North Carolina — 1916 presidential election
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Akashicstate1916 presidential electionNorth Carolina · PresidentWilsonD+16.4
How it voted
Share of the 1916 vote
| Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic | 58.1% | 168,383 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles E. HughesRepublican | 41.7% | 120,890 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.2% | 562 |
1916presidential margin
D+60R+60
100 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
North Carolina cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (100 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance County, NC | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Alexander County, NC | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Alleghany County, NC | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Anson County, NC | Democratic | D+74.4 |
| Ashe County, NC | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Avery County, NC | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Beaufort County, NC | Democratic | D+21.1 |
| Bertie County, NC | Democratic | D+85.3 |
| Bladen County, NC | Democratic | D+31.9 |
| Brunswick County, NC | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Buncombe County, NC | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Burke County, NC | Democratic | D+4.7 |
| Cabarrus County, NC | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Caldwell County, NC | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Camden County, NC | Democratic | D+61.8 |
| Carteret County, NC | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Caswell County, NC | Democratic | D+43.0 |
| Catawba County, NC | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Chatham County, NC | Democratic | D+10.1 |
| Cherokee County, NC | Other / independent | Tied |
| Chowan County, NC | Democratic | D+73.9 |
| Clay County, NC | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Cleveland County, NC | Democratic | D+29.7 |
| Columbus County, NC | Democratic | D+23.5 |
| Craven County, NC | Democratic | D+53.3 |
| Cumberland County, NC | Democratic | D+23.7 |
| Currituck County, NC | Democratic | D+83.1 |
| Dare County, NC | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Davidson County, NC | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Davie County, NC | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Duplin County, NC | Democratic | D+8.9 |
| Durham County, NC | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Edgecombe County, NC | Democratic | D+86.5 |
| Forsyth County, NC | Democratic | D+6.7 |
| Franklin County, NC | Democratic | D+67.7 |
| Gaston County, NC | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| Gates County, NC | Democratic | D+45.6 |
| Graham County, NC | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Granville County, NC | Democratic | D+45.1 |
| Greene County, NC | Democratic | D+56.8 |
| Guilford County, NC | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Halifax County, NC | Democratic | D+77.1 |
| Harnett County, NC | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Haywood County, NC | Democratic | D+22.4 |
| Henderson County, NC | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Hertford County, NC | Democratic | D+64.7 |
| Hoke County, NC | Democratic | D+75.3 |
| Hyde County, NC | Democratic | D+50.1 |
| Iredell County, NC | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Jackson County, NC | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Johnston County, NC | Democratic | D+9.7 |
| Jones County, NC | Democratic | D+50.7 |
| Lee County, NC | Democratic | D+29.6 |
| Lenoir County, NC | Democratic | D+42.8 |
| Lincoln County, NC | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Macon County, NC | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Madison County, NC | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Martin County, NC | Democratic | D+67.9 |
