Woodrow Wilson carried Georgia D+72.9.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Georgia, 1916. The state ran 69.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.2 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

159,740 votes counted

Wilson (D)

127,754

80.0%

Hughes (R)

11,294

7.1%

All others

20,692

13.0%

Margin

D+72.9

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1916 presidential election

Georgia, 1916

WilsonD+72.9

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	80.0%	127,754
OtherAll other candidates	13.0%	20,692
Charles E. HughesRepublican	7.1%	11,294

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	D	+64.3%	413	44	574
Bacon County	D	+72.4%	287	46	333
Baker County	D	+82.2%	435	0	529
Baldwin County	D	+74.9%	579	65	686
Banks County	D	+70.0%	989	126	1,233
Barrow County	D	+58.6%	712	148	962
Bartow County	D	+70.7%	1,325	92	1,743
Ben Hill County	D	+80.5%	627	8	769
Berrien County	D	+94.8%	2,102	32	2,183
Bibb County	D	+80.1%	2,048	201	2,307
Bleckley County	D	+93.2%	362	6	382
Brooks County	D	+78.9%	969	103	1,097
Bryan County	D	+86.6%	295	17	321
Bulloch County	D	+90.5%	1,410	29	1,526
Burke County	D	+92.6%	673	19	706
Butts County	D	+80.6%	595	52	674
Calhoun County	D	+92.8%	265	9	276
Camden County	D	+95.4%	251	4	259
Candler County	D	+94.0%	442	0	470
Carroll County	D	+69.8%	1,621	118	2,152
Catoosa County	D	+68.4%	624	32	866
Charlton County	D	+50.4%	169	52	232
Chatham County	D	+71.7%	3,797	368	4,781
Chattahoochee County	D	+91.5%	156	5	165
Chattooga County	D	+77.9%	1,006	20	1,266
Cherokee County	D	+35.0%	855	292	1,608
Clarke County	D	+78.2%	1,036	113	1,180
Clay County	D	+88.5%	225	9	244
Clayton County	D	+86.4%	517	3	595
Clinch County	D	+73.8%	374	53	435
Cobb County	D	+69.5%	1,750	137	2,321
Coffee County	D	+88.0%	2,091	120	2,240
Colquitt County	D	+81.9%	1,305	53	1,529
Columbia County	D	+94.5%	521	6	545
Coweta County	D	+84.8%	1,179	85	1,290
Crawford County	D	+98.1%	411	2	417
Crisp County	D	+84.1%	577	4	681
Dade County	D	+85.3%	616	25	693
Dawson County	D	+22.5%	440	273	742
Decatur County	D	+85.7%	1,147	35	1,298
DeKalb County	D	+88.4%	1,690	12	1,899
Dodge County	D	+81.6%	788	64	887
Dooly County	D	+96.0%	737	0	768
Dougherty County	D	+89.8%	836	37	890
Douglas County	D	+64.0%	416	61	555
Early County	D	+96.3%	442	4	455
Echols County	D	+100.0%	173	0	173
Effingham County	D	+84.7%	450	8	522
Elbert County	D	+90.6%	1,756	0	1,939
Emanuel County	D	+82.1%	1,500	28	1,794
Evans County	D	+70.4%	334	34	426
Fannin County	O	+30.5%	720	166	1,819
Fayette County	D	+79.6%	494	25	589
Floyd County	D	+81.1%	2,137	50	2,573
Forsyth County	D	+63.3%	1,146	166	1,548
Franklin County	D	+83.6%	1,540	44	1,790
Fulton County	D	+68.1%	9,915	1,399	12,512
Gilmer County	D	+31.0%	742	258	1,560
Glascock County	O	+40.7%	126	8	290
Glynn County	D	+77.4%	477	45	558
Gordon County	D	+56.9%	1,010	190	1,442
Grady County	D	+79.7%	675	39	798
Greene County	D	+70.6%	676	53	882
Gwinnett County	D	+64.7%	1,528	222	2,020
Habersham County	D	+66.2%	1,032	48	1,486
Hall County	D	+70.1%	1,662	141	2,170
