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1916 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1916 United States presidential election in Colorado

← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
 
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 6 0
Popular vote 178,816 102,308
Percentage 60.74% 34.75%

County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose six electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Although Colorado was following statehood Republican-leaning, Populist support in silver-mining regions,[1] was overwhelmingly transferred to William Jennings Bryan in 1896[2] and maintained in the following four elections, when the Republicans won only in the 1904 landslide of Theodore Roosevelt, and even then Colorado was the only western state where more than a couple of counties retained their Bryanite Democratic loyalties with Alton Parker as the nominee.

Moreover, in contrast to the East where supporters of Theodore Roosevelt's "Bull Moose" Party from the 1912 election 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.[3] Another factor helping Wilson was a powerful "peace vote" in the Western states[4] 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 Woodrow Wilson owing to such Progressive reforms as the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments.[3]

These factors combined to give Wilson a powerful victory over Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson won by 25.99 percentage points and carried every county except Sedgwick (albeit losing by ten votes), the furthest northeast, which had also been one of two counties to back Roosevelt four years earlier. This is the second-best Democratic margin in Colorado presidential election history behind Bryan's five-to-one win in the “free silver” 1896 election,[5] although Lyndon B. Johnson would exceed Wilson's vote share in 1964.

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall Democratic 6[6] 178,816 60.74%
Charles Evans Hughes Charles W. Fairbanks Republican 0 102,308 34.75%
Allan L. Benson George Kirkpatrick Socialist 0 10,049 3.41%
Frank Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 0 2,793 0.95%
No Candidate Progressive 0 409 0.14%

