1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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The 1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the 1924 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of
In 1920, with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, North Carolina became the first former Confederate state to abolish its poll tax, which when in force was less severe than other former Confederate states with the result that more whites participated.[4] In that election North Carolina would, alongside Kentucky, see the largest mobilisation of female voters in the entire country.[5] Despite some thought that Republican nominee Harding might threaten to carry the state,[6] in fact North Carolina showed the smallest swing against the Democrats of any state in the Union.[7]
During the prolonged
None of the three candidates did any campaigning in a state which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876. All media polls from September onwards suggested that North Carolina would always go to Davis.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John W. Davis | 284,270 | 58.89% | |
Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 191,753 | 39.73% | |
Progressive
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Robert M. La Follette
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6,651 | 1.38% | |
Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 13[a] | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 482,674 | 100% |
Results by county
County | John William Davis Democratic |
John Calvin Coolidge Republican |
Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Progressive |
Margin | ||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Robeson | 92.53% | 4,064 | 7.15% | 314 | 0.32% | 14 | 85.38% | 3,750 |
Currituck | 91.16% | 670 | 7.07% | 52 | 1.77% | 13 | 84.08% | 618 |
Bertie | 91.59% | 1,785 | 8.16% | 159 | 0.26% | 5 | 83.43% | 1,626 |
Northampton | 91.17% | 1,662 | 7.90% | 144 | 0.93% | 17 | 83.27% | 1,518 |
Halifax | 90.20% | 3,232 | 7.48% | 268 | 2.32% | 83 | 82.72% | 2,964 |
Edgecombe | 89.04% | 2,274 | 6.70% | 171 | 4.27% | 109 | 82.34% | 2,103 |
Anson | 90.47% | 2,372 | 8.58% | 225 | 0.95% | 25 | 81.88% | 2,147 |
Martin | 89.88% | 1,999 | 9.71% | 216 | 0.40% | 9 | 80.17% | 1,783 |
Warren | 88.43% | 1,742 | 8.43% | 166 | 3.15% | 62 | 80.00% | 1,576 |
Craven | 88.86% | 2,942 | 9.82% | 325 | 1.33% | 44 | 79.04% | 2,617 |
Hoke | 88.77% | 1,146 | 10.92% | 141 | 0.31% | 4 | 77.85% | 1,005 |
Chowan | 87.39% | 714 | 12.00% | 98 | 0.61% | 5 | 75.40% | 616 |
Scotland | 87.18% | 1,469 | 12.17% | 205 | 0.65% | 11 | 75.01% | 1,264 |
Franklin | 86.34% | 1,991 | 13.10% | 302 | 0.56% | 13 | 73.24% | 1,689 |
Greene | 85.55% | 1,119 | 13.91% | 182 | 0.54% | 7 | 71.64% | 937 |
Pitt | 84.91% | 3,197 | 13.60% | 512 | 1.49% | 56 | 71.31% | 2,685 |
Hertford | 84.80% | 932 | 14.92% | 164 | 0.27% | 3 | 69.88% | 768 |
Granville | 82.37% | 2,220 | 17.11% | 461 | 0.52% | 14 | 65.27% | 1,759 |
