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The1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 4, 1924, as part of the1924 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary forty-eight states. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history ofJim Crow laws,disfranchisement of itsAfrican-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficienthistoric Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain a stable one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections[1] A rapid move following disenfranchisement to a completely “lily-white” state GOP also helped maintain Republican support amongst the state's voters.[2] LikeVirginia,Tennessee andOklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewidewhite primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary.[3]
In 1920, with the passage ofthe Nineteenth Amendment, North Carolina became the first former Confederate state to abolishits 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, alongsideKentucky, 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 prolongedDemocratic Party primaries, North Carolina shifted its delegates betweenWilliam Gibbs McAdoo, VirginianCarter Glass, and AlabamianOscar W. Underwood, except for a few votes forfavorite son George Gordon Battle. Ultimately neither McAdoo nor New York Governor Al Smith – who represented the immigrant, anti-Prohibition wing of the party – could prove acceptable to all Democratic delegates and the nomination went to a compromise candidate in Wall Street lawyer John W. Davis of West Virginia. Although West Virginia was a border state whose limited African-American population had not been disenfranchised,[8] Davis did share the extremesocial conservatism of Southern Democrats of his era; he supported poll taxes and opposed women's suffrage.[9] In addition, Davis, like Coolidge, favored strictly limited government.[9][10] At the same time a progressive third-party run was predicted as early as winter 1923–24, and ultimatelyWisconsin SenatorRobert M. La Follette would be nominated by the “Committee for Progressive Political Action”.[11]
None of the three candidates did any campaigning in a state which had voted Democratic at every election since1876. All media polls from September onwards suggested that North Carolina would always go to Davis.[12] ADigest poll at the end of October, which included votes for some candidatesnot on the ballot, had Davis winning by 21.5 percentage points,[13] and that proved a good guide to the final margin, which saw Davis carry North Carolina by 19.16 points, an increase of 5.68 points uponJames M. Cox’s margin in1920 and in fact 2.77 points greater thanWoodrow Wilson’s margin in the state in1916. AlthoughProgressive Party candidate La Follette would relegate Davis to third in twelve states and carry his home state of Wisconsin, he had almost no appeal in pro-League of Nations North Carolina. With only 1.38 percent of the vote, North Carolina would be La Follette’s second-weakest state after neighbouring South Carolina.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John W. Davis | 284,270 | 58.89% | |
| Republican | Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) | 191,753 | 39.73% | |
| Progressive | Robert M. La Follette | 6,651 | 1.38% | |
| Prohibition | Herman P. Faris | 13[a] | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 482,674 | 100% | ||
| County | John William Davis Democratic | John Calvin Coolidge Republican | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Progressive | Margin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| 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 |
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