United States Presidential Election, 1924 (Better Red Than Dead)

United States Presidential Election, 1924
‹ 1920 1928 ›
November 4, 1924


Nominee	Vladimir Lenin	Calvin Coolidge
Party	Communist	Republican
Home state	New York	Massachusetts
Running mate	William Foster	Charles Dawes
Electoral vote	254	128
States carried	19	16
Popular vote	11,958,910	10,300,375
Percentage	41.1%	35.4%

Nominee	John Davis	Robert La Follette
Party	Democratic	Progressive
Home state	West Virginia	Wisconsin
Running mate	Charles Bryan	Burton Wheeler
Electoral vote	136	13
States carried	12	1
Popular vote	4,917,411	1,891,311
Percentage	16.9%	6.5%

Presidential election results map. Red states voted for Lenin. Light Red states voted for Coolidge. Blue states voted for Davis. Green states voted for La Follette.
President before election Warren Harding Republican Elected President Vladimir Lenin Communist