1916 United States presidential election in New Mexico

none June 2025 September 2023 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States presidential election in New Mexico New Mexico 1912 presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1912 1920 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1920 November 7, 1916 x200px Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 3 33,693 50.31% File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 31,163 46.53% 1916 United States presidential election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 265px County results Wilson #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Hughes #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #d40000 70–80% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) The 1916 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President. During the period between New Mexico's annexation by the United States and statehood, the area was divided between largely Republican machine-run highland regions and its firmly Southern Democrat and Baptist "Little Texas" region to the southeast.Chilton, Lance; New Mexico: A Guide to the Colorful State, p. 95 0826307329 A split in the "Old Guard" of highland Republicanism meant that in the state's inaugural presidential election in 1912 Woodrow Wilson carried the state through overwhelming "Little Texas" and southern desert support over Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and incumbent Republican William Howard Taft.Hodgson, Illa D. and Garthwaite, Eloyse M.; 'New Mexico's Early Elections: Statehood to New Deal'; New Mexico Historical Review, January 1, 1995; vol. 70, issue 1, pp. 29-46 Nonetheless, New Mexico was still Taft's fourth-strongest state by vote percentage reflecting the strong Hispanic machine loyalties to him in the northern highlands.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 42 0786422173 In the East, 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 Wilson was also helped by a powerful "peace vote" in the Western statesMenendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, p. 47 due to opposition to participation in World War I. New Mexico was won by incumbent President Woodrow Wilson, who secured a tumultuous reelection against Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, and Socialist Party icon Allan L. Benson.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1916 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-02-16 Wilson's reluctance to bid armed forces in World War I improved his image for this election, as a "peace candidate". However, whilst many Progressive business leaders believed the Republican Old Guard stood for fraud and dishonesty, they nonetheless supported Hughes even whilst opposing GOP candidates for other statewide positions. Consequently, despite its strong Democratic base at a local level that was completely absent in most parts of the West during the "System of 1896",Burnham, Walter Dean; 'The System of 1896: An Analysis'; in The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 178-179 0313213798 New Mexico was Wilson's third-weakest state in the West. Results + General Election ResultsNew Mexico Secretary of State The New Mexico Blue Book, or State Official Register 1917 Santa Fe, New Mexico 104 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112045407647&view=1up&seq=126 24 July 2024These figures include the "Absent Railroad Vote"Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Felix Garcia33,693 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson James N. Upton33,649 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Jose G. Chaves33,555 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes C. L. Hill31,163 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Juan Ortiz31,097 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes H. J. Hammond31,035 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Ira N. Crisp1,999 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson W. T. Holmes1,997 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson McB. Smith1,977 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Lester Sands112 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly F. C. Peterson109 Prohibition Party Frank Hanly W. G. Ogilvie108Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 66,967 Results by county County Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Charles Evans HughesRepublican Allan L. BensonSocialist Frank HanlyProhibition Margin Total votes castBased on the highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # %Bernalillo2,39946.17%2,71452.23%771.48%60.12%-315-6.06%5,196Chaves2,27968.40%86225.87%1865.58%50.15%1,41742.53%3,332Colfax2,02451.87%1,83947.13%380.97%10.03%1854.74%3,902Curry1,20563.89%35618.88%32317.13%20.11%84945.02%1,886Doña Ana1,07939.86%1,60659.33%220.81%00.00%-527-19.47%2,707Eddy1,40572.61%42521.96%995.12%60.31%98050.65%1,935Grant2,30553.93%1,86943.73%962.25%40.09%43610.20%4,274Guadalupe1,17351.54%1,06746.88%361.58%00.00%1064.66%2,276Lincoln87048.25%88949.31%432.38%10.06%-19-1.05%1,803Luna79663.02%41833.10%453.56%40.32%37829.93%1,263McKinley56445.48%66953.95%20.16%50.40%-105-8.47%1,240Mora1,50548.42%1,59051.16%130.42%00.00%-85-2.73%3,108Otero82454.39%56137.03%1288.45%20.13%26317.36%1,515Quay1,56264.55%59824.71%2349.67%261.07%96439.83%2,420Rio Arriba1,52843.40%1,99256.57%10.03%00.00%-464-13.18%3,521Roosevelt1,08873.56%23015.55%15010.14%110.74%85858.01%1,479San Juan63759.64%38536.05%464.31%00.00%25223.60%1,068San Miguel2,26343.24%2,93356.04%290.55%90.17%-670-12.80%5,234Sandoval73454.57%61145.43%00.00%00.00%1239.14%1,345Santa Fe1,40643.16%1,83056.17%150.46%70.21%-424-13.01%3,258Sierra49350.51%46047.13%232.36%00.00%333.38%976Socorro1,57544.33%1,95655.05%160.45%60.17%-381-10.72%3,553Taos91039.95%1,32057.95%462.02%20.09%-410-18.00%2,278Torrance67939.99%94855.83%684.00%30.18%-269-15.84%1,698Union1,99653.24%1,49539.88%2466.56%120.32%50113.36%3,749Valencia39420.19%1,54078.93%170.87%00.00%-1,146-58.74%1,951Total 33,69350.31%31,16346.53%1,9992.99%1120.17%2,5303.78%66,967 Counties that flipped from Progressive to Democratic Sandoval Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Lincoln Socorro Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican Bernalillo Notes References 2 New Mexico Category:1916 New Mexico elections 1916