1920 United States presidential election in Arizona

none June 2025 September 2023 1920 United States presidential election in Arizona Arizona presidential no 1916 United States presidential election in Arizona 1916 1924 United States presidential election in Arizona 1924 November 2, 1920 x200px James M. Cox 1920.jpg James M. Cox Democratic Party (United States) Ohio Franklin D. Roosevelt 0 29,546 44.39% Warren G Harding-Harris & Ewing crop.jpg Warren G. Harding Republican Party (United States) Ohio Calvin Coolidge 3 37,016 55.61% 1920 United States presidential election in Arizona results map by county.svg 250px County results Harding #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Cox #86b6f2 50–60% 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 Arizona took place on November 2, 1920, as part of the 1920 United States presidential election in which all 48 states participated. Arizona voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Democratic nominee James M. Cox and his running mate, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt, against Republican challenger U.S. Senator Warren G. Harding and his running mate, Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge. 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 Woodrow Wilson 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 and the factionalism that would almost destroy the Democratic Party later in the decade had already simmered.'Arizona and the West', Journal of the Southwest 14(1972), p. 89 Resultant opposition to the Democrats allowed Warren Harding to win the election in Arizona with 55.61% of the vote to James Cox' 44.39%. Harding won all but two counties; Graham and Greenlee in the state by a landslide.Menendez Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 121 0786422173 Results 1920 United States presidential election in Arizonahttps://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/102402 General Election Returns, State of Arizona, November 2, 1920 Arizona Secretary of State 2024-07-30PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge 37,016 55.61% 3 Democratic James M. Cox Franklin D. Roosevelt 29,546 44.39% 0 Totals 66,562 100.00% 3 Results by county County Warren G. HardingRepublican James M. CoxDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Apache67952.35%61847.65%614.70%1,297Cochise5,34154.66%4,43045.34%9119.32%9,771Coconino1,34263.21%78136.79%56126.42%2,123Gila3,31153.36%2,89446.64%4176.72%6,205Graham1,06245.72%1,26154.28%-199-8.57%2,323Greenlee90544.45%1,13155.55%-226-11.10%2,036Maricopa11,33656.23%8,82543.77%2,51112.45%20,161Mohave99657.97%72242.03%27415.95%1,718Navajo1,07851.11%1,03148.89%472.23%2,109Pima3,39258.01%2,45541.99%93716.03%5,847Pinal1,49354.15%1,26445.85%2298.31%2,757Santa Cruz85054.63%70645.37%1449.25%1,556Yavapai3,62561.69%2,25138.31%1,37423.38%5,876Yuma1,60657.71%1,17742.29%42915.42%2,783Totals37,01655.61%29,45644.39%7,47011.22%66,562 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai Yuma Electors Upon becoming a state in 1912, Arizona used the then-standard method of choosing presidential electors where voters could pick the names directly, rather than voting for a specific presidential candidate. This method was gradually abandoned state by state throughout the first half of the 20th century; Arizona switched to the modern "short ballot" for the election in 1920. Voters would now select from among the actual presidential candidates' names with each vote treated as being for the candidate's entire slate of electors. The electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 7, 1920.https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/102635 Primary Election Returns, State of Arizona, Sept. 7, 1920 Arizona Secretary of State 2024-07-30 James M. Cox & Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Party Warren G. Harding & Calvin CoolidgeRepublican Party text-align:center B. F. Billingsley May Belle Craig H. T. Southworth text-align:center James P. Boyle Joseph W. Smith Frank R. Stweart References 1920 Arizona Category:1920 Arizona elections