Results by county

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County Thomas Woodrow Wilson[7]
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes[7]
Republican
Allan Louis Benson[7]
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly[7]
Prohibition
No Candidate[7]
Progressive "Bull Moose"
Margin
% # % # % # % # % # % #
Dolores 76.76% 251 14.07% 46 9.17% 30 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 62.69% 205
Montezuma 74.09% 1,458 21.60% 425 3.86% 76 0.46% 9 0.00% 0 52.49% 1,033
Pitkin 71.32% 915 20.50% 263 7.79% 100 0.23% 3 0.16% 2 50.82% 652
San Juan 70.00% 693 21.62% 214 7.47% 74 0.71% 7 0.20% 2 48.38% 479
Chaffee 72.47% 2,546 24.59% 864 2.22% 78 0.60% 21 0.11% 4 47.88% 1,682
Eagle 72.08% 1,136 25.19% 397 2.28% 36 0.44% 7 0.00% 0 46.89% 739
Clear Creek 71.65% 1,289 26.35% 474 1.78% 32 0.06% 1 0.17% 3 45.30% 815
Summit 70.29% 717 26.27% 268 2.75% 28 0.69% 7 0.00% 0 44.02% 449
Alamosa 70.10% 1,308 26.15% 488 3.43% 64 0.21% 4 0.11% 2 43.94% 820
Lake 68.51% 2,672 25.46% 993 0.97% 38 4.87% 190 0.18% 7 43.05% 1,679
La Plata 68.14% 2,590 27.07% 1,029 4.16% 158 0.55% 21 0.08% 3 41.07% 1,561
Ouray 67.63% 961 28.08% 399 3.94% 56 0.21% 3 0.14% 2 39.55% 562
Routt 66.80% 1,972 28.76% 849 3.86% 114 0.54% 16 0.03% 1 38.04% 1,123
San Miguel 66.78% 1,325 29.13% 578 3.58% 71 0.35% 7 0.15% 3 37.65% 747
Gunnison 65.19% 1,618 29.65% 736 4.63% 115 0.44% 11 0.08% 2 35.54% 882
Garfield 64.98% 2,479 29.86% 1,139 4.22% 161 0.94% 36 0.00% 0 35.12% 1,340
Jackson 66.60% 331 31.59% 157 1.01% 5 0.80% 4 0.00% 0 35.01% 174
Teller 64.37% 3,515 31.00% 1,693 4.23% 231 0.31% 17 0.09% 5 33.36% 1,822
Rio Grande 64.63% 1,756 32.61% 886 1.73% 47 0.96% 26 0.07% 2 32.02% 870
Mineral 60.04% 278 29.16% 135 10.37% 48 0.43% 2 0.00% 0 30.89% 143
Montrose 61.52% 2,571 31.47% 1,315 6.03% 252 0.96% 40 0.02% 1 30.06% 1,256
Gilpin 64.06% 763 34.17% 407 1.26% 15 0.42% 5 0.08% 1 29.89% 356
Conejos 64.43% 1,721 34.74% 928 0.22% 6 0.19% 5 0.41% 11 29.69% 793
Logan 63.14% 2,679 33.51% 1,422 2.62% 111 0.54% 23 0.19% 8 29.63% 1,257
Mesa 59.42% 4,394 30.06% 2,223 7.36% 544 3.12% 231 0.04% 3 29.36% 2,171
Denver 62.81% 43,029 33.84% 23,185 2.67% 1,826 0.60% 409 0.09% 63 28.96% 19,844
Saguache 63.02% 1,254 34.22% 681 2.31% 46 0.25% 5 0.20% 4 28.79% 573
Boulder 61.46% 7,419 33.02% 3,986 3.99% 482 1.35% 163 0.17% 21 28.44% 3,433
Arapahoe 62.33% 2,652 33.91% 1,443 3.03% 129 0.28% 12 0.45% 19 28.41% 1,209
Park 62.47% 674 34.48% 372 2.59% 28 0.19% 2 0.28% 3 27.99% 302
Hinsdale 58.94% 178 31.13% 94 9.60% 29 0.33% 1 0.00% 0 27.81% 84
Adams 61.74% 2,120 33.93% 1,165 3.64% 125 0.61% 21 0.09% 3 27.81% 955
Archuleta 62.64% 830 35.70% 473 0.83% 11 0.23% 3 0.60% 8 26.94% 357
Costilla 61.52% 1,028 34.65% 579 1.50% 25 0.54% 9 1.80% 30 26.87% 449
Bent 61.53% 1,473 34.80% 833 2.30% 55 1.25% 30 0.13% 3 26.73% 640
Washington 60.32% 1,748 34.13% 989 4.45% 129 1.00% 29 0.10% 3 26.19% 759
Larimer 59.49% 4,868 34.18% 2,797 5.10% 417 1.15% 94 0.09% 7 25.31% 2,071
Delta 58.97% 2,817 33.75% 1,612 5.90% 282 1.28% 61 0.10% 5 25.23% 1,205
Yuma 59.26% 2,466 34.51% 1,436 5.38% 224 0.75% 31 0.10% 4 24.75% 1,030
Grand 61.36% 624 37.17% 378 1.08% 11 0.29% 3 0.10% 1 24.19% 246
Jefferson 60.42% 3,368 36.60% 2,040 2.49% 139 0.38% 21 0.11% 6 23.82% 1,328
Pueblo 59.04% 10,710 36.08% 6,545 4.03% 731 0.76% 137 0.10% 18 22.96% 4,165
Weld 59.18% 8,600 37.12% 5,395 2.23% 324 1.43% 208 0.04% 6 22.05% 3,205
Morgan 58.46% 2,371 37.99% 1,541 2.74% 111 0.71% 29 0.10% 4 20.46% 830
Baca 54.88% 1,294 35.03% 826 8.82% 208 1.02% 24 0.25% 6 19.85% 468
Las Animas 58.58% 5,300 38.81% 3,511 1.68% 152 0.48% 43 0.45% 41 19.77% 1,789
Rio Blanco 59.19% 702 39.46% 468 1.01% 12 0.34% 4 0.00% 0 19.73% 234
Kit Carson 56.53% 1,571 37.06% 1,030 5.29% 147 1.08% 30 0.04% 1 19.47% 541
Lincoln 57.00% 1,702 37.81% 1,129 3.99% 119 1.07% 32 0.13% 4 19.19% 573
Fremont 56.92% 3,395 37.84% 2,257 4.07% 243 1.16% 69 0.02% 1 19.08% 1,138
Phillips 57.03% 795 38.16% 532 4.02% 56 0.65% 9 0.14% 2 18.87% 263
Otero 57.24% 3,963 38.68% 2,678 2.41% 167 1.50% 104 0.17% 12 18.56% 1,285
Moffat 57.41% 740 39.72% 512 2.40% 31 0.31% 4 0.16% 2 17.69% 228
Cheyenne 55.16% 802 38.38% 558 5.64% 82 0.69% 10 0.14% 2 16.78% 244
Crowley 55.42% 1,160 40.47% 847 2.44% 51 1.39% 29 0.29% 6 14.95% 313
Douglas 56.51% 820 42.18% 612 0.90% 13 0.34% 5 0.07% 1 14.33% 208
Custer 54.31% 529 41.38% 403 3.59% 35 0.51% 5 0.21% 2 12.94% 126
Huerfano 55.68% 2,632 42.88% 2,027 0.53% 25 0.66% 31 0.25% 12 12.80% 605
Elbert 53.50% 1,230 41.37% 951 3.91% 90 0.83% 19 0.39% 9 12.14% 279
Prowers 52.14% 2,168 40.48% 1,683 5.87% 244 1.47% 61 0.05% 2 11.66% 485
Kiowa 51.23% 936 39.57% 723 7.72% 141 1.15% 21 0.33% 6 11.66% 213
El Paso 50.99% 8,381 43.55% 7,159 3.36% 552 1.95% 321 0.15% 24 7.43% 1,222
Sedgwick 45.97% 519 46.86% 529 5.93% 67 0.71% 8 0.53% 6 -0.89% -10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 418 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
  2. ^ Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘American Voting Beahavior and the 1964 Election’; Midwest Journal of Political Science, xii(1) (February 1968), pp. 1-40
  3. ^ a b Sarasohn, David; 'The Election of 1916: Realigning the Rockies', Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1980), pp. 285-305
  4. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 ISBN 0786422173
  5. ^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Colorado". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  6. ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Colorado". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e Colorado Secretary of State Elections Center; State of Colorado Abstract of Votes Cast At the General Election Held on the Seventh Day of November, A.D. 1916