1920 United States presidential election in Kansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1920 United States presidential election in Kansas presidential no 1916 United States presidential election in Kansas 1916 1924 United States presidential election in Kansas 1924 November 2, 1920 x200px Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) Ohio Calvin Coolidge 10 369,268 64.75% James M. Cox 1920.jpg James M. Cox Democratic Party (United States) Ohio Franklin D. Roosevelt 0 185,464 32.52% 1920 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 310px County results Harding #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) The 1920 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kansas voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding ran with Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge, while Cox ran with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Harding won the state by a margin of 32.23 percentage points. By the beginning of 1920 skyrocketing inflation and President Woodrow Wilson's focus upon his proposed League of Nations at the expense of domestic policy had helped make the incumbent president very unpopularGoldberg David Joseph Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s February 8, 1999 44 JHU Press 0801860059 – besides which Wilson also had major health problems that had left First Lady Edith Wilson effectively running the nation. Political unrest observed 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.Leuchtenburg William E. The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932 May 7, 2010 75 University of Chicago Press 978-0226473727 Another issue was the anti-Cox position taken by the Ku Klux Klan,Brake Robert J. The porch and the stump: Campaign strategies in the 1920 presidential election Quarterly Journal of Speech 1969 55 3 256–267 10.1080/00335636909382952 and Cox's inconsistent stance on newly passed Prohibition – he had been a "wet" but announced he would support Prohibition enforcement in August The West had been the chief presidential battleground ever since the "System of 1896" emerged following that election.2009 Master's Faykosh Joseph D. Bowling Green State University The Front Porch of the American People: James Cox and the Presidential Election of 1920 68 For this reason, Cox chose to tour the entire nation2009 Master's Faykosh The Front Porch of the American People 69 but the only attention Cox received in the Western press was severe criticism.2009 Master's Faykosh The Front Porch of the American People 74 Moreover, at the beginning of the presidential campaign farmers – a critical constituency in Kansas – were highly critical of the likely effect of the Cox platform upon their cost of living.Hassett William D. Harding for Farmer: Says Cox Just Endorses G.O.P. as to Agricultural Chief The Washington Post July 13, 1920 1 Wilson carried Kansas in his two election triumphs in 1912 and 1916. Cox did visit the state in early October,Calls "Drys" Unfair: Cox Asserts Wayne B. Wheeler "Protects" Harding The Washington Post September 27, 1920 1 but was aggressively heckled during his only speeches in the state.2013 Murphy Kevin C. Columbia University Uphill All the Way: The Fortunes of Progressivism, 1919–1929 333 Surveys earlier by Progressive journalist William Allen White had shown that two-thirds of the Kansas population were opposed to Wilson's League of Nations.2013 Murphy Uphill All the Way 94 At the end of October, two days before the poll, editors estimated a majority of one hundred and twenty thousand votes for Harding in Kansas,Harding 363 Votes, Cox 168, Is Result Obtained From Estimates by 47 Editors Special to The Washington Post The