Pender | 81.31% | 1,175 | 17.51% | 253 | 1.18% | 17 | 63.81% | 922 |
Wilson | 79.99% | 2,619 | 17.53% | 574 | 2.47% | 81 | 62.46% | 2,045 |
Vance | 80.39% | 2,013 | 18.77% | 470 | 0.84% | 21 | 61.62% | 1,543 |
Lenoir | 80.26% | 2,191 | 18.83% | 514 | 0.92% | 25 | 61.43% | 1,677 |
Pasquotank | 79.59% | 1,236 | 19.64% | 305 | 0.77% | 12 | 59.95% | 931 |
Union | 79.45% | 2,721 | 19.62% | 672 | 0.93% | 32 | 59.82% | 2,049 |
Jones | 79.27% | 692 | 20.50% | 179 | 0.23% | 2 | 58.76% | 513 |
Richmond | 76.46% | 2,475 | 18.50% | 599 | 5.04% | 163 | 57.95% | 1,876 |
Nash | 76.63% | 3,129 | 20.16% | 823 | 3.21% | 131 | 56.48% | 2,306 |
New Hanover | 74.80% | 4,735 | 18.80% | 1,190 | 6.40% | 405 | 56.00% | 3,545 |
Camden | 75.56% | 436 | 22.88% | 132 | 1.56% | 9 | 52.69% | 304 |
Gates | 75.87% | 679 | 24.02% | 215 | 0.11% | 1 | 51.84% | 464 |
Mecklenburg | 73.73% | 8,443 | 22.46% | 2,572 | 3.82% | 437 | 51.27% | 5,871 |
Wake | 70.77% | 8,376 | 25.14% | 2,975 | 4.10% | 485 | 45.63% | 5,401 |
Onslow | 71.19% | 1,122 | 26.84% | 423 | 1.97% | 31 | 44.35% | 699 |
Lee | 71.81% | 1,834 | 27.80% | 710 | 0.39% | 10 | 44.01% | 1,124 |
Wayne | 70.32% | 3,366 | 28.81% | 1,379 | 0.88% | 42 | 41.51% | 1,987 |
Caswell | 69.53% | 1,075 | 30.21% | 467 | 0.26% | 4 | 39.33% | 608 |
Cleveland | 67.81% | 3,749 | 31.52% | 1,743 | 0.67% | 37 | 36.28% | 2,006 |
Cumberland | 67.47% | 2,923 | 31.67% | 1,372 | 0.85% | 37 | 35.80% | 1,551 |
Hyde | 67.04% | 653 | 31.31% | 305 | 1.64% | 16 | 35.73% | 348 |
Beaufort | 65.65% | 3,048 | 32.35% | 1,502 | 2.00% | 93 | 33.30% | 1,546 |
Bladen | 65.72% | 1,551 | 33.31% | 786 | 0.97% | 23 | 32.42% | 765 |
Duplin | 64.93% | 2,924 | 34.24% | 1,542 | 0.82% | 37 | 30.69% | 1,382 |
Haywood | 65.18% | 4,582 | 34.71% | 2,440 | 0.11% | 8 | 30.47% | 2,142 |
Perquimans | 64.48% | 550 | 34.58% | 295 | 0.94% | 8 | 29.89% | 255 |
Gaston | 64.24% | 6,554 | 34.95% | 3,566 | 0.80% | 82 | 29.29% | 2,988 |
Iredell | 63.54% | 6,449 | 35.12% | 3,565 | 1.34% | 136 | 28.41% | 2,884 |
Orange | 62.43% | 1,879 | 35.38% | 1,065 | 2.19% | 66 | 27.04% | 814 |
Pamlico | 63.48% | 798 | 36.52% | 459 | 0.00% | 0 | 26.97% | 339 |
Rockingham | 62.72% | 4,467 | 36.03% | 2,566 | 1.25% | 89 | 26.69% | 1,901 |
Columbus | 62.49% | 2,757 | 36.92% | 1,629 | 0.59% | 26 | 25.57% | 1,128 |
Buncombe | 59.93% | 10,098 | 37.30% | 6,285 | 2.77% | 467 | 22.63% | 3,813 |
Durham | 59.34% | 4,837 | 37.95% | 3,093 | 2.71% | 221 | 21.40% | 1,744 |
Person | 60.52% | 1,576 | 39.36% | 1,025 | 0.12% | 3 | 21.16% | 551 |
Alamance | 59.48% | 4,859 | 39.38% | 3,217 | 1.14% | 93 | 20.10% | 1,642 |
Tyrrell | 59.02% | 638 | 40.89% | 442 | 0.09% | 1 | 18.13% | 196 |
Moore | 57.93% | 2,771 | 41.27% | 1,974 | 0.79% | 38 | 16.66% | 797 |
Forsyth | 56.18% | 7,404 | 40.33% | 5,315 | 3.48% | 459 | 15.85% | 2,089 |
Caldwell | 56.97% | 3,348 | 42.59% | 2,503 | 0.44% | 26 | 14.38% | 845 |
Alleghany | 56.99% | 1,643 | 42.80% | 1,234 | 0.21% | 6 | 14.19% | 409 |
