1916 United States presidential election in Idaho

none June 2025 September 2023 1916 United States presidential election in Idaho Idaho 1907 presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in Idaho 1912 1920 United States presidential election in Idaho 1920 November 7, 1916 x160px Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 4 70,054 52.04% File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 55,368 41.13% Allan Louis Benson (1871–1940) circa 1915 (cropped_closein).jpg Allan L. Benson Socialist Party of America New York George Ross Kirkpatrick 0 8,066 5.99% 1916 United States presidential election in Idaho results map by county.svg 200px County results Wilson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Hughes #f2b3be 40–50% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) 1916 United States presidential election The 1916 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election in which all contemporary forty-eight states participated. State voters chose four electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. At state level, Idaho had begun in 1902 to be very much a one-party Republican state,Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 0313213798 which it has largely remained since apart from the New Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s. For a time there was also a perception that the William Jennings Bryan-led Democratic Party had failed as a “party of reform”.Robinson, Edgar Eugene; ‘The Decline of the Democratic Party’; American Journal of Sociology, vol. 20, no. 3 (November 1914), pp. 313-334 In 1912, Woodrow Wilson had carried Idaho by 1.06 points with less than one-third of the total vote due to severe divisions within the GOP between conservative incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive former President Theodore Roosevelt. 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.Sarasohn, David; 'The Election of 1916: Realigning the Rockies', Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 285-305 Another factor helping Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western statesMenendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 0786422173 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. The consequence of these trends was that Idaho would vote strongly for Wilson over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes, who was viewed as an easterner who epitomized the oligarchic interests so suspect in the Mountain States.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 460 978-0-691-16324-6 Wilson gained almost twenty percent upon his 1912 performance, and carried all but five counties. Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&off=0&elect=0&fips=16&f=0 1916 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2019-12-30Woodrow Wilson of New JerseyThomas R. MarshallDemocratic470,05452.04%Charles Evans HughesCharles W. FairbanksRepublican055,36841.13%Allan L. BensonGeorge Ross KirkpatrickSocialist08,0665.99%Frank HanlyIra LandrithProhibition01,1270.84% Results by county CountyThomas Woodrow WilsonDemocraticCharles Evans HughesRepublicanAllan Louis BensonSocialistJames Franklin HanlyProhibitionMarginTotal votes castIdaho Secretary of State Election Division; State of Idaho Presidential Vote Cast at the General Election, November 7, 1916#%#%#%#%#%Ada5,20747.48%5,29948.32%3593.27%1010.92%-92-0.84%10,966Adams64544.67%66746.19%1298.93%30.21%-22-1.52%1,444Bannock4,08455.52%2,95040.10%2984.05%240.33%1,13415.42%7,356Bear Lake1,56655.36%1,22943.44%311.10%30.11%33711.91%2,829Benewah1,37451.52%93535.06%33712.64%210.79%43916.46%2,667Bingham2,30653.02%1,88543.34%1453.33%130.30%4219.68%4,349Blaine1,83056.31%1,23137.88%1735.32%160.49%59918.43%3,250Boise1,04857.17%65735.84%1136.16%150.82%39121.33%1,833Bonner2,00351.96%1,41736.76%40910.61%260.67%58615.20%3,855Bonneville2,34156.13%1,73641.62%852.04%90.22%60514.50%4,171Boundary65348.12%59844.07%997.30%70.52%554.05%1,357Canyon4,47849.98%3,57039.84%6457.20%2672.98%90810.13%8,960Cassia1,62950.05%1,32040.55%2898.88%170.52%3099.49%3,255Clearwater67838.28%83947.37%24213.66%120.68%-161-9.09%1,771Custer87962.38%45432.22%634.47%130.92%42530.16%1,409Elmore1,10459.61%65835.53%824.43%80.43%44624.08%1,852Franklin1,42555.97%1,08942.77%301.18%20.08%33613.20%2,546Fremont2,69559.23%1,65436.35%1944.26%70.15%1,04122.88%4,550Gem99052.11%75039.47%1467.68%140.74%24012.63%1,900Gooding1,08947.41%1,09347.58%974.22%180.78%-4-0.17%2,297Idaho2,26549.76%1,89241.56%3708.13%250.55%3738.19%4,552Jefferson1,60658.94%99336.44%1154.22%110.40%61322.50%2,725Kootenai2,85544.46%2,74142.68%71411.12%1121.74%1141.78%6,422Latah2,81145.54%2,77744.99%4357.05%1492.41%340.55%6,172Lemhi1,08057.32%72338.38%794.19%20.11%35718.95%1,884Lewis1,25554.71%90139.28%1185.14%200.87%35415.43%2,294Lincoln1,08446.99%1,12148.59%954.12%70.30%-37-1.60%2,307Madison1,37154.32%1,13244.85%210.83%00.00%2399.47%2,524Minidoka1,13542.69%96336.22%54020.31%210.79%1726.47%2,659Nez Perce2,67556.46%1,75337.00%2455.17%651.37%92219.46%4,738Oneida1,29855.40%1,01443.28%291.24%20.09%28412.12%2,343Owyhee77552.76%59440.44%825.58%181.23%18112.32%1,469Power1,07949.95%1,02447.41%502.31%70.32%552.55%2,160Shoshone4,23959.11%2,43133.90%4856.76%160.22%1,80825.21%7,171Teton72651.86%65046.43%211.50%30.21%765.43%1,400Twin Falls3,97451.60%3,08340.03%5927.69%520.68%89111.57%7,701Washington1,80251.83%1,54544.43%1093.13%210.60%2577.39%3,477Totals70,05452.04%55,36841.13%8,0665.99%1,1270.84%14,68610.91%134,615 See also United States presidential elections in Idaho References Idaho 1916 Category:1916 Idaho elections