Charles Evans Hughes carried Iowa R+11.4.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Iowa, 1916. The state ran 14.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

514,704 votes counted

Wilson (D)

220,597

42.9%

Hughes (R)

279,331

54.3%

All others

14,776

2.9%

Margin

R+11.4

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1916 presidential election

Iowa, 1916

HughesR+11.4

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Charles E. Hughes ✓Republican	54.3%	279,331
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic	42.9%	220,597
OtherAll other candidates	2.9%	14,776

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−8.5%	1,619	1,922	3,568
Adams County	R	−1.3%	1,365	1,401	2,791
Allamakee County	R	−16.8%	1,714	2,411	4,159
Appanoose County	R	−12.9%	2,510	3,327	6,346
Audubon County	R	−11.7%	1,247	1,581	2,843
Benton County	R	−10.8%	2,556	3,189	5,888
Black Hawk County	R	−21.8%	4,270	6,742	11,361
Boone County	R	−10.9%	2,338	2,955	5,638
Bremer County	R	−40.3%	1,132	2,684	3,847
Buchanan County	R	−24.6%	1,808	3,000	4,855
Buena Vista County	R	−16.6%	1,454	2,045	3,564
Butler County	R	−46.4%	977	2,722	3,757
Calhoun County	R	−19.5%	1,515	2,276	3,901
Carroll County	R	−7.1%	2,085	2,408	4,535
Cass County	R	−20.8%	1,801	2,763	4,624
Cedar County	R	−28.1%	1,595	2,862	4,503
Cerro Gordo County	R	−21.1%	2,289	3,556	5,999
Cherokee County	D	+2.1%	1,646	1,578	3,270
Chickasaw County	R	−8.1%	1,697	1,999	3,729
Clarke County	R	−12.1%	1,175	1,507	2,735
Clay County	R	−13.9%	1,234	1,649	2,976
Clayton County	R	−16.6%	2,379	3,347	5,817
Clinton County	R	−17.0%	3,903	5,576	9,850
Crawford County	R	−17.7%	1,919	2,756	4,730
Dallas County	R	−7.3%	2,495	2,900	5,538
Davis County	D	+10.0%	1,811	1,476	3,344
Decatur County	D	+3.6%	2,111	1,962	4,135
Delaware County	R	−35.3%	1,332	2,827	4,233
Des Moines County	R	−3.7%	3,827	4,132	8,345
Dickinson County	R	−16.3%	893	1,249	2,182
Dubuque County	D	+2.4%	6,063	5,772	12,223
Emmet County	R	−26.6%	809	1,409	2,259
Fayette County	R	−24.5%	2,311	3,872	6,367
Floyd County	R	−35.4%	1,250	2,691	4,071
Franklin County	R	−55.6%	691	2,464	3,190
Fremont County	D	+9.0%	2,085	1,732	3,903
Greene County	R	−23.1%	1,455	2,345	3,854
Grundy County	R	−35.1%	1,015	2,127	3,164
Guthrie County	R	−12.2%	1,805	2,316	4,188
Hamilton County	R	−44.7%	1,125	3,037	4,281
Hancock County	R	−30.3%	913	1,726	2,679
Hardin County	R	−37.6%	1,481	3,335	4,925
Harrison County	D	+5.7%	2,932	2,610	5,689
Henry County	R	−17.4%	1,728	2,470	4,259
Howard County	R	−0.1%	1,560	1,562	3,197
Humboldt County	R	−34.5%	809	1,676	2,513
Ida County	R	−6.1%	1,244	1,412	2,762
Iowa County	R	−16.8%	1,763	2,484	4,290
Jackson County	R	−7.2%	2,186	2,533	4,813
Jasper County	D	+2.9%	3,282	3,092	6,568
Jefferson County	R	−10.9%	1,734	2,167	3,968
Johnson County	D	+14.8%	3,650	2,704	6,403
Jones County	R	−18.2%	1,966	2,848	4,858
Keokuk County	R	−6.2%	2,486	2,822	5,408
Kossuth County	R	−20.3%	1,748	2,647	4,439
Lee County	R	−4.7%	3,993	4,395	8,587
Linn County	R	−14.1%	6,131	8,212	14,751
Louisa County	R	−26.4%	1,081	1,876	3,013
Lucas County	R	−3.9%	1,536	1,672	3,490
Lyon County	R	−21.2%	1,137	1,760	2,944
Madison County	R	−4.4%	1,711	1,871	3,650
Mahaska County	D	+0.1%	3,151	3,143	6,529
Marion County	D	+11.1%	3,094	2,459	5,732
Marshall County	R	−25.4%	2,414	4,172	6,916
Mills County	R	−3.2%	1,600	1,707	3,375
Mitchell County	R	−30.5%	1,033	1,963	3,049
Monona County	D	+3.6%	1,910	1,777	3,712
Monroe County	R	−1.0%	2,095	2,144	4,749
Montgomery County	R	−23.3%	1,431	2,333	3,867
Muscatine County	R	−17.1%	2,694	3,929	7,242
O'Brien County	R	−6.1%	1,787	2,021	3,847
Osceola County	R	−17.7%	874	1,258	2,167
Page County	R	−25.3%	1,747	2,993	4,917
Palo Alto County	D	+1.1%	1,630	1,594	3,287
Plymouth County	R	−8.1%	2,258	2,666	5,017
Pocahontas County	R	−4.3%	1,658	1,808	3,525
Polk County	D	+4.2%	12,327	11,295	24,656
Pottawattamie County	D	+2.2%	6,263	5,992	12,529
Poweshiek County	R	−18.1%	1,880	2,748	4,788
Ringgold County	R	−12.2%	1,351	1,733	3,125
Sac County	R	−11.4%	1,629	2,057	3,738
Scott County	R	−21.1%	5,212	8,329	14,770
Shelby County	D	+4.1%	2,060	1,898	3,996
Sioux County	R	−4.9%	2,049	2,261	4,357
Story County	R	−34.7%	1,772	3,722	5,624
Tama County	R	−8.5%	2,572	3,061	5,735
Taylor County	R	−10.9%	1,775	2,219	4,057
Union County	R	−1.6%	1,985	2,050	4,104
Van Buren County	R	−6.8%	1,735	1,994	3,797
Wapello County	R	−4.4%	3,994	4,398	9,229
Warren County	R	−6.5%	1,910	2,182	4,179
Washington County	R	−12.2%	2,139	2,745	4,963
Wayne County	R	−0.0%	1,935	1,936	3,977
Webster County	R	−9.8%	3,196	3,917	7,321
Winnebago County	R	−48.1%	584	1,713	2,349
Winneshiek County	R	−18.5%	1,956	2,876	4,970
Woodbury County	D	+20.8%	8,819	5,735	14,853
Worth County	R	−43.2%	566	1,463	2,077
Wright County	R	−38.4%	1,135	2,599	3,810