1920 United States presidential election in Montana

none June 2025 September 2023 1920 United States presidential election in Montana Montana 1905 presidential no 1916 United States presidential election in Montana 1916 1924 United States presidential election in Montana 1924 1920 11 02 x160px Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) Ohio Calvin Coolidge 4 109,430 61.13% James M. Cox 1920.jpg James M. Cox Democratic Party (United States) Ohio Franklin D. Roosevelt 0 57,372 32.05% Parley Parker Christensen circa 1920 Crop Edit.jpg Parley P. Christensen Farmer–Labor Party (US) Illinois Max S. Hayes 0 12,204 6.82% 350px 350px County results Harding #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Cox #b9d7ff 40–50% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) 1920 United States presidential election The 1920 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Like all of the Western United States, severe anger at President Woodrow Wilson's decision to renege on his promise to keep the United States out of World War I produced extreme hostility among the strongly isolationist population of remote Montana.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 461–462 9780691163246 In addition, 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 unpopularGoldberg, David Joseph; Discontented America: The United States in the 1920s, p. 44 0801860059 – 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.Leuchtenburg, William E.; The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932, p. 75 0226473724 Demand in the West for exclusion of Asian immigrants became even stronger than it had been before.Vought, Hans P.; The Bully Pulpit and the Melting Pot: American Presidents And The Immigrant, 1897-1933, p. 167 0865548870 Another factor hurting the Democratic Party was the migration of many people from the traditionally Republican Upper Midwest into the state. Because the West had been the chief presidential battleground ever since the "System of 1896" emerged following that election,Faykosh, Joseph D., Bowling Green State University; The Front Porch of the American People: James Cox and the Presidential Election of 1920 (thesis), p. 68 Governor Cox traveled across the western states in August and September, but he did not visit Montana with its tiny population and poverty of electoral votes. No polls were taken in the state, but a Republican success was universally assumed. Montana overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, Senator Warren G. Harding, over the Democratic nominee, Ohio Governor James M. Cox. Harding won Montana by a landslide margin of 29.08%. Whereas Wilson had carried every county except Sweet Grass in 1916, Harding won every county except Mineral, which he lost narrowly by just fifteen votes. However, within the thirteen states north of Arizona and west of Missouri, Mineral was along with Clark County, Nevada one of only two counties to give a plurality to Cox. As of 2024, this is the last time that Deer Lodge County has given a majority of the vote to a Republican. Harding's 61.1% vote share and 29 percentage point margin remain the strongest performance by a Republican presidential nominee in Montana history. Results 1920 United States presidential election in MontanaDavid Leip Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1920&fips=30&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1920 Presidential General Election Results – Montana 2018-03-18PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Warren G. Harding 109,430 61.13% 4 Democratic James M. Cox 57,372 32.05% 0 Farmer-Labor Parley