| McDowell County, NC | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | Democratic | D+56.3 |
| Mitchell County, NC | Republican | R+47.5 |
| Montgomery County, NC | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Moore County, NC | Democratic | D+12.1 |
| Nash County, NC | Democratic | D+44.9 |
| New Hanover County, NC | Democratic | D+65.4 |
| Northampton County, NC | Democratic | D+94.2 |
| Onslow County, NC | Democratic | D+20.7 |
| Orange County, NC | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Pamlico County, NC | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Pasquotank County, NC | Democratic | D+62.6 |
| Pender County, NC | Democratic | D+41.6 |
| Perquimans County, NC | Democratic | D+38.2 |
| Person County, NC | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Pitt County, NC | Democratic | D+59.6 |
| Polk County, NC | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Randolph County, NC | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Richmond County, NC | Democratic | D+41.0 |
| Robeson County, NC | Democratic | D+33.1 |
| Rockingham County, NC | Democratic | D+8.4 |
| Rowan County, NC | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Rutherford County, NC | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Sampson County, NC | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Scotland County, NC | Democratic | D+74.5 |
| Stanly County, NC | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Stokes County, NC | Republican | R+8.2 |
| Surry County, NC | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Swain County, NC | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Transylvania County, NC | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Tyrrell County, NC | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Union County, NC | Democratic | D+58.2 |
| Vance County, NC | Democratic | D+44.4 |
| Wake County, NC | Democratic | D+30.5 |
| Warren County, NC | Democratic | D+68.6 |
| Washington County, NC | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Watauga County, NC | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Wayne County, NC | Democratic | D+28.9 |
| Wilkes County, NC | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Wilson County, NC | Democratic | D+47.5 |
| Yadkin County, NC | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Yancey County, NC | Democratic | D+8.1 |
North Carolina results by county
100 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance County | Woodrow Wilson+198 | 2,47652.0% | 2,27847.9% | 50.1% | 4,759 |
| Alexander County | Charles E. Hughes+233 | 95444.6% | 1,18755.4% | 00.0% | 2,141 |
| Alleghany County | Woodrow Wilson+155 | 79655.4% | 64144.6% | 00.0% | 1,437 |
| Anson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,745 | 2,04687.2% | 30112.8% | 00.0% | 2,347 |
| Ashe County | Charles E. Hughes+41 | 1,89849.5% | 1,93950.5% | 00.0% | 3,837 |
| Avery County | Charles E. Hughes+798 | 36023.7% | 1,15876.2% | 20.1% | 1,520 |
| Beaufort County | Woodrow Wilson+683 | 1,95760.6% | 1,27439.4% | 10.0% | 3,232 |
| Bertie County | Woodrow Wilson+1,345 | 1,46192.6% | 1167.4% | 00.0% | 1,577 |
| Bladen County | Woodrow Wilson+610 | 1,26166.0% | 65134.0% | 00.0% | 1,912 |
| Brunswick County | Charles E. Hughes+179 | 81045.0% | 98954.9% | 10.1% | 1,800 |
| Buncombe County | Woodrow Wilson+399 | 4,22952.5% | 3,83047.5% | 00.0% | 8,059 |
| Burke County | Woodrow Wilson+147 | 1,62152.4% | 1,47447.6% | 00.0% | 3,095 |
| Cabarrus County | Charles E. Hughes+234 | 2,08047.1% | 2,31452.4% | 220.5% | 4,416 |
| Caldwell County | Woodrow Wilson+66 | 1,72551.0% | 1,65949.0% | 00.0% | 3,384 |
| Camden County | Woodrow Wilson+282 | 36880.7% | 8618.9% | 20.4% | 456 |
| Carteret County | Charles E. Hughes+81 | 1,16548.3% | 1,24651.7% | 00.0% | 2,411 |
