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The 1924 United States presidential election in Nevada was held on November 4, 1924 as part of the 1924 United States presidential election . State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Nevada was won by President Calvin Coolidge (R –Massachusetts ), running with Senator Charles G. Dawes , with 41.76% of the popular vote, against Senator Robert M. La Follette Sr. (I –Wisconsin ), running with Senator Burton K. Wheeler , with 36.29% of the popular vote. Democratic nominee John W. Davis came third, although Ormsby County was the westernmost county in the nation to give him a plurality of its ballots.
Results
Results by county
County
John Calvin Coolidge Republican
John William Davis Democratic
Robert M. La Follette Sr. Independent
Margin[a]
Total votes cast[2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Churchill
655
41.64%
310
19.71%
608
38.65%
47
2.99%
1,573
Clark
533
32.58%
288
17.60%
815
49.82%
-282
-17.24%
1,636
Douglas
343
59.04%
95
16.35%
143
24.61%
200
34.42%
581
Elko
1,113
38.81%
604
21.06%
1,151
40.13%
-38
-1.32%
2,868
Esmeralda
241
33.20%
150
20.66%
335
46.14%
-94
-12.95%
726
Eureka
209
50.00%
94
22.49%
115
27.51%
94
22.49%
418
Humboldt
400
35.30%
248
21.89%
485
42.81%
-85
-7.50%
1,133
Lander
254
46.61%
138
25.32%
153
28.07%
101
18.53%
545
Lincoln
200
27.10%
257
34.82%
281
38.08%
-24[b]
-3.25%
738
Lyon
618
47.43%
231
17.73%
454
34.84%
164
12.59%
1,303
Mineral
191
37.90%
84
16.67%
229
45.44%
-38
-7.54%
504
Nye
884
39.69%
454
20.39%
889
39.92%
-5
-0.22%
2,227
Ormsby
413
44.31%
415
44.53%
104
11.16%
-2[c]
-0.21%
932
Pershing
308
36.07%
164
19.20%
382
44.73%
-74
-8.67%
854
Storey
283
37.19%
209
27.46%
269
35.35%
14
1.84%
761
Washoe
3,549
45.70%
1,669
21.49%
2,548
32.81%
1,001
12.89%
7,766
White Pine
1,049
44.52%
499
21.18%
808
34.30%
241
10.23%
2,356
Totals
11,243
41.76%
5,909
21.95%
9,769
36.29%
1,474
5.48%
26,921
Notes
^ Because Coolidge and La Follette ran in the top two places in Nevada as a whole, all margins given are Coolidge vote minus La Follette vote and Coolidge percentage minus La Follette percentage unless otherwise states for the county in question.
^ In this county where Coolidge finished third behind both Davis and La Follette, margin given is Davis vote minus La Follette vote and percentage margin Davis percentage minus La Follette percentage.
^ In this county where La Follette did finish behind both Coolidge and Davis, margin given is Coolidge vote minus Davis vote and percentage margin Coolidge percentage minus Davis percentage.
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