Washington Post October 31, 1920 1 although Cox's campaign managers, especially Frank E. Doremus,Claims Indiana for Cox: Doremus Says Tide Is Turning to Him in Kansas and Nebraska New York Times October 22, 1920 3 believed they had a chance of holding the state.Both Parties Claim National Victory: Dispatches from Many States Indicate Trend as the Campaign Closes New York Times October 31, 1920 E1 As it turned out, Harding easily won Kansas by a two-to-one majority, fifty percent larger than predicted by the combined polls of editors at the end of October, and a swing of 37 percentage points from Wilson's victory in the state in 1916. Harding carried all 105 Kansas counties, whereas in 1916 Charles Evans Hughes had carried only 26, although the trend – dramatic as it was – was substantially smaller than Harding's landslides in heavily German-American North and South Dakota.Kevin Phillips (political commentator) Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority November 23, 2014 420, 424 Princeton University Press 9780691163246 In spite of Cox's two-to-one loss, 2024 11 as of 2024 this remains the last presidential election when Kansas voted less Republican than California, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Washington or Wisconsin. Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)Warren G. HardingCalvin CoolidgeRepublican10https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1920&fips=20&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas 30 October 2019369,26864.75%James M. CoxFranklin D. RooseveltDemocratic0185,46432.52%Eugene V. DebsSeymour StedmanSocialist015,5112.72%Write-ins——0750.01% Results by county 1920 United States presidential election in Kansas by countyScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; pp. 165-166 0405077114CountyWarren Gamaliel HardingRepublicanJames Middleton CoxDemocraticEugene Victor DebsSocialistVarious candidatesWrite-insMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Allen5,09167.68%2,27230.20%1592.11%2,81937.48%7,522Anderson3,06862.82%1,70834.97%1082.21%1,36027.85%4,884Atchison5,87265.02%3,08234.13%770.85%2,79030.89%9,031Barber2,40066.45%1,09830.40%1143.16%1,30236.05%3,612Barton3,99368.77%1,68829.07%1252.15%2,30539.70%5,806Bourbon4,19452.09%3,63245.11%2252.79%5626.98%8,051Brown5,24972.28%1,93726.67%761.05%3,31245.61%7,262Butler6,82160.56%4,11236.51%3312.94%2,70924.05%11,264Chase1,65963.15%90434.41%592.25%50.19%75528.74%2,627Chautauqua2,53968.58%93625.28%2276.13%1,60343.30%3,702Cherokee5,46655.83%3,83239.14%4925.03%1,63416.69%9,790Cheyenne1,07962.41%47127.24%1609.25%191.10%60835.16%1,729Clark92357.98%61038.32%553.45%40.25%31319.66%1,592Clay3,52172.69%1,15523.84%1683.47%2,36648.84%4,844Cloud4,09069.82%1,53426.19%2343.99%2,55643.63%5,858Coffey3,37064.20%1,78534.01%941.79%1,58530.20%5,249Comanche1,12163.05%61234.42%452.53%50928.63%1,778Cowley7,35259.22%4,73338.13%3292.65%2,61921.10%12,414Crawford7,95754.68%5,36236.84%1,2348.48%2,59517.83%14,553Decatur1,44851.55%1,22143.47%1404.98%2278.08%2,809Dickinson5,76169.10%2,38728.63%1892.27%3,37440.47%8,337Doniphan3,36976.46%97822.20%591.34%2,39154.27%4,406Douglas6,26673.23%2,19725.67%941.10%4,06947.55%8,557Edwards1,78270.16%68126.81%773.03%1,10143.35%2,540Elk2,25365.27%1,11032.16%892.58%1,14333.11%3,452Ellis2,38575.17%74023.32%481.51%1,64551.84%3,173Ellsworth2,26465.60%1,09031.59%972.81%1,17434.02%3,451Finney1,57368.96%61927.14%893.90%95441.82%2,281Ford3,30561.90%1,87935.19%1552.90%1,42626.71%5,339Franklin5,21665.16%2,60632.55%1832.29%2,61032.60%8,005Geary2,40469.56%96227.84%902.60%1,44241.72%3,456Gove95074.92%28522.48%332.60%66552.44%1,268Graham1,65864.06%76229.44%1686.49%89634.62%2,588Grant33973.70%10823.48%132.83%23150.22%460Gray