A county result
Belmont County, presidential election of 1920
Belmont County
50.55%Warren G. Harding (R), the most votes29,201Votes counted for president
What this is
Belmont County counted 29,201 votes for president across 4 candidates in 1920. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding | Republican | 14,761 | 50.55% |
| James M. Cox | Democratic | 13,347 | 45.71% |
| Eugene Debs | Socialist | 1,079 | 3.70% |
| Robert Macauley | Single Tax | 14 | 0.05% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Warren G. Harding (Republican) with 58.47%, a 19.9-point margin over James M. Cox. The country elected Warren G. Harding.
- Against the state
- Belmont County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+4.8 against Ohio's R+19.9: 15.1 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 74th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1916
- From 1916 to 1920 the county's lean moved 7.1 points toward the Republicans, from D+2.3 to R+4.8.
- Matched
- Belmont County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1920 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1920 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1920-11-02 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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