Elections / 1916 · President

Woodrow Wilson defeated Charles Evans Hughes.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)

National popular vote

18,519,445 votes counted

Wilson (D)

9,132,917

49.3%

Hughes (R)

8,540,635

46.1%

All others

849,379

4.6%

Margin

D+3.2

The county map

3,017 county-level results on record for 1916

Democrats carried 2,037 counties, Republicans 973, third-party candidates 7. 1,184 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Garrett County, MD (R+117.4 swing) · Baltimore city, MD (R+79.2 swing) · Whitley County, KY (R+74.5 swing) · Kent County, MD (R+74.3 swing) · Lee County, TX (R+73.8 swing) · Washington County, MD (R+73.4 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+54.1%	99,406	28,662	130,725
Arkansas	D	+40.9%	112,282	47,135	159,417
Arizona	D	+21.8%	33,170	20,524	57,921
California	D	+0.4%	466,289	462,516	999,603
Colorado	D	+26.0%	178,806	102,307	294,364
Connecticut	R	−3.1%	99,783	106,510	213,868
Delaware	R	−2.4%	24,753	26,011	51,810
Florida	D	+51.2%	55,984	14,611	80,734
Georgia	D	+72.9%	127,754	11,294	159,740
Iowa	R	−11.4%	220,597	279,331	514,704
Idaho	D	+10.9%	70,054	55,368	134,615
Illinois	R	−9.2%	950,229	1,152,549	2,190,219
Indiana	R	−0.9%	334,263	341,004	718,986
Kansas	D	+5.9%	314,588	277,658	629,813
Kentucky	D	+5.4%	269,990	241,791	519,551
Louisiana	D	+78.9%	80,629	6,510	93,966
Massachusetts	R	−3.9%	247,854	268,765	531,773
Maryland	D	+8.0%	138,359	117,347	262,039
Maine	R	−4.0%	64,033	69,508	136,314
Michigan	R	−8.3%	283,993	337,952	646,873
Minnesota	R	−0.1%	179,185	179,544	387,397
Missouri	D	+3.6%	398,032	369,339	786,793
Mississippi	D	+88.4%	80,422	4,253	86,159
Montana	D	+19.3%	101,063	66,750	177,679
North Carolina	D	+16.4%	168,383	120,890	289,835
North Dakota	D	+1.5%	55,206	53,471	115,390
Nebraska	D	+14.3%	158,827	117,771	287,315
New Hampshire	D	+0.1%	43,781	43,725	89,127
New Jersey	R	−11.7%	211,018	268,982	494,442
New Mexico	D	+3.6%	33,527	31,152	66,787
Nevada	D	+17.0%	17,776	12,127	33,316
New York	R	−7.0%	759,426	879,238	1,706,305
Ohio	D	+7.7%	604,161	514,753	1,165,086
Oklahoma	D	+17.4%	148,123	97,233	292,387
Oregon	R	−2.6%	120,087	126,813	261,650
Pennsylvania	R	−14.0%	521,784	703,823	1,297,292
Rhode Island	R	−5.1%	40,394	44,858	87,816
South Carolina	D	+94.3%	61,846	1,550	63,952
South Dakota	D	+3.9%	64,217	59,191	128,942
Tennessee	D	+13.6%	153,280	116,223	272,190
Texas	D	+59.6%	286,415	64,999	371,306
Utah	D	+21.0%	84,145	54,137	143,146
Virginia	D	+34.7%	102,825	49,358	153,984
Vermont	R	−27.2%	22,708	40,250	64,475
Washington	D	+4.2%	183,388	167,208	380,994
Wisconsin	R	−6.6%	191,363	220,822	447,134
West Virginia	R	−0.9%	140,403	143,124	289,671
Wyoming	D	+12.8%	28,316	21,698	51,840