96262.18%50732.77%785.04%45529.41%1,547Greeley27369.47%9323.66%276.87%18045.80%393Greenwood3,42268.34%1,47829.52%1072.14%1,94438.83%5,007Hamilton59157.66%37136.20%636.15%22021.46%1,025Harper2,59361.65%1,48635.33%1273.02%1,10726.32%4,206Harvey4,45463.09%2,45734.80%1492.11%1,99728.29%7,060Haskell44469.59%15023.51%446.90%29446.08%638Hodgeman94573.31%30623.74%382.95%63949.57%1,289Jackson3,75370.20%1,56229.22%310.58%2,19140.98%5,346Jefferson3,46368.86%1,53530.52%310.62%1,92838.34%5,029Jewell3,92565.97%1,89931.92%1161.95%100.17%2,02634.05%5,950Johnson4,32564.27%2,30334.22%1011.50%2,02230.05%6,729Kearny61763.74%26627.48%858.78%35136.26%968Kingman2,81863.18%1,55734.91%851.91%1,26128.27%4,460Kiowa1,41169.51%58728.92%321.58%82440.59%2,030Labette6,59657.94%4,32838.02%4604.04%2,26819.92%11,384Lane65663.94%29829.04%727.02%35834.89%1,026Leavenworth6,84665.05%3,40932.39%2692.56%3,43732.66%10,524Lincoln2,29869.51%93528.28%732.21%1,36341.23%3,306Linn3,18962.84%1,76434.76%1222.40%1,42528.08%5,075Logan78168.51%31227.37%453.95%20.18%46941.14%1,140Lyon5,49261.09%3,30336.74%1952.17%2,18924.35%8,990Marion3,84065.82%1,71329.36%2814.82%2,12736.46%5,834Marshall5,70671.47%2,02625.38%2523.16%3,68046.09%7,984McPherson4,87069.50%1,92627.49%2113.01%2,94442.02%7,007Meade1,23670.95%48327.73%231.32%75343.23%1,742Miami4,06060.92%2,45036.76%1542.31%1,61024.16%6,664Mitchell3,31068.32%1,40929.08%1262.60%1,90139.24%4,845Montgomery10,04462.21%5,65735.04%4442.75%4,38727.17%16,145Morris3,00166.19%1,46732.36%661.46%1,53433.83%4,534Morton78372.97%26624.79%242.24%51748.18%1,073Nemaha4,65572.32%1,73126.89%510.79%2,92445.42%6,437Neosho5,15060.82%3,19537.73%1221.44%1,95523.09%8,467Ness1,40269.30%49224.32%1115.49%180.89%91044.98%2,023Norton2,28865.24%1,08230.85%1373.91%1,20634.39%3,507Osage4,50762.80%2,41433.64%2563.57%2,09329.16%7,177Osborne3,06074.45%98023.84%701.70%2,08050.61%4,110Ottawa2,51262.94%1,35834.03%1213.03%1,15428.92%3,991Pawnee2,12863.98%1,13834.22%601.80%99029.77%3,326Phillips2,86268.60%1,23029.48%801.92%1,63239.12%4,172Pottawatomie4,48176.95%1,29322.21%490.84%3,18854.75%5,823Pratt2,72264.15%1,43333.77%882.07%1,28930.38%4,243Rawlins1,23664.81%49525.96%1769.23%74138.86%1,907Reno9,64967.12%4,38530.50%3412.37%5,26436.62%14,375Republic3,66167.30%1,67230.74%1071.97%1,98936.56%5,440Rice3,65168.95%1,53228.93%1062.00%60.11%2,11940.02%5,295Riley4,87573.57%1,61024.30%1412.13%3,26549.28%6,626Rooks2,14369.94%84327.51%782.55%1,30042.43%3,064Rush2,01773.43%60522.02%1254.55%1,41251.40%2,747Russell2,40775.27%72422.64%672.10%1,68352.63%3,198Saline5,55464.42%2,80832.57%2603.02%2,74631.85%8,622Scott63658.51%37934.87%635.80%90.83%25723.64%1,087Sedgwick16,64259.15%10,99839.09%4941.76%5,64420.06%28,134Seward1,29061.52%72234.43%854.05%56827.09%2,097Shawnee14,81466.28%7,21732.29%3181.42%7,59733.99%22,349Sheridan1,19469.54%47727.78%442.56%20.12%71741.76%1,717Sherman1,06654.33%78940.21%1075.45%27714.12%1,962Smith3,25166.10%1,53531.21%1322.68%1,71634.89%4,918Stafford2,77970.04%1,05726.64%1323.33%1,72243.40%3,968Stanton26973.10%8924.18%102.72%18048.91%368Stevens87669.47%34627.44%393.09%53042.03%1,261Sumner5,83060.49%3,45435.84%3543.67%2,37624.65%9,638Thomas1,04654.56%74738.97%1246.47%29915.60%1,917Trego1,29975.04%39522.82%372.14%90452.22%1,731Wabaunsee2,85977.63%78221.23%421.14%2,07756.39%3,683Wallace63270.38%20322.61%637.02%42947.77%898Washington4,39076.06%1,28722.30%951.65%3,10353.76%5,772Wichita42273.91%12722.24%223.85%29551.66%571Wilson4,02466.23%1,76829.10%2844.67%2,25637.13%6,076Woodson2,25368.71%94428.79%822.50%1,30939.92%3,279Wyandotte19,29457.25%13,73740.76%6711.99%5,55716.49%33,702Totals369,26864.75%185,46432.52%15,5112.72%750.01%183,80432.23%570,318 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