Woodrow Wilson carried California D+0.4.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in California, 1916. The state ran 2.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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California result

999,603 votes counted

Wilson (D)

466,289

46.6%

Hughes (R)

462,516

46.3%

All others

70,798

7.1%

Margin

D+0.4

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1916 presidential election

California, 1916

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	46.6%	466,289
Charles E. HughesRepublican	46.3%	462,516
OtherAll other candidates	7.1%	70,798

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1916 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1916

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	R	−7.5%	43,748	51,417	102,131
Alpine County	R	−44.6%	23	60	83
Amador County	D	+17.8%	1,766	1,209	3,138
Butte County	D	+9.6%	4,888	3,956	9,669
Calaveras County	D	+12.2%	1,524	1,175	2,872
Colusa County	D	+31.1%	1,998	1,011	3,177
Contra Costa County	D	+2.8%	6,092	5,731	13,011
Del Norte County	R	−2.5%	471	499	1,139
El Dorado County	D	+22.6%	1,755	1,068	3,043
Fresno County	D	+8.9%	14,241	11,707	28,508
Glenn County	D	+13.6%	1,797	1,342	3,336
Humboldt County	R	−14.9%	4,103	5,786	11,313
Imperial County	D	+8.7%	3,273	2,694	6,659
Inyo County	D	+6.0%	966	846	2,016
Kern County	D	+24.7%	9,566	5,611	15,981
Kings County	D	+12.2%	2,905	2,221	5,602
Lake County	D	+16.7%	1,164	791	2,233
Lassen County	D	+18.8%	1,323	877	2,373
Los Angeles County	R	−8.0%	114,070	135,554	267,921
Madera County	D	+16.0%	1,880	1,323	3,481
Marin County	R	−6.2%	3,789	4,328	8,647
Mariposa County	D	+25.5%	802	451	1,377
Mendocino County	R	−1.6%	3,371	3,494	7,468
Merced County	D	+9.6%	2,637	2,132	5,236
Modoc County	D	+21.6%	1,222	768	2,098
Mono County	D	+6.4%	158	137	326
Monterey County	D	+3.5%	3,878	3,599	8,032
Napa County	R	−11.1%	3,088	3,914	7,461
Nevada County	D	+21.4%	2,548	1,586	4,503
Orange County	R	−22.1%	6,474	10,609	18,746
Placer County	D	+24.5%	3,375	1,954	5,791
Plumas County	D	+20.0%	1,025	663	1,814
Riverside County	R	−21.2%	4,561	7,452	13,639
Sacramento County	D	+14.4%	14,538	10,696	26,613
San Benito County	D	+7.6%	1,688	1,440	3,259
San Bernardino County	R	−10.8%	9,398	11,932	23,545
San Diego County	R	−0.4%	16,815	16,978	36,537
San Francisco County	D	+10.1%	78,225	63,093	149,152
San Joaquin County	D	+17.4%	11,454	7,861	20,661
San Luis Obispo County	D	+9.6%	3,539	2,854	7,099
San Mateo County	R	−6.9%	4,485	5,207	10,411
Santa Barbara County	D	+7.1%	5,198	4,453	10,469
Santa Clara County	R	−7.4%	14,185	16,592	32,681
Santa Cruz County	D	+3.0%	4,511	4,228	9,446
Shasta County	D	+15.2%	2,828	2,008	5,398
Sierra County	D	+23.0%	594	360	1,018
Siskiyou County	D	+23.0%	3,447	2,059	6,032
Solano County	D	+22.0%	5,678	3,536	9,728
Sonoma County	R	−7.0%	8,377	9,733	19,324
Stanislaus County	D	+9.3%	5,490	4,401	11,687
Sutter County	D	+11.5%	1,543	1,211	2,883
Tehama County	D	+16.6%	2,534	1,739	4,788
Trinity County	D	+19.7%	661	424	1,206
Tulare County	D	+2.9%	7,299	6,845	15,572
Tuolumne County	D	+18.0%	1,584	1,057	2,922
Ventura County	R	−15.9%	2,835	3,980	7,213
Yolo County	D	+10.7%	2,922	2,334	5,501
Yuba County	D	+12.4%	1,980	1,530	3,634