Charles Evans Hughes carried Michigan R+8.3.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Michigan, 1916. The state ran 11.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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Michigan result

646,873 votes counted

Wilson (D)

283,993

43.9%

Hughes (R)

337,952

52.2%

All others

24,928

3.9%

Margin

R+8.3

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1916 presidential election

Michigan, 1916

HughesR+8.3

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Charles E. Hughes ✓Republican	52.2%	337,952
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic	43.9%	283,993
OtherAll other candidates	3.9%	24,928

D+60

R+60

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

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Michigan's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Michigan's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−4.5%
1896	−10.3%
1900	−19.2%
1904	−43.8%
1908	−29.5%
1912	−0.2%
1916	−8.3%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−62.2%
1928	−41.4%
1932	+7.9%
1936	+17.6%
1940	−0.3%
1944	+1.0%
1948	−1.7%
1952	−11.5%
1956	−11.5%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+33.6%
1968	+6.7%
1972	−14.4%
1976	−5.4%
1980	−6.5%
1984	−19.0%
1988	−7.9%
1992	+7.4%
1996	+13.2%
2000	+5.1%
2004	+3.4%
2008	+16.5%
2012	+9.5%
2016	−0.2%
2020	+2.8%
2024	−1.4%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alcona County	R	−11.1%	453	573	1,077
Alger County	R	−2.6%	650	687	1,422
Allegan County	R	−13.8%	3,591	4,803	8,763
Alpena County	R	−18.0%	1,392	2,020	3,487
Antrim County	R	−16.3%	932	1,336	2,478
Arenac County	D	+1.4%	938	911	1,944
Baraga County	R	−21.9%	462	748	1,308
Barry County	R	−11.4%	2,491	3,157	5,866
Bay County	R	−5.4%	5,996	6,708	13,130
Benzie County	R	−6.8%	770	900	1,907
Berrien County	R	−10.4%	6,054	7,511	13,991
Branch County	R	−0.6%	3,062	3,100	6,356
Calhoun County	D	+10.1%	8,037	6,484	15,412
Cass County	D	+2.7%	2,666	2,518	5,395
Charlevoix County	R	−21.1%	1,152	1,877	3,430
Cheboygan County	R	−6.1%	1,389	1,576	3,080
Chippewa County	R	−13.8%	1,768	2,365	4,328
Clare County	R	−14.5%	769	1,049	1,929
Clinton County	R	−23.1%	2,094	3,381	5,579
Crawford County	D	+4.6%	450	409	885
Delta County	R	−25.3%	1,781	3,088	5,169
Dickinson County	R	−27.9%	1,291	2,393	3,947
Eaton County	R	−4.6%	3,461	3,802	7,481
Emmet County	R	−10.5%	1,363	1,724	3,429
Genesee County	R	−0.2%	9,311	9,353	19,315
Gladwin County	R	−11.7%	729	935	1,768
Gogebic County	R	−16.6%	1,540	2,204	4,004
Grand Traverse County	R	−1.6%	1,848	1,917	4,185
Gratiot County	R	−7.2%	2,960	3,434	6,584
Hillsdale County	R	−0.5%	3,424	3,463	7,113
Houghton County	R	−25.5%	4,615	8,013	13,316
Huron County	R	−43.7%	1,816	4,743	6,694
Ingham County	R	−1.1%	7,664	7,846	16,427
Ionia County	R	−0.5%	3,911	3,950	8,168
Iosco County	R	−14.5%	729	984	1,757
Iron County	R	−39.8%	877	2,139	3,167
Isabella County	R	−11.1%	2,143	2,700	5,008
Jackson County	D	+7.3%	8,058	6,938	15,432
Kalamazoo County	D	+8.6%	7,164	5,951	14,173
Kalkaska County	R	−23.3%	430	724	1,260
Kent County	D	+11.3%	20,364	16,095	37,903
Keweenaw County	R	−60.4%	194	860	1,103
Lake County	R	−24.9%	347	588	969
Lapeer County	R	−26.0%	1,937	3,345	5,415
Leelanau County	R	−12.1%	763	984	1,826
Lenawee County	R	−6.1%	5,519	6,247	12,012
Livingston County	R	−3.4%	2,297	2,460	4,835
Luce County	R	−33.5%	257	527	807
Mackinac County	R	−8.6%	908	1,082	2,027
Macomb County	R	−18.5%	3,108	4,552	7,804
Manistee County	R	−3.9%	2,177	2,360	4,704
Marquette County	R	−31.7%	2,625	5,263	8,330
Mason County	R	−12.3%	1,689	2,198	4,134
Mecosta County	R	−22.8%	1,478	2,455	4,279
Menominee County	R	−17.4%	1,854	2,671	4,692
Midland County	R	−17.9%	1,454	2,104	3,639
Missaukee County	R	−11.4%	917	1,160	2,130
Monroe County	D	+5.1%	4,202	3,787	8,119
Montcalm County	R	−15.7%	2,801	3,894	6,953
Montmorency County	R	−17.0%	272	396	730
Muskegon County	R	−11.2%	4,465	5,692	10,913
Newaygo County	R	−19.1%	1,625	2,417	4,148
Oakland County	R	−7.2%	6,659	7,730	14,906
Oceana County	R	−15.8%	1,387	1,957	3,606
Ogemaw County	R	−7.9%	743	878	1,715
Ontonagon County	R	−15.3%	888	1,235	2,275
Osceola County	R	−25.6%	1,285	2,193	3,543
Oscoda County	R	−16.3%	175	245	430
Otsego County	R	−1.1%	519	531	1,080
Ottawa County	R	−15.8%	3,941	5,484	9,760
Presque Isle County	R	−26.3%	806	1,407	2,287
Roscommon County	R	−12.4%	239	311	582
Saginaw County	R	−6.0%	8,434	9,544	18,461
Sanilac County	R	−41.6%	1,867	4,639	6,663
Schoolcraft County	R	−22.0%	623	994	1,686
Shiawassee County	R	−8.1%	3,308	3,926	7,654
St. Clair County	R	−16.9%	4,617	6,538	11,392
St. Joseph County	D	+6.3%	3,567	3,132	6,959
Tuscola County	R	−30.3%	2,329	4,461	7,026
Van Buren County	R	−13.9%	3,225	4,302	7,776
Washtenaw County	R	−10.2%	5,279	6,505	12,026
Wayne County	R	−6.7%	60,935	70,056	135,184
Wexford County	R	−15.4%	1,683	2,333	4,226