1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Party Democratic Republican Home state New Jersey New York Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 28,316 21,698 Percentage 54.62% 41.86%

County Results Wilson   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Hughes   40-50%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

In 1912, Wyoming had been the eighth-best state for embattled Republican nominee William Howard Taft. ^[1] However, in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party rapidly returned to the Republicans, in the Mountain States many if not most of these supporters turned to the Democratic Party not only in presidential elections, but also in state and federal legislative ones. ^[2] Another factor helping President Woodrow Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western states ^[3] due to opposition to participation in World War I, and a third was that a considerable part of the substantial vote for Eugene Debs from the previous election was turned over to Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments. ^[2]

Consequently, Wilson was able not merely to hold Wyoming from 1912, but to increase his margin by over ten percentage points to carry the state by 12.76 percent. This is the third best Democratic performance in the history of presidential elections in Wyoming, behind Franklin Delano Roosevelt's landslide wins in 1932 and 1936. ^[4] Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry the counties of Carbon, Converse, Lincoln, Natrona, Niobrara, and Washakie. ^[5] As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update] , this election is the last time Wyoming has voted more Democratic than the nation at-large.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson (incumbent)	28,316	54.62%
	Republican	Charles Evans Hughes	21,698	41.86%
	Socialist	Allan Benson	1,453	2.80%
	Prohibition	James Hanly	373	0.72%
Total votes			51,840	100.00%

Results by county

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		Charles Evans Hughes Republican		Allan Louis Benson Socialist		James Franklin Hanly Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast [7]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Albany	1,571	52.45%	1,313	43.84%	73	3.71%	38	1.27%	258	8.61%	2,995
Big Horn	1,493	53.92%	1,239	44.75%	29	1.34%	8	0.29%	254	9.17%	2,769
Campbell	690	59.48%	448	38.62%	12	1.90%	10	0.86%	242	20.86%	1,160
Carbon	1,661	54.58%	1,217	39.99%	155	5.42%	10	0.33%	444	14.59%	3,043
Converse	879	52.32%	766	45.60%	20	2.08%	15	0.89%	113	6.72%	1,680
Crook	1,181	56.59%	846	40.54%	51	2.87%	9	0.43%	335	16.05%	2,087
Fremont	1,752	53.89%	1,407	43.28%	75	2.83%	17	0.52%	345	10.61%	3,251
Goshen	1,096	56.61%	770	39.77%	49	3.62%	21	1.08%	326	16.84%	1,936
Hot Springs	760	54.25%	523	37.33%	95	8.42%	23	1.64%	237	16.92%	1,401
Johnson	812	49.03%	814	49.15%	28	1.81%	2	0.12%	-2	-0.12%	1,656
Laramie	2,759	51.86%	2,428	45.64%	78	2.50%	55	1.03%	331	6.22%	5,320
Lincoln	2,378	60.11%	1,426	36.05%	142	3.84%	10	0.25%	952	24.06%	3,956
Natrona	1,377	59.17%	912	39.19%	30	1.63%	8	0.34%	465	19.98%	2,327
Niobrara	599	51.28%	533	45.63%	14	3.08%	22	1.88%	66	5.65%	1,168
Park	1,146	49.21%	1,092	46.89%	69	3.91%	22	0.94%	54	2.32%	2,329
Platte	1,276	58.08%	806	36.69%	62	5.23%	53	2.41%	470	21.39%	2,197
Sheridan	2,906	57.57%	1,914	37.92%	205	4.52%	23	0.46%	992	19.65%	5,048
Sweetwater	1,496	50.90%	1,287	43.79%	152	5.31%	4	0.14%	209	7.11%	2,939
Uinta	1,295	59.57%	822	37.81%	51	2.62%	6	0.28%	473	21.76%	2,174
Washakie	455	55.62%	344	42.05%	16	2.32%	3	0.37%	111	13.57%	818
Weston	734	46.28%	791	49.87%	47	3.85%	14	0.88%	-57	-3.59%	1,586
Totals	28,316	54.62%	21,698	41.86%	1,453	2.80%	373	0.72%	6,618	12.76%	51,840

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wyoming

References

1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1912 Presidential General Election Data – National by State: Sorted by Vote Percentage for Taft
2. Sarasohn, David; 'The Election of 1916: Realigning the Rockies', Western Historical Quarterly , Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 285-305
3. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 ISBN   0786422173
4. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Wyoming
5. Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 342-343
6. "1916 Presidential Election Results – Wyoming".
7. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 377-379 ISBN   9780804716963