057
align="center" Weld align="center" 63.78% align="center" 10,268 align="center" 32.31% align="center" 5,202 align="center" 1.50% align="center" 242 align="center" 0.78% align="center" 125 align="center" 1.63% align="center" 263 align="center" 31.47% align="center" 5,066
align="center" Custer align="center" 63.28% align="center" 560 align="center" 32.66% align="center" 289 align="center" 2.15% align="center" 19 align="center" 1.24% align="center" 11 align="center" 0.68% align="center" 6 align="center" 30.62% align="center" 271
align="center" Denver align="center" 62.03% align="center" 43,581 align="center" 32.51% align="center" 22,839 align="center" 3.21% align="center" 2,258 align="center" 1.57% align="center" 1,102 align="center" 0.68% align="center" 478 align="center" 29.52% align="center" 20,742
align="center" El Paso align="center" 62.78% align="center" 9,535 align="center" 33.40% align="center" 5,073 align="center" 1.87% align="center" 284 align="center" 0.76% align="center" 115 align="center" 1.20% align="center" 182 align="center" 29.38% align="center" 4,462
align="center" Archuleta align="center" 63.12% align="center" 700 align="center" 34.17% align="center" 379 align="center" 1.08% align="center" 12 align="center" 0.45% align="center" 5 align="center" 1.17% align="center" 13 align="center" 28.94% align="center" 321
align="center" Jefferson align="center" 61.52% align="center" 3,593 align="center" 33.24% align="center" 1,941 align="center" 3.27% align="center" 191 align="center" 1.30% align="center" 76 align="center" 0.67% align="center" 39 align="center" 28.29% align="center" 1,652
align="center" Conejos align="center" 63.50% align="center" 1,595 align="center" 35.27% align="center" 886 align="center" 0.32% align="center" 8 align="center" 0.44% align="center" 11 align="center" 0.48% align="center" 12 align="center" 28.22% align="center" 709
align="center" Ouray align="center" 61.51% align="center" 735 align="center" 33.64% align="center" 402 align="center" 2.26% align="center" 27 align="center" 2.01% align="center" 24 align="center" 0.59% align="center" 7 align="center" 27.87% align="center" 333
align="center" Lincoln align="center" 61.26% align="center" 1,815 align="center" 34.19% align="center" 1,013 align="center" 2.70% align="center" 80 align="center" 1.05% align="center" 31 align="center" 0.81% align="center" 24 align="center" 27.07% align="center" 802
align="center" Rio Blanco align="center" 62.24% align="center" 793 align="center" 35.71% align="center" 455 align="center" 0.78% align="center" 10 align="center" 0.31% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.94% align="center" 12 align="center" 26.53% align="center" 338
align="center" Douglas align="center" 61.40% align="center" 948 align="center" 36.33% align="center" 561 align="center" 1.04% align="center" 16 align="center" 0.52% align="center" 8 align="center" 0.71% align="center" 11 align="center" 25.06% align="center" 387
align="center" Crowley align="center" 60.64% align="center" 1,348 align="center" 35.63% align="center" 792 align="center" 1.57% align="center" 35 align="center" 0.45% align="center" 10 align="center" 1.71% align="center" 38 align="center" 25.01% align="center" 556
align="center" Rio Grande align="center" 61.01% align="center" 1,660 align="center" 36.20% align="center" 985 align="center" 1.07% align="center" 29 align="center" 0.48% align="center" 13 align="center" 1.25% align="center" 34 align="center" 24.81% align="center" 675
align="center" Bent align="center" 60.67% align="center" 1,584 align="center" 35.89% align="center" 937 align="center" 1.15% align="center" 30 align="center" 0.92% align="center" 24 align="center" 1.38% align="center" 36 align="center" 24.78% align="center" 647
align="center" Saguache align="center" 60.32% align="center" 1,195 align="center" 36.19% align="center" 717 align="center" 2.52% align="center" 50 align="center" 0.25% align="center" 5 align="center" 0.71% align="center" 14 align="center" 24.13% align="center" 478
align="center" Arapahoe align="center" 59.80% align="center" 2,930 align="center" 35.76% align="center" 1,752 align="center" 2.16% align="center" 106 align="center" 1.59% align="center" 78 align="center" 0.69% align="center" 34 align="center" 24.04% align="center" 1,178
align="center" Kiowa align="center" 59.63% align="center" 864 align="center" 35.96% align="center" 521 align="center" 2.69% align="center" 39 align="center" 0.21% align="center" 3 align="center" 1.52% align="center" 22 align="center" 23.67% align="center" 343
