1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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.

1916 United States presidential election in Wyoming

November 7, 1916
 
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

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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, 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 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
Totals28,31654.62%21,69841.86%1,4532.80%3730.72%6,61812.76%51,840

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
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