| Caswell County | Woodrow Wilson+511 | 84971.5% | 33828.5% | 00.0% | 1,187 |
| Catawba County | Charles E. Hughes+55 | 2,56949.3% | 2,62450.4% | 140.3% | 5,207 |
| Chatham County | Woodrow Wilson+338 | 1,83954.8% | 1,50144.8% | 140.4% | 3,354 |
| Cherokee County | Woodrow Wilson+0 | 1,36250.0% | 1,36250.0% | 00.0% | 2,724 |
| Chowan County | Woodrow Wilson+519 | 61086.9% | 9113.0% | 10.1% | 702 |
| Clay County | Charles E. Hughes+53 | 40046.9% | 45353.1% | 00.0% | 853 |
| Cleveland County | Woodrow Wilson+1,267 | 2,76464.9% | 1,49735.1% | 00.0% | 4,261 |
| Columbus County | Woodrow Wilson+816 | 2,14361.7% | 1,32738.2% | 20.1% | 3,472 |
| Craven County | Woodrow Wilson+1,238 | 1,78076.7% | 54223.3% | 00.0% | 2,322 |
| Cumberland County | Woodrow Wilson+754 | 1,97161.8% | 1,21738.2% | 00.0% | 3,188 |
| Currituck County | Woodrow Wilson+858 | 94591.5% | 878.4% | 10.1% | 1,033 |
| Dare County | Woodrow Wilson+107 | 47056.4% | 36343.6% | 00.0% | 833 |
| Davidson County | Charles E. Hughes+126 | 2,67548.7% | 2,80151.0% | 120.2% | 5,488 |
| Davie County | Charles E. Hughes+335 | 91042.1% | 1,24557.6% | 60.3% | 2,161 |
| Duplin County | Woodrow Wilson+297 | 1,82454.4% | 1,52745.6% | 00.0% | 3,351 |
| Durham County | Woodrow Wilson+626 | 2,46357.3% | 1,83742.7% | 00.0% | 4,300 |
| Edgecombe County | Woodrow Wilson+1,893 | 2,02892.7% | 1356.2% | 251.1% | 2,188 |
| Forsyth County | Woodrow Wilson+530 | 4,11551.8% | 3,58545.2% | 2383.0% | 7,938 |
| Franklin County | Woodrow Wilson+1,661 | 2,05783.9% | 39616.1% | 00.0% | 2,453 |
| Gaston County | Woodrow Wilson+477 | 3,01954.2% | 2,54245.6% | 110.2% | 5,572 |
| Gates County | Woodrow Wilson+517 | 82672.8% | 30927.2% | 00.0% | 1,135 |
| Graham County | Woodrow Wilson+16 | 47650.9% | 46049.1% | 00.0% | 936 |
| Granville County | Woodrow Wilson+1,065 | 1,71372.6% | 64827.4% | 00.0% | 2,361 |
| Greene County | Woodrow Wilson+772 | 1,06678.4% | 29421.6% | 00.0% | 1,360 |
| Guilford County | Woodrow Wilson+946 | 4,61655.4% | 3,67044.1% | 440.5% | 8,330 |
| Halifax County | Woodrow Wilson+2,013 | 2,31288.5% | 29911.4% | 10.0% | 2,612 |
| Harnett County | Woodrow Wilson+389 | 1,99255.3% | 1,60344.5% | 80.2% | 3,603 |
| Haywood County | Woodrow Wilson+880 | 2,40361.2% | 1,52338.8% | 00.0% | 3,926 |
| Henderson County | Charles E. Hughes+629 | 1,16639.4% | 1,79560.6% | 00.0% | 2,961 |
| Hertford County | Woodrow Wilson+768 | 97782.3% | 20917.6% | 10.1% | 1,187 |
| Hoke County | Woodrow Wilson+670 | 78087.6% | 11012.4% | 00.0% | 890 |
| Hyde County | Woodrow Wilson+563 | 84074.7% | 27724.6% | 70.6% | 1,124 |
| Iredell County | Woodrow Wilson+1,262 | 3,33561.7% | 2,07338.3% | 00.0% | 5,408 |
| Jackson County | Woodrow Wilson+18 | 1,30650.3% | 1,28849.7% | 00.0% | 2,594 |
| Johnston County | Woodrow Wilson+611 | 3,46854.8% | 2,85745.2% | 00.0% | 6,325 |
| Jones County | Woodrow Wilson+479 | 71275.3% | 23324.7% | 00.0% | 945 |
| Lee County | Woodrow Wilson+481 | 1,05464.8% | 57335.2% | 00.0% | 1,627 |
| Lenoir County | Woodrow Wilson+999 | 1,66671.3% | 66728.6% | 20.1% | 2,335 |
| Lincoln County | Woodrow Wilson+152 | 1,52152.5% | 1,36947.2% | 90.3% | 2,899 |
| Macon County | Woodrow Wilson+77 | 1,14651.7% | 1,06948.3% | 00.0% | 2,215 |
| Madison County | Charles E. Hughes+993 | 97233.1% | 1,96566.9% | 00.0% | 2,937 |
| Martin County | Woodrow Wilson+1,191 | 1,47284.0% | 28116.0% | 00.0% | 1,753 |
| McDowell County | Woodrow Wilson+56 | 1,27451.1% | 1,21848.8% | 20.1% | 2,494 |
| Mecklenburg County | Woodrow Wilson+3,251 | 4,50878.1% | 1,25721.8% | 60.1% | 5,771 |
| Mitchell County | Charles E. Hughes+836 | 46226.3% | 1,29873.8% | 00.0% | 1,760 |
| Montgomery County | Woodrow Wilson+26 | 1,22250.5% | 1,19649.5% | 00.0% | 2,418 |
| Moore County | Woodrow Wilson+290 | 1,33755.6% | 1,04743.5% | 220.9% | 2,406 |
| Nash County | Woodrow Wilson+1,363 | 2,18972.1% | 82627.2% | 190.6% | 3,034 |