align="center" Logan align="center" 59.71% align="center" 3,123 align="center" 36.20% align="center" 1,893 align="center" 1.59% align="center" 83 align="center" 1.26% align="center" 66 align="center" 1.24% align="center" 65 align="center" 23.52% align="center" 1,230
align="center" Park align="center" 58.20% align="center" 511 align="center" 36.45% align="center" 320 align="center" 4.44% align="center" 39 align="center" 0.46% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.46% align="center" 4 align="center" 21.75% align="center" 191
align="center" Boulder align="center" 57.91% align="center" 6,456 align="center" 37.67% align="center" 4,200 align="center" 2.64% align="center" 294 align="center" 0.65% align="center" 73 align="center" 1.12% align="center" 125 align="center" 20.24% align="center" 2,256
align="center" Teller align="center" 57.89% align="center" 1,552 align="center" 37.67% align="center" 1,010 align="center" 3.32% align="center" 89 align="center" 0.67% align="center" 18 align="center" 0.45% align="center" 12 align="center" 20.22% align="center" 542
align="center" Adams align="center" 57.57% align="center" 2,510 align="center" 37.45% align="center" 1,633 align="center" 3.19% align="center" 139 align="center" 0.99% align="center" 43 align="center" 0.80% align="center" 35 align="center" 20.11% align="center" 877
align="center" Routt align="center" 57.51% align="center" 1,854 align="center" 37.97% align="center" 1,224 align="center" 2.98% align="center" 96 align="center" 1.02% align="center" 33 align="center" 0.53% align="center" 17 align="center" 19.54% align="center" 630
align="center" Clear Creek align="center" 58.31% align="center" 765 align="center" 39.48% align="center" 518 align="center" 1.14% align="center" 15 align="center" 0.61% align="center" 8 align="center" 0.46% align="center" 6 align="center" 18.83% align="center" 247
align="center" Delta align="center" 56.40% align="center" 2,596 align="center" 38.02% align="center" 1,750 align="center" 3.76% align="center" 173 align="center" 0.78% align="center" 36 align="center" 1.04% align="center" 48 align="center" 18.38% align="center" 846
align="center" Montrose align="center" 54.83% align="center" 2,225 align="center" 37.51% align="center" 1,522 align="center" 5.20% align="center" 211 align="center" 0.91% align="center" 37 align="center" 1.55% align="center" 63 align="center" 17.32% align="center" 703
align="center" Otero align="center" 55.93% align="center" 3,846 align="center" 39.66% align="center" 2,727 align="center" 1.69% align="center" 116 align="center" 0.58% align="center" 40 align="center" 2.14% align="center" 147 align="center" 16.27% align="center" 1,119
align="center" San Miguel align="center" 54.30% align="center" 928 align="center" 40.26% align="center" 688 align="center" 3.45% align="center" 59 align="center" 0.82% align="center" 14 align="center" 1.17% align="center" 20 align="center" 14.04% align="center" 240
align="center" Eagle align="center" 55.13% align="center" 854 align="center" 41.90% align="center" 649 align="center" 1.81% align="center" 28 align="center" 0.84% align="center" 13 align="center" 0.32% align="center" 5 align="center" 13.23% align="center" 205
align="center" Lake align="center" 53.16% align="center" 1,287 align="center" 40.97% align="center" 992 align="center" 3.72% align="center" 90 align="center" 1.73% align="center" 42 align="center" 0.41% align="center" 10 align="center" 12.19% align="center" 295
align="center" Fremont align="center" 53.33% align="center" 3,027 align="center" 41.21% align="center" 2,339 align="center" 3.22% align="center" 183 align="center" 0.76% align="center" 43 align="center" 1.48% align="center" 84 align="center" 12.12% align="center" 688
align="center" Garfield align="center" 54.32% align="center" 1,912 align="center" 42.30% align="center" 1,489 align="center" 2.16% align="center" 76 align="center" 0.88% align="center" 31 align="center" 0.34% align="center" 12 align="center" 12.02% align="center" 423
align="center" Montezuma align="center" 52.20% align="center" 936 align="center" 40.55% align="center" 727 align="center" 4.57% align="center" 82 align="center" 1.28% align="center" 23 align="center" 1.39% align="center" 25 align="center" 11.66% align="center" 209
align="center" Dolores align="center" 48.28% align="center" 197 align="center" 37.50% align="center" 153 align="center" 11.27% align="center" 46 align="center" 1.96% align="center" 8 align="center" 0.98% align="center" 4 align="center" 10.78% align="center" 44
align="center" Mineral align="center" 49.33% align="center" 183 align="center" 39.35% align="center" 146 align="center" 9.43% align="center" 35 align="center" 1.62% align="center" 6 align="center" 0.27% align="center" 1 align="center" 9.97% align="center" 37
align="center" Pueblo align="center" 53.13% align="center" 9,621 align="center" 43.42% align="center" 7,863 align="center" 2.41% align="center" 436 align="center" 0.59% align="center" 107 align="center" 0.45% align="center" 82 align="center" 9.71% align="center" 1,758
align="center" Chaffee align="center" 52.91% align="center" 1,501 align="center" 43.46% align="center" 1,233 align="center" 2.50% align="center" 71 align="center" 0.53% align="center" 15 align="center" 0.60% align="center" 17 align="center" 9.45% align="center" 268
align="center" La Plata align="center" 50.85% align="center" 1,711 align="center" 42.94% align="center" 1,445 align="center" 4.25% align="center" 143 align="center" 1.04% align="center" 35 align="center" 0.92% align="center" 31 align="center" 7.90% align="center" 266
align="center" Grand align="center" 52.51% align="center" 649 align="center" 44.74% align="center" 553 align="center" 1.13% align="center" 14 align="center" 1.38% align="center" 17 align="center" 0.24% align="center" 3 align="center" 7.77% align="center" 96
align="center" Mesa align="center" 49.80% align="center" 3,621 align="center" 43.16% align="center" 3,138 align="center" 4.10% align="center" 298 align="center" 1.42% align="center" 103 align="center" 1.53% align="center" 111 align="center" 6.64% align="center" 483
align="center" Alamosa align="center" 51.87% align="center" 1,081 align="center" 45.54% align="center" 949 align="center" 1.49% align="center" 31 align="center" 0.67% align="center" 14 align="center" 0.43% align="center" 9 align="center" 6.33% align="center" 132
align="center" Pitkin align="center" 49.38% align="center" 478 align="center" 43.08% align="center" 417 align="center" 4.13% align="center" 40 align="center" 2.79% align="center" 27 align="center" 0.62% align="center" 6 align="center" 6.30% align="center" 61
align="center" San Juan align="center" 50.46% align="center" 330 align="center" 44.34% align="center" 290 align="center" 3.52% align="center" 23 align="center" 1.22% align="center" 8 align="center" 0.46% align="center" 3 align="center" 6.12% align="center" 40
align="center" Las Animas align="center" 51.19% align="center" 4,707 align="center" 45.31% align="center" 4,167 align="center" 2.31% align="center" 212 align="center" 0.67% align="center" 62 align="center" 0.52% align="center" 48 align="center" 5.87% align="center" 540
align="center" Huerfano align="center" 51.42% align="center" 2,539 align="center" 46.40% align="center" 2,291 align="center" 0.81% align="center" 40 align="center" 0.73% align="center" 36 align="center" 0.65% align="center" 32 align="center" 5.02% align="center" 248
align="center" Summit align="center" 50.36% align="center" 418 align="center" 46.75% align="center" 388 align="center" 2.05% align="center" 17 align="center" 0.48% align="center" 4 align="center" 0.36% align="center" 3 align="center" 3.61% align="center" 30
align="center" Costilla align="center" 49.52% align="center" 778 align="center" 47.74% align="center" 750 align="center" 1.15% align="center" 18 align="center" 0.76% align="center" 12 align="center" 0.83% align="center" 13 align="center" 1.78% align="center" 28
align="center" Gunnison align="center" 47.46% align="center" 1,055 align="center" 45.97% align="center" 1,022 align="center" 5.67% align="center" 126 align="center" 0.54% align="center" 12 align="center" 0.36% align="center" 8 align="center" 1.48% align="center" 33

Notes and References

  1. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
  2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47
  3. Goldberg, David Joseph; Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s, p. 44
  4. Leuchtenburg, William E.; The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932, p. 75
  5. Vought, Hans P. ; The Bully Pulpit and the Melting Pot: American Presidents And The Immigrant, 1897-1933, p. 167
  6. Web site: 1920 Presidential General Election Data – National. David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  7. Web site: 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 3 December 2019.
  8. [Colorado Secretary of State]