Hancock County	D	+86.6%	562	30	614
Haralson County	D	+39.9%	837	137	1,753
Harris County	D	+87.3%	550	23	604
Hart County	D	+72.2%	750	22	1,009
Heard County	D	+83.6%	439	11	512
Henry County	D	+76.3%	868	78	1,035
Houston County	D	+86.7%	806	52	870
Irwin County	D	+84.6%	503	31	558
Jackson County	D	+82.0%	1,185	71	1,358
Jasper County	D	+93.9%	537	14	557
Jeff Davis County	D	+77.2%	299	14	369
Jefferson County	D	+66.0%	588	63	796
Jenkins County	D	+92.1%	402	7	429
Johnson County	D	+78.5%	715	20	885
Jones County	D	+86.1%	398	27	431
Laurens County	D	+81.6%	1,269	64	1,476
Lee County	D	+96.9%	316	3	323
Liberty County	D	+58.6%	245	26	374
Lincoln County	D	+83.2%	333	5	394
Lowndes County	D	+89.7%	1,870	60	2,018
Lumpkin County	D	+58.7%	455	55	681
Macon County	D	+75.1%	440	21	558
Madison County	D	+84.8%	1,241	19	1,441
Marion County	D	+61.5%	330	42	468
McDuffie County	D	+65.9%	466	70	601
McIntosh County	D	+68.1%	114	20	138
Meriwether County	D	+86.6%	1,118	36	1,250
Miller County	D	+92.4%	464	15	486
Mitchell County	D	+83.2%	921	41	1,058
Monroe County	D	+79.8%	721	52	838
Montgomery County	D	+90.1%	1,002	21	1,089
Morgan County	D	+76.8%	643	59	760
Murray County	D	+53.8%	1,162	301	1,599
Muscogee County	D	+86.7%	1,833	110	1,987
Newton County	D	+77.6%	943	102	1,084
Oconee County	D	+75.0%	497	0	663
Oglethorpe County	D	+89.1%	657	18	717
Paulding County	O	+45.1%	670	10	1,463
Pickens County	D	+6.1%	497	420	1,261
Pierce County	D	+67.4%	489	85	599
Pike County	D	+74.8%	766	65	937
Polk County	D	+62.2%	1,172	0	1,885
Pulaski County	D	+88.3%	383	13	419
Putnam County	D	+96.6%	462	8	470
Quitman County	D	+86.6%	125	2	142
Rabun County	D	+60.6%	633	87	901
Randolph County	D	+84.7%	645	43	711
Richmond County	D	+71.2%	2,708	238	3,470
Rockdale County	D	+67.4%	490	73	619
Schley County	D	+84.9%	222	2	259
Screven County	D	+77.6%	625	36	759
Spalding County	D	+77.2%	835	41	1,028
Stephens County	D	+84.3%	500	15	575
Stewart County	D	+88.3%	474	23	511
Sumter County	D	+89.9%	1,065	38	1,143
Talbot County	D	+91.1%	511	17	542
Taliaferro County	D	+89.9%	255	7	276
Tattnall County	D	+63.8%	574	49	823
Taylor County	D	+60.5%	405	57	575
Telfair County	D	+90.4%	773	25	827
Terrell County	D	+87.3%	677	40	730
Thomas County	D	+83.0%	1,298	42	1,513
Tift County	D	+79.4%	1,034	42	1,249
Toombs County	D	+72.1%	425	33	544
Towns County	R	−14.6%	358	481	845
Troup County	D	+79.0%	1,227	38	1,505
Turner County	D	+35.6%	400	145	717
Twiggs County	D	+86.3%	365	20	400
Union County	D	+0.9%	532	523	1,055
Upson County	D	+70.8%	734	18	1,011
Walker County	D	+55.1%	1,883	439	2,622
Walton County	D	+82.6%	1,305	83	1,479
Ware County	D	+74.2%	1,066	133	1,258
Warren County	D	+57.2%	292	47	428
Washington County	D	+83.0%	954	18	1,128
Wayne County	D	+83.9%	460	29	514
Webster County	D	+80.6%	248	20	283
Wheeler County	D	+77.0%	372	31	443
White County	D	+74.9%	639	6	845
Whitfield County	D	+59.3%	1,093	16	1,816
Wilcox County	D	+87.6%	590	12	660
Wilkes County	D	+89.9%	785	17	854
Wilkinson County	D	+81.9%	371	28	419
Worth County	D	+83.5%	690	31	789