| New Hanover County | Woodrow Wilson+1,863 | 2,35582.7% | 49217.3% | 00.0% | 2,847 |
| Northampton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,473 | 1,51897.1% | 452.9% | 00.0% | 1,563 |
| Onslow County | Woodrow Wilson+412 | 1,19760.3% | 78539.5% | 40.2% | 1,986 |
| Orange County | Woodrow Wilson+72 | 1,23051.5% | 1,15848.5% | 00.0% | 2,388 |
| Pamlico County | Woodrow Wilson+183 | 71056.6% | 52742.0% | 181.4% | 1,255 |
| Pasquotank County | Woodrow Wilson+907 | 1,17781.3% | 27018.6% | 10.1% | 1,448 |
| Pender County | Woodrow Wilson+570 | 97070.8% | 40029.2% | 00.0% | 1,370 |
| Perquimans County | Woodrow Wilson+357 | 64569.1% | 28830.8% | 10.1% | 934 |
| Person County | Woodrow Wilson+36 | 95351.0% | 91749.0% | 00.0% | 1,870 |
| Pitt County | Woodrow Wilson+2,120 | 2,83979.8% | 71920.2% | 00.0% | 3,558 |
| Polk County | Charles E. Hughes+71 | 67947.5% | 75052.4% | 10.1% | 1,430 |
| Randolph County | Charles E. Hughes+284 | 2,74747.5% | 3,03152.4% | 30.1% | 5,781 |
| Richmond County | Woodrow Wilson+903 | 1,55370.5% | 65029.5% | 00.0% | 2,203 |
| Robeson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,441 | 2,89466.6% | 1,45333.4% | 00.0% | 4,347 |
| Rockingham County | Woodrow Wilson+359 | 2,31654.2% | 1,95745.8% | 00.0% | 4,273 |
| Rowan County | Woodrow Wilson+733 | 3,05356.8% | 2,32043.2% | 00.0% | 5,373 |
| Rutherford County | Woodrow Wilson+574 | 2,44556.6% | 1,87143.4% | 00.0% | 4,316 |
| Sampson County | Charles E. Hughes+1,358 | 1,36933.4% | 2,72766.6% | 00.0% | 4,096 |
| Scotland County | Woodrow Wilson+801 | 93887.3% | 13712.7% | 00.0% | 1,075 |
| Stanly County | Woodrow Wilson+169 | 2,11052.0% | 1,94147.8% | 90.2% | 4,060 |
| Stokes County | Charles E. Hughes+283 | 1,56945.6% | 1,85253.8% | 210.6% | 3,442 |
| Surry County | Charles E. Hughes+948 | 2,02940.4% | 2,97759.3% | 120.2% | 5,018 |
| Swain County | Charles E. Hughes+299 | 82942.4% | 1,12857.6% | 00.0% | 1,957 |
| Transylvania County | Charles E. Hughes+20 | 82149.4% | 84150.6% | 00.0% | 1,662 |
| Tyrrell County | Woodrow Wilson+24 | 41651.5% | 39248.5% | 00.0% | 808 |
| Union County | Woodrow Wilson+1,960 | 2,66279.0% | 70220.8% | 40.1% | 3,368 |
| Vance County | Woodrow Wilson+893 | 1,45172.2% | 55827.8% | 00.0% | 2,009 |
| Wake County | Woodrow Wilson+2,166 | 4,62765.2% | 2,46134.7% | 50.1% | 7,093 |
| Warren County | Woodrow Wilson+990 | 1,21784.3% | 22715.7% | 00.0% | 1,444 |
| Washington County | Woodrow Wilson+165 | 65157.3% | 48642.7% | 00.0% | 1,137 |
| Watauga County | Charles E. Hughes+211 | 1,14145.8% | 1,35254.2% | 00.0% | 2,493 |
| Wayne County | Woodrow Wilson+1,179 | 2,62564.4% | 1,44635.5% | 50.1% | 4,076 |
| Wilkes County | Charles E. Hughes+1,838 | 1,63232.0% | 3,47068.0% | 00.0% | 5,102 |
| Wilson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,322 | 2,05273.8% | 73026.2% | 00.0% | 2,782 |
| Yadkin County | Charles E. Hughes+842 | 87933.8% | 1,72166.2% | 00.0% | 2,600 |
| Yancey County | Woodrow Wilson+191 | 1,27354.1% | 1,08245.9% | 00.0% | 2,355 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)
North Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +11.6% |
| 1896 | +5.8% |
| 1900 | +8.5% |
| 1904 | +20.1% |
| 1908 | +8.7% |
| 1912 | +47.3% |
| 1916 | +16.4% |
| 1920 | +13.5% |
| 1924 | +19.4% |
| 1928 | −9.9% |
| 1932 | +40.6% |
| 1936 | +46.8% |
| 1940 | +48.1% |
| 1944 | +33.4% |
| 1948 | +25.3% |
| 1952 | +7.8% |
| 1956 | +1.3% |
| 1960 | +4.2% |
| 1964 | +12.3% |
| 1968 | −10.3% |
| 1972 | −40.6% |
| 1976 | +11.0% |
| 1980 | −2.1% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −16.3% |
| 1992 | −0.8% |
| 1996 | −4.7% |
| 2000 | −12.8% |
| 2004 | −12.4% |
| 2008 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | −2.0% |
| 2016 | −3.7% |
| 2020 | −1.3% |
| 2024 | −3.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1916 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.