Rowan | 52.84% | 4,816 | 39.06% | 3,560 | 8.10% | 738 | 13.78% | 1,256 |
Dare | 56.69% | 826 | 43.17% | 629 | 0.14% | 2 | 13.52% | 197 |
Rutherford | 56.51% | 5,101 | 43.17% | 3,897 | 0.32% | 29 | 13.34% | 1,204 |
Burke | 56.46% | 4,137 | 43.54% | 3,190 | 0.00% | 0 | 12.92% | 947 |
Guilford | 55.22% | 8,804 | 42.79% | 6,822 | 1.99% | 317 | 12.43% | 1,982 |
Cabarrus | 54.60% | 4,449 | 43.08% | 3,510 | 2.32% | 189 | 11.52% | 939 |
Chatham | 55.44% | 3,446 | 44.32% | 2,755 | 0.24% | 15 | 11.12% | 691 |
Carteret | 54.75% | 2,261 | 44.89% | 1,854 | 0.36% | 15 | 9.85% | 407 |
Yancey | 54.35% | 2,592 | 45.21% | 2,156 | 0.44% | 21 | 9.14% | 436 |
Montgomery | 54.39% | 2,483 | 45.50% | 2,077 | 0.11% | 5 | 8.89% | 406 |
McDowell | 53.62% | 3,023 | 45.94% | 2,590 | 0.44% | 25 | 7.68% | 433 |
Harnett | 53.14% | 3,296 | 46.68% | 2,895 | 0.18% | 11 | 6.47% | 401 |
Polk | 52.52% | 1,613 | 47.05% | 1,445 | 0.42% | 13 | 5.47% | 168 |
Jackson | 52.50% | 3,100 | 47.21% | 2,788 | 0.29% | 17 | 5.28% | 312 |
Ashe | 52.28% | 4,333 | 47.68% | 3,952 | 0.04% | 3 | 4.60% | 381 |
Lincoln | 51.86% | 2,909 | 47.39% | 2,658 | 0.75% | 42 | 4.47% | 251 |
Macon | 51.72% | 2,178 | 47.85% | 2,015 | 0.43% | 18 | 3.87% | 163 |
Stanly | 51.26% | 3,832 | 48.07% | 3,594 | 0.67% | 50 | 3.18% | 238 |
Washington | 51.25% | 883 | 48.40% | 834 | 0.35% | 6 | 2.84% | 49 |
Davidson | 50.88% | 6,507 | 48.69% | 6,227 | 0.44% | 56 | 2.19% | 280 |
Transylvania | 49.17% | 1,776 | 50.22% | 1,814 | 0.61% | 22 | -1.05% | -38 |
Catawba | 48.28% | 5,754 | 50.32% | 5,998 | 1.40% | 167 | -2.05% | -244 |
Johnston | 48.56% | 4,656 | 51.20% | 4,910 | 0.24% | 23 | -2.65% | -254 |
Alexander | 48.25% | 2,291 | 51.33% | 2,437 | 0.42% | 20 | -3.07% | -146 |
Stokes | 47.76% | 2,309 | 51.33% | 2,482 | 0.91% | 44 | -3.58% | -173 |
Graham | 47.81% | 841 | 51.56% | 907 | 0.63% | 11 | -3.75% | -66 |
Watauga | 46.94% | 2,365 | 52.90% | 2,665 | 0.16% | 8 | -5.95% | -300 |
Surry | 46.63% | 4,418 | 52.67% | 4,990 | 0.70% | 66 | -6.04% | -572 |
Clay | 46.24% | 953 | 52.89% | 1,090 | 0.87% | 18 | -6.65% | -137 |
Brunswick | 45.54% | 1,118 | 52.79% | 1,296 | 1.67% | 41 | -7.25% | -178 |
Randolph | 45.90% | 5,397 | 53.89% | 6,336 | 0.20% | 24 | -7.99% | -939 |
Henderson | 45.54% | 3,007 | 53.73% | 3,548 | 0.73% | 48 | -8.19% | -541 |
Swain | 44.55% | 1,769 | 54.85% | 2,178 | 0.60% | 24 | -10.30% | -409 |
Cherokee | 42.71% | 1,742 | 56.73% | 2,314 | 0.56% | 23 | -14.02% | -572 |
Davie | 40.07% | 1,795 | 59.64% | 2,672 | 0.29% | 13 | -19.58% | -877 |
Sampson | 38.54% | 2,021 | 60.79% | 3,188 | 0.67% | 35 | -22.25% | -1,167 |
Wilkes | 36.86% | 3,586 | 63.02% | 6,131 | 0.11% | 11 | -26.16% | -2,545 |
Yadkin | 32.26% | 1,381 | 67.48% | 2,889 | 0.26% | 11 | -35.23% | -1,508 |
Madison | 30.66% | 1,471 | 67.79% | 3,252 | 1.54% | 74 | -37.13% | -1,781 |
Mitchell | 30.80% | 689 | 68.84% | 1,540 | 0.36% | 8 | -38.04% | -851 |
Avery | 13.95% | 357 | 85.51% | 2,189 | 0.55% | 14 | -71.56% | -1,832 |
Notes
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