Woodrow Wilson carried Kansas D+5.9.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Kansas, 1916. The state ran 2.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

629,813 votes counted

Wilson (D)

314,588

49.9%

Hughes (R)

277,658

44.1%

All others

37,567

6.0%

Margin

D+5.9

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1916 presidential election

Kansas, 1916

WilsonD+5.9

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	49.9%	314,588
Charles E. HughesRepublican	44.1%	277,658
OtherAll other candidates	6.0%	37,567

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−0.9%	4,053	4,129	8,641
Anderson County	D	+6.5%	2,739	2,386	5,429
Atchison County	D	+0.1%	4,634	4,624	9,512
Barber County	D	+10.8%	2,061	1,632	3,983
Barton County	D	+6.2%	3,292	2,891	6,502
Bourbon County	D	+20.5%	5,209	3,370	8,967
Brown County	R	−9.6%	3,503	4,282	8,100
Butler County	D	+7.6%	4,248	3,614	8,373
Chase County	D	+7.4%	1,584	1,356	3,072
Chautauqua County	R	−8.3%	1,737	2,085	4,196
Cherokee County	D	+15.9%	6,188	4,350	11,585
Cheyenne County	D	+18.4%	787	498	1,567
Clark County	D	+23.6%	1,102	653	1,899
Clay County	R	−1.1%	2,632	2,692	5,644
Cloud County	D	+13.4%	3,837	2,870	7,190
Coffey County	D	+5.2%	3,121	2,799	6,142
Comanche County	D	+12.2%	963	732	1,899
Cowley County	D	+5.5%	5,962	5,297	12,075
Crawford County	D	+5.4%	8,064	7,067	18,539
Decatur County	D	+39.2%	2,431	1,007	3,631
Dickinson County	D	+6.8%	4,974	4,323	9,593
Doniphan County	R	−18.7%	1,916	2,826	4,868
Douglas County	R	−12.4%	3,834	4,975	9,235
Edwards County	D	+9.6%	1,431	1,158	2,838
Elk County	D	+7.1%	2,053	1,769	4,026
Ellis County	D	+31.8%	2,335	1,186	3,608
Ellsworth County	R	−0.2%	1,936	1,945	4,024
Finney County	D	+4.6%	1,370	1,238	2,896
Ford County	D	+12.2%	3,044	2,337	5,801
Franklin County	D	+2.8%	4,128	3,885	8,601
Geary County	D	+0.3%	1,740	1,731	3,591
Gove County	D	+13.7%	862	642	1,602
Graham County	D	+20.2%	1,801	1,150	3,228
Grant County	D	+1.8%	208	200	449
Gray County	D	+13.4%	889	660	1,707
Greeley County	R	−8.7%	168	210	482
Greenwood County	R	−0.2%	2,956	2,971	6,154
Hamilton County	D	+0.9%	522	511	1,160
Harper County	D	+17.4%	2,648	1,797	4,884
Harvey County	R	−4.9%	3,131	3,479	7,103
Haskell County	D	+14.7%	349	248	685
Hodgeman County	D	+13.1%	761	564	1,506
Jackson County	R	−8.3%	2,914	3,451	6,459
Jefferson County	R	−4.1%	2,919	3,174	6,286
Jewell County	D	+15.3%	4,180	3,022	7,585
Johnson County	D	+2.0%	3,928	3,767	7,900
Kearny County	R	−4.0%	490	538	1,188
Kingman County	D	+14.9%	2,626	1,891	4,943
Kiowa County	D	+2.5%	956	901	2,199
Labette County	D	+8.7%	6,421	5,328	12,504
Lane County	D	+26.1%	659	363	1,132
Leavenworth County	D	+3.8%	6,002	5,536	12,178
Lincoln County	D	+9.9%	2,106	1,716	3,940
Linn County	D	+3.9%	2,930	2,699	5,936
Logan County	D	+8.3%	709	592	1,408
Lyon County	D	+13.1%	5,584	4,215	10,464
Marion County	R	−10.0%	2,790	3,453	6,622
Marshall County	R	−3.3%	4,275	4,581	9,147
McPherson County	R	−0.9%	3,737	3,806	7,994
Meade County	D	+0.2%	977	973	2,164
Miami County	D	+13.0%	4,047	3,086	7,393
Mitchell County	D	+13.5%	3,197	2,413	5,825
Montgomery County	D	+11.0%	8,059	6,371	15,369
Morris County	D	+5.8%	2,577	2,289	5,006
Morton County	D	+5.4%	457	405	955
Nemaha County	R	−0.2%	3,579	3,591	7,300
Neosho County	D	+9.1%	4,891	4,053	9,239
Ness County	D	+11.6%	1,213	927	2,464
Norton County	D	+26.7%	2,876	1,616	4,714
Osage County	D	+6.0%	4,276	3,770	8,436
Osborne County	D	+9.3%	2,621	2,149	5,081
Ottawa County	D	+14.1%	2,711	2,013	4,964
Pawnee County	D	+16.3%	2,131	1,499	3,871
Phillips County	D	+11.8%	2,912	2,271	5,428
Pottawatomie County	R	−12.9%	2,834	3,688	6,626
Pratt County	D	+16.4%	2,607	1,820	4,798
Rawlins County	D	+20.4%	1,271	803	2,291
Reno County	R	−1.3%	6,683	6,870	14,919
Republic County	D	+13.4%	3,806	2,882	6,920
Rice County	D	+5.2%	2,801	2,494	5,852
Riley County	R	−10.8%	2,637	3,320	6,343
Rooks County	D	+18.3%	2,394	1,621	4,234
Rush County	D	+8.7%	1,478	1,223	2,936
Russell County	R	−1.9%	1,934	2,011	4,114
Saline County	D	+9.5%	4,860	3,984	9,212
Scott County	D	+21.4%	684	416	1,255
Sedgwick County	D	+9.6%	13,391	10,899	26,082
Seward County	D	+21.7%	1,105	678	1,964
Shawnee County	R	−13.8%	9,468	12,634	23,014
Sheridan County	D	+21.2%	1,189	760	2,027
Sherman County	D	+32.5%	1,196	582	1,888
Smith County	D	+13.0%	3,431	2,605	6,342
Stafford County	D	+7.8%	2,148	1,812	4,328
Stanton County	R	−2.5%	170	180	404
Stevens County	D	+21.8%	646	391	1,168
Sumner County	D	+13.9%	5,519	4,079	10,361
Thomas County	D	+31.9%	1,299	642	2,061
Trego County	D	+11.0%	1,094	867	2,061
Wabaunsee County	R	−20.9%	1,706	2,640	4,478
Wallace County	D	+12.0%	497	381	965
Washington County	R	−6.2%	3,316	3,766	7,282
Wichita County	D	+2.1%	333	318	722
Wilson County	D	+7.4%	3,494	2,970	7,104
Woodson County	R	−1.7%	1,794	1,861	3,860
Wyandotte County	D	+12.0%	17,850	13,863	33,121