P. Christensen 12,204 6.82% 0 Totals 178,940 100.00% 4 Results by county County Warren G. HardingRepublican James M. CoxDemocratic Parley P. ChristensenFarmer–Labor Margin Total votescastRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % Beaverhead 2,049 68.80% 833 27.97% 96 3.22% 1,216 40.83% 2,978 Big Horn 1,062 66.17% 475 29.60% 68 4.24% 587 36.57% 1,605 Blaine 1,720 62.48% 848 30.80% 185 6.72% 872 31.67% 2,753 Broadwater 723 51.50% 622 44.30% 59 4.20% 101 7.19% 1,404 Carbon 2,700 64.07% 1,107 26.27% 407 9.66% 1,593 37.80% 4,214 Carter 782 66.84% 342 29.23% 46 3.93% 440 37.61% 1,170 Cascade 6,808 58.83% 3,938 34.03% 826 7.14% 2,870 24.80% 11,572 Chouteau 2,646 60.86% 1,436 33.03% 266 6.12% 1,210 27.83% 4,348 Custer 2,347 64.53% 1,127 30.99% 163 4.48% 1,220 33.54% 3,637 Daniels 811 60.12% 289 21.42% 249 18.46% 522 38.70% 1,349 Dawson 1,784 63.92% 875 31.35% 132 4.73% 909 32.57% 2,791 Deer Lodge 3,130 59.97% 1,567 30.02% 522 10.00% 1,563 29.95% 5,219 Fallon 1,064 71.36% 381 25.55% 46 3.09% 683 45.81% 1,491 Fergus 5,858 60.22% 3,371 34.66% 498 5.12% 2,487 25.57% 9,727 Flathead 3,900 59.26% 2,241 34.05% 440 6.69% 1,659 25.21% 6,581 Gallatin 3,238 54.70% 2,370 40.03% 312 5.27% 868 14.66% 5,920 Garfield 1,226 68.19% 484 26.92% 88 4.89% 742 41.27% 1,798 Glacier 1,297 69.14% 531 28.30% 48 2.56% 766 40.83% 1,876 Golden Valley 1,185 72.57% 381 23.33% 67 4.10% 804 49.23% 1,633 Granite 949 64.21% 439 29.70% 90 6.09% 510 34.51% 1,478 Hill 2,220 55.44% 1,388 34.67% 396 9.89% 832 20.78% 4,004 Jefferson 969 54.47% 688 38.67% 122 6.86% 281 15.80% 1,779 Lewis and Clark 4,348 62.90% 2,413 34.91% 152 2.20% 1,935 27.99% 6,913 Liberty 757 63.61% 331 27.82% 102 8.57% 426 35.80% 1,190 Lincoln 1,187 57.54% 683 33.11% 193 9.36% 504 24.43% 2,063 Madison 1,672 63.19% 877 33.14% 97 3.67% 795 30.05% 2,646 McCone 1,111 60.64% 537 29.31% 184 10.04% 574 31.33% 1,832 Meagher 744 69.08% 314 29.16% 19 1.76% 430 39.93% 1,077 Mineral 347 39.03% 362 40.72% 180 20.25% -15 -1.69% 889 Missoula 4,374 52.61% 3,292 39.60% 648 7.79% 1,082 13.01% 8,314 Musselshell 1,910 59.22% 951 29.49% 364 11.29% 959 29.74% 3,225 Park 2,537 63.11% 1,155 28.73% 328 8.16% 1,382 34.38% 4,020 Phillips 1,693 67.13% 648 25.69% 181 7.18% 1,045 41.44% 2,522 Pondera 1,654 62.49% 893 33.74% 100 3.78% 761 28.75% 2,647 Powder River 955 71.27% 330 24.63% 55 4.10% 625 46.64% 1,340 Powell 1,345 57.19% 787 33.46% 220 9.35% 558 23.72% 2,352 Prairie 881 76.68% 242 21.06% 26 2.26% 639 55.61% 1,149 Ravalli 2,110 60.49% 1,224 35.09% 154 4.42% 886 25.40% 3,488 Richland 1,759 65.46% 744 27.69% 184 6.85% 1,015 37.77% 2,687 Roosevelt 2,239 68.22% 873 26.60% 170 5.18% 1,366 41.62% 3,282 Rosebud 1,624 71.26% 555 24.35% 100 4.39% 1,069 46.91% 2,279 Sanders 1,035 51.49% 741 36.87% 234 11.64% 294 14.63% 2,010 Sheridan 1,335 53.46% 610 24.43% 552 22.11% 725 29.03% 2,497 Silver Bow 10,074 55.36% 6,394 35.14% 1,730 9.51% 3,680 20.22% 18,198 Stillwater 1,721 70.50% 664 27.20% 56 2.29% 1,057 43.30% 2,441 Sweet Grass 1,035 73.51% 349 24.79% 24 1.70% 686 48.72% 1,408 Teton 1,319 62.25% 671 31.67% 129 6.09% 648 30.58% 2,119 Toole 861 61.28% 405 28.83% 139 9.89% 456 32.46% 1,405 Treasure 517 71.41% 174 24.03% 33 4.56% 343 47.38% 724 Valley 2,096 62.89% 895 26.85% 342 10.26% 1,201 36.03% 3,333 Wheatland 1,250 68.79% 520 28.62% 47 2.59% 730 40.18% 1,817 Wibaux 692 71.64% 223 23.08% 51 5.28% 469 48.55% 966 Yellowstone 5,714 65.08% 2,782 31.69% 284 3.23% 2,932 33.39% 8,780Totals109,36461.12%57,37232.06%12,2046.82%51,99229.06%178,940 See also United States presidential elections in Montana References expanded Montana 1920 Category:1920 Montana elections