1924 United States presidential election in Utah explained

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Election Name:1924 United States presidential election in Utah
Country:Utah
Flag Year:1922
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1920 United States presidential election in Utah
Previous Year:1920
Next Election:1928 United States presidential election in Utah
Next Year:1928
Election Date:November 4, 1924
Image1:Calvin Coolidge cph.3g10777 crop.jpg
Nominee1:Calvin Coolidge
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Massachusetts
Running Mate1:Charles G. Dawes
Electoral Vote1:4
Popular Vote1:77,327
Percentage1:49.26%
Nominee2:John W. Davis
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:West Virginia
Running Mate2:Charles W. Bryan
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:47,001
Percentage2:29.94%
Image3:Robert La Follette Sr crop.jpg
Nominee3:Robert M. La Follette
Party3:Progressive Party (United States, 1924)
Home State3:Wisconsin
Running Mate3:Burton K. Wheeler
Electoral Vote3:0
Popular Vote3:32,662
Percentage3:20.81%
Map Size:250px
President
Before Election:Calvin Coolidge
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Calvin Coolidge
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1924 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rapid recovery of the economy from a sharp recession following World War I transformed the 1920s into a strongly Republican decade. Even the problematic issue of a farm depression had eased by the time of the election as prices recovered.[1] It was also widely thought that the Teapot Dome scandal could do nothing to revive the Democrats as they were well known to have equally severe problems therewith via the fact that recently deceased Woodrow Wilson had paid one hundred and fifty thousand dollars in legal fees to nomination frontrunner William McAdoo.[2]

Consequently, Utah voters strongly supported incumbent president Calvin Coolidge, who had come to power after Harding's death in 1923. As Harding had done four years earlier, Coolidge won all twenty-nine counties in Utah, a feat to be repeated by later Republican candidates in 1956, 1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2004 and 2012. The conservatism of Coolidge and Democratic nominee John W. Davis – the only ever major party presidential nominee from West Virginia and the first from an antebellum slave state (including border states) since the Civil War[3] – led more liberal supporters of both parties to support Progressive Robert M. La Follette. Utah's conservative Mormonism meant that La Follette was not as popular as in other western states, and he finished third well behind Davis. La Follette nonetheless did outpoll Davis in the Wasatch Front counties of Salt Lake and Weber, as well as the eastern, ethnically more diverse Carbon County.

For this election, Utah essentially voted as the nation did, with the state on a two-party basis coming out as 5.90 percent more Democratic than the nation at-large,[4] although the total Davis vote was within one percent of the national average, and the La Follette vote three percent higher than the country at-large, though lower than any state to the north or west. Utah was along with Arizona and New Mexico the only Mountain state where La Follette did not carry any county.

Results

1924 United States presidential election in Utah[5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanCalvin Coolidge (incumbent)77,32749.26%4
DemocraticJohn W. Davis47,00129.94%0
Independent ProgressiveRobert M. La Follette32,662 20.81%0
Totals156,990100.00%4

Results by county

CountyJohn Calvin Coolidge
Republican
John William Davis
Democratic
Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Independent Progressive
MarginTotal votes cast[6]
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98953.34%57831.18%28715.48%41122.17%1,854
3,08656.18%1,84133.52%56610.30%1,24522.67%5,493
4,97352.01%3,91540.94%6747.05%1,05811.06%9,562
1,87837.59%1,52830.58%1,59031.83%2885.76%4,996
9774.05%2619.85%86.11%7154.20%131
2,26555.51%1,50736.94%3087.55%75818.58%4,080
1,27757.60%73132.97%2099.43%54624.63%2,217
97942.98%91640.21%38316.81%632.77%2,278
82369.57%30826.04%524.40%51543.53%1,183
27847.93%24341.90%5910.17%356.03%580
1,42966.47%48522.56%23610.98%94443.91%2,150
1,32543.57%1,24140.81%47515.62%842.76%3,041
51580.22%11718.22%101.56%39861.99%642
1,91755.74%1,02529.81%49714.45%89225.94%3,439
48254.10%36040.40%495.50%12213.69%891
39861.42%20832.10%426.48%19029.32%648
40362.48%21132.71%314.81%19229.77%645
27,21546.44%14,85325.35%16,53428.21%10,68118.23%58,602
38056.89%23234.73%568.38%14822.16%668
3,37456.39%2,22837.24%3816.37%1,14619.15%5,983
2,11156.44%1,20132.11%42811.44%91024.33%3,740
1,59757.16%82529.53%37213.31%77227.63%2,794
1,29552.47%67427.31%49920.22%62125.16%2,468
1,29660.90%71633.65%1165.45%58027.26%2,128
6,94646.28%5,22634.82%2,83818.91%1,72011.46%15,010
1,10552.39%72734.47%27713.13%37817.92%2,109
1,18154.96%86840.39%1004.65%31314.56%2,149
33157.27%24141.70%61.04%9015.57%578
7,38243.60%3,97023.45%5,57932.95%1,80310.65%16,931
Totals77,32749.26%47,00129.94%32,66220.81%30,32619.32%156,990

See also

Notes and References

  1. Roseboom, Eugene Holloway and Eckes, Alfred E.; A History of Presidential Elections, from George Washington to Jimmy Carter; pp. 151-158
  2. Yergin, Daniel; The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power; p. 198
  3. http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/2009/09/23/what-states-do-presidents-come/ ‘What States do Presidents Come From?’
  4. Counting the Votes; Utah
  5. Web site: 1924 Presidential Election Results - Utah. 2017-01-12 . Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  6. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 400