Who won the 1916 presidential election?

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the 1916 presidential election with 276 electoral votes and 49.2% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1916?

The 1916 Electoral College result was 276 Democratic to 255 Republican (531 total electoral votes, 266 needed to win).

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1916

Presidential Election · 1916

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson

Democraticdefeating Charles Evans Hughes

276

Wilson

Electoral

Votes

266 to win

255

Hughes

276 EV266 needed to win255 EV

Popular Vote

Wilson(DEM)49.2%

Hughes(REP)46.0%

candidates(OTH)4.8%

National margin:D+3.2%

18,658,578 total votes cast

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Wilson: 30 states · 276 EV|Hughes: 18 states · 255 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Wilson %	Votes	Hughes %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	South Carolina	9	9	96.7%	61,845	2.5%	1,585	—	D+94.2	↓ R+0.6
▶	Mississippi	10	19	93.3%	80,422	4.9%	4,253	—	D+88.4	↑ D+1.9
▶	Louisiana	10	29	85.5%	80,629	6.9%	6,510	7.5%	D+78.6	↑ D+6.7
▶	Georgia	14	43	79.5%	127,754	7.0%	11,294	13.5%	D+72.5	↑ D+0.1
▶	Texas	20	63	77.0%	287,420	17.4%	64,999	5.6%	D+59.6	↓ R+3.6
▶	Alabama	12	75	76.0%	99,116	22.0%	28,669	—	D+54.0	↓ R+7.6
▶	Florida	6	81	69.3%	55,984	18.1%	14,611	12.6%	D+51.3	↓ R+9.9
▶	Arkansas	9	90	66.0%	112,211	28.7%	48,879	5.3%	D+37.2	↑ D+2.7
▶	Virginia	12	102	66.8%	102,825	32.0%	49,358	—	D+34.7	↓ R+14.2
▶	Colorado	6	108	60.8%	177,496	34.7%	101,388	—	D+26.1	↑ D+5.2
▶	Arizona	3	111	57.2%	33,170	35.4%	20,522	7.5%	D+21.8	↓ R+9.2
▶	Utah	4	115	58.8%	84,145	37.8%	54,137	—	D+21.0	↑ D+25.8
▶	Montana	4	119	56.9%	101,063	37.6%	66,750	5.6%	D+19.3	↑ D+7.4
▶	Oklahoma	10	129	50.7%	148,123	33.3%	97,233	16.1%	D+17.4	↑ D+6.2
▶	Nevada	3	132	53.4%	17,776	36.4%	12,127	10.2%	D+17.0	↓ R+6.8
▶	North Carolina	12	144	58.2%	168,383	41.8%	120,890	—	D+16.4	↓ R+30.9
▶	Nebraska	8	152	55.3%	158,827	41.0%	117,771	—	D+14.3	↓ R+7.7
▶	Tennessee	12	164	56.4%	153,050	42.6%	115,617	—	D+13.8	↓ R+15.1
▶	Wyoming	3	167	54.7%	28,376	41.8%	21,698	—	D+12.9	↑ D+11.1
▶	Idaho	4	171	52.0%	70,054	41.1%	55,368	6.8%	D+10.9	↑ D+9.3
▶	Maryland	8	179	53.0%	198,585	44.6%	167,152	—	D+8.4	↓ R+18.8
▶	Ohio	24	203	51.9%	604,161	44.2%	514,753	—	D+7.7	↓ R+6.5
▶	Kansas	10	213	50.0%	314,588	44.1%	277,658	6.0%	D+5.9	↓ R+13.0
▶	Kentucky	13	226	51.9%	269,990	46.5%	241,854	—	D+5.4	↓ R+17.6
▶	New Mexico	3	229	51.0%	31,430	45.7%	28,148	—	D+5.3	↓ R+3.5
▶	Washington	7	236	48.1%	183,388	43.9%	167,208	8.0%	D+4.3	↓ R+0.8
▶	Missouri	18	254	49.4%	398,032	45.8%	369,339	—	D+3.6	↓ R+13.8
▶	North Dakota	5	259	47.8%	55,206	46.3%	53,471	5.8%	D+1.5	↓ R+6.1
▶	California	13	272	46.6%	465,936	46.3%	462,516	7.1%	D+0.3	↓ R+40.9
▶	New Hampshire	4	276	49.1%	43,781	49.1%	43,725	—	D+0.1	↓ R+2.0
▶	Vermont	4	4	35.2%	22,708	62.4%	40,250	—	R+27.2	↓ R+14.3
▶	Pennsylvania	38	42	40.2%	521,784	54.3%	703,823	5.5%	R+14.0	↓ R+24.1
▶	New Jersey	14	56	42.7%	211,018	54.4%	268,982	—	R+11.7	↓ R+32.4
▶	Iowa	13	69	42.9%	220,597	54.3%	279,331	—	R+11.4	↓ R+24.7
▶	Illinois	29	98	43.3%	950,229	52.6%	1,152,549	—	R+9.2	↓ R+22.4
▶	Michigan	15	113	43.9%	283,993	52.2%	337,952	—	R+8.3	↓ R+8.1
▶	Wisconsin	13	126	42.8%	191,363	49.4%	220,823	7.8%	R+6.6	↓ R+15.0
▶	New York	45	171	44.5%	759,426	50.9%	869,066	—	R+6.4	↓ R+19.0
▶	Rhode Island	5	176	46.0%	40,394	51.1%	44,858	—	R+5.1	↓ R+8.6
▶	Maine	6	182	47.0%	64,033	51.0%	69,508	—	R+4.0	↓ R+23.0
▶	Massachusetts	18	200	46.6%	247,845	50.5%	268,765	—	R+3.9	↓ R+7.5
▶	South Dakota	5	205	45.9%	59,191	49.8%	64,217	—	R+3.9	↓ R+46.0
▶	Connecticut	7	212	46.7%	99,786	49.8%	106,514	—	R+3.1	↓ R+6.4
▶	Oregon	5	217	45.9%	120,087	48.5%	126,813	5.6%	R+2.6	↓ R+11.6
▶	Delaware	3	220	47.8%	24,753	50.2%	26,011	—	R+2.4	↓ R+16.1
▶	Indiana	15	235	46.5%	334,063	47.4%	341,004	6.1%	R+1.0	↓ R+20.9
▶	West Virginia	8	243	48.5%	140,403	49.4%	143,124	—	R+0.9	↓ R+22.3
▶	Minnesota	12	255	46.3%	179,155	46.4%	179,544	7.4%	R+0.1	↓ R+